The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-18
MARKS BIRTH OF ANEW ERA
LOCAL SOCIALISTS DENOUNCE 40. TKON OF HAZLETON SHERIFFS.


 Avery, of Boston Fame, speaks-other Speakers Strong Resolutions Adopted Socialist Propaganda.
 '.rhe forces that build nations are stirred. The horrors we have witnessed at Hazelton are but the birth-pangs of a new nation"
 With such striking words as these Mrs. Martha Moore Avery, woman .so- cialist and orator, commenced the eN- ordium of her speech at the indignation meeting of the socialist labor party at St. Aloysius hall last evening
 At the start it looked as though Mrs. Avery was going to be very oratorical and very indignant. The audience was not disappointed as to the former. The meeting had been called primarily for the purpose of protesting against "the wholesale murder of starving miners at Hazelton, Pa.'
 In reality it was another instance of Mark Antony grinding his own axe while speaking over the dead body Of Caesar. The meeting was more in the nature of boom for the socialist labor party than it was an expression of in- dignation ct the Hazeton tragedy.
 St. Aloyeius' han was we'll filled with nearly five hundred of respectable workingmeu and some few of their wives and children. That many were attracted there out of curiosity is prob- able. Of these some took early leave when their curiosity had been satisfied. Others gave the speakers a patient, if not in all cases an appreciative, hear ing and stayed until the finish at 10:30, or whereabouts.
 The speakers availed themselves of the constitutional privilege of free speech to advance many ideas not brought over to this country in the Mayf1ower.
 MT. E. Oatley introduced as president of the meeting George Mansfield of Westville, who, with his usual facility. denounced the established order of things in the roundest terms. He had
 
 per his burning denunciation of our ju- dietary, government institutions gener- ally and the capitalistic class very par ticularly, which he read.
 Mr. Mansfield is dead set against the federal Judiciary, and last evening he declared it to be the strongest entrench- ed part of our government and also the most corrupt and least in sympathy with the people.
 Having used up the judiciary, Mr. Mansfield asserted that the reforms at tempted in our laws had not amounted to anything, as they had not put del lar in any of their (the audience'sl pocket.
 Continuing, he said: ''It is not the reforms your enemies (the capitalists) fear, but they fear the solidarity of the workingmen and that they will become conscious of your power and use it.
 T can't help remarking that the cities have all been divided off into sections for the purpose of preventing riots, so that another such massacre as that at Hazelton may be repeated in our midst''
 Citing the French revolution as an example of the futility of all efforts to bridle the will of the people, the speak CT closed with the immortal phrase, "Sic transit gloria mundi."
 The quotation was trifie too much for the speaker, and he sat down, ob- livious of the fact that he had duties as chairman to perform, until his at- tention was called to 1t, when he arose and introduced Mrs. Avery.
 Mrs. Avery spoke in deep, almost masculine tone, emphasizing many words with stress of voice and fistic gestures. After completing the indig- nation portion of her speech she branched off into 8 broad discussion of social and economic questions. The au- dience breathod considerably easier when after a somewhat fiery denuncia- tion of the present state of the country she announced that the required changes would be secured without war.
 Daniel Delion, formerly of Columbia college and editor of "The People" spoke in less infiammatory view than either of the preceding speakers. He is a pleasant-faced gentleman, evidently fond of discussing metaphysical ques- tions and, like most professors, fond of theorizing.
 He asserted that the public had been deceived by the accounts Of the Hazel ton killing and that many of the min- CTS killed were American born and had American names. The following preamble and resolu- tion were offered by MT. Oatley and adopted by the meeting: | Whereas-Undar the guise of law and or | der. bloody tragedy was enacted at HuZle- i ton, Pa, September 10th, wherein peace able and unarmed miners who we're on i strike and in starving condition, were | fired upon, on the public highway, by a | blood-thirSty gang of runians. so-callel 1 deputy sheriffs, In which twenty-three of | their number were killed outright and over | fifty seriously wounded; therefore be it Resolved-That We, wage workers of | the city of New Haven. in mass meeting | assembled, do protest against and denounco as an outrage, and an act of high-h | tyranny, and menace to all liberty loving people, and disgrace to a civilized com. munity, the killing of twenty y-three and | wounding of fifty peHceably inclined men by the sheriff and his deputies while on l the public highway from Hazleton. Pa. to the Latimer, Pa, mines to induce their | fellow workmen to join them ill their slrup- gle to maintain living wage Therefore, be 1t further resolved, that We recognize | the fact that the strike alone, as a | weapon 10 better our condition. is made | orate and it Is necessary that we take ad | vantage of the power of the ballot box to |