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WOBWEI'S ADVOCATE.
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JOHN SWTHTON
GREETED BY THREE THOU
SAND TOILERS.
What He Saw Abroad Resurgent
Life Anion? the Masses of the Old
World The Social System Chal
lenged Everywhere The English
Race and the Coming Revolution
Woe to the Obstructionists! Ame
ricans! Fall in Line and Strive
to Create a New Social and In
dustrial Order.
The large hall at Cooper Union began
to fill at an early hour last Saturday
evening, with an enthusiastic gathering
ager to participate in the reception
tendered to John Swinton by the S. L. P.
Long lef ore 8 p. m., every Beat in the
large auditorium was taken and the
aisles were packed, while closely seated
on the platform, which was gaily deco
rated with the banners of the Socialist
Labor Party, Millers' and Millwrights'
Union, United Machinists, Carpenters'
Union No. 513. Bakers' Unions No. 1 &
31, German Waiters' Union, Cloak
makers' Union, Brewers' Union, and
the Socialist Liedertafel, were two hun
dred ladies and gentlemen prominent
in the labor movement. Distinguished
among ttiese were Dr. Geo. Stiefoeling,
the party's candidate for Coroner,
August Waldinger, the candidate
for Comptroller, Ernest Bohm, the
candidate for Sheriff, James A. Bost
wick, the candidate for President of
the Board of Alderman, Wm. N. Reed
and Robert J. Victor the candidates for
Judges of the Supreme and City Courts,
Mrs. Greie. Charles F. Wilson, the can
didate for County Clerk, James J. Daly,
the candidate for Justice of the Seventh
Judicial District, H. Glyn, Hugo Vogt,
the candidate for Assembly from the
Eighth, John A. Davenport, candidate
-for. Assembly from the Eighteenth and
Wm. H. Gallivan, the candidate for Al
derman of the same district, Mrs. Cahan,
Mr. and Mrs. Werner, of the Philadel
phia Tageblatt, Prof. Walters, the Shake
sperean scholar, Dennis Sheehan, the
sculptor, and many others. After the
Progressive Musical Union No. 1
had discoursed several inspiring airs.
August Delabar called the meeting to
order, stating that the occasion was a
reception tendered by the Socialist La
bor party and the U. L. F. to Labor'B
champion and friend, John Swinton.
He then yielded the floor to Lucien
Sanial, who was to officiate as Chairman.
The appearance upon the platform of
John Swinton was the signal for an
outburst of applause, cheering and
waving of hats that lasted several min
utes, the manifestation no sooner
ceasing than it was renewed with
increased fire. When at last, silence
was restored, L. Sanial addressed John
Swinton substantially as follows:
" Mr. Swinton 1 As a personal friend
I have been chosen to welcome you in
the name of the thousands of working
men gathered here this evening. The
cheers that greet you are more eloquent
than words. Such cheers are not given
to kings or emperors, or if I may be
allowed to use a word of your own coin
ing to 'Vanderbillions'. They are re
served for the man of intellect whose
heart beats in unison with the heart of
the people. I shall not weaken their
meaning by a lengthy address, but shall
simply, on behalf of this vast assemblage,
press your hand and tell you: 'Welcome!'
Prolonged cheering. 1 Welcome to you,
Mr. Swinton; welcome, also, to the
noble lady who has shared your labors
and watched over you with infinite
solicitude when at last sickness and
almost total blindness were the result of
your untiring efforts in the noblest of
causeB." Great applause.
In conclusion, he called Mr. Swinton's
attention to the international character
of the audience, which in itself was full
of significance. Men were there from
all sections of the globe, born, some
of them, on the banks of the Vistula,
others on the Danube, some on the
Seine, others on the Rhine, others
again on the Thames and the Shannon
together with those whose cradles had
been on the banks of the Hudson and the
Mississippi; and all honored John Swm
ton as the champion of humanity.
John Swinton thereupon took the
floor, and evidently greatly moved, be
gan by signifying his gratification at the
sight before him, and at meeting so many
friends who had for years fought shoul
der to shoulder with himself for the
emancipation of Labor. The year 1874,
he then proceeded, had been a dark
one for Labor in New York; working
men, who had assembled to deliberate
over their interests were men eiuouea
away by the police; hardly less dark
was the year when ne ran tor Mayor or
ew York ana received only K6 votes.
w, however, he saw indeed, the
dawa. of liberty. Not here only, but
wherever he had been in Europe, in
Italy, France, England, Switzerland the
N
masses of the oppressed are rising and
uemanuing meir rignis.
I saw many beautiful countries, he
continued, hut in each I saw also
much shocking wretched ness. I saw
in Kome the disinherited hunger ana
freeze, while another portion of the
population rolled in luxury. Similar
conditions met my eyes in France;
yet in France the time is at hand
when the proletarians will burst the
shackles which the present republic is
fastening upon them. London pre
sented to me an inspiring spectacle.
There the social question is up before all
the layers of society, and is discussed
everywhere. Workingmen, capitalists,
professors, all are bending their thoughts
upon this all-absorbing question The
signs of the coming social revolution are
there visible everywhere Hiilj a mil
lion workingmen assembled inone day
at Hyde Park. If Bismarck Mad had a
flea in his ear, all our papers ould have
taken notice of it. But Wall street took
care that none of our papers should
properly notice that wonderful mani
festation. At the right time, Wind
sor Castle and the whole navy and army
of Great Britain will be swept away as
so many cobwebs. This revolution bids
fair to be a peaceful one, provided the
ruling class recognize it. Woe unto them,
however, if they should dare to oppose
it. They will be ground to dust. In
Germany a million and a half of Social
ist votes have brought that question up
for permanent discussion; and Bis
marck, the man of iron, and of the iron
jaw where are you, Bismarck? Ameri.
cans! Do not lag behind your German
and European brothers. America is the
land of authorized revolutions. On
ward, ye men of toil, lay the foundation
for a better society, and raise the system
of industrial co-operation upon the prin
ciple of liberty, equality and fraternity.
Telegrams from several parts of the
country sending words of greeting were
then read. A motion was carried that
the meeting send to the Socialist Con
gress, now Assembled in Halle, Germany,
a congratulatory telegram; and after
the band had played the "Marseillaise"
and the Socialist Liedertafel had sung
several selections, the other speakers
were introduced.
Alexander Jonas said Socialists were
not inclined to indulge in glorifications
of men. hveryone working in the cause,
be he ever so little known, was deserving
of the same praise as those who fought
in more conspicuous places. In joining
to do honor to John fcwinton. however,
Labor not only honored itself, it also
met in a demonstration in favor of the
Socialist idea. This was an interna'
tional demonstration. At a time when,
owing to such laws as the McKinley
bill, the nations of the earth were stirred
to mutual hatred, the workingmen dem
onstrated their solidarity by joining-
Americans, Germans, Kussians, Irish,
Italians, Poles, etc. in an acknowledge
ment of their obligations to John
Swinton for bis services to their cause,
In a few weeks these same workingmen
would have an opportunity to prove
their conviction still further, and by
voting the ticket of the Socialist Labor
party, to emancipate themselves from
their oppressors.
Daniel Deleon followed, tie said it
was ten years ago when tor the first
time he saw John Swinton, in this very
hall, at a memorial service to Karl Marx,
the man whose scientific works, ever
since their publication, have been the
file at which the serpent of capitalism
had been idly gnawing, and the prick
against which the donkey of bourgeois'
dom had been fruitlessly kicking. Before
and since, John Swinton had always
been found on the side of the class that
suffers as against that that does wrong.
Other men had come and gone; other
men, like the king in the doggerel, with
68,110 men had marched up the hill of
the labor movement in New York, and
then had marched down again to hunt
the flesh-pots in the c?np of capitalism;
but, true to hislui tiucts, Johnawmton
unswervingly championed the cause of
justice, and was to day a noble uiustra-
tion of that American manhood, which,
differently from the sneaks that slan
dered the good name of America, boldly
recognized and asserted the truth that
America was the land of "authorized
revolutions." The speaker, who was
introduced as a Nationalist, then turned
to Mr. Swinton and expressed the con
viction that he expressed the sentiments,
not of the audience only, but of the
solid phalanx of Nationalists throughout
the land in welcoming back to America
the veteran champion of Labor, in hop
ing that John Swinton may be long pre
served to them to add dignity to their
cause, to cheer and to direct them.
E. Stoleschnikoff followed in the Rub
siar. language with a few spirited re
marks. Then August Delabar was
introduced as the standard bearer of the
party during the campaign, and in the
name of the J. u. r. extended to John
Swinton the greetings of that organiza
tion. A. Cahan closed the ceremonies
with an address in the German-Jewish
dialect that, with its fervor, electrified
even those who could not understand it.
Throughout the proceedings the great
est enthusiasm prevailed and the speak
era were interrupted with frequent and
prolonged applause.
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THE CAMPAIGN.
STEADY PROGRESS OF SO
CIALISM.
Seventeen Assembly Districts Organ
izedComplete Tickets in Twelve
Eighteen hundred Signatures
Registered for the Slate Ticket
Socialists and Nationalists Wak
ing up the People at Open Air
Meetings Young Ireland Chimes
in.
Sixth Session of the Socialist Con
ference. The regular fortnightly session of the
Socialist Convention took place on
the 10th inst at Clarendon Hall. The
meeting was well attended and showed
progress all along the line. Two addi
tional organizations, the Italian Mosaic
Workers and the Cloakmakera, joined
the body.
A large number of matters of detail,
mportant, however, in themselves,
came up and were disposed of. Among
these were the holding of a ratification
meeting on the 18th instant, the provid
ing for regular open air meetings in the
unorganized as well as the organized
Assembly Districts, the providing for
posters, hand-bills, etc., to be distri
buted throughout the county, and also
the printing of pasters for election day.
Every one of these matters received the
earnest consideration of the delegates,
who referred them all to the campaign
committee with instructions to act.
Owing to the decease of County
Clerk lieiley since the nominations for
county oflices, it was decided not to
leave the place in blank and Comrades
Cohn of the Cloak makers' and Charles
F. Wilson of the Rockdrillers' were put
up. Comrade Cohn declined In favor of
Wilson and on motion of the former
Wilson was nominated by acclamation.
Upon repeated calls for "speech!", the
nominee stated in a few happy words
his acknowledgment of the honor done
him, and the unadvisability to strain
his already overstrained throat in an
address at that time, seeing he was hus
banding his voice for the open air meet
ings which, Bince last week, his district
organization had inaugurated and was
steadily pushing.
or the Election Expense r und of the
Socialist Party $3 was received from the
Progressive Laborers No. 1, and $14.15
from the 22d Assembly District.
At about 10 p. m. the Convention ad
journed, and as the delegates walked
out mey aiiacnea uieir signaiuies 10
the nomination certificates for Comrade
Wilson. The requisite 300 were almost
all obtained.
Fourth Assembly District.
The certificate slips for" the nominees
of this district are filling. Its Saturday
meetings are drawing larger and larger
audiences, and are educating new re
cruits for the ranks of the organized
political and economic struggle.
Fifth Assembly District.
The agitation in this district is picking
up; its organization is now completed,
and its Assembly and Aldermanic nomi
nation will be made in the course of the
week.
Sixth Assembly District.
The meetings in this district continue
to be well attended, in fact the attend
ance is increasing. Its certificates of
nomination are nearly complete.
Eighth Assembly District.
The certificates of nomintion are now
complete The agitation is spreading
and a good vote win be polled.
Eleventh Congressional District,
The Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Seven
teenth Assembly Districts, which con
stitute the Eleventh Congressional, met
in convention last Thursday evening
and nominated August Freudig of the
Silkworkers .Progressive Union for Con
gress. One of the plutocratic candidates
for tins office in the district is John De
Witt Warner, who stands upon the
impleading half-truths of the Free Trade
gospel. Preparations are making to
lead this bourgeois a wild dance. The
requisite number or signatures was
promptly registered on the nomination
slips.
Sixteenth Assembly District.
The regular Friday evening meetings
of the organization of the district, at its
headquarters, 409 E. 14th et, are grow
ing in interest, and drawing larger
crowds. The certificate slips for its
nominees are now short of only a few
signatures. The candidate for Congress,
Charles Wagner, and a number of other
workingmen are conducting the cam
paign in vigorous style in this district
which, next to the 18th, presents per
plexing difficulties owing to the large
number of politicians and hangers-on of
mat gentry w ho infest the neighbor
hood. Fourteenth Assembly District.
On Thursday evening the cirtilicates
f nomination for all the oflices in this
district, from Alderman up to Congress,
were filled with more than the requisite
signatures.
Eighteenth Assembly District.
Young America was up and doing in
this district on Tuesday evening. The
meeting called at headquarters. 231 E.
83d street, to sign the nomination certi
aVates, drew a large crowd. A good
m my more than the requisite 100 signa
ture!, were registered with ease, where
upon speeches were made by Daniel De
Leon, M. Georgii, from the Nationalist
Club of Washington, D. C, and Mr.
Leonard. At the close a young Irish
Socialist sang songs from Donegal.
Nineteenth Assembly District.
Henry Pohl was nominated in this dis
trict for the Assembly and Louis Sinneger
for Alderman. The membership of the
organization was at first slow, but is
now increasing rapidly and Us Domina
tion certificates are now full.
Twentieth Assembly Dislrict.
At the meeting of the 8th instant, the
district registered 111 signatures on the
certificate slips without difficulty, twice
the number of voters being there and
ready to sign. Many new members were
enrolled and inspiring addresses were
delivered by H. Glyn and Ernest Bohm.
Twenty-second Assembly District.
The agitation in this district continues
to oft conducted with vigor. At least
one open air meeting is held every even
ing and a large corps of speakers, such
James J. Daly, DeLeon, Wilson,
Thomas, Robert Blissert, Bennett,
Brueckman, Arnold, Ehret, Kreychek,
belonging mostly to the district itself,
hold forth regularly from the trucks
speeches in English, German and Bo
hemian. At its last Sunday meeting
resolutions of sympathy with the Irinh
revolutionary leaders O'Brien and Dillon
were adopted with thundering applause.
Twenty-third Assembly District.
Increasing audiences attend the meet
ings of this district. During the last
week it was addressed by James J. Daly,
J. Bennett, Foth and Brueckman.
Twenty fourth Assembly District.
Karl's Park was the scene on last
Monday evening of an enthusiastic rati
fication meeting held by the organiza
tion of this district. Lucien Sanial and
Alexander Jonas addressed the meeting,
Other Meetings.
Progressive Cigarmakers' Union No.
90 held an agitation meeting on Friday
evening at Concordia Hall and were ad
dressed by Paul FJacliel, who, drawing
his illustrations from the recent Central
and Binghamton strikes, showed that
no path other than that of a ballot cast
for the Socialist principles lay open to
the wage-slaves.
Cabinetmakers' Union No. 7 held
campaign meeting on Friday evening at
Clarendon Hall, and scored a great sue
cess. Alex. Jonas treated the following
questions: 1 Should the workingmen
stand out at all hb an independent
political party? 2 If so, where should
they stand during the present campaign?
The address was listened to through ut
with attention, at the close of which
resolutions endorsing the candidates of
the Socialist Labor party were unani
mously adopted.
Tailors' Progressive 'nion No. 11,
which consists of Jewish workingmen,
met in large numbers on Thursday eve
ning, and w ere addressed by Comrades
Blumenberg, of Carpenters' Union No
513, and August Delabar. Among other
things the former said: "I and working
mi ll in general feel proud of our Jewish
fellow laborers; nor shall we forget that
it was Jewish intellect personified in
Marx and Lassalle that pointed us the
way to emancipation." The latter dwelt
upon the necessity of carrying on the
struggle all along the line, and not to
abate it, though a victory here and there
be obtained. A successful strike to re
duce the hours of work, he showed.
might prove a barren victory by the in
troduction of some improved machinery
that should displace a large percentage
hands; a successful strike to main
tain the dignity of Labor in its right to
organize, might result in fruitless self
sacrifice if laws be allowed to be enact
ed that place the police with arbitrary
xiwers on the side of the caoitalist.
Not one, but a score of victories was
needed. Vctories wherever capitalism
showed its hideous head. Hence, at the
polls, too, and there above all, the ser
ried ranks of Labor should muster their
strength and overthrow Labor's here
ditary foe.
DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS.
Places and Dates of Meetings.
The following Assembly Districts re
ported regular meetings as follows:
4th
A. D. 105 K. Broadway, Sundays.
" " 80 Clinton st., every Fri
6th
8th
day evening.
" 165 Allen street.Saturdays
" 414 E. 5th st., Tuesdays.
" 625 E 5th st., Saturdays,
" 220 Ave. A., Saturdays.
" 1150 W.SOth St., Thursdays.
" 409 E. 4th St., Fridays.
" 408 W. 4th St., Saturdays.
" 831 E. 83d St., Tuesdays.
" 1518 Tenth ave., Tuesdays.
" 816 E. 54th st., Wednesdays
" 14222dave.,Sundnys, 10a.m.
" 1422 second ave., English
Section, at 2 p. in.
" 235 E. 107th st., Saturdays.
" 157th st. & 3d ave., Mon
days. 10th
12th
14th
15th
10th
Hth
18th
19th
20th
22d
23d
24th
IN ItltOOKLYN.
EIGHTEENTH WARD.
At the meeting in this ward, held last
Thursday, a firm position was taken
with regard to the brewers' employes
who, living mostly in that neighborhood,
would desire to attend the coming mass
meeting, but are threatened by their
bosses and stay away. Energetic stej
have been taken to prevent this unwar
ranted interference with the rights of
freemen and compelling their acquies
cence in the corruptionisu. '" ''
NINETEENTH WARP.
Winter's Teutonia Hall, corner of
Bartlett street and Harrison Ave., was
crowded last Monday to listen to the
speeches of the party members. Franz
Seubert and James Withers, tho latter
from the Brooklyn Nationalist club,
were the speakers and made a profound
impression upon their hearers. Many
new faces appear at these meetings, and
they bring encouraging tidings.
POLITICAL ACTION IN LYNN.
riatform and Ticket of the Independent
Labor ritrty-Stwlalliili In the Field.
The Independent Labor party of Lynn,
Mass., initiated by the Socialists of that
city, will present this fall to the voters
of Massachusetts a complete state ticket,
nominated upon a platform which em
bodies the following advanced principle
in its preamble:
"This convention recognizes the irre
concilable character of the contention
between the wage receivers and the
wage piiyers, and accepts the conclusion
that the members of society will never
work in peace, or repose in security, till
the wages system ceases to cover the
unrecompensed appropriation of the
products of labor by capital, yet believes
that industrial co-operation cannot be
achieved at a single bound. All progress
is slow. 1 he most that reformers can
do is to mix in the moving columns of
men, hasten the pace and point the way.
To every public question, to every legis
lative measure there is a right side and
a wrong Bide, and one of these sides
every one wilt take. In regard to the
following the Labor party enunciates its
position."
The other planks demand among other
things tho referendum, abolition of the
poll tax, the eight-hour work day, aboli
tion of private detectiveB in labor diffi
culties, the raising of the school age,
the municipalization of city franchises,
and the abolition of the land speculator,
The candidates are: Charles E. Marks
for Governor, Geo. R. Peare for Lieute
nant-Governor, John J. Dowd for Se
cretary of State, Jonathan Johnson for
Attorney General, Geo. J. Moulton for
Treasurer, and P. F. ONeil for Auditor.
All of these candidates with the excep
tion of two, Messrs. Marks and Johnson,
are staunch and outspoken Socialists.
Myers, capitalist candidate for Comp
troller, has robbed every policeman,
fireman and inspector of bis right to
receive weekly pay for his services.
The StuaU-Zeitung gets Judge Fried
man. The World gets Delancey Nicoll.
Everybody gets something, but the bun
only got a Mayor's Secretary.
ORGANIZED LABOR.
WEEKLY MEETING OF THE
CENTRAL LABOR FEDERA
TION. Cigarette Makers on Strike The
Malsters Recognized Grievances
of the Brewers against the K. of
L. Measures Taken to Fortify the
Barbers and other Trades- Judge
(Jo rm an Denounced
It was fifteen minutes to three when
Recording Secretary Wm. Kandler
called the meeting to order.
Delegate Christian Ensminger of Bak
ers' Union No. 81 was elected Chairman
and delegate Wm. Bucksath of the Ad
vance Association (Bookbinders) Vice
Chairmnn. A large percentage of delegates were
not present on time, and their respective
organization should exert the necessary
discipline, and in the interest of them
selves and organized labor in general,
force them to attend or send new ones.
Credentials were received from the
Brotherhood of Pajierliangers and Deco
rators, Custom Varnishers and Polishers,
Beer Drivers' Union and Brotherhood
Painters and Decorators 182. They werej
admitted. " 1
A committee of Cigarettemakers was
granted the floor and requested moral
support in the strike against boss Rose.
This was granted and a committee, con
sisting of delegates Foreman, Stubbs and
Quinn, elected for that purpose,
The special Committee on the Fleisch
inan Yeast and Bread case reported that
a circular was to be issued requesting
all organized labor and its friends to
buy only bread with the seal and label of
the International Bakers Union thereon.
Brewers' Union No. 1 reported that the
Malsters had been reorganized. Mr,
Gessler as representative of the Malsters
stated that the Organization Committee
had neglected to organize them and the
men had done so themselves. He asked
that the said Committee be instructed
to perform lis duties. Delegates McVey,
Rosen f elder and Bucksath will attend
to the case. The Corresponding Secre
tary was instructed to advertise the
meeting of Tuesday evening atKessler's
Hall, 23d street, between 1st and 2d Aves.
in the Volkszeitung and Daily News and
also insert an appeal in the former pa
per.
Ale and Porter Union No. 1 then re
ported that the Knights of Labor had
con tinuously attacked the members for
the past two years. Wherever and when
ever the John O'Connell and Reardon
Association had been able, they had
indiscriminately struck Union No. l's
men out of jobs, had persecuted them
and in some cases done personal injury.
Organized labor had been vainly ap
pealed to. No aid had been tendered by
the American Federation of Labor, to
which this union was attached and at
last it had been decided that the union
had stood on the defensive long enough
and that it was time to become aggres
sive. The men employed by Tracy and
Russell, ale and porter brewers, had been
good union men until O'Connell and his
henchmen had levied an assessment of
five dollars per man for some reason
never divulged. The men wanted to
know what the money was wanted for,
and this information being withheld,
they refused to pay. Thereupon O'Con
nell ordered a strike in the said brewery,
which collapsed. He then had a boycott
placed on the brewery, being careful to
twist the case to suit his own purpose.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, the men, 25 in
number, applied for admission to the
Ale and Porter Union No. 1 and were
admitted. Two or three other breweries
are ready to come into the fold and
union No. 1 is ready to protect its own
interest. Applause greeted the report
and the action was sustained.
The Barbers' Union again appealed to
organized labor to ask for the union card
in every barber shop and insist upon it
lieing displayed. All union men are
urgently requested to bear this in mind
and every represented union will be
asked to appoint a committee to find out
the numlwr of union and non union
shops in its district. The delegate also
desired to know whether they could
advertise in the New York World but
was toll that the said paper is under
boycott.
The Progressive Laborers Union No.
1 rejKirted that Tom Lyon, walking dele-
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