The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
THE RAIN INTERPRETED
PARADE OF IRON, STEEL AND TIN
WORKERS DECLARED OFF.
However Indiana Day Was Celebrated
"A Delegation Addressed by Gov
nor Mount at Stntehouse.

Yesterday was a disappointment to the
members of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, as the
celebration Of Indiana day" was to have
been an elaborate affair. There are between
5000 and 10000 members in the State and
all the mills closed down to give the en-
ployes a holiday. 1t was planned to have
nearly the whole number here for the
parade, but this number was reduced TO
about 1900. The lodges present came from
Muncie, Anderson, Alexandria, Elwood, AL
bany, Frankton, Middletown, Gas City.
New Albany. Brazil. Terre Haute, Ham
mond and East Chicago. Some brought
bands Had all been here as was arranged
the parade would have been the biggest
union demonstration ever seen in Indianap-
oils. Both the parade and picnic were de-
clared off.
The bad weather was accepted with good
grace and the visitors made the best Of it,
A large part of the day was spent in meet
ing delegates to the national convention,
while others moved about the city.
At the Union Station last night when the
special train bearing the Muncie and An
derson delegations was on the track every
body in that vicinity knew the delegates
were present. The sheds of the building
fairly ratified at the noise of the shouting
crowds and roar of the bass drum. The
drum was the favorite instrument and was
attacked by the entire crowd. who kicked.
euffed. beat and pounded 1t with umbrellas,
yet both heads staid in and the roar only
became more intense. Ear-splitting shrieks
from different horns made the walls Jingle
and above all this would occasionally come
shouts from lungs mightier than drum or
brass. Finally the train pulled out and as it
rounded the first curve the stiffness that
settled over the station was so intense that
ii could almost be felt.
A short session of the association was
held in the morning, at which a resolu-
ton was adopted approving the boycott on
Chicago firms that have signed q letter
opposed to organized labor. In the audience
were M. l.. Morgan and Thomas Mansfield,
the only charter members of the associa-
tiop attending the convention. MIR. Morgan
is a deputy sheriff of Chicago and only
stopped over here for the day.
Yesterday afternoon a delegation accom-
panied by the Elwood band paid visit 10
the Statehouse. After playing a number or
pieces the members of the band and the
delegates who accompanied it called on
Governor Mount for speech. The Gov
ernor thanked them very heartily for the
music, saying that it had an added charm
because the band was composed OF labor
ing men, whose hands were hardened with
honest toll. He said that while all honor
was due the laboring man, yet 1t behooved
him to respect the rights of others. He said
that so long as the laboring man pursued
an upright course the people would always
be with him in his struggle for fair treat
ment and fair wages.
Speaking of the labor situation in Chi
cago, NJ. L. Morgan said last night: 1.-The
situation is about as bad as 1t can be. No
one can tell how 1t Will end or how 1t will
be settled. Mayor Harrison could have set
tied it by appointing an arbitrating commit
tee from both sides, but he refused. When
asked to do this he studied over the mat
ter a while and then said the masters were
in the wrong and should make all the con-
cessions to the union. His purpose in do
ing this was to catch union votes, think
ing 1t would place him in favorable light
with the labor unions of Chicago. But he
was mistaken. What we wanted was a set
Element and it rested entirely with him
That speech of Governor Mounts this aft
ernoon was one of the best things ever
heard. If we had had Governor Mount
in Chicago our trouble would have been
settled long ago, and if We had more Gov
ernor Mounts all over the country there
would be little difficulty between labor and
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