Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-22
VITAL TRUTHS
ARE ABLY DISCUSSED AT BIG
PUBLIC GATHERING
Eloquent Speakers Hold the Attention
of Large Crowd For Several
Hours in Court House Park


house yard Thursday evening of last
week under the auspices of the Fed
Grated Shop Crafts, attracted one of
the largest gatherings of citizens ever
assembled here, and several able
speakers held their undivided atten-
tion for several hours, and for Won
der, as time passed the number of
auditors grew larger instead of dim
inishing.
Victor Walk, president of the New
ark Trades and Labor Assembly,
opened the meeting and introduced j.
E. Sullivan, president of the Colum-
bus Trades Assembly. Mr.. Sullivan
is fluent talker and spoke of many
things pertaining to the advancement
and benefit of Labor. He commented
upon the absolute failure of the open
shop campaign launched in Newark
some time ago, and complimented or
ganized labor upon the solid and un-
broken front presented to the enemy,
which had resulted in a glorious vic
tory. He stated that one great aim
was to educate the children so that
they would not become the wages
slaves of the future, and called atten-
tion to some of the laws passed
through the efforts of Labor, among
them being the Child Labor act and
the Workmans Compensation law. In
closing he spoke of the self-assumed
power welded by unprincipled occu-
pants of the judicial bench, and sug
gested that Mr.. Daugherty study the
Constitution and govern his acts by
| it's provisions.
James Caldwell, chairman of the
Pennsylvania Shop Crafts Federation,
of Columbus, was the next speaker.
He also talked along the lines of the
cooperation and closer affliation of
wage workers, and complimented the
members of the Newark shop crafts
on their law-abiding conduct during
the strike.
Eddie Eschbacher, International
Organizer for the Machinists fol-
lowed. He began his address by say
ing that the meeting should be one of
rejoicing over the successful outcome
of the strike, and stating he but
voiced the sentiment of the Newark
shopmen when he thanked the bust
ness men, labor organizations and
others for their loyal support and
sympathy, and that it was through
their kindness that the men had been
we'll taken care of at all times. In
speaking of the walk-out on July 1st
he said that the utter disregard by the
railroads Of the Labor Boards rules
had forced the men to act, but almost
without exception no deeds of vio-
lence had been perpetrated by them.
Many lawless acts charged to strikers
had later been proven to have been
the work of spies and strikebreakers
done at the instigation of those
''higher up" to influence public
opinion. He prophecied that when
the controversy was over conditions
would be better than ever and unions
stronger.
jeff Davis, known as the "King of
the Hoboes," made the closing ad-
dress. He is a man of undoubted
ability as an entertaining talker, and
| his remarks were a commingling of
pathos and humor, and were frequent
ly interrupted by applause. He first
unless they were offered good wages,
and even in that case they sometimes
declined. Columbus, he claimed, was
prince of hoboes, for did he not pan
handle the Queen of Spain for money
and ships before setting forth on his
long tramp? "There are two kinds
of bums," he said, "the common
variety and the perfumed. The latter
! make money to spend in Europe, and
buy titled husbands for their
daughters"
Davis said that during the war he
sold $15,000,00O worth of bonds and
made hundreds of speeches, while At
terbury and Gary were conspiring to
defraud the government and fill their
pockets with ill-gotten wealth. He
declared he held life membership in
forty-nine unions, and was ready at
any and all seasons to devote his time
and talents to promote organized
labor.
The speaker roasted Daugherty
and his supporters for their disregard
of the provisions of the Constitution,
declaring they were under the control
of Wall street and the foreign finan-
cial interests.
Among other things he said, Our
ing the war the hue and cry went
forth that the Kaiser's army was kill
ing women and children. Why don't
we get nearer home and stop the cor
porations gunmen from numbering
the wives and children of our
miners ?"
In his concluding remarks he spoke
of the untold horrors, sorrows and
privations entailed by war, which
usually is instigated by the money
men of the world, who begin sowing
the insidious seeds of religious, poll
tical and sectional STRIFE among the
people who later serve as cannon
fodder, while the money kings stay
at home and reap untold Millions.