The daily sentinel., 1908-03-06
Trouble
May Come
THE UNEMPLOYED
Men Of New York, Number
ing Many Thousands, Plan
a Great Parade and Dem
onstation for Tomorrow.

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 attempted to hold great
morrow afternoon. 1t is expected
that a small army of police. both
mounted and foot, will be on hand
in case the demonstration is carried
out on a 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 rep
resent $50, 900 men who are out of
work. insist that the demonstration
will be carried out in peaceful man
ner and that the only object is to
urge upon the city, state and fed
eral officials the immediate necessity
of starting public works for relief
The Central Federated Union,
, representing union labor in New
York. has refused to give its sane
tion to the demonstration. Conserva-
tive labor leaders declare that the
movement is a political scheme to
further the interests of the Socialists
and their chosen leader, William d.
| Haywood. 1t is rumored that Hay
wood will address the meeting of the
unemployed tomorrow.
In their appeal to the unemployed
to take part in tomorrow's demon
stration, the promoters of the move
ment say:
f. This unemployed conference has
( been called together in view of the
I industrial depression now existing,
which is causing want and suffering
| to hundreds of thousands of working
people in this city and to millions
[ throughout the country. Its purpose
is to demand and use all means to
procure measures for the relief of
/ those sufferings, and. at the same
time, to promote a correct under
! standing of the causes of such indus
/ trial depressions so that their recur-
renee may be prevented in the fu-
ture.
The conference recognizes tnat
measures of immediate relief are
imperatively necessary. The confer.
ence therefore calls upon all labor
organizations to give it prompt ant
energetic support in inaugurating {
great, sympathetic and aggressive
I popular demand upon the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city upon
the Governor and Legislature of the
State and upon the President and
Congress of the United States, that
these public authorities use the law
/ making and taxing powers to the
/ following ends:
First, to undertake useful pub
/ lie works upon a large scale and thus
/ give employment to those thrown
out of work in private industry. such
work not to be done by contract, but
under a system of direct employment
by the city, state and nation, so that
, all the moneys appropriated shall go
to the workers and none to useless
middlemen. and all such work TO be
done under union conditions as to
hours of labor 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 en-
act and enforce such legislation as
will abolish child labor and estab-
| lish a general legal work day of not
more than eight hours, thus reducing
the competition in the labor market
and distributing employment to a
larger number of persons, while also
saving the working people from the
crying evils which result from the
exploitation of little children and
from excessive labor for adults"