Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-03
NAY DAY Is QUIET
II Passes with but Little Dis
order ar Home CT Abroad
NO SERIOUS RIOTS ANYWHERE
Red Flags Taken Fran PaTacefs a
Chsczge-Pe4ce Prevails n
England and FEAas~

- speeches. wAieh were Ia moderate
language, and the meeting was
sra.riy throughout A resolution was
adopted pisdgfnz those present TO
assist the loarueynen bakers 70
. ss.aas.stal Issue of their strike
by refusing 20 buy bread baked =.
night There were also = long and ex-
citing meeting Of 200 iros moulders-
The situation was discussed and IL was
1seidsd aos 70 order . strike until the
advise % tie international president.
Arrtin gox. Of Cincinnati can be So
cured A eomnittes wss appointed 10
sttemps 10 srbitrs ss tina pesdisg diei
emilia
MILWAUKEE. Nay s-The May-day
celebration Sunday night At the West
6tts Turner hall under the auspices
OF the English and German sections Of
the socialistic party was attended by
less than 500 people. Preparation had
been made for 1000. but none Of the
LABOR organizations accepted the invita-
don 10 be present The principal
speakers were Thomas j. Morgan and
Francois Martin, OF Chicago. the latter
speaking in German. Both were mod
srats IN their denuneiation of capital
fSss- Morgan advocated intellectual
aynAmitsrs-she ballot and The psn-as
the weapons With which To Aeht the
Eooialissie principles
In ctacinnssI
CINCINNATI. o.. May s.-From 10000
TO 1890 workingmen celebrated Nay
tay by az excursion 70 Woodsdale re-
sort. u niles north Of Cincinnati Sum
day. Five speakers were announced,
bat only one appeared, and he was Mr..
Samuel Gompers, president Of tho
American Federation 81 Labor. His
speech was devoted 10 the one purpose
Of urging lseoring men to persist in de-
manding an eight-hour day.
In Sc. Loals.
ST. Louis, Nav May day was OBJ
served here by 1000 men. members Of
trades and labor unions and Of the Ger
man Arbeiter Verband. The ceiebra-
ton tack place AZ Concordis park. No
distsr bancc occurred.
In Belgium.
BnUssELs, May q a tin cylinder
with fuse stsached was found be-
tween the eoloanade Of the foreign Of
Hce Sunday night This discovery
created great alarm. which WAS
Intensified by news from Liege,
where two dynamite cartridges
Exploded in the evening", one in
ths residence Of sailor named
osslys and the other N the rssidsnce
pf his SON. These explosions caused
,sr.ous damage TO property. Enormous
crowds collected ss the scsnes Il the
axplosionx- Later another explosion
occurred In the choir OF st. Mar
Mas by which stained windows
salued AZ $40. 900 were shattered into
fragments and hundreds Of panes Of
yisss in adjacent houses wero smashed
j fourth cartridge with spent fuse
Ras discovered later on A feeling ef
Gild panic prevails there
In PARTS.
PARrs. May May day was ushered
10 with the police on the qui vive and
strongly enforced garrisons Of Paris
Seady for instant service. At q o'clock
ihs cssy wore it, usual aspect and the
police expected the day to pass
quietly except for scufae& In the
barracks. AZ the police stations and N
Me districts arouad the public build
fngs, however. thousands Of armed men
stood ready from o'clock in the morn
Ing 20 march out at = moments notice
and shoot To Kill. All day squads Of
cavalry and mounted police ciat-
tered through the streets 70
The relief OF the troops on
guard before daybreak, aud occasion
ally the heavy tread of infantry
reminded the promensders that both
yerviees 20 thu garrison had been mo-
silised against expected dangers. Every
public building was garrisoned with
ffty or sixty infantry, with ball cart
ridges in their rifles outsids sentinels
NJ intervals of ten yards patrolled the
strect.
No rroueis Occurred.
Ne attempt was made by working
men - hold street professions or out
door meetings. They held. <however,
ssversl monster indoor neetingswith q
fetal attendance Of 100. ooe or more. and
at least an equal number were turned
away from the overcrowded halls.
yrhs principal meeting was in the
Sail. Eavis. at Belleville- AL the
gre.t socialist orators were present
h. ssis meeting The speeches we're
aery snd often inc~ndisry. Ravaehoi
~as dsiRed by ore speaker amid
Kisses and cheers. In general. how
ever, the socialists lad msttersstheir
own way, 20 the exclusion of she an
nrchists.
All Quiet In che Provinces
The reports thus fss. received from
Re PROVINCES are reassuring. II was
nsaxht that Fourries would be the
srene Of further trouole with the work
tuxsaen. who would seek 20 aven9e the
death II their comrades of Las. year.
There WA however. NO trouble. The
socialists. Of whom there are very many
On she town. held . monster meeting.
eas everything vas far more quiet than
wss anticipated.
The NY N Er<ssrs
Iexrox. Nav e-Ir view Of thu many
sutraees perp-trssed nv anarchist. dur.
ens The lass few neushs and the many
Threats that have been mats " make
HE dsy memorable for lie disorders.
tae sathcritses in AL the continental
sfsses ssopsed ne most s*rtnr-rs
precautions - prevent or suppress
psv sutbresk Every city hss ia con
Hrz.nt IT socialists sad anarchists
Nnd Mar day wss the appointed time
- which they we're % show themselves
n feree and - give prscf Of THAR pow
e Thus FAR ssivsees rseesved here
Dhew ,ast "a most places the ssy psss~1
hsrrleselv II nss ausetiv Ther> we're