Focusing on rickshaw men who lost their jobs after the Tokyo Horse Tramway was laid, he persuaded Tsuna TAKEUCHI's rickshaw chauffeur and leader of rickshaw men, Kamekichi MIURA, to use his power for his campaign, and by distributing leaflets saying that participants could enjoy as much sake as they wanted, he gathered many rickshaw men at a get-together party held within the precincts of the Kanda-Myojin Shrine on October 4, 1882.
東京馬車鉄道の敷設で失業した車夫に着目し、竹内綱の抱えの三浦亀吉という親分を説得、周旋させ、集まった者にはいくらでも酒を飲ませるというビラをまき、1882年（明治15年）10月4日、神田明神境内で人力車夫大懇親会を開いたのである。