New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

Ireland and Chartist movements. D1wling had
an impediment in his speech and didn't feel
capable OF making an address, but the idea
struck being grand that insisted he
must introduce 1t himself and Sc. the credit
for IT.
THE excitement in London at the time over
the Chartist agitation immense, and tho
mass meetings reached enormous proportions.
I remember this one very we'll The rooms OF
the club were crowded to suffocation. and in
the street in front there were three thousand
persons. Bowling introduced his resolution and
spoke to 1t. l stood at the window. 80 as to
be heard both In the street and in the house
Perhaps should not have got into trouble had
some one not falsely informed me that there
had been a riot in Liverpool over the en-
barkation OF John Mitchell for the penal colony.
believe the police forged telegram giving
this news l got the impression that Ireland
had risen and said that it had. The crowd went
wild. The resolution was adopted unanimously
and the next morning / was arraigned In thu
Bow Street Court.
NUMEROUS ARRESTS.
There had been Chartist meetings all over
the city the night before and one hundred war
rants had been issued for the arrest of speak
ers Thirty-two were caught. Ernest Jones and
his associates had been arrested before me
and were tried at the session previous to tho
one at which 1 sentenced to be imprisoned
for two years in the Westminster House Of
Correction. There were a number Of fellow
political prisoners one Of them was DR.. Werner.
who was known the sailor boy His best
friend was Gerald Massey the poet whom also
knew well at that time. Werner intrusted his
sweetheart to the care Of Massey until he should
to md her Massey,
however married her himself before Werner
became free, and the sailor boy died soon after
ward 1t was a case Of a broken heart il there
ever one
1T was interesting about Bowling. His sem
tence was more severe than mine. for he was
Transported 10 Australia His talents as a por-
trait painter were in such demand in Melbourne
among the officials and other wealthy folk that
when he returned to London a tcket-of-leave
man he brought 10000 with him"
MI Grove spoke thus about the origin Of
Alton Locke:
LONDON swEATsHOPs.
THE agitation about the London sweatshops
really started in the death Of Miss Peel, daugh-
ter Of Sir Robert. the Prime Minister. She was
about TO be married, and there was great public
interest in the affair Suddenly she became i'll
with tNUnuS FEVER anu ultu bi4tAti tiit vi NuiAi-
stances there was widespread mourning. and a
general inquiry as to how she caught the dread
disease. one of her physicians made ex-
haustlve investigation. He learned that she
had lust before her illness received habit
which had been ordered in expensive Re-
gcnt-st establishment BY sharp inquiry the
physician learned that the garment had been
made in a sweatshop in one Of the poorest
districts Of the city. At the house Of the tailor
fl WAS learned that two Of the children had been
III with typhus and one had died While their
father had been sewing the waist OF the
habit the skirt had been spread over the chill
dren to keep them warm. Here was the direct
cause Of Miss Peers untimely death and there
was great public cutlery over the system
which made it possible.
Mr. Kingsley determined to write a no'ei
which should expose the evils Of the sweat
shops. He sought information from various
sources including the Tailors Cooperative 500
ciety in Castle-st., by which l was employed
I was introduced TO him and told him ali knea
about the sweatshops. and afterward saw ina
he made use of what | told him in Alton
Locke
After living in birmingham three years Mr.
Grove came to this city. and here he has been
ever since. Until three years ago h. continued
at his trade. Then he had to find living ~
something else 1T is impossible for a man u
my age to get work tailor" ne explained
sorrowfuliy They want younger men
In Ncw-York MIR Grove has been interested
in various agitations. and is a well-known
figure at the Social Reform Club. In the early
sixties ne was one Of the organizers Of a labor
union. For a quarter OF century debating
club met at No 1SI Bowery each sunday after
noon in which he was an active figure one *