New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
DENOINCING THE PEERS.
, DEMONSTRATION OF THE LONDON
TRADES UNIONISTS.
SEVERAL PROFESSIONS TO HYDE PARK WHERE
MORE THAN 100 MEN. on TWELVE PLAT
FORMS MADE SPEECHES REsOLU-
TONS AGAINST THE HOUSE
OF LORDS ADOPTED.

1ordo, March 1S-The Trades Unionists' de-
,oons,ration IN favor OF the Employers Liability
hill and against the House OF Lords. was in
nroeress all this afternoon 1t transformed Lon
Ion between the Thames Embankment and the
further side OF Hyde Park into an indescribable
bedlam The whole district was filled with work
ingn1en and paupers. brass bands. processons'
banners and trHc<oads of spectators
The weather was discouraging. The sun was
obscurcd by mist, the air was raw ana II was
unusually dirty underfoot. Nevertheless before
II o'clock crowds from the East and North Of
London began gathering at the Embankment
and along the proposed routes of the procession.
From the North district came the scum of all
London Family parties camped in little open
spaces or in doorways. and there consumed fruit
or nuts or hot potatoes. which were sold In
enormous quantities along the walks.
The main procession formed on the Embank-
ment a little before noon. Thousands took their
places in the line and thousands more marched
beside the regular parade or walked in the rear.
Mounted marshals. who grinned sheepshly at
their friends along the route, led the line Be
hind them came the unions and the societies,
marching four. eight or ten abreast. Many
women walked with their husbands, some OF
them leading their little boys by the nanc
Many more filled the vans and brakes which ac-
companiei the parade from the Embankment %
the Park The rows of men in the procession
we're hudded together and they marched away
with exceptional rapdity. yet the line required
two hours 10 pass given point Just OH the
Embanhnent
The 400 banners in the procession represented
ali the trades Many OF them were tweni. lee |
square and were constantly becoming entaneleu
with the Irish flags, mounted notices ana trans
parencies which had been junbed together with
out sequence OF system. One truck carried a
coffin draped with the Union Jack surmounteI
with the sign: THE Veto Coffin Of the House OF
Lords" Before and after the truck came groups
of signs such as Down With the Lords No
hereditary Lawmakers" The Lords Threw out
the Employers L!abiht, I'!l.; Let IS lhro" lheH'
Out" , .
The most troublesome part Of tho procession
was the bands. for there ~ere more than lVo ol ol
them In line anl each insisted upon mafchihg
In front of certain unions Some tines four We're
PLAYING within 200 feet Of one another. Ta!slnS
such discorian, DIN as to confuse thoSe III i She
narade and elicit jeers from the spectators. Ihl'
bediam lasted from noon t. > o'clock when those
who had not gone to the Park dispersed to their
homes. =,
The meetings in the park were attended by
tens of thousands There were twelve platforms
,rd more than 100 speakers The most notaoic
addresses were made by Pen Tiliett the dock
srs' friend; John Burns. Labor Party. Member
Of Parliament for Battersea; joseph Arch. .iD-
srai Member for the Northwest DiVis:on 81 Nor
folk; James Rowlands. Radical, Menber .of tle
East Division Of Finsbury; Michael Austin, Anu.
Parnell,te, Member fol the West DlNs1C" OF
Limerick; Samuel Wood representing the miners
Member for the Ince Division Of Lancashire,
c'baries Fanv,ick Miners Member for the Vans
beck Division OF No-thumberland; ana imam
Cremer. Radical Reform party, Member fCr the
Hagserstowl Division Of Shoredltch All the
speakers were interrupted repeatedly with cheers.
At every stand the audience adotei resoiuu0n
condemnng the amendments introduced ny inc
peers into the Employers Liability bill and de-
n1andng that the Government take steps 70 PR
vent the Peers from opposing successfuly the
will Of the Nation.
The park looked like great p!cnic-ground our
Ing the meetings Thu grass was stfewn win
scraps Of food. bundles Of paT-rr ana broken
luncheon baskets.