The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-15
RED FLAG DISPLAYED.
Socialist Demonstration at New York
pullman Denounced

NEW YORK, July IA Socialist DEM
onstration was held in Union square this
evening. Detachments of the municipal and
park police were on hand to preserve order,
but they had no trouble. Superintendent
Byrnes remained in his office throughout
the evening to give directions in case of
trouble. The cry raised by the speakers
at the start was ballots not bullets. This
cry was taken up by each succeeding
speaker. for the leaders of the Sociaiistic
Labor party controlled the meeting and
wanted to work it for all it was worth for
their own interests. Combined with the
socialist Labor party in the demonstration
were the Cenertal Labor Federation and
the United Hebrew Trades. AS was to be
expected, numerous red flags were displayed,
ana but few American flags were visible.
Each division of the paraders carried a
number of transparencies with various
notices, such as Down with Capitalists -
and kindred sentiments.
About Union square several platforms
had been erected for the speakers. Address
es were made in English, German and He
brew, platform being assigned to the
speakers Of each language. Lucius Samuels
a fiery Socialist was called upon to pre-
side he made speech strongly condemn
Ing Pullman for his treatment of his en-
ployes, and then denounced capital in the
usual fashion. Charles II. Machett who
was the Socialist candidate for Governor of
this State, was the next speaker. He re-
ferred at some length to the late strike,
ana after condemning Pullman and the
meet them with the only weapons availa-
ble-the ballot. The ballots not bullets.
must be your remedy" After him came T.
Popullst ticket for judicial position in
1892 He followed in the same strain as did
Daniel De Leon, former candidate for May
Im0Oana q ~ u Soli
bury and many lesser lights. The following
resolutions We're adopted:
Whereas, The town of Pullman is es-
tablished on a basis repugnant to civil lib
over the economic liberties of it's people
similar TO that exercised by feudal lords
Whereas, The strike of the citizens of
Pullman was the result of the abuses
,Nnlch ,Nvnlch naturally and inevitably arise from
infamous oEe-man power; and,
whereas, The army and the courts of
one United states We're, on small pretext,
tests of the Governors of States invaded
6y troops, and in direct violation of the
constitution OF the United States, to fight
the DattIe OF monopoly by injunction and
bullet against the producers of wealth.
VINO VINO have been Systematically robbed of the
Resolved, That see in these events
another evidence of the irrepressible con-
hict between the producers and the ex-
ploiters, which must continue to be waeed
until the present Infamous system OF com
petition is supplanted by cooperation,
which will insure TO the toiler the full pro-
duct OF his labor.
Resolved, That we call upon the wage
earnerS Of all conditions in the country to
sever utterly their affiliations with the old
political parties which are under the domn-
ION OF capitalists and unite with the Social
lst Lab party, ,whoss platform demands the
overthrow of this system of monopoly and
the establishment of the cooperative COM
monwealth which insures equal Justice to
all meil-the essence of liberty.