The morning call., 1893-08-22
UNDER A BLACK FLAG.
WOrkingmen Paraded Through
the Streets of Newark.
Presently They Passed the Mayor
and lie Made the Obnoxious
Banner Come Down.
Special to THE MoRNINe CALL.

NEWARK. N. j.. Aug. 81. = The unem-
ployed wOrkingmen held a large parade
to-day. At the head of the line marched a
man with large black flag. upon which.
| in white letters, were the words, Signs Of
the Times am Starving Because He is
Fat" Beneath the inscription was pic
snre of a large well-fed man with high
hat and a starving man beside him.
Another black flag. with an inscription OF
similar pnrport, was carried in the center
of the line.
At the City Hall Mayor Haynes, who
was on the steps, ordered the black flag
taken down. adding: "No one can march
through these streets unless the stars and
atriDes are carried"
The flags were then kept out of sight for
while, but were hoisted again after the
center of the city was passed.
A meeting later was addressed by Emma
Goldman. the anarchist, from New York,
who made a characteristic speech. None
g. l.s s.s2 in he nEoecssion presented any
appearances Of staTvatlen.
NEW YORK, Aug. q. Emma Goldman
returned from Newark this afternoon in
lime to make rabid speech at meeting
Of anarchists on the east side. She said
the black flag, the symbol or destitution
and hunger, had once more been trodden
nader foot. This had reference to the
patriotic utterance Of the Mayor of New
ark that no procession should march with
ont the stars and stripes. Emma told the
crowd that the Mayor tore the black flag
down, that ne was q beast and that his
time of retributi6n was nigh. She told her
hearers they must go to the UniOn-square
meeting tonight If they wished to accom-
plish anything.
LET clubs, stones and other weapons be
opposed to the clubs and revolvers of the
police" she shrieked. "for unless this is
done your cause will not progress one
iota.''
The attendance at Union square tonight
was about 5000. There was no disorder
and the speakers vera permitted to shout
to their hearts content. Emma was there
also and told the men she was ashamed of
America, because it made the rich very
rich and the poor very poor. Kings and
Presidents were all alike. so far as oppress-
ing the Door went. She told the people
they must get bread, get it how they would.
Other speakers, talking in German, de-
eiared that if the peoDledidn't get bread
the scenes Of the French revolution would
BE- repeated.
The committee appointed on Sunday at
the meeting Of the organized labor confer
ence To-day formulated an address to the
people of the United States. declaring that
100000 men, women and children were
nearing the verge of starvation in this rich
METROPOLIS of these free and nuited
states. Hundreds of thousands of Others
are within short distance of want and its
attendant suffering. misery and crime. 7,
calls upon New York Aldermen IN cnn-
vent IL special session and devise wavs
and means for the employment of The nm
employed directly, and calls upon ALI IN
contribute funds for the unemployed who
seek work in vain. 1t charges that those
who control the industries and finance of
the United States are responsible for the
san pioyment of labor and demands of them
immediate relief for the victims of a sys-
ten Inherited from the age. of wrono
with which the poor have been oppressed
CHICAGO, Aug 2L-About ffty men
gathered together and marched throuob
the downtown streets this afternonn
shouting "We want bread" After march
ing a few squares they halted in front NJ
the City Hall, where their arrival creatad
some excitement Mayor Harrison and
other officers gaZed upon the crowd. where
nnon the men shouted "We want work or
bread" The crowd, however, soon melted
away without further incident