The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-11
another MASS MEETING.
OlnsyTille WsaVsrs Again Assemble
on Msrlno Flats Today.
MEETING WAS DISCUSSIONAL.
Committee Formed and VIII Hold Meet
Formed and VIII Hold Meet
in~gs-15,0O0 Men Expected to Re In
the strike-Big Mass Meeting to BE
Held Next Saturday.

1LiAtiO was uODt c4CcPb w tnc why ~
discussion. Tue crowd appeared to be in
q somewhat worss humor than II
was yesterday. The operatives gathered
and expressed their views OF
capitalists and their methods and pur-
poses in language that could hardly be
called optimistic. The utopi spirit that
prrvaded the crowds yesterday seem ed TO
have entirely dissolved, and the
serious aspect OF the strike was
Deeo ming apparent to all. Many
thought yesterday that a determined
front would bring the mill owners to
terms with little delay. Today everyone
n long aud bitter fisht. They are deter
The higher scale is demanded aud moth.
lug short will be accep ed.
President McCuy Is Determined.
At 1890 o'clock President Richard Me-
Guy called the assembly together aud
made "a short address. much on the same
lines as his spesch of yester-
day. He exhorled the strikers
to stand firm. 1--WE nave the good will
and sympathy Of the business men of
Providence and IL we ad ere firmly to our
demands we cannot fail to win in the
nj. Every man NAV have to stay out
until next April, but he
must make up his mir
TO do it. Only by determination can we
win. The facts must be brought before
the bust ess. men. They do not realize
what this cutdown really is. No
BODY but u weaver Is able
to understa and the magnitude of the
blow aimed ut our calling by this whole
sale red It is an outra 20 to ask
skilled men to work for twelve cents aud
eight mills a hundred. We can't and
wont submit to it,"
The Danger of CentraIixins Capital.
George Boomer, editor of Justice, a
labor paper. was introduce by Pres. dent
McGuy at the close OF his spee ch. and
spoke for twenty m nutes on the antay
onistie attitude OF capital toward labor.
The capitalists, he stated, are trying To
crowd tue laboring man to the wall. "It
is var TO the knife aud the strong st
man will win," he said. Cap
ital is using the workman
as a mere machine In ;his hands for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF wealth for himself.
III " are ever TO escape from our thrall.
dom me must beRin at once. Capital
will brook no opposition. La California
the state government is arm
ing and drilling its troops that
they may butcler the helpless
workingmen when the money of the lat
ter is exhausted aud they ask for aid. In
Rhode Island you have seen the state
troops marching aud euvering.
Why DO not the authorities anticipate
"A time when the laborer will be
out Of money aud out Of bread,
a victim to encroachiug capitali
l have been called an a archist. Tue ap-
pellation is false. But / do see and an
nounce the time when nearly all capital
Will be in the hands Of the few, and the
many. the working people. will arise In
their frenzy and their suffering and level
existing institutions. History has sho n
this to have been the result Of the GEN.
tralization of capital in all ages. History
will repeat ITSELF"
Plans for Carrying ON the War.
A committee of twenty-three has been
appointed from the various mills and has
b en- sub-divided into managing,
campaign and vigilance committees
Their work is to take
general action toward carrying on the
fight. 1t is expected that Is. 600 men will
he out before the trouble is over. Pins
have been made TO hold meetings In the
different halls In Olneyville.
Committee Meetings.
The Weybosset help will meet at 2 p.
m, today ut the Cadets hall.
The National help will meet at 2 p. m.
today mt Carlisle hall.
All the spinners will meet at 3 D. m.
,oday at Regenl Social hall.
The Saxon help will meet at 8 p. m. to-
day at German hall.
The Riverside weavers will meet tomor-
row at 0 n. m. at Woods hall.
All carding and picker room help held
a meeting at 1880 o'clock today.
The Sara rae weavers met on the flats
at 1880 o'clock today.
The Geneva help met at Q o'clock today.
Arrangements are being perfected for
a large mass meeting next Saturday.
a local business man has promised to de-
fray the expense OF hiring a hall. A col
umn will be formed in the morning and
will parade to the hall.