The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-11
MITCHELL
DECLARES
HIMSELF
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others of the local officials and escorted
to the st. Charles, where headquarters
| had been established.
Accompanying MIR. Mitchell were his
private secretary, Miss Elizabeth Nor
rs. of Indianapolis; National Commit
teeman w Il. Farley, of Pratt city,
Ala: John Fahy. of Shainokin, presi-
dent of the Ninth districts T. ID. Nich-
OILS. OF Nanticoke. president OF Dis
trict No. i. and Organizer Benjamin
James. of Jeansvllc.
They hastily ate dinner and at 2.2O
were ready to enter the waiting car
riages and take their place at the head
of the line. A large crowd was as
sembled in front of the hotel as the
carriages were being loaded and ring
ing cheers went up as President Nit
chell made his appearance. Organizer
Fred Dilcher, President Nichols and
Secretary Dempsey were also roundly
applauded.
The Parade.
The parade started at $50 o'clock
going out Wyoming avenue and up
Linden street to court house square,
down Adams to Lackawanna and
thence over the remainder of the
route as mapped out. An hour and
ten minutes was the time required
for the column to pass Il given point.
Some Of the locals marched eight
abreast, and none of them in a smaller
formation than column of fours. Care-
full computations place the number of
men ir line nt about $4,000. There
were fourteen musical organizations in
line.
1t was not tedious spectacle. as
might be imagined would be presented
by so many un,lniformed. undrilled
men on march. Nearly every local
carried banners more or less apprO-
priately Inscribed and every here and
there the line was broken with some
novelty or other, such as floats. de-
pictinG some feature of the conflict.
There We're many overcoats among
the spectators. but very few in the
parade. In fact. there were more boys
barefooted among the mnrchers than
there were men wearing overcoats.
They We're a Serious-lOolling lot of
marchers, and the onlooker would not
be long in realizing that they were
out for some purpose other than hav-
ing Il holiday.
Mass Meeting.
At the place of the mass meeting
the Ash street grounds. there were
several thousand men. women and
children gathered when the head of the
procession reached there. The occu-
pants of the carriages We're provided
places on the temporary platform, and
then began a tedious wait for the
last of the paraders to reach the
grounds. After half an hours wait. it
was decided to proceed with the pro-
gramme witout waiting for the end of
the column to appear, and at 4.lo, Or
2aniZer Dilcher was introduced by
President Nichols, as chairman, and
the speech-making began. 1t was
half an hour later. while Mr. Farley
was talking. that the last end of the
procession entered the grounds.
President Mitchell did not talk un-
til about $40 o'clock. The crowd that
was packed solidly for five yards in
front of the stand on two sides and
dozens deep on the two off sides, pa
tientiy waited to hear and get good
view of the central figure of the strike
The preliminary speeches reused con-
siderable enthusiasm. but it was not
a marker to that which greeted Nit
chell and his utterances. When Nit
cEell had finished. the crowd melted
rapidly away. and the speakers who
a comparatively slim audience.