Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-02

confided to him. This was the reading of
the resolutions which had been adopted by
the various laboring organizations protest.
Ing against the arrest and Imprisonment of
Eugene V. Debs. MIR. Clemens mounted
chair, and beneath the feet of the statue of
the martyred apostle of liberty read the
resolutions.
Tie resolutions were as follows:
THE organized workingmen of the Dis
trict of Columbia in mass meeting assem-
bled on Labor day, September ., 1895, de-
clare:
THAT the Imprisonment of Eugene v
Debs and other officials of the American
Railway Union was an unwarranted and
arbitrary extension of judicial power, os-
tens. bly, for the maintenance of law, but in
reality In the interests of corporate power
which by dishonest methods secured from
a federal court and the national govern
ment legal and armed support in an event
which was the direct result of corporate
greed and imposition.
1T was an act that outlaws labor. an
ingenious scheme to defeat the object of
labor organizations and render the wage
Garner helpless to resist the degrading i'm
positions of combined capital
LAS iaw-abiding citizens of the Ameri-
can republic, we solemnly protest against
this arbitrary and dangerous exercise of
the judicial power-the Incarceration and
punishment of men without trial by jury
or the observance of any Of the forms of
law guaranteed by the Constitution. and
we demand of the Fifty-fourth Congress-
soon to assemble, such legislation as will
Enthusiastically and for 'all time define the
rights of labor in all future conflicts with
the. gigantic and. powerful corporations
which now control the interstate COM
merce of the country; therefore,
Resolved, That the legislative commit
tee of the Federation of Labor, in con-
junction with that of District Assembly,
No. &C. K. of L., be requested to prepare
for presentation in both houses at the
ensuing session of Congress a bill or bills
intended to give legal protection to Or
cure them in the future from an arbitray
and unjust application of the law of in
junction under the questionable construc-
ton placed upon it by the federal judi
ciary in the case Of DebS and his comrades
And be 1t f, rther
Resolved That we demand of Congress
such legislation as will make clear the
status of the organizations of labor en-
gagged in the carrying trade, the interstate
commerce of the country and that the
powers and the duties of the federal ju-
dietary in all matters a issue between the
oorporations on the one hand and their
employees on the other be plainly defined"
The March Reeun.
Upon the conclusion of the reading. the
bugle sounded again, and there was
Strengthening of lines and hurried consul
tation of the chief marshal and his aids
In few moments everything was in readi-
ness, and another blast rang out that was
taken up and repeated the echoes reach
ed each division. There was a burst of
brass, the shrill sound of flies. the blare of
trumpets and the roar of drums, the clash
of cymbals. and the long stationary ;ines
grew animated. The Labor day parade of
1895 was in motion.
The parade was preceded by an escort of
police, Immediately following which came
Chief Marshal McHugh and his special
aids, Messrs. w. H. Stckels and w. B.
Hyde. All were mounted on fine horses.
The chief macshal wore a magnificent red,
white and blue silk sash, trimmed with
gold, and a badge. Mr.. Stickels wore a
white silk sash, and Mr.. Hyde one of red,
similarly trimmed, and each wore badge.