The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-16
SlRlKERSPARAD
Afternoon Demonstration Of
0lneyVille Operatives.
Z THOUSAND IN LINE
Men, Women and Children March
From the Square TO Music Hall.
MANY WATCH THE PROCESSION.
MANY WATCH THE PROCESSION.
Iransparencies Demanding Work, the
Right to Live and D~enouncipg son.
opoiies t~arried-The Strikers Very
Orderly-lhres lands Furnish Music
for tho Marching Wage " orkers-Au
Speakers and the speeches.

The parade Of the Olneyville strikers
today was an entire success in point Of
numbers aud general enthusiasm. The
formation OF the line was not attaincd
until full NJ hour .atsr than intended,
but when { Q precision was Fl ally lined
up over 1000 neu n ONE could have
veen couuted.
The strikers assembled at an early
hour, but a lack Il Q, ematic orgauIza-
ION WAS apparent from tn. Start. The
en stood around la knots anu groups,
siscussiDs tue situation AMI wonderiul
lie The proce>slo. was to start. TIE
-roups Il ally resolved into definite shape
aud iorm q On tue streets a. follows:
Fietch. help. opposite Br ay Bap-
list church.
Nyeb, sset help, corner of Westminster
and Troy streets.
Riv eide Lelp. IN the % are.
Girls fro al. tbe nils. Valley street.
Central Falls he p. Vale, street.
Wanskuck help, Valley street
7hs Line Forms.
At o'clock tne vario s groups OF op =
ratives began to resolve ITEMS Ives int
a definite line. FIRST came tn
loom fixers. headed by Richard
MtGny. pr, sident Of tn organization.
Following tnem c tine the X ode Islan
Brass band plmyiix various airs ~ til.
procession u owed to ard Providence.
Toe remainde o the liDe was:
DE ser and sla-her tenders. Rivers d
wravers, Sarauac eavers. Saxon worsted
help, Lymau sville bs "a, 4 rls from all
mills, Central Fails hep, Fie cher Mills
helm. Wa ak n X heln
The Demonstrations.
Scores OF banners and transparencies
ere waved aloft as the long line of
strikers s artsd toward Mus C hall. I'VE
claim our Right TO Live" and mo Com
promise" appeared prominently over tn.
eads Of the Weybosse operat yes. Tt,
Lymansville Lelp carried ~ motto. eve
nave struck that our children may moi
starve while we tot - Down
with Monopoly" "The Land for
he people," Z" Wage Slavery Must Co..
were coutr buted by the RIVERSIDE
,elp. The Sax N help c'rried a pa :
ner on w, ich was inscribed
=" Fighting for Our Homes and Chill
dren." There were other trausparencies,
such M mo c mpro mis- ;" "Pauper
Wages Must Co." 1--WE Demand Justice. "
Liberty or Death. 1716. Patrick Henry"
The Big Crowd Started.
At ! o'clock the command to start was
iven and 1000 men and women
moved into line up West
minister street. Street cars, truck
wagons and all were oblise d to give va
~ me immense mass star ed. Once
got possession oil tn. stree
t held undisputed sway. t..
arch was made str Rht dow
Westminster and Weybosset streets 20
urks Head, then up Westminster street
o Music hall.
The procession was orderly throughout.
L ere were no signs OF disord r, no ia
oxication. Crowds of bowling small
oys contributed the only Excitement to
he scere; the strikers the n~selves
we're most serious and attended strictly
O the subject in hand. AZ the hall the
line broke aud as many rs possible o. the
vast ~concourse filed in and took seats.
Here the appointed SPEAKERS were waiting
to address them and the business men Of
Providence.
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