Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-02
MAY DAY ELSEWHERE.
Riotous Denominations mt Cleveland
New York Parade.

new IOFk Ror0ue.
A May day meeting of the unemployed
was held in the public square at Cleveland
yesterday morning. The crowds numbered
far into the thousands. A procession form
ed and marched to the west SIDE. On the
central viaduct an electric motor was en-
countered. The motorman refused to stop.
and when one Of the marchers attempted
to force him to obey the order Of the mob
he struck one of them in the face and
knocked him from the car. This made the
crowd wild with rage. Some one began fir
ing pistol, and the crowd attacked the
car with clubs, smashed the windows and
left IL wreck. At the west side market
house a similar demonstration was made,
but a rapid firing of guns frightened the
crowd into the belief that the police were
coming down on them and they scattered
Riotous demonstrations were the order Of
the day, and several persons were injured,
while a number had narrow escapes from
DEATH A meeting. attended by between
lO,OOO and l5,UOO men, was held in the pub
lie square In the forenoon. The first indica-
ton of trouble was when an anarchist NAM
ed Moore endeavored to make an incen-
diary speech. He was seized by two men
and dragged from the platform.
Another section of the mob visited the
works of the II. p. Nail Company When
the workmen refused to come out bricks
stones and clubs were thrown through the
windows. When they were satisfied they
could accomplish nothing they withdrew
The crowds were almost entirely made M
of idle foreigners and unorganized work
men. as all the labor unions had taken ac-
ton against participating in any demon
stration on May day.
Parade mt New York.
The May day labor parade last night at
New York was not quite as successful as
expected. The Central Labor Union was
out Of it. and it was confined altogether to
H..
lists and the United Hebrew Trades 1t is l.
liberal estimate to say that 1900 people
took part in 1t all told, but more than three
times that number looked on. The socialist
element seemed to predominant. and there
were more red flags than any others In the
line of march.
The parade was divided into three sec
tons. They came from different parts of
the city, meeting at Union Square where
they were reviewed and dismissed. Then
they gathered in the plaza, where they lis
tened to speeches by several labor orators
most of whom were socialists.
the object OF the parade was to agitate
for less work and more wages" The Cen
trail Labor Federation is backing the social
lists in the agitation. At least forty differ
nearly every one of them carried signs re-
ferring to the eight-hour day. There were
other notices scattered here and there
through the procession, such as Down with
capital, Capital means slavery" etc. The
demonstration passed off orderly. There
was nothing more for the police to do than
to keep the crowd in order. One feature OF
the parade was the presence in the process
sion of about 900 marching women.
May day at Berlin passed off quietly
generally speaking. A mob of about a
thousand anarchists assembled. and its
leaders commenced delivering seditious
speeches, but were dispersed.
There were three meetings OF working
men and others at Vienna yesterday. but
they were dispersed without disturbance