The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-01
CHICAGO COMMUNISTS.

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n.ning with Arms, Deiermined Z
naell their M0u'hings with Musi'ot
tney Wet ANA Consolidate inI
Ward ClhbH'
chicago Times. A genuine squad a
.,med communists has AT last hcel
W.cnyered, Ever since the July RIOT
" hal year report has been current
Sbout every fortnight, mat large b0die
" MISUNDERSTANDING men, carrying al
manner of arms, were drilling quietly
in ont of,thesway placed, These wen,
.nnposed to he communists, The name
n we'll known leaders In last year,
ylols we're always a5sOci tted with the
m,nlIon Of those performances More
,han once reporters Toe Tie daily pres,
have been dispatched, posi- haste, tC
lbe most 0ull II aud 81 ,anil,h 10,
celiiles, In search oi to raw militia
that was sad to be- mastering uu the
cannon. A, often ~ they have gone
thew have returned ~ rtp0rs no euemy
In SIGHT PaA experience OF N ~ item,
yars IA this iiue OF ntws,huutiug has
n.pn such lhht they he'd come To be.
lsre that all reports Of drilling opera
inns were lne Invention of the com.
mDnlst4 themselves, who were thought
10 be working on the fears Of the peo-
ME. These conclusions were errone.
ous, for one reporter at least, now
finds that
THE CHICAGO COMMUNE
h actually undergoing military dis
cplne, with what end II view lemaias
10 be developed. Night before last
somebody IN the confidence Of he com,
mu0isls inCautiously let drop the re
mark that squad OF the Would.be re-
yolutonists would take u sabbath.
lesson In manual tactics on the west
EN- outskirts of the city, The state
ment that drilling would begin AZ
eight o'clock - an outrageous early
hour to commence business on Sunday
morning, heightened the absurdlty and
imprOuaOilily of therep0rt However,
tOmake sure OF what might be taking
place, Il Times reporter arose with the
worm yesterday morning, and repaired
10 the spot indicated rs the probable
rendezvous, arriving there llttle after
eight clock. Western and Chicago
AVENUES intersect each other on knoll
Of ground upon which there are no
dwellings,. In fact, the virgin prairie
bpretty mucl all there is TO be seen
around there, and the lowing Of kina
has not vet given place to tn planning
mill whistle and other metrOpolltln
noises. On that knoll, at the hour
named, the reVolutionar soldiers ns
sembled. They came singly, ia JwUs,
snd even squads of half dozen hut
twas plain to be seen tnat tney had
avoided coming in large parties, in
oder that their movements might not
b. observed, 10 their possible detri-
meat and discontinue. 4 crowd of at
lsl.t one hundred collected at the
poINp OF Rendezvous
ui,h;, t,ftoo, n,in,,t.. n .aau,ad os
" NM 80, ,na All ,i,,.'d hi,T"Snit a -"
nod 4 S, orr ynd nnnrtuaiiv n, thn ni,mtn
Somahn6v shmted Gut an oruer in
G".n1,, J,,hinh u,.s renanted IN thn
p p'',l"n r,I y p ,U tangnas and tna
: ar o''0u % NOW ,mn,lan tn ISn ~ thran
S %U"%. H0 r,a a" dnWn alamo a wsg.
nnt",s' r",,,,d nm ioah n,ISaS "a q, hiD
rnn ""' and 49, nnt on tha ora1
Frair;o naar whst 10 aunnosed IN ne
iba ' oao,a aT of rhinnoo ann Califnrnin
s ,rV U'OS'' Aoro - nnrlion If tha two mr.
Ibrao Hrrdrad srent fnur hours in
SriIlinr Of thnla in line sixtv.tive
carried guns, These arms appeared to
be of foreign manufacture, and look
er'On, who was doubtless well inN
formed, s9id they were bought in Eng.
land, and had only arrived few days
since. The barrels OF the weapons
were very bright and glisten"d in he
sunlight Some of the recruits We're
unable to conceal their admiration OF
the guns they carried, aud We're so in
lent on fum6llng them and pointing
them at imaginary enemies that they
gave little heed TO their captains COM
mands. A large proportion OF those
under drill We're apparently boys OF
sOOut sixteen years OF age. There
were only four who appeared to be
over forty years old, and only one man
whose hair mad turned gray. Twenty
Orthirty OF the men had tossed their
coats into heap on the prairie, and
few were stripped to their shirts and
plntalOOns. The common in all di-
lectiOns was jealousy scanned for ill.,
Huders, anu every stranger who hapN
pened to pass that way was
SUSPECTED OF BErNG A REPORTER.
and wss o,o,olv ,rotohod Tho nroc.
flee e,oSraoo3 oniv tho simpiast
manonyar " "' e,d onS 'n ,hoso 80 ,ere
bundari,SIy az" anaou,eG G" Nnt fsw of
Tue recruits brought lunches with
thew Wow ,i. mn ny 10y, n"u a, u,i f'n ont
Of Ina ant no., .neS ,ho nroes ond
tegale themselves with a chunk of
Of Nia Gu" M, eoai vi iHa te 9o oo,,i