The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-17
THAR Great Demonstration IN Music
Hall
The QUESTION OF ARBITRATION.
otrlksrs Not of One Opinion ON h
Issus, but . COMMITTEES Has Been
Appointed to Confer with the Manu-
fscturers-A Relief Fund.

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adjourn un II aftrr 5 o'c~lock--too late for
the closing speeches TO appear IL the last
edition II The News. Brief extrac q fr m
the later nd dress-s and n report OF the
other exercises will be found below:
Dennis #, McCsrthy's spe~ch.
Dennis r. Mccarthy Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers sp Ike briefly as
follows:
Let us reason TO zether. Today's par ade
has been an object lesson. Women hav
come to me many times In the past ana
asked me to give them a certiicat" that
their children might work in the mills In
order to save the family from hunger.
Have corporations a soulf rhey say to us
"Strike, Strike. aud be ID" l ask
you in All csndor to do right, and victory
will be yours. 1t has been said that you
would not starve. Mol cd Forbid aud
God forbid that any honest man or
woman should be9.
The manufacturers say they are paying
all they can. How many OF them failel
20 attend The Worlds fsir2 How many
failed to go in good style, with their SER
vantsf How many OF you wentf / am
interested In Jour success. Every man
who loves humanity is interested in
your success. See to il that
nothing occurs to mar your
prospects. But sand srn I You might
~ well starve out Of the mills a in item.
But you shall not starvs; you shall not
beg.
Views ofa Socialist.
The next speaker was Mr.. Geshncr of
Pennsylvania, who said:
The time for talk has passed |; this 10
<k~ fiuno ror actfnn bava haard xnor.
socia lists talk in this hall today than I
have heard anywhere for n year. But
these men really don't know what they
are. Now. / am . socialist, and / am
proud Of II. God Is not taking care of this
business; you must look out for your.
selves. Thousands of honest people are
starving, but God does not come to theil
relief. The thiag that 10 confronting you
10 the result OF q condition. the result Of
the waRe system. Under that 81 stem the
wAQs-earnsr che wealth-producsr, does
mot receive his just due. The capitalist
gets the bulk of 1t. And still they want
20 cut your wages down still lowerl
The wige-system. = slave system. must
b sbolished before the great industrial
depression can be lifted. You give these
girls more money and the ~storekeepers
will soon ger rid of the surplus On their
shelves You must take your grievance
TO the p Ills You must let the women
voteI The man who advocates dynamite
and bombs ought to nave lived and died
and gone to the devil 800 years ago. IA
great demonstration lasting fully five
minutesl
The Other spsakern
Mr.. George Vaughan Of Boston cau-
tioued the strikers not to under estimate
the strength of the eusmy. This 10 going
20 be = hard winter. There are three
ssrpsnts In the Ed~n of l~abor-national-
lily, religion and politics. Steer clear OF
them. The outcome OF the confederation
Of labor will be that the people will own
everything and strikes will como TO al
spd. We are not trying to save the man
who drinks, but rather the man who
cannot afford to drink A strike
ID not = nice thing: it shows that there is
disease I'm the System AID that 10 working
ont. lido not believe any man here be-
lAeves In v~iolence; all the violence 10 on
the other side / am ashamed because
there are not . dozen m ~inisters here to-
day to speak for you-to speak in favor
Of this just struggle. There Is danger
ahead IL this struggle il not settle I q
settled IS it ought to be-on the side oil
the toiler.
The Question OF Arbitration.
After = fiery speech by Mr.. Boomer, ex-
Mayor Carroll Of Pawtuckst m oved that
= COMMITTEES he appointed to call upon
the manufacturers and ask them to ar
Nitrate. NO." "No," "Let them come TO
~" "We'll fight It out" and similar
shouts came from all parts of the hall:
but manifestations in approval
Of Mr.. CAROLS proposition
ssere made by many Of the strikers.
Mr.. Carroll then explained that he made
the motion because he was convinced that
II the strik. rs requested the manufac-
tursrs 10 Srbitrate and that request was
denied. then the strikers would nave the
sympathy of All the people.
Mr.. Cannon said: "Ne don't want any
arbitration which will arbitrate more
little children into the mill. We are
fighting for . principle and that We will
maintain" This sentiment was loudly
applauied-
Mr.. McGuy then made the remarkable
statement that q committee had already
been appointed { confer with the manu-
fac turers. and Mr.. Carroll said IL tina
was the case be bad nothing more to say.
A Relief Fund.
Mr.. Cannon then suggested that the
strikers needed something more sub
stantial than sympathy. The following
gentlemen then announced hat they
would contribute. and there was great
enthusiasm ~ each name was men,
sioned
George J. West. 500; j. o. San Souci,
go; =. L. Cannon. e26; HUH j Carroll,
e25; Il. d. McGu nness, SIS; McGouah
brothsrs. go: j. II. Russell, SIS; John
O'ConneIl. t25; Councilman X 81, S25;
ID. y. Mccarthy, SIS; Mathews brothers.
o25; T. r. Allen, sz5: Herman Khrone.
es; Stephen McMsugh. t25; Luke Kava-
nsugh, 90: John l. Cannon, $40; Council
man Darcy. $40. total, $3.50.
Edward McCsffery said he had re-
Quesfed the newspapers TO open subsc lip
tion lists In their respective Offices, and
he wanted 70 see how sincere their inter-
est was In ths matter.
IL was stated that several Oineyville