The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-19
WORKINGMEN IN HYDE PARK
THE FlsT END or LONDON INTADEs
IHE BTo PLEASURE eRoUNn

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LONDON March lathe trades unionists'
demon stration in favor Of the Employers La
billty bill and against the House OF Lords was
In progress all this afternoon. II transformed
London between the Thames embankmont
and the further side OF Hyde Park into an In
describable bedlam. The whole district was
filled with workinemen and paupers. brass
bands. PROFESSIONS. banners. and truck loads
OF spectators
The weather was discouraging. The sun
was obscured by mist. the air was raw. and
II was unusually dirty under foot. Neverthe-
less. before IL o'clock crowds from the east
and north quarters began gathe ring at the
embankment aud along the proposed routes
OF the professions. From the east district
came the scum Of all London. A more sodden,
beer-soaked lot could not be found in any
great city OF Europe The men we're but half
clad In tat.ered. faded coats. occasionally con-
trasting strangely with brand-new trousers
which had been purchased for the gala day.
The women came with babies In arms
and small children cllnRinR to their
skirts 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 wslka The
London rabblo loves n holiday. and despite
their pitiable poverty. the crowds INDUCED in
much horseplsy. dancing. and general pic
nicking.
The main procession formed on the en-
bankment shortly before noon. Thousands
took their places in the line. and thousands
more marched beside the regular parade or
walked In the rear. Tho workingmen In the
procession were In their working clothes. some
what tiiied for the occasion and embellished
with bright neoktics Some had new waist
coats; a few new trousers: but the greater
poys sT Gst WED
shoepishly at their friends along the route. led
the line, Behind them came the unions and
bands. some Of them leading their little boys
brakes which accompanied the parade from
the embankment to tho park. The rows Of
and they marched away with exceptional
rspidity; yet the line required two hours to
fss 10 ths repre-
scented all tho trades. Many OF them were
ssi Ra hs Isb ns. he
been lumbled toGetheg without sequences or |
Justices. brooms and rods and little collins |
were borne aloft on platforms or displayed |
RED eSn with shs union iaci sar
mounted nn. with the sssn po hhs veto C9n OF
the eSs sns
" The Lords threw out tho Employers Lia6iIi- |
~ hill; let us throw them out"
The most Troublesome part OF the procession |
was the bands, for there were more than n
hundred OF them in line and each insisted |
upon marching in front Of certain unions.
sOme,i lines four were playing within 100 feet |
Of each other. raising such - tliscordant din as
from the spectators In several cases rival
bands fel 10 side by side: Some came to blows.
but most Of them hem fought out the contest by
along the route were good natured and APP
lasted from noon to o'clock when
those who had not gone TO the park dispersed
The mrotn gs in the mark were attended by
tens Of thousands. There were twelve plat
forms and NOR" than n hundred speakers.
Benz 1f!iett the aosksfs friend We. John nH Bupns.
Labor ~ 4: for Battsrsea: Joseph Arch, Lib.
folk; James Rowlands. RadicaI NJ. 4. for the
East division Of Finsbury; Michael Austin,
ssSds Wood S hi Sn %sst NJ lE G9
!n"e division Of Lancashire; Charles nwick.
Miners, NJ T. s9r the W M,T,HIs6ess DIVISION Of
,al Reform N. 4 for the Haggerston division
IL Shoreditch.
AZ the speakers were INTERRUPTED repe2tedly
adopted n resolution condemning the amend
nents introduced ~ tho Peers into the En-
Government take steps to prevent the Peers
rom opposing successfully the will OF the
The park looked like great picnic ground
Turing the meetinGa The grass was strewn
With scraps, OF food. bundles Of paper. ami
ons were seen. hut the walks and drives had
cen virtually abandoned by all outside the