Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-06
TO MAKE
DEMONSTRATION; NEW YORK
POLICE PREPARE FOR TROUBLE

New York. March 6.-New York
police officials are preparing for
trouble such as was recently expert
enced in Philadelphia, when the
army of the unemployed" In the
metropolis attempt to hold a great
demonstration in City Hall park to-
morrow afternoon. IL is expected
that small army OF police. both
mounted and on foot. will be on
hand in case the demonstration Is
carried out on large scale and will
use harsh measures to put down any
move toward rioting.
Members OF the executive commit
tee OF the Unemployed Conference
of New York, who assert that they
represent 10000 men who are out
of work. insist that the demonstra-
ton will be carried out in a peace
full manner and that the only OBJ
ject is to urge upon the city, state
and federal officials the immediate
necessity of starting public works
for relief.
The Central Federated union. rep
resenting union labor in New York.
has refused to give its sanction to
the demonstration Conservative la
Dor leaders declare that the move
ment is a political scheme to further
the interests of the Socialists and
their chosen leader, William ID. Hay
wood. 1t is rumored that Haywood
will address the meeting OF the un-
employed tomorrow.
In their appeal to the unemployed
to take part in tomorrow's demon
stration, the promoters of the move
ment say:
This unemployed conference has
been called together in view of the
industrial depression now existing,
which is causing want and suffering
to hundreds Of thousands of work
ing people in this city and to mil
lions throughout the country It's
purpose is to demand and use all
means to procure measures for the
relief of these sufferings, and, at
the same time, to promote a correct
understanding of the causes of such
industrial depressions so that their
recurrence may be prevented in the
future
The conference recognizes that
measures of immediate relief are
imperatively necessary. The con-
ference therefore calls upon all la
Dor organizations to give it prompt
and energetic support in Inaugural
ting a great, systematic and agrees
sive popular demand upon the may
or and board of aldermen of the
city. upon the governor and legisla-
ture of the state and upon the presi.
dent and congress OF the United
States, that these public authorities
use the law making and taxing pow
ers TO the following ends:
First, to undertake useful public
works upon n large scale and thus
give employment to those thrown
out OF work in private industry,
such work not to be done by con-
tract, but under a system of direct
employment by the city. State and
nation, so that all the moneys APP
propriated shall go to the workers
and none to useless middlemen, and
all such work to be done under
union conditions as to hours OF la
Dor and wages. so that the general
standard of living may be raised
rather than lowered by such public
employment.
'Second-At the same time to
enact and enforce such legislation
as will abolish child labor and es-
tablish a general legal work day
of not more than eight hours, thus
reducing the competition in the la.
Dor market and distributing employ
ment to a larger number of persons,
while also saving the working peo-
pie from the crying evils which re-
suit from the exploitation OF little
children and from excessive labor
for adults"