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1 THE MORNING NEWS, )
. FT±J]I-ISHED ISSO. Iscoaro ßATED 1888. V
I J. H. ESTILL, President. j
LABOR'S GREAT PARADE.
KO EERIOUS VIOLENCE IN THIB
COUNTRY.
Thirty Thousand Men in a Line, Pour
Miles Loner, at Chicaero—Strikes for
Eight Hours Inaugurated in Several
Cities— The Day Widely Observed in
the Populous Centers.
Chicago, May I.—Mayday, with its
demonstration by organized lab ir in behalf
of en eigbt-hour work day, has o*me and
gone, and the predictions of riot and blood
thed and an almost universal stnke by the
trades have* not been realized. Labor,
indeed, was, in a great measure,
suspended, but those who deserted
their tools for the day did not do so for the
purpose of taking up sticks and paving
stor es and indulging in riotous demonstra
tions. Thousands of them quit work for
the day to march in the great parade, but
by far many more thousands made it a hol
iday, dressed in their Sunday clothes, to
view the procession. It was an orderly,
good-natured crowd and orderly parade.
FOUR MILKS LONG.
The marching line was about four miles
long. It occupied two hours in passing a
given point, and the number of men in lino
wus estimated at from 25,000 to 30,000. The
carpenters, who have been placod by the
American Federation of Labor in the van
of the eight-hour movement, led the demon
stration with about 6,000 mon, including
three assemblies of Knights of Labors.
They were followed by 3,000 stonemasons
and bricklayers.
Then followed a delegation from the
unions of the printers, metal-workers and
moulders.
Then came a dozen German Turner socie
ties, formiug tho second division.
Next marched the furniture workers, cab
inet-makers, carriage and wagon-builders,
cigar-makers, cloak-makers, boiler-makers,
gas-fitters, box makers, rattan workers and
harness-makers.
GAUDILY DECORATED FLOATS.
Many of the trados escorted in their ranks
gaudily decorated floats, on which wore
realistic representations of members of the
craft pursuing their daily occupation. The
bricklayers were building a miniature
house: boiler workers pounding a mammoth
steam boiler; coopers plying with adze and
driver on huge casks; shoemakers imitating
the labors of St. Crispin; carpenters shov
ing tho plane and driving the saw; stone
cutters smoothing rough stone, and many
similar exhibitions of skill.
SOME OF THE MOTTOES.
Following are some of the mottoes shown
in the procession:
“An injury to one is the concern of all.”
“Organization—education—agitation.”
“United States eight-hour revolution,
1890.”
“Arbitration is our motto—down with
monopoly.”
“Our babies have bread yet; not starved
yet.”
“No carpenters, no houses.”
“Eight hours and arbitration is a just de
mand.”
“We live by labor, not by war.”
“The man is not just that wants all and
gives nothing.”
“When arbitration is compulsory, strikes
will cease.”
“Child labor should not be on the bench
or in tho shop, but at school.”
“Less work, more pay.”
“Twenty-four divided by 3 equals B—B—
was another, supplemented by an expia
tion: "Eight hours for work, eight hours
for sleep, and eight hours to do what we
will.”
The line of march was crowded with
people, who cheered the marchers and their
mottoes. After parading through some of
the West Side streets, they inarched across
through Lake street, Wabash avenue and
Van Buren street tijthe lake front, where
they massed to listen to addresses from
different stands.
MILWAUKEE'S men.
Many Bosses Grant an t ight Hour
Day W ith Eight Hours i ay.
Milwaukee, May I.—ln Milwaukee the
demand of the union carpenters for the
adoption of the eight hour system was not
coupled with a demand for increased wages,
and as the men were willing to accept
eight hours pay for eight hours work the
movement has met with no strong opposi
tion on the part of their employesr. Al
though the contracting carpenters’ associa
tions declined as a body to formally
declare in favor of eight hours, many
individual'members of the association, in
cluding the president, have announced that
they will conform to the wishes of the men.
Those who have taken this stand include
the leading contractors in the city, and the
indications are that if auy striking is done
by tho Milwaukee carpenters, it will be in
cases where individual contractors insist on
retaining the ten-hour system.
THE MASONS AND BRICKLAYERS.
The Masons and Bricklayers’ union nas
decided to assist the carpenters by stepping
work on all buildings where men refused to
accede to the demands.
The pay for carpenters is 22 cents per
hour, and’ under the eight-hour system the
men will get $1 70 per day, instead of $2 20
as heretofore. The union men claim that
tinder the new order of things 600 of their
follow craftsmen who aro now unemployed
will be givou work. There are from 2,000
to 2,500 carpenters in the city, and it is
claimed that 1,500 belong to the unions,
which huve made large accessions to their
membership during the last few weeks.
There is no likelihood of a strike in any of
the other building trades, as the eight-hour
system has been in vogue among the ma
sons and bricklayers of Milwaukee for three
years, while the plumbers are just organiz
es and are not in a position to strike.
SOME MEN NOT AFFCTED.
the patternmakers and carpenters em-
I'loyed in manufacturing establishments
where other employes are obliged to work
i e bours a day, are not included Ih the
el ght-bour movement. It is stated that an
attempt will be made to gain shorter hours
for next year.
The officers of the federated trades coun
cil are organizing unions of the hard wood
finishers, cabinetmakers and tanuers. There
have been threats of a strike for higher
wages by Eorne classes of tannery employes,
ut as yet the men have made
o demands on their employers,
seems very certain that the trouble, if
any occurs, in Milwaukee, will be confined
tno carpenters, and that there will be no
“ afrike even In that trade.
a mass meeting last night, which
w _ ~ un til nearly midnight, a resolution
requesting the contractors to
eh!! C . , tbe demand for an eight-hour
•lauge take place Friday, May 2.
SUNDAY TO DECIDE.
au °ther meeting will be
a- ’ , w l b re Ports about the situation
not h„, tubm 'ttod. If the men then should
out a i° f arrle and their point, they will go
joined fK BO - numtier of non-union men
celehm, * u [! lon , ar ‘d also resolved not to
Ijrst ihJhT> dny ’ butt 0 ke ep on working,
ters S,* parade of the union carp9n
as participated in by about 700 men.
gfhr iUofttina SfrtogL
As they marched through the streets they
attracted much attention, and as they
moved along they Impressed the spectators
with the idea that they were thoroughly in
earnest in their endeavor to secure an eight
hour working day, and determined to carry
their point, quietly if possible, but if neces
sary, willing to go on a strike.
GOTHAM'S DEMONSTRATION.
Rain Made the Union Square Meeting
a Big Fizzle.
New York, May I.—The New York city
end of the world-wide labor demonstration
to-night was not a great success as far as
the members who attended the Union
square mass meeting was concerned.
Rainy weather kept many awav.
Not more than 2,000 people were at the
speaker’s stand at one time. In the proces
sion that preceded there were 5,000 paraders.
It was not the meeting that the labor
leaders exoected—ls,ooo men. The
meeting was under the auspices of
the socialistic labor party. Several hun
dred policemen were in the neighborhood,
butrhad no excuse to use thoir clubs, for the
martial strains of the Marseillais did no
more than stir up some enthusiasm.
resolutions adopted.
Resolutions were adopted by the meeting,
which recited the fact that the day had
been fixed by the American Federa
tion of Labor as the inauguration
of the eight-hour movement; that the
international labor congress at Paris
last July had issued such a call to the work
ingmen of the world; that the carpenters
had opened the eight-hour battle; that the
eight-hour demand is only temporary relief
from the workings of capitalism; that noth
ing but socialism will solve the labor ques
tion.
And it is therefore resolved that the
demand that the hours of labor be reduced
to eight should be decreed by statute; that
in the struggle tho ultimate object, ablition
of the wage system, be not lost sight of.
The principal speaker, Labor Leader Ser
gius Schovitch, said that the less hours a
man spent at work the more he would have
to think about himself. This meeting was
the beginning of the end, but that end
would not come until they owned the earth
and the fullness thereof. He concluded by
asking all to be true to the red flag.
PHILADELPHIA’S PART.
Three Thousand Carpenters Strike for
a Nine-Hour Day.
Philadelphia, May L —The journeyman
carpenters of this city went on a strike this
morning as they had previously announced
they would do. Thair demand is for a nine
hour working day, with pay at 35 cents per
hour. The present union rate of wages is
30 cents per hour. A majority of the mas
ter carpenters, at a meeting Tuesday, de
cided to resist tho demands of the men for
an increase. A few, however, including
John VVatiamaker, who employs 60 men,
and Allen B. Roork, a prominent builder
who has 175 carpenters on his roll, notified
their men several days ago that begin
ning to-d*y their wages would
be increased to $315 per day.
The number of men thus affected
is something over 500. They were at work
as usual to-day, and it is not believed
they will bo ordered out. The strike was
accomplished without any demonstration
of any sort. There has been no disturbance
so far as known, and as the general disposi
tion of tho men is quiet and orderly, it is
not believed that any will occur. It Is
roughly estimated that 3,000 men are out.
There has been no celebration of Mayday
whatever here to-day. The tin roofers and
hodcarriers struck for more pay, but their
movement is independent of the carpenters
and of each other.
PEACE AT PITTSBURG.
Strikes Begun in Several Places In
Western Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, May I.—Labor day in Pitts
burg was uneventful. Peace and harmony
prevailed among employes and employers
in all branches of business, save the cornice
and fin work industry. Three hundred tin
nets came out this morning for an advance
of twenty-five cents a day, and seven firms
have already granted tho demand. Through
out Western Peonsi lvania, however, a
number of strikes were reported ti-day.
At Johnstown, Scottdale, Jeanette, Greens
burg and Braddock tho carpenters and
joiners came out for eight hours’ work or an
increase in wages. Their demands have not
been granted, and building operations have
been practically suspended in these towns.
At McKeesport there was a monster
demonstration to-night under the auspices
of the carpenters’ union in honor of the
day.
A BREAK AT BOSTON.
Two Thousand Carpenters Conceded
Their Point and 1,600 StriKe.
Boston, May 1. —The strike of the car
penters of this city tor an eight hour work
day, was formally inaugurated this morn
ing . About 1,600 mpn are out, and of this
number 550 are recruits, who joined the
ranks of the disaffected within the past day.
It is estimated that there ate 2.000 men in
the city who havo been granted eight hours
by about 100 firms who are not members
of the Master Builders’ Association.
These men have the approval of the car
penters’ union la continuing at work. A
member of the builders’ association said to
a reporter this morning that the strike is of
much smaller dimensions than was
expected. He expressed the opinion that
the strikers will never secure their demands
from the builders’ association, and that this
movement by the men will break up tbe
carpenters’ union.
SEVERAL CITIES EXEMPT.
Demonstrations Not Made Even in All
• the Barge Places.
Washington, May 1. —Dispatches indi
cate that there was no labor demonstration
to-day at Baltimcre, Cincinnati, Kansas
City, Omaha, Milwaukee, Miuneapolis, St.
Paul, Cleveland or Toledo.
The demonstrations usually incident to
strikes were made at a large number of the
smaller manufacturing cities of New Eng
land, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan. No reports have been re
ceived of any 6uch demonstrations in any
city south of Louisville.
Detroit’s Men Winning.
Detroit, Mav I.—Fully 2,000 carpenters
are out in this'city to-day. The strike is
expected to be short-lived, however, as the
principal contractors are conceding the
men’s demands, and it is thought that work
will be pretty generally resumed to-morrow.
No other trade except the carpenters has
been affected by the movement.
Louisville’s, Turnout.
Louisville, Ky., May I.—Some esti
mates dace the number of workingmen in
line in the great Maydav parade to-day at
10 000 Half that number is probably
nearer the truth. The Body of the proces
sion was made up of the various labor
unions under their respective banners.
No Trouble at St. Louis.
St. Louis, May L—The parade was a pro
nounced success, and the crowd was dis
tinctly an orderly and loyal one. The stars
and stripes was the only flag to be seen.
There were few banners displayed, and the
tone of the inscriptions thereon was very
moderate.
Knoxville Carpenters Out.
Knoxville, May 1. —All the carpenters
of this city, both union and non-union, are
on a strike for eight hours’ work and ten
hours’ pay.
IMPORTED LABORERS.
Special Agent Lee Makes His Report
on the South.
Washington, May I.—A joint meeting
of the House and Senate committees on im
migration aud naturalization was held to
day, to hear Timothy F. Lee, special agent
of the treasury department, upon the sub
ject of violations of the contract labor law
in the south. Mr. Lee said his territory
extended from Norfolk, Va., to Brunswick,
Ga., and his duties were to Investigate and
prevent violations of the contract labor
law. In that section of the country, he
said, several hundred Canadians came aud
went every year, working while there load
ing cotton on steamers. They did not do
any more work than native laborers, nor
did they work for less wages;
and it was his belief that the employers
were not benefited financially by their
labor. They were more pliant, Mr. Lee
thought, than the native laborers and were
for that reason desired. He had worked up
a case against one Norfolk firm for the
importation of thirty-five of the Canadians,
and the case is now pending in the United
States court at Richmond. The Canadians
themselves, fearing trouble,he said, had left
West Point and returned home.
savannah interested.
The greater number of these Canadians
worked at Norfolk, West Point and Savan
nah. Mr. Lee told how English cotton
brokers, buying for English consumers,
had recently brought with them cheap
samplers, who took the place
of the American experts who had
received $5 to $lO a day for their work.
There seemed to be no remedy for this,how
ever, as contracts made in foreign c mntries
by citizens thereof do not come within the
purview of the law. Mr. Lee spoke of the
supplanting of native colored labor by
Italians in the phosphate beds of South
Carolina. Negroes formerly made as high
as $2 50 a day, but padrooes went down aud
drove them out with Italians who do not
average more than 60 cents a day. There
are auout 2,000 of them in tho phosphate
beds and they are kept at work by armed
guards. The contract labor law, Mr. Lee
syß, is inoperative. In his opinion both
the employer and laborer should be pun
ished, and instead of a fine being imposed
for violation the offender should be impris
oned.
RICHMOND’3 REQUEST.
Mrs. Davis Unable to Decide Yet as to
the Final Resting Place.
Richmond, Va., May I.—The following
letter was received by the clerk of the city
council to-day, which explains itself:
Beauvoir, Miss., April 23, 1890.
To tite. non. City Council and Board of Alder •
men of Richmond:
Gentlemen—l have received your resolutions
and thank you for the handsome dress in which
you embodied them, and most sincerely for the
noble tribute you have paid to my husband.
Those are the more gratifying bacause some of
your members were our neighbors when we
hoped everything and feared nothing, and the
reverses and disappointments we sustained
drew us closer together. Believe me.
the affection you express for him
who served you gladly while ho
could ami loved your state and city sincerely
while life lasted, brings such comfort as is now
possible to me and mine. I note your resolu
tions to the disposition of the revered remains.
My triends, do not press mo for an answer now.
I cannot decide the question yet, but can only
say I will do what seems to our family and
friends best when we come to de
termine the final place of interment. One of
my dead rests with you, and most
tenderly have you can and for and tended the
little grave, and a grateful memory is ever
present with me. Please accent, singly and
collectively, for yourselves and the beloved city
you represent the best wishes and sincere
thanks of Yours faithfully,
V. Jar verson Davis,
FLIGHT OF A DEFAULTER.
He Was a Deputy Postmaster, and
Fled When an Inspector Came.
Helena, Ark., May I.—W. B. Lindsay,
deputy postmaster here, is $5,500 short in
his accounts and a fugitive from justice.
He had entire charge of the office. Post
master Grant is in the hardware business,
and did not look after, the details of the
office very closely. Special Inspector Mc-
Clure of St. Louis entered tho office yester
day morning, and presenting his credentials
asked for the postmaster. “I vt ill call him,”
said Mr, Lindsay, donning his coat and
hat.
TOOK TO HIS HEELS.
Instead of going to his chief’s store he
went to the river, hired a skiff, and the last
seen of him he was pulling down the stream
with might and main. The shortage was
discovered two hours later. The entire
amount lias bean stolen in the last- sixty
days and oovered by a system of false en
tries in the money order department. Post
master Grant has made the deficit good.
FLOATING IN THE ROANOKE.
The Body of tbe Cosmopolitan’s Editor
Found at Weldon.
Washington, May 1, —A special to the
Post from Petersburg says: “The body of
Mr. E. D. Walker of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, who
has been missing from Weldon, N. C., since
Saturday last, was found floating on the
surface of the Roanoke river at Weldon
this forenoon by two colored men. His
watch and money and some private papers
were fouLd in his pocket. He held grasped
in bis hand a broken fishing rod. Ins body
will be taken to Brooklyn by his brother
in-law for interment.”
WORLD’S FAIR OFFICERS.
Lyman J. Gage the President of the
Big Show.
Chicago, May I.—The directors of the
world’s fair held a meeting lost night to
elect officers. Their action was unanimous,
Lyman J. Gage beiug chosen presi
dent, and Thomas Bryan and Potter
Palmer first and second vice
presidents. Mr. Gage is vice-president of
the First National bank. Mr. Bryan and
Potter Palmer are well known capitalists.
The selection of tho other officers was de
ferred and the time devoted to adopting a
set of by-law =.
A Bark Abandoned Waterlogged.
Philadelphia, May I.—The Italian
bark Armouia, from Pensacola Feb. 28 for
Palermo with a cargo of lumber, was
abandoned waterlogged April 19 in latitude
26* 19’, longitude 61° 10’. Capt. Matarazz i,
bis wife and child aud the crew, were taken
off by the bark Industria from Lisbon aud
landed here to-day.
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1890.
LABOR DAY IX EUROPE.
POLICE AND TROOPS EVERY
WHERE HELD IN READINESS.
Military Charge a Mob of Btrikers at
Peetb and Bayonet Many Men—Toll
ers at i rassnitz Attack the Prison
to Release Captive Companions, But
Are Repulsed.
Pksth, May L—The labor demonstration
here has been marred by a scene of blood
shed. Early this morning a largo number
of workmen gathered in front of one of the
rolling mills. At first the men were orderly
enough, but under the incentive of agitators
became aroused and bitterly denounced the
alleged tvranny of thoir employers. Finally
they lost all self-control and engaged in a
riotous demonstration, which the police
were powerless to quell.
troops summoned.
Military assistance was summoned and a
body of troops promptly appeared on the
ground with fixed bayonets. The mob
was ordered to disperse, and,
upon their refusal to \ obey, tne
troops charged. Tho crowd broke and
fled in all directions, but not before many
of the rioters had been pierced by bayo
nets. The mill where the trouble occurred
remains open and work is going on as usual.
Thirty thousand workmen met to-day
and adopted resolutions in favor of a work
day of eight hours.
rioting at prossnitz.
Vienna, May 1. —Tho Preater has been
occupied all day by troops, but the crowds
that fill the streets have been orderly, and
there has been no necessity for official inter
ference. Reports from Ostran, Troppan
and Bruonn say that work has been pro
ceeding as usual, and no disturbances have
occurred.
From Prossnitz comes news of a riot. It
appears tnat a number of workmen had
been put In prison there, and when their
fellow-workmen gathered on the streets this
morning a plot was thatched for tbelr lib
eration. The result was that a mob
of fully 4,000 men made a com
bined attack upon the prison. The
authorities, however, In anticipation of
such un occurrence, bad provided a strong
guard for the prison, and the rioters, in
spite of their desperate efforts, were re
pulsed and completely routed.
At Trieste, Pola and Cracow there was
only a slight cessation of work, and every
thing is quiet.
ONLY ONE DISTURBANCE IN THE CITY.
Vienna, May 1, 0:30 p. m.— The day
passed without serious disturbance in any
quarter. Over sixty workmen’s meetings
were held, at all of which resolutions were
adopted in favor of a working day of eight
hours. It is estimated that 40,000 persons
visited the Prater during the day. The
work in the state railway shops was not
interrupted.
A tranquil state of affairs is reported in
Silesia, Uppor Austria, St. Iria, Camilla,
Buckoviua, Moravia, Galicia and Bohemia.
A crowd collected in the Favoriten quarter
to witness the workmen’s procession return
ing from the Prater. The crowd disre
garded an order to disperse and began to
howl and throw stones at tho police. Mean
while the procession arrived on the soene,
ayl, rebuking the mob, assisted the police to
secure the ringleaders.
THE PROSSNITZ OUTBREAK.
A later dispatch from Prossnitz says that
the troops frustrated the attack of" the mob
on the prison without recourso to firearms.
Disorder prevailed until noon, and ten
arrests were made. Two extra companies
of troops were put on guard at the prison.
Tho latest reports from elsewhere in Aus
tria and Hungary speak only of quiet
meetings in favor of a working day of
eight hours. The speakers exhorted their
hearers not to break the law.
At a mass meeting at Prague a speaker
deolared that the eight-hour question
was an international one, aud also de
manded universal suffrage. Before dis
persing the workmen gave three cheers for
the director of police.
PARIS FULL OF EXCITEMENT.
One Clash Between Paraders and the
Police.
Paris, May I.—A deputation of work
ingmen went to the Chamber of Deputies
this afternoon and presented a petition
asking that the Chamber make eight hours
a legal day’s work. Large crowds gathered
in the thoroughfares in the vicinity of the
Chamber, completely blocking thorn.
Cavalry, which is doing special duty about
the city to-day, q ietly cleared the way for
the deputation to proceed.
M. Floquot received as.cialist deputation,
headed by M. Guesde, which presented a
memorial in favor of an eight-hour law.
A CLASH.
At 7:40 o’olock to-night a row occurred
on the Place do la Concorde. A body of
workmen wished to pas: down the Rue de
la Cirque toward tho Elysee paluce.
Polico barred the way, and the paruders
tried to force a passage through them. A
squadron of the municipal guards then
charged upon the crowd, wounding a large
number of men. Many arrests were made.
The persons arrested wiil be released at
midnight. They are sirnplv charged with
refusing to move on. The Boulovarde aud
Place de la Concorde have assumed their
ordinary aspect.
No deputations of workmen visited the
Elysee palace or ministerial departments.
The prefect of the Seme, acting under
orders of M. Constans, minister of the in
terior, went to the Hotel de Ville to-day
and warned tbe municipal council not to
receive deputations. The member* of the
council protested against this action, but
nevertheless submitted to tho minister’s
orders.
ANOTHER SCUFFLE. ,
The municipal guards left the Hotel de
Ville at 7 o’clock last night. Upon their
departure the crowd began to sing the
“Marseillasie,” and were dlspers.d by the
police after a brief scuffle.
Another skirmish between the police and
sightseers occurred in the Palace de ia Re
publique at 10 o’clock to-night. During the
fracas a man fired a revolver at the poller,
but nobody was hurt. Several persons were
arrested.
At 11 o’clock all the other quarters were
calm and extra police were being with
drawn.
CHARGED BY CAVALRY.
Paris, May 2, 12:80 a, m.—At a late hour
the boulevards were thronged with excited
people. In the Place Chateau d’Eau the
cavalry charged upon the crowd, and sev
eral more arrests were made.
The total number of arrests duriDg the
day approaches 500. It is stated that in the
skirmish in tbe Place de la Conoorde thirty
persons were wounded, but that they con
cealed the fact in order to escape arrest.
A BLOODLESS DAT AT BERLIN.
Tho Parades of the Workmen Not
Marked by Disorders.
Berlin, May I.—Nothing of an untoward
character has yet occurred In connection
with the demonstration by the workiug
inen. except the arrest of one of the men,
who was detected by police in the act of
hoistiDg a red flag on a telegraph pole.
Work proceeded m the usual man-
ner in Munster, Weisbaden, Btras
burg, Kremburg, Stettin, Dortmund,
reukircher, tijoadau, Zlncau, Spotau,
Eiiau, Wilhelms! uttc, Mallwitz, Kie:, Lu
beck, Bremen, Cologne and Nordbausen. A
few of the workmen m Lelpsio and Halle
went out on a strike to-day, but a majority
of them were not in favor of making any
demonstration, and they went to work this
morning os on ordinary days.
SMALL MANUFACTORIES CLOSE.
Two hundred aud sixteen of the smaller
manufactories in this city closed their
establishments to-day and gave all their
employes a holiday.
Two thousand workmen assembled at the
Rosenthaler Thor this afternoon and, form
ing in precession, marched through Muen
strasse to the Alexander platz. The paraders
were orderly, and tho police were not called
upon to interfere with them in auy wuy.
Five hundred other workmen proceeded
to Ploetzeenze. They were escorted by a
body of policemen to tho northern shore.
OFF ON EXCURSIONS.
During the afternoon a great number of
workmen, accompanied in many cases by
all the members of their families, made
excursions to the suburbs in steamboats and
steam cars.
Everything has passed off pleasantly so
far. but the police have not relaxed their
vigilance,as they fear that rows may occur
to-night
A COMPLETE FIASCO.
Berlin, May 1, 11:45 p. m.— The socialist
demonstration was a complete flasoo.
These who refrained from work were
chiefly young men whose object was to
enjoy a holiday. There was no meetlDgor
demonstration of any importance. The
military was called out, nomiually for field
exercise. Tho police were ordered to
ignore the workmen as far as possible, and
only to interfere in case of threatening
disturbance. The midnight isolated gather
ings wore easily dispersed. A dozen porsons
who offered resistance were arrested.
A procession marched from Urunowald to
Charlottenburg, where it tluperned by order
of the authorities. No resistance was
offered.
WORKED AS USUAL AT DANTZIO.
Dantzic, May I.—The authorities issued
an order forbidding the holding of meetings
to-day. and no attempt was made to violnte
it. All the factories, mills, shops, etc., were
open and work progressed in tho usual
manner.
DRESDEN ESCAPES DISTURBANCE.
Dresden, May I.—The city is quiet to
day and nothing has occurred to cause the
authorities apprehension. The meeting
called by Herren Bebel and Singer, social
ist members of the Reichstag, was attended
by a large number of workmen. The pro
ceedings wore not marred by disturbance.
MADRID’S WAGE-EARNERS.
Strikers Try to Induce Men at Work
to Quit.
Madrid, May I.—Soveral groups of
striking workmen visited a number of
workshops here to-day and attempted to
induce the men who were at work to quit.
Many of them declined to leave their work.
Ibe authorities persuaded the strikers to
desist from their attempts. A number of
small isolated meetings of workmen were
held in various streets.
The anarchists held a mass meeting at
Music hall, at which the orators denounced
the present sociaisystem and tyranny of the
masters.
A MEETING HELD.
Thousands of workmen assembled in the
Buen Retiro gardens to-day, and, after or
ganizing tho meeting, appointed delegates
to present a petitiou to the Cortes asking
for tho passage of an eight-hour law. The
delegates proceeded to the Chamber of
Deputies, where they were cordially re
ceived by Senor Martinez, president of the
Chamber.
Pickets of police and civio guards were
stationed on tho principal streets. All the
great thoroughfare were erowd"d with
workmen aud bighteoers. The workmen in
dulged in party cries and insomo instances
there mere slight disturbances, followed by
a few arrests.
Thirty thousand workmen paraded in
Barcelona to-day. They presented a peti
tion to tho governor asking protection for
tho Working people. Similar demonstra
tions were held in the manufacturing towns
of Catalonia.
There are extensive strikes in Saragossa,
but no disorder has occurred.
The workmen paraded in Valencia and
tried to induce others to leave work. They
a! tempted to stop train traffic, but were
dispersed by tho civil guard.
LONDON WELL GUARDED.
A Disorderly Band on the Thames
Cowed by the Police.
London, May I.—Five hundred disorderly
men gathered on tho Thame.) embankment
this morning, bent on making
some kind of demonstration. A force of
2,50D police were on hand, however, and
the mob was cowed by their presence.
A procession of workingmen, which was
held in this city to-day, fell far short of the
number it was oxpeoted would take part in
tho parade. The line was composed of only
a few hundred men. The procession
marched to Hyde park, where a number of
speeches in favor of the workmen’s cause
were made.
An attempt was made to hold a meeting
at Hackney, but the police would not per
mit It and the crowd was dispersed.
A procession was formed at Sotto square,
but as this was contrary to the police regu
lations, which provided that only one pro
cession, to follow a spool tied route, would
be allowed, lr. was broken up. Those taking
part in the procossion made no resistance to
the police, but quietly dispersed when
ordered to do so.
PORTUGAL NOT IN PERIL.
The Workmen in Favor of an Eight-
Hour Day, but Peaceable.
Lisbon, May I.—Labor day was ob
served with extreme quietness by the work
men. A manifest > has been issued by the
workingmen declaring in favor of eight
hours as a legal day’s work, atid it has re
ceived a large number of signatures.
a workingmen’s manifesto.
Oporto, May L—A manifesto was issued
by the workiugmen of this city to-day, in
which they condemn political speculators
for trying to control the labor movement
in their own interest. The manifesto further
says that the men, after holding their
demonstration to-day, will resume their
work, and will ask the king to
see that legislation is adopted by too Cortes
for the regulation of labor. The workmen,
as part of their demonstration, proposed to
bold a meeting in front of the town hall,
but this was forbidden by the authorities.
DENMARK NOT IN DANGER.
Socialists Hold a Meeting in a Suburb
of Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, May L — A great socialist
meeting was held in a suburb of this city
to-day. There were fully 30,000 men pres
ent and fifty organisations were represented
by delegates. Resolutions were adopted in
favor of a normal work day. Among the
speakers was a member of the Rigtdaß. who
declared that a uormal work day could only
be obtained in a socialist state.
Order Maintained in Italy.
Rome, May I.—There was a partial ces
sation of work here and in the principal
cities and towns of Italy to-day. Dis
patches from all parts of the country show
that order was maintained,
IKSIOXIFICAXT ROWS.
A few imiguitloaut rows are reported at
Milan ad Naples in connection with the
labor demonstration. The disturbances
were quickly suppressed. At Naples a
pol.ee inspector was wounded.
Groups of workingmen triad to cross the
Tiber but turned back in obedience to the
orders of the military. A few who were in
dim and to be disorderly were arrested.
The workingmen in Bologna, Rosa, Pal
ermo, Lugo and other towns, attemptod to
hold demonstrations to-day, but they were
dispersed by the police.
No Trouble in Switzerland.
Berne, May L—There hat len no ob
servance of Labor day in this city, and
work in all branches of business progressed
as usual. Dispatches from all parts of
Switzerland report a similar state of affairs.
There were few workmen absent from
their places to-day. The men out of em
ployment paraded the streets in an orderly
manner.
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
Chemnitz, May L—The time books of
139 factories show that out of 30,818 hands
only three were absent to-day wit hout
I nave.
Christiana Calm.
Christiana, May I.—Four thousand
workmen marched through the principal
streets here to-day with flags ana banners
flying. Delegates were sent to the presi
dent 'of the Storthing, who promised to
submit the men’s work day demands to the
house. The paraders maintained perfect
order and were heartily cheered by the
spectators that lined the route of the pro
cession.
Holland Serene.
Tins Hague, May I.—No disturbance is
reported in any part of Holland. Two
orderly ineetiugs of workmen were held at
Amsterdam. They were addressed by
socialist speakers, who advocated the eight
hour movement \
All Quiet at Brussels.
Brussels. May 1. — Ten thousand work
men marched in procession hero to day. At
the head of the line was a body of police.
There was no incident worthy of notice
during the day.
LAND PURCHASE IN EHIN,
Balfour Makes Another Long Speech
on the Bill.
London, May I.—The dobate on the land
purchase bill was resumed in the House of
Commons this ovening by Mr. Balfour, the
chief secretary for Ireland. He said he
thought it would be admitted that the
attacks which had been made on the meas
ure, though often violent in form, had been
hesitating in substance. Those who had
used the most vigorous language
against the government’s proposals
seemed to bo the moat hampered by n feol
ing that the bill was in accordance with the
best traditions of every party in tho House,
besides tho fact that they tliomtclres had
been supporters of similar plans.
lIARCOURT TAKEN TO TASK.
For instance there was Blr William Ver
non Haroourt [Hear! Hear!] who had
pounded away at the bill willfully,oblivious
to ttie fact that he had been a party to a
measure that was open to every objection
that ho urged against tho present hill. The
opposition criticism was a sham,
and nothing more clearly showed the
disorganized state of the opponents of the
government. Their speeches were mutu
ally destructive. Hir William Vern on Har
court hud told them that tho bill would
excite the jealousy of non-buyers on ac
count of tho benefits the tenant buyers
received^
GLADSTONE’S DECLARATIONS,
Mr. Gladstone had declared that the
whole of the boon given the tenants would
be absorbed by the landlords. Bir William
Vernon Haroourt objected to the hypothe
cation of local rates for land purchase under
any circumstance, whilo Mr. Parnell based
the whole of bis spoech on the objection
tn.h the government were taking
one kind of security available for
land purchase. Other opponents objected
to the state as a landlord, whilo Mr. Dillon
wanted the whole of thejoongosted districts,
compulsoiily bought, and this state to be
come the landlords. Coherent opinion
upon the proposals of the bill did not exist
among the opposition. Still be believed
that many of their suggestions were de
signed to assist the government.
PARNELL’S PROPOSAL APPROVED.
Ho approved Mr. Parnell’s proposal In
favor of fining down rents, provided, first,
that this scheme be distinctly subordinated
to tho main scheme for establishing peasant
owners, and second, that tenants, where
ronts are fined down, be permanent.
Mr. Dillon’s suggestions regarding the
congested districts largely coincided with
the government's plans in regard to migra
tion or emigration. It would rest with
tho boards in the congested districts, not
with the government, which alternative
should be adopted. He did not believe
the bill would tond to drive out
landlords; on the contrary, by
diminishing social friction, landlords
would be Induced to live more frequently
in Ireland, with greater powers of useful
ness.
DANGER TO BRITISH CREDIT.
Dealing with the arguments regarding
the endangering of British credit, he con
tended that the measure obviated all
risks. He denied the possibility of general
repudiation. Public opinion would not
support and local interests would not tol
erate repudiation. In concluding he urged
that tho bill had special merits. It pro
vided adequate security. It provided for
poor years and inability to pay
which might arise to tho most thrifty aud
iudustrious tenant. It did something sub
stantial for the laboring classes, which bad
been excluded from every former bill.
HONESTY OF THE TENANTS.
It gave localities the strongest induce
ment to maintain the honesty
of the tenants. It offered
a solution of tho problem of congested dis
tricts. Taken as a wbolo the bill was a
great boon to Ireland; such as she never
could confer upon herself and never could
get, except from the party now in power.
[“Hear, Hearj”] Did the opposition
believe that a better opportunity for carry
ing out a policy favorable to laud purchase
In Ireland'would ever occur? If they would
foi get political contest and ask themselves
whether they wore likely to find
a scheme materially better thev
would aid in the great work
which the government, without party pur
pose, had taken in baud. [Cheers],
The bill then passed its second reading by
a vote of 348 to 268.
Judge Crisp's Family Returns.
Washington, May L—The family of
Judgo Crisp loft for home this morning.
l DAILY.SIO A YEAH I
{ SCENTS A COPY. V
f WEEKLY,I.2B A YEAR.
CLEVELAND AT THE BAR.
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFOBB
THE SUPREME COUBT.
Ex-Attorney General Garland, Hte
Sponsor, Before the Justices—The
fx-Prestdent Twenty-five Pound*
Lighter Than When He Lett the
White House —An Unostentatious
Arrival.
Washington, May I.—A sonjewhat cor
pulent gentleman, carrying a small hand
bag, dim tied out of a car at the PennsyW
vania depot last night at 11 o’dcok alone
and unnoticed. He walked to the end of
the platform, passed through the waiting
room where President Garfield was struok
down, and, disregarding the solicitation of
the noisy hackmen, entered the waiting
coach of the Arlington hotel, and patiently
waited until the lumbering vehicle should
be ready to make its trip up town. No one
paid any attention to him, and when the
hotel was reached and he stood in front of
the office counter the few people gathered
there did not know who he was.
RECOGNIZED BT THE CLERK.
The clerk on duty, however, did.
‘•Why, Mr. Cleveland,” he said, “we are
very much crowded, and I am afraid we
haven’t got anything that will do for you.”
“A room and a bed is all that I want, as I
only expect to be here a day,” was the
answer, and then in a small hand the latest
arrival wrote on tho register, “Grovef
Cleveland, New York.”
The ex-President was given a room on the
third floor, and at once retired.
Mr. Cleveland took breakfast this moms
lng In the public dining-room. Congress;
men who are boarding in the hotel c uns
over and talked with him while h? was afl
breakfast, and to them he talked freely.
OBJECT OF Ills VISIT.
He told them that he came to Washington
to bo admitted to the supreme court in cons
nectiou with a New Orleans case of very
great importance, and which is expected to
be heard next term.
After breakfast he hold quite an Informal
reception in the lobby and chatted with alt
his callers in a very cordial manner.
The ex-President looks very well —better
than wheu ho laid down the cares of offices
One of tils cullers, a Brooklyn congressman,
remarked that he was not looking as stoui
as when ho left tho white house. Mr.Cleve
land pleasantly said that he weighed twenty
five pounds less than he did a year ago.
The question of weight did not seem to be a
delicate one, arid his whole manner showed
that he was in the best of spirits.
The reception was broken up by the
arrival of ex-Attoruoy General
who was to be Mr. Cleveland’s sponsor in
the supreme court.
BEFORE TnE JUSTICES.
When the justices had taken their seat*
Mr. Garland made the formal motion to
admit Mr. Cleveland, and the latter took
tho oath before the clerk of the court, and
gave him $lO in return for the parchment
which entitles him to practice before that
tribunal.
Tne news of Mr. Cleveland’s being in tha
capitol soon spread, and before he cculd
leave the clerk’s office ho was Gurrounded
by a group of senators and members who
were anxious to pay their respects. He had
to spend some time in handshaking, and
then, in company with Mr. Garland, wen#
to tho law library, where he siient soma
hours looking up authorities.
AN EVENING RECEPTION.
This evening ho dined at the hotel, and
after dinner a number of congressmen
called. It was an informal reception and no
public questions were discussed. It is tha
opinion of every one who has seen Mr.
Cleveland that he is looking very well
indeod. He walks with a springy slop and
has a healthy color in bis face. He is cer
tainly not as stout as he was while occupy
the white house. Mr. Cleveland will return
to New York to-morrow morning.
CLEVELAND AND THE BAR.
Tho Ex-President Admitted to Prao
tloe in the Supreme Court.
Washington, May I.—When the supreme
court of the United States met at 12 o’clock
to-day ex-President Clevelaud was one ofi
the lawyers within the space reservod for
members of the bar. He was accompanied
by Mr. Garland, attorney-general of the
last administration. Immediately after the
opening of court the chief justice asked if
there were any motions for admission to the
bar. Mr. Garland arose, and in the usual
formal style said: “I move the admission ol
Mr. Grover Cleveland, who is duly qualified
under the rules.”
The chief justice directed that the re*
quired oath bo administered, and this waS
performed by Mr. McKinney, clerk of the
court.
Mr. Cleveland then went into the clerk’s
office, where he paid his tee of SIU, bad bis
name registered and received his parch
ment.
his admission a surprise.
It was not generally known that he wa
In town and tho news of bis admission to
the bar of the supreme court was a surprise,
Mr. Cleveland is of the counsel in what are
known as the drainage cues from New Or
leans, and asked for admission in order that
ho might be qualflod to appear in these suits
before the court. It is quite improbable
that the ciisjs will be reached at this term
of court and they will probably go over
until next November.
COST OF NEW PENSIONS.
Tha Total Annual Expenditure Eetf
mated at $100,220,337.
Washington, May I.—ln a letter to the
speaker of the House of Representatives
the Secretary of the Interior estimate* that
it will require $83,808,752 annually to give
a service pension to every survivor of the
late war not now on the rolls; $6,641,817
annually to Increase to $8 per mouth the
pensions of those now on the rolls at a lesser
rate; $0,770,768 to the widows of di oeased
soldiers, a total annual expenditure ol
$100,226,337.
SUB-TREASURY PETITIONS.
Georgia's Congressmen Flooded With
Petitions.
Washington, May I.—The Georgia
members have received numerous petitions
from the farmers’ alliance asking them to
vote for the sub-treasury scheme. Mr.
Blount to day received three from as many
different oou.ities, and other members have
not been neglected. Many of them have
also received letters similar to the one sent
to Mr. Oates of Alabama, and which he
answered publicly.
IKistilimneo’s Saw Postmaster.
Washington. May I.—The President to
day nominated Millard L. VanDuxur to be
postmaster at Kissemmee, Fia.
Government Bond Purchases.
Washington, April 30.—The bond offer
ings to-day aggregated $166,900. All were
accepted at 122 for 4e and 103;4 for 4J-£a
