The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-03-19
LONDON. March Is

liability bill and against the
house of lords. was in progress
all this afternoon. 1t transformed
London between the Thames embank
ment and the further side of Hyde
Park into an indescribable bed
lam. The whole district was
filled with workiugmen aud paupers,
brass bands, professions, banners and
truck loads of spectators, Before /
O'Clock crowds from the east and north
quarters began gathering at the EN-
bankment and along the proposed
routes Of the professions. From the
north district came the scum of all
London. A more sodden, beer-loaked
lot could not be found in any great city
of Europe.
The women came with babies in
arms and small children clingng to
their skirts. Family parties camped
in little open spaces or in doorways
The London rabble loves holiday, and
despite their pitiablo poverty the
crowds indulged in some horse play
dancing and general picnicking The
main procession formed shortly
before noon. Thousands took their
places in the line and thou
sands more marched beside the
regular parade or walked in tho rear.
Mounted marshals. who grinned sheep.
ishly at their friends along the route,
led the line. Behind them came the
unions and societies. Many women
walked with their husbands some Of
them leading their little hoys by the
hand The line required two hours to
pass a given point
SUGGESTIVE BANNERS CARRIED.
The 400 banners in the procession
represented all the trades. MANY of
them were twenty feet square, Vul-
cans and Neptunss and blindfolded JUS
tices, brooms and rods and little coflius
were borne aloft. One truck carried
coffin with the union jack surmounted
with the sign, THE veto coffin of the
house of lords" Before and after the
truck came groups of signs sucn az
Down with the lords, mo hereditary
lawmakers" THE lords threw out the
employers liability bill, let US throw
them out
The most troublesome part Of the
procession was the bands, for there
were more than hundred of them in
line and each insisted upon marching
in front of certain unions. Sometimes
four were playing within 200 feet of
each other, raising such dlscordant
din as to confuse those in the parade
and elicit jeers from the spectators.
In several cases rival bands fell
in, side by side. Some came to blows
but most Of them fought out the con-
test by playing bass drums and from
bones with all the force they could
muster. The crowds along the route
were good-natured and applauded and
eheered the contestants. This bedlam
lasted from noon to o'clock when
those who had not gone to the park dis.
persed to their homes.
SPEECHES AT THE PARK.
The meetings in the parks were at
tended by tens of thousands. There
were twelve platforms and more than
100 speakers The most notable ad-
dresses were made by Ben Tiliett, the
dockers friend; John Burns, LABOR
member of parliament for Battersea /;
Joseph Arch, liberal mem Der of p9rlia.
ment of the northwest division of Nor.
folk John Rowlands, radical member Of
parliament for the eastern division OF
Finsbury, Michael Austin, anti. Par
nellite member of parliament for the
west division of Dimerck, Samuel
Woods. miners member of parliament
for the Luce division of Lancashire; {;
Charles Fenwick, miners member of
parliament for the Wansbeck division
Of Northumberland aud William Gre
mer, radical reform member of parlia-
ment for the Haggerston division of
Shoreditch.
All the speakers were interrupted re-.
peatedly with cheers. At every stand
the audience adopted a resolution con-
demning the amendments introduced
by the peers into the employers liza.
bility bill and dem anding the govern
ment to take steps to prevent the peers
from opposing successfully the will of
the nation.