The Labor Demonstrations.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 461, 31 May 1890, Page 3

The Labor Demonstrations.

[exs FBISOO MAIL.J Labor day. as the Ist of May is now called, passed off with fewer disturbances than were looked for. In Paris, where the greatest danger was apprehended, the day was unusually quiet; only 500 persons were arrested, and those not so much for creating • disturbance as because they were likely to do so. All parts of the city were closely guarded by troops, and by order of the Government all gunehops were closed. Troops guarded the banks, and all public buildings were garrisoned. Twelve royalist meetings were dispersed. Business progressed as usual. A deputation of working men called at the Chamber of Deputies in the afternoon and presented a petition for eight hours as a legal day's work, the cavalry clearing a way through the crowd for the deputation to proceed. Later on the procession attempted to pass down the quay toward the Champs Elypees, but the police barred the way and the commander ordered the parade to stop, but tha paraders defied him. The police then charged the mob with bayonets, wounding many in the front ranks, and the crowd broke up. A slight riot occurred at Pronit z, and at'Charleroi 3000 working men marched through the streets to attend a monster meeting, singing the •• Marseillais,” Despatches from other parts of Prance report all quiet. The care exercised by the Government was on account of the fact that the interests of the working men, it was thought, would be made an excuse for Royalist and Boulangiat conspiracies. Then was much discontent in London on account of the restrictions placed on the parades, The Bank of England and other important institutions were guarded by troops. A crowd of 500 roughs attempted to create a tumult on the Thames embankment during the procession, but were immediately suppressed by the police. Torchlights were forbidden to be carried at night. Fifteen j hundred postmen, although ordered to the I contrary by the Postmaster-General, marched I* down Oxford street, headed by a band, to Memorial Hill, where they held a noisy meeting, passing resolutions protesting against long hoars and demanding 6d an hour for a . day of eight hours, and also Alling for ths /abolition of class laws, The Postmasier--I Gsuerai ihrtauml to sobtsa agalnkt tha bmh

1 the law providing that the Government officials who disobey orders may be sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. A third division of the general procession was composed of 500 girls from envelope factories. They carried a banner wi h the inscription, “ Those who do not celebrate to-day are slaves.” Another banner was inscribed “ Remember Chicago,” and displayed pictures of chains, bandcufis, nooses, <fcc., together with the names of Spies, Parsons and their companions who were executed on account of the Haymarket, affair in that city. Fifteen thousand mtn marched in the labor parade which took place in New York at night, and stood in Union square two hours in the rain, listening to speeches. Red flags were more numerous than the national colors, and every man wore a red sash about his shoulders and a big metallic figure pinned to his breast. There was no disorder, and the city was absolutely quiet in the daytime. Generally throughout the United States the day passed peaceably, the workmen in many cases having their requests complied with by their masters, and where they were not the chances are that in the near future there will be far-reaching and disastrous strikes.