Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-02-28
BOSTON UNEMPLOYED
Give Cheers of "PeaCe" Z"
For the Red Flag.
G0VERNUR DIDN'T SPEAK.
Election Of Socialists Will Free Work.
ingmen, Saw the Leaders.

BosToN, Feb. %. -Y-sterday was sci
apart by the unemployed for another SO
called demonstration. The weather wal
In every respect favorable The sun wal
bright and warm, the wind moderate and
the temperature at a comfortable degree
As early as 10 o'clock several hundred
men interested In the matter had as
semblsd about the soldiers monument or
the Common. On the south side Of tn,
hill that IL surmounted by the grant,
shaft the snow Is pretty well melted off
and the grass is actually showing tinges
OF green, suggestive Of springs early com
ing. II was here the majority of the
crowd stood and waited.
The number was constantly increasing
BY 1880 O'Clock every walk across tn,
Common approaching the place Of rem
devious showed lines of men and boyi
headed In the same direction. The tor
and about the hill were beginning to b,
thickly thronged and by l o'clock it wa,
estimated that fully 5000 persons wer,
present.
Il was notable that many were evi
IDENTIFY business men. There were also not
few women, and a generous sprinklina
Of boys. But the majority were men with.
out overcoatS. thin In flesh, and to all ap
pearancss had been having
A Tight Rub OF It.
The gathering was under the Leadership
of Swift and Casson, the Equity union
agitators
These people had been warned by the
authorities that no speaking could take
place on the Common, and that they
would not be allowed In the staseshouse as
. body. Governor Greenhalge had beer
invited by them TO make an address, but
he declined, saying that he preferred &c
leave the matter with the legisl ature, IL
whose hands II now is.
The crowd moved singly and in bat
tslions to the Cradle of Liberty, that Ia
always open to those who desire its privi
leges. When the crowd had reached the
sdiflcs the demonstration was opened by
Swift. He said he understood that the
militia were being held in readiness to
swoop down upon them upon the slightest
provocation. He urged his hearers to bs
quiet and peaceable, and the meeting al
once resolved into rather tame social.
istic rally.
Disrespectful Remarks.
Whlle the remarks or the speakers wert
punctuated by groans, Kisses, catcalls,
ETC., whenever the existing condition OF
things was especially denounced, or Gov
ernor Grcenhalge and other prominent
officials under the ban of the crowd wert
ridiculed In q rather impolite manner.
the whole affair was soceptab BILE to the
many officers present and no trouble EN-.
sued.
In his remarks Swift said the charges OF
violence that had been made against them
were false. No man, he claimed, went tc
the state house last week with any object
In mind other than to ask permission OF
the commonwealth to earn bread for his
babes at home. The only way out of the
thrsldom Of capitalism was by voting
the socislistic ticket at elections
That WAS the keynote of the speeches
that followed, and after listening to en-
tertaining and sometimes amusing red.
hot sooialistic takes by Messrs. Casson,
O'Neil, the steeple climbing ex-candidate
for governor; Taylor, and others, includ
Ing Mrs. Avery and Mrs Merryfield, well.
known women agitators, the meeting
broke up with cheers for the red flag, not
OF violence, they sud, but of peace.