New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-12
Many Types Represented.

II was curious meeting In Union Square
The speakers ran the gamut OF types, from
How, the leader. with his big. blue dream
ers eyes, ascetic face and voice with its
kindly Southern accent, 10 a wild-eyed an
archst in a torn shirt. whose remarks about
John Rockefeller and j. Pierpont Morgan
any respectable newspaper would quote by
means OF asterlsks entirely
The crowd was a curious one too A
large part Of # looked as II II had just
lifted itself from the park benches and
would return to them al once. but II stayed
right there until the meeting ended 81 Z
o'clock and the faces were serious and
interested.
Miss Lemllch. who is little and has curly
hair, took with the crowd az once. When
she told them how the women had tried to
get better labor legislation for their sex.
and how their plea that they represented
forty thousand women was met by the
Legislators nth the taunt, Forty thousand
women don't count as much as forty thous-
and votes several hohoes gave loud snorts
Of Indignation.
The only person there who did not ike
Miss Iemlch was the big policeman, ON
GER No 20. who kept the crowd from clos
ing in and smothAring the speakers. Orflcer
No 80 was evidently Interested in suffrage
FOR he asked for some yellow leaflets ana
folded them carefully away in his INSIDE
rocket. And just as he did this, II Miss
Lemllch did not look straight a. him ana
declare that the shirtwaist strike showed
The women workers that the police were on
the side of the manufacturers.
No wonder officer No. 400 flung her one
rrieved look and turned away.
Speaking in Character
Harry Kentor. a thin Young man with
mecaphone voice, who got up to speak IN
oui,o respectable coat. and then. recoIlect-
ing that II was not in character, flung It
of and appeared in hts shirt sleeves, read
letters Of regret from Mayor Gaynor Mrs.
Rose Pastor stokes and Eugene '. Dehs.
Kentor also said many biting things about
the present industrial system
william Qulrk. Of philadelphia, lashe6
the charitable organizations in hoarse
voice With strong Yiddlsh accent
"Cuss your charity" he cried. We don't
vant charity. We want work.
"Dey call dis a country we're liberty ana
de pursuit Of happiness is free TO all Yes.
II is the pursuit % happiness dats right
We pursue happiness. We don't catch up
with ~ OATS all
After Nicholas Klein, OF Cincinnati AIeH-
snder Law and others had held forth Mr..
How got Up to speak.
Christianity was no longer Christianity
he said II the early Christians were TO
come 10 New York now they would be
,Irned out Of the churches. But he believed
tho country was on the eve Of new day,
and he believed II would be accomplished
without bloodshed.
we have need Of a new dav." he said
As look az you wonder where you VIII
sleep tonight"
"0n a park bench ." shouted hobo in
battered hat
Well later on, no man who IS willing 70
work viii have to sleep on park bench,
said Nr How. we propose 70 perfect our
orsanizatlon IN New York, and we hope TO
have headquarters where the homeless can
sIaen and he fed VIII YOU help u.s.
One man called out that he would, ana
Mr. How thanked him. and went on TO ad-
wise his listeners 10 corral all the Jobs they
could. which. he said. would make labor
scarce and high and give them the value
they ought TO have.