The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-22
POLICE CALLED on.
Unemployed of Boston Create a
String Scene.


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stat" House" but subsequently Modify
Their .,,t.m.,,sZ t..v.r,.r Foual ia
the Emergency
BOSTON req SIX or 'oo men, VINO
pretended to represent the unemployed OF
this city, went up to the state house yes
terlay afternoon TO see Governor Green
hnlge
rho i.ad.rs ,.sro Norrisan Swift and
uorL.rt \ Casson
rLo,. l,,,d b.,,, ~ ,b.=g,,t.. ho,.e on a
nrevion. ncc,sion IN 80. III. evc.llenrv
/ h,, I,. ,,.as tt,,, ,Laa,,t j., w York
pr,,,inus 10 ia Accommodation at th.
stot. bnusc bont 1,,,l NJ, had assembled
an tba Common ya.ter,iav nndcr the
ausnices of the associ.tiau for the I'M.
a,nnl,rod a,d Gatsnad Ia e.ui.ou.
arcbistir snce,.hes md, lv Morrison I
| swift and IIrrbcrt \ cassau Under the
influence and fierv ardar NJ the speecbes
tba crowd h.ad.i he tho t,,n sneak.rs
marched to tho stat. hons. where these
self.apnoiuted I..d,.r. f,,farvi.,v.d Gov
ernor Gre.pb.1gn Will. tho crow. re
naiued outsidp Thy demanded hat
| work shoiId be giveu tn tbe men hey
represented
;rhe gnv.ruor aioui6ad bie ,villin,ness
4 to do nil In his newer Ia helm the unpm-
ployed. and he had no doubt the legisla
turc would do the same Upon the invi-
tation of the delegation the governor adj
dressed the crowd He told them that
personally be would do all he could and
hot ba nd pti bv the
legislature. He pointed out that the
general court had no power to give work
TO the unem oloyed except it had money tC
pay them and that such work must be foI
the public good The governor insisted
that the first duty of every citizen was
obedience to the laws
This speech did not meet with the ap
prevail of the crowd. and they surged into
the state house to present to the leRisla-
ture IA petition, but which was couched in
the terms of demand. The petition
stated how the unemployed have starved
for months with patience after making
many appeals for employment, which the
city and state were alone competent tic
furnish, and should have supplied in the
beginning. They ask the Legislature to
provide farms and factories where the I'M
=
plytheir own wants. This petition was
presented to the legislature by Represen
tative Mellen.
A Qualification.
On their return the mob assem- bled il.
Doric hall. where Swift made an ilcen.
diary speech. in which he threatened that
If the petition was unheeded they woald
clear the state house.
Governor Greenhalge met Swift and
oassoii nirer'iy a'.ef .nis siee0n' anu ~
pam iahguage 'o'u 2"li' NAV ms speech
was grossly obnoxious anu improper
0"'i' 9"" 'n,' 'ne eoNe,io' wa" va, "nS'y
an" i'i,ieuih'eiy 'f ,,a W raw ny say
ing Una, no ','e"i, ~ ,i''n .nVih '"o ~
oai,o's' anu "l,o'osiNe" "',' ,'ei'ie'' '""'
he nav maui "'ee."n'e VI a'on "p'"''
A' 'ne o,o'e V, '"'9 ~ -"lV gu, III. III
oe,' VI va. IL i,ai 'a a., ~ ',V"
io CIV. ,',t.,t;'',, ,,.;,h III ,h -" ,'os.
n''ei '';.i a, '
.he or"e IT, was s',ei ~ .ie"' 'ne 9'".'
ho"se' ne o,o" LIN, was "..i",'' "'" a,ou'e
went up VI Nm M .ne po,i.o gu" Low
WIN caP''"i ne o'sn' VI 'ne c'"os III
.he na".' ~ ss .iil", ~" 80, noon
tehaed 10 o'sPei &c Tue Missing ana ye'iihe
"loo
~ ~ s"'u INA. oi'' ~ 10" 'iis'"io's
haa .h at pol'ce 10 use iorce,
""i'' was seei' 'a'' ''s,e ~ "iePo''ef.
accredited to him. but afterward qualified
il by saying: IF did say 1t, meant by