New-York tribune., 1909-05-02
RAIN Willis WORKERS
UMBRELLA FOR RED FLAG
Police the Nert Most PreUdlent ELe-
ment IN Union Square.

and a few workers. who trying 20 celebrate
the international labor day, Great things had been
planned by a body calling itself the Industrial
| Workers OF the World with headquarters up in
| Harlem, but the rain and the police took Up the
| black type lines Of the programme. After few
hundred men had marched from Rutgers Square
their ranks Increased extent by the striking
| East Side bakers. they found of the favor
ite silk stocking friends willing to brave the rain
| 10 speak them. Instead of that, they had to
listen TO their old comrades, whose voices fill the
East Side lodge and council night after night
No wonder, when the weather and the speakers are
! considered. that it the umbrella and not -he
! red flag which faunted bravey in the brisk
! wind.
The police determined that there should be
| no repetition of the incident of March 2S of last
| year. when half starved anarchist sweatshop
worker killed an onloOker and fatally wounded him
! self trying to blow up Myes O'Relly's platoon.
Soon after noon there nearly five hundred men,
a large part of them mounted. about the park and
| I'm the approaching side streets. That portion of
the Industrial Workers which always has plenty Of
| time 20 attend afternoon meetings began TO arrive
! at the park early. Between showers they showed
a certain tendency to gather corners, but this
was overcome by the well known persuasive methods
! of the police.
In the plaza, at the north end Of the square. be-
| tween Fourth avenue and Broadway the crowd
such as it was. allowed 10 gather. The police
! kept an open place for the approaching umbrella
sheltered marchers with little trouble, for the In
| dustrial Workers were not making much Of show
ing before the arrival the socialists from Rutgers
| Square and thereahouts.
The little parade formed without difficulty and
with no disorder Across the square at the office Of
a Jewish newspape-. red flag was displayed above
the American colors. This took the fancy of some
of the crowd, but failed make hit with Patrol
man Johnson. of the Madison street station Cap
tain Schlottmann's precinct. He made very short
visit to the newspaper office and in few minutes
the position Of the two flags reversed
The Workers parade was a short one Advance
I had told r-fy
men and women to be in line, including some few
thousand women garment workers and cigarrnaIers
These failed TO appear at ALL although few women
thfir umbrellas carefully shielding the ribbons
on their coats from the rain marched on the side
walk alongside the paraders.
At the park there was one big TRANSPARENCY over
the hastily built speakers stand which read "A
shorter working day and a shorter bread line"
This motto was taken from the manifesto of the
Workers, part Of which read:
,. The only way to increase jobs is to reduce the
,,a general % reduction Of hours is general reduc
Thus general reduction of hours means rise in
We appeal to you organized workers who still
.tIdih your positions In the industrial mechanism /
10 lend your aid 20 the movement for the securing
OF the general eght-hour workday. to bring your I
ZEN IIr'4ohlalzed disleartened brothers together and
workers unversai, to he xsnt H 'iS l5 IN [ OF me
Of which viii mark the first real advance of labor
1t is this significant attitude Of the workers mind
-instnctively recognized by the employers. and .
MI'h accounts Tor the internatlona! stliver they
get, no matter in what country the subject rears
ton; given a demonstration Of reasonable promise
the workers Will hasten to its standard and
the right they believe is theirs. '''Ns -''
the hearts Of the WORKERS everyWhere atteSt the i
terrific yehcmence which the movement will attain
WWheH once II gamers way ana swings with ire
Sistible force into the current of our economic
The workers We're supposed 10 sing a 'revoIu-
tonary anthem at the meeting but one heard
It, although the first verse went in this wise
Arise, ,.;,.,y ye prlsone,s ef starvation,
Justice thunders condemnation
No more traditions chain shall bind US;
The earth shall rise oD '1,e ne% foandatioas on ist
We have been naught. we shall be ali
After their march uptown through the rain. the
paraders listened to Meyer London Jacob Ranken
and Max Pine, with William Carlin presiding. So
much for the socialists The Workers reached the
park ahead Of them with their own speakers who
included Frank Bohn, William f. Trautmann j. J.
Ettor. S A Stodel and John Walsh. all OF whom
pleaded for universal eight-hour worlday
The socialist Sunday schools held a May Day
festival in Cooper Union ) o'clock. and this was
followed in the evening by the demonstrations of
the socialists at the Labor Temple in street
under the auspices of the German-American Agta-
tion Committee, the SOcialstenbund and the Work
ingmen's Educational Association. Harlem had an
open-ai meeting 125th street and Seventh ave
nue.. with the Rev. John d. Long and Solomon |
Fiedman the principal speakers The Italian
after the parade had dl.-rr popu-
lar prices
In the evening the adherents of the Socialist
Labor party and audience sympathetic with its
purposes gathered IN the main hall Of Cooper Union
10 mark the coming of May Day, the day cele-
brate. because it symbozes peace. as Daniel De
Leon, the militant leader of the party, put it, 1t
was quiet and orderly gathering, so much that
II showed disappointment. although Mr.. De Leon
expressed apprehension that II might when he an
nounced he would put aside his speciality war"
for the occasion
Jan Janon Pouren. the refugee from Russia was
the star member of the group Of speakers He re-
ceved greeting and then made speech in
his native Lettish, sGpplementing It with two SEN
tences in broken English. saying that had twice
been arrested the instance of Russa-once IN
1905, IN that country and more recently in this
country The resolutions passed by the assembly
contained a clause demanding the abrogation of the
present extradton treaty with Russia. evidently
Intended a tribute to Pouren. The tone of all q.
the speakers notably temperate and appeared
to meet with the sympathy Of the audience.
Over in Brownsville the socialists had rain
spoiled parade which about equa1ed the Manhattan
,ne Several OF those unions which are really So
,iast organizations were in it with their banners
The parade ended with meeting at the Metropoli-
an Sanger Hall. The Dutch socialist. meeting at
rfetjens Hall. 10th Fifth avenue.
Brooklyn, listened address by Charles Van
ierporten. Yonkers Hoboken, Passac, Paterson
and Hackensack all had meetings in honor of the
lay.
Detroit May IAN attempt of a group of Italian
socialists to hold a parade this afternoon. carrying
-ad flags resulted in a small riot in East Grand