New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-13
mpre In all except In name and the principle OF

that the great majority of the voters OF Cahiorna
warmly In sympathy, not with the railroad
companies but with the people. applause
remember when wasn't a millionaire In Call
millions. How did they get It.? Mr. coils 4 I'm,
laughter l say they got it by robbery (appausel'
and by species OF robbery, TOO, 10 "hI,n 1ne
Thsy got Il Sy buyng votes by buying essiat
ures by buying judges and by b9ylng nrac
tsed industry and frugality' indeed 'DerisiVe
We have been building ships of that are OF
only furnish some few gentlemen , With pleas
ent or sFR Rss nnsJeS Ana n' our standing $500
men is spoken OF as being too small tn Jason that
big armories are being built namely that the men
who have grown TO be worth miilons by roope'!
distrust the people. applause
CRITICISM OF MR.. CLEVELAND.
want TO speak with the utmost respect OF MT
Cleveland OIissng. loud and proonged)
No man has received at the hands of the American
people such high honor as he simply because he
sounded the keynote OF the battle against monopoly;
yet from the very first he has taken the sue OF tte
people. and of his earliest acts was the appoih'
ment of man VIGOROUSLY d corporation lawyer as
You have heard of the Senate Investigation into
TO do anything but find out. O-aughterC ! was
told. too by reliable man in the city Of Wash-
ator OF the United States that the Whlskey Trust
ought to be considered because the MhsKeS crun'
Qiisses) Whether the railroads contributed an!
nat are we going to do about it? Cries of I'm,
peach him. What about this strike? genera gen az
endurance and who Will endure longest the rich . or
the poor; Cries Of The poor - No the Ticn VIII III
arbitration the rich in the long run would be sure
to gel the ATe YOU o q mepey 10
cheap way ro Of scmPelins you TO WORK LOT 10"
Another suggestion is that the other labor unions
should contribute so that the employees OF Puimann
sSpa leave that What gq4 would b that o SS
in America to-day in which there are not more men
movement is on wrong basis 1t is the funda
mental right of man TO work where ne likes FOR for
whom he likes and for what wages he likes. The
only true remedy is the single tax on land. pro
ionged applause
Frank X. Foster. of Boston, young man
who spoke with easy grace. followed Mr.. George.
He said in part:
The cause for which this meeting stands is for
in his protest against Federal interference. The
labor movement of today Is on the right basis
ton. not revolution. God help this country when
the sn 10 lne here is nothing to
arbitrate IL the military power is TO be the court
fbe rpaWay a we have only one means
OF relief and that Is at the polls
FATHER DUCEY SPEAKS FOR HIS CHURCH.
Father Ducey was then introduced and re-
ceived a hearty welcome from the crowd Be
fore reading a written speech he said he wanted
10 ask his hearers to listen with judicial mind
and applaud all they wanted 10. but not hiss
the name Of any person. The Catholic Church
was the church OF the masses he said and he
had felt it was his duty as priest Of that
Church 70 plead the cause OF the masses Inc
United States Of America was the land OF the
mass and not Of the class. the land OF law for
the people and by the people He denounced
George NJ Pullman the one who had tried to
be the dictator by refusing to have arbitration
Mr. Pullman. he declared. should have learned
that charity toward all of which Abraham
Lincoln spoke
THE RESOLUTIONS.
After Father Ducey had ended. the secretary
read some resolutions. which were in effect that
the American Railway Union. in It's attemp; 10
tie I'D the railroads Of the country. was Endorsed
by labor men in New-York: that the action OF
the Federal Government, in sending troops 10
Chicago, was denounced by laboring men; thai
the patriotism Of the United States Senate was
only simulated: that the protection of the mail
service was being used by the railroads as pre-
text TO overcome the employees Of the roads; that
the present labor trouble in the West was an
fort to down corporate wealth; that. as private
operations had shown their inability 10 perform
duties Of public carriers. Congress should.
refore take steps to No.ionalize the railroads.
that workingmen should use their political
ment that would be as quick to defend the
laboring men as the present one Ola tne
nonopol!sts.
telegram was then -ead from Samuel Com
ners 'indors!ng the purposes of the meeting.
ACTORS CRUSHED TOO. SAYS MIR. HERNE.
The next speaker was James A. Herne, the
actor who said that. while there were not
enough men Of his trade to organize strike In
thav beng crushed by
same power that was crushing mechanical
labor He aroused considerable enthusiasm In
the hall when ne said:
Labor is the maker Of the American Republic
II has nothing to fear when 1t rises In unarmed pro-
Of the labor troubles Labor has nothing 70 ex.
pect from either Of the great political parties , ~
has been cajoled by one and betrayed by the other
The old political parties must de Labor must
bury them. and from the tombs OF the oia must
arise a greater party the party OF the people
Charles r Adams. the lawyer made long
speech in which he moved the crowd alternately
10 laughter and applause He read part OF one
of President Clevelands messages In when 'here
were expressions OF sympathy for the laoorine
NOR" who were being ground under the IRON
heel of monopoly" and contrasted sucn express
sions with some recent acts OF MI Cleveiano
calling out bursts of merrimeht. ne was az
plauded wildly when he said:
The American people are a aw-abiding people people
only when the law is right. The American people
wSat the president says about the American people
is true they would be towards ana slaves II uneii
continued to support the laws under which such
things done.
He came near dropping into poetry when he
shouted
Treason never succeeds and for this reason; III II
succeeds, IL isn't treason
MANY persons were leaving the hall and more
were entering II when Edward King was intro
aucesd and for a time the confusion so great
that he could not be heard.
Among the things Mr. King said was this:
THE greatest president in the United States is
President Debs." Then he added that the great
sympathetic strike would save the elementary
civil rights Of the people.