, 1875-02-26
1llE FAkCE PLAlED VUT.
The Heroes Of The Red Flag Are
Kissed or Tho Stage.
Gathering Of tho Clans at
Kings Saloon.
A Morning Spent in Pool and
Lager.
A Preliminary Visit to MIR. Tr11s-
doll---0alling On the Mayor.
The March to The Office Of the Re-
l'of and Aid Society.
Driof and Unsatisfactory Conference
with ths Superintendent.
It Is Determined to Unyc a 1Inss-
Meeting Sunday.
The March to The Office Of the Re-
l'of and Aid Society.
Bricf and Unsatisfactory Conference
with the Superintendent.
It Ia Determined to Uayo a Mass
Meeting Sunday.
Tho Police mud tito Military.

walkr Gen. Hickoy'e army rcpoae on their
arms. and tho force Communists conilno thoIr
fcroclty to swearing At tho Rtnlo hccr supplied
by thn g1oat bonefaator Of Ills kind, Khrl Kliu4s.
Our First Regiment has misHed Al opportunity
| Of distinguishing isaelf; our Irish and italian
Independent warriors must rcaorro theit fro and
thor valor for no.no other occasion. Tho Relief
and Aid socIoty building hua not boon
! sacked. The banks have escaped wrcok anl
ruin; no houHos arc In Qasnos, nn1 IN short, Tue
mucls.taikcd-of Communist demonstration has
proved to bo very ina 1zzlo. Novortheleas. tho
preparations mado by tho municipal officers for
tho protection OF lffo and property In this city
] we're creditsb1o to them, and tho military COM
panica, Of all natlonalitica, that Higni6ed tlolr
! Willingness to defend our "happy homes aud al
tars free" arc entitled to tho gratitude Of ull
order-io1ing oitizeus. Any hstompt at riot yeB-
torday would havo been put down with m Iron
| hand.
Shortly after midnight yesterday morning tev-
oral loads OF na0aketa arrived al polcs hdad-
| quarlors, and wera etorcl III tho Fro Depart
police should saaomb!o. At y o'clock about
| evenly picked men assembled in tho Chicago
| Avonua Station and, after boing reyiowad By
| Capt. dund. marched over to tho Central. At
| tho South Div1bion ntntions.
Shortly hoforo II o'clock the msu wcro
marched to headquarters In two separate hquada.
at about tho aamo ttno the WoBt Division
them old md c1perloncod soldiers, nrrivod at tho
| Central, aud wero shortly afterwards assigned to
duty. Aa those officers arrived theJ werc taken
into the etoro-roon, whore tloy vero armed and
tective 1eorgo Hotnzman. Tho men made
very good Allowing, and, had Tho ComtnuuiatH
Witnessed the manner in which they handled
theis guns, thoy would have felt like avoiding
rrffN .t4rJx L.
drill was completed the men were ordered to the
Council Chamber, which waa made tl1e rendez-
vona for too force- eergt. O'Connor worked like
| heh1or ail day.
rangowonts had been uaao to discover my littIo
tricks Tint the insurgents might Attsmpt 10 dupe
the authorities on. AL tho mon wero detailed
on special duty at aud around the Communist
! headquarters on Marltot street, Early In The
morning Capt. Hickey waa ys!ted by ssvoral of
| tho Captains OF independent military prgnntzn-
lions ns we'll those Of tho First 1lcgimont, In
| forming htua TINT thotr companies wore nrcrared
| to sally out NJ tho preconcorted signal which
was continuous and rapid ringing Of tho Gro.
bolls.
At cugine-house No. 10, located on Pacific
] avenue, III tho roar OF tho police station, four
ready for action ut u moments notice. All these
] p1ePasalous verc moro than sufficient to COM
| pletoly aunlhato the antiro Communism Of
Auesln. .eYcn II they Ind nssemblod In Arma
uuu WclH AGtGl1AIuEu u uEklk EDG1E WAY lALQ BIG
troasury OF tho Relief and Aid Society.
Ono company Of tho First Regiment remained
on duty ut tho Armorv over night, In order tolook
after tho arms aud ammunition stored shefe. and
building ready for action. Late In the After
] noon, when II became apparent their services
| would not be needed, Gun. AfcClurK was 40 nott-
| fed by putv-Supetiutendent Hickey In let
ment for its prompt roaponae, and also vesba.sy
staled hia bol!of that tho labors OF tho police
woro greatly facilitated by tho fact that tho Com
| muusss know that strong body Of troopa WAS
| in roaorys.
At kL1Nos' SALOON.
! It WAS expected BY tho least ardent Of the
Communists that tho beor-aaloon rln by Carl
Killings ct No. 94 South Watcr street. aboyo which
saas!s saas 81? o od sas IL hs 1ne ns
by worlingmon thirsting for blood aud the funds
Of the Chicago Iseliof aud Aid Society They
wore doomed to disappointment. howeyer. At 10
o'clock TnE Talpus. TepoEter who bad beon as-
slgnea to tho duty Of seeing what would 50 on at
tho Worktpgmcn'a Headqusrtots, waH dlsgustcd,
On entor1ng tho p1hco, to and that beyond the
rropsletosa and hta two har-keecpers. there
dozen Of oe!ues did not soem to DO 1t all do
monstEatye or apparently Communicate iu tholr
lager hero and rushing for hot wAtor there, but,
ita Of his business with the poople loailng
around, on tho division system which lB fup.
posed to DO tho great tdea Of tho Communist, no
body would havo supposed him to 10 tho great
lsador o. those who rally around tho ret, aag.
At first sight 4 did not aoom probable to the Eo-
porter that tho loafers around MiDgas Saloon
Wero Communists. They VETO
aLEEE, COMFORTABLE, WELt-HED, ohHAsy-LooK-
smiling and chs,tIae ps.ssDt, .sa utterly d.
void OF the storuly- browning, block appearance
which ctnractertza tho ht1sincsu-meaning Com.
Inunist ot tho older Coutineat. .drnlunllJ their
| numbers Increased, ono by ono they droppcd III,
until BY II o'clock thora was mass Of at least
twcuty Commuucs 10 tho placc. Al !s cuatom-
airy With lido mon all the world over, those mon
! began to cnat their eyes about for amusement.
lured than from tho delights Of railing against
the Relief aud Aid 6ocictY, and they started to
| work 10 play ngaiaas each o!her Tor tho boar.
They played and played, and, ~ beor after boer
hme tho inception OF the fliteeash Eamo record.
cd tho faot thAt thoy had taken fourteen glasses
Of beor oach they wcro supremcly contented and
happy. During tho progress OF tho fifteenth
game, .
occurred which somewhat matrcd tbs trsuquil.
lty Of tie occasion. An later- 0eean reporter,
rsinsshabls for tue entipatlly Which oxista be-
mustso.ea. enc Of which droopn oarthward. uhilo
the ether porBlstB III presenting the appearanca
| OF = hairy o1celaor, in his rnmagEng round tle
ptemlzes came ser1ss the comtnunistia kottle-
l ufuul. 1tla l4udtuA4 taiaAk Wan &r0nkeQ &QQ,
sciztng tho sticks which are unfortunately I'd.
laeent, ha boat the t.,no Of tho Communsste'
March. Tho effect "Aa electrical, Tho crowd
| Of buame1a ia tho saloon dropped bees-glaBs
aud billiarl-oue from .holr hauds, and hasteuol
| to fraterniza with tho gantloman With the mu-
a,ca abi!isios who abashed At tho publicity which
his exhibition had gallsd him. lait the place NTH
ont. an explanation; aud did not appsar again
during tie couEso Of the day. While the pauper.
| ixed Conuuniats were be1noaninY their miAera.
bio, dowaerodden condition over thoir game Of
pool and g'assos Of lager, poor be7gar woman
| entered tho place. 6he was . missrably-olad,
! brokon-doxn old woman, whom poverty, Il was
! cloar, had driven 10 tho oxtsouity Of seeking =
| morscl Of food or penny from her feliow.bp-
lnRs, ono by one shs hpsought tho COMPANY
present Tor m aims, md oue by ono tboy 70.
turned = contomptuous aneMar to her appeal
THE TnlhuNE reporter watched her ptogress
carefully In o1des to sec whetasr tho hoarts OF
5heso 4s champions aa q tho poor might not r. r.
poverty which they hsro sr!aeu in
their might to eKslngulsh. 10 wa disappointed