, 1879-03-23

! for the manner in which they did 1t. A large
number Of the: members Of the organizations, in
addition to the scntine1s, remained near the
guns, for had they once gotten into the mass Of
] humanity On the other side Of the barricade
| they could not have responded when the drum
! beat
THEY AMUSED THEMSELVES
By talking, occasionally going to the barrtcade,
mounting keg or box full OF pop and calling
for glass Of beer. The booths were very con-
vcnient Tor them; but to those outside, except
the fortunate ones pressed against the board
gar, they were tantalizlngly far of: 4 man five
feet away could see the bcer-drinkers on the
barricade, but, though ready to drop from
thirst, he couldn't wet his lips, aud, it he
knew Of Iantalus, he must have said, II can
appreciate your position now, though I never
could before" Several young reporters were
t. and they had plenty to occupy their attention.
Never were men more willing to give informa-
tion than some Of the Lehr 1und Wehr Vcrein,
and the stories they told as to the strength OF
men took everything down on paper, aud ii
older and bettcr-posted nands at their respect
i've newspaper Offices did not revise their
copy carefully, the people Of Chicago will be
treated to astounding revelations this morning.
The information was purposcly exaggerated,
and when those reporters left there was hearty
laugh at the ease with which they were filed
full Of chaff.
Along towards 10 O'Clock, an attempt was
made to carry out the speech-making part
Committee escorted Dr.. Schmidt, the Socialist
candidate Tor Mayor, to a'p]atform at the end
81 the gallery passageway to the elevator.
When introduced he was cheered, and, In ac-
acknowledgement, said a few words OF thanks In
German, but he was obliged to yell go loud to
ap he dea 0sh Il mafns oa and aa Be esteaasa 9ss
speech regarding the aims aud purposes Of
Socialism. A. R. Parsons was also loaded up,
but with English. Luckily for himself, as he
would have talked until he dropped had be had
the chance, he got lost In the crowd, and the
Committee couldn't tiud him. So the people
were not bored with addresses"
THE ROSTER.
These Socialist military companies, including
Jaeger Verclp, about 50 strong, Bohemian Sharp
Gnsrd of the Ph Ward 70 % s1one
formed on the Milwaukee avenue viaduct
about 8 o'clock, about 3S5 men being ia the
,hey marched b9 1ours, with arms ut right
shoulder shift, and drums beating, and colors
nying, to the Exposition Building. follow cd by
d large crowd. They were drawn up on the side
walk for few moments, and then marched
the northwestern end Of the building. The
Bohemian companies we're dressed in neat
uniform OF gray, with black felt hats, surmount-
cd by black plumes. Their arms we're the
brecch.loadtng Remington military rifle, with
sword-bayonet. Each man had the necessary
belt, cartrdge-box, aud bayonct-scabbard, but
how many rounds OF ammunition the reporter
could not say, for he was not permitted to in
spect the boxes. The other compa-
MES were rieged fn loose blue blouscs,
the side, and white crossbelts. One company
had flaming red pluiucs in their hats. Their
arms we're muzzle-]oaders Of the Springfield and
Briaesbure patterns, and we're in good order.
OF considerable drill both IN marching and the
manual Of arms.
THE SCENE OUTSIDE . +!
the Exposition Building in the latter part Of the
evening was an extremely animated one, too /
much SO, in fact. to be pleasant. The uniortu- !
nate Lehr und Wehr Verein, who vainly attempt |
ed to maintain passage -way at tue principal |
were tossed to and fro like corks in |
basin of water by the surging crowd. At II !
o'clock there were as many attempting to |
enter as there were trying TO to leave,
and the crush was terrible: The crowd !
WIS fortunately good-natured one, and il it |
had been otherwise the consequences must have /
been disastrous.
In the crowd the Tcutonfc element largely
and the air was filled with
dialects. The so-ca1led soldiers entirely lost
their heads,-having lost their feet sometime
Beforehand made confusion worse confouud-
ed. To all applications for admission
they returned stolid "Nein," emphasized in
many cases by punch With the butts OF their
runs. Sufficient praise cannot be given to the
foresight Of the orders which compelled them to
leave their bayonets at home, for very little
discretion was used by these volunteer militia.
and there were times when single accident
might have precipitated q terrible loss Of
life. After Q O'Clock there Was no posst-
Die chance OF entering the building, but
[hc crowd still insisted on blockading the
1nors. The petty saloons on Michigan
avenue and the cross streets were ]ammed full
If excited citizens, with considerable sprnk-
ing Of the gentlcr sex, all struggling madly for
front position at the bar. They certainly |
1ever drove such trade before as they did last
evening, and If they got pay for half the beer
hey drew, must have made remarkably good
TODAY
he Socialists will continue their demonstration
md festivities by having q sort OF a matinee, !
at noon, when something Of a pro-
sramme will be carried out. There will be
nnss and IND, fbng4 e1dr.; and at oGock
ourse, beer and cigars will form the great and
lttraetlre feature OF the dar, and the Exposition
Building will for the time be sort grand berr
.arden. 1t is only short time ago that the
Directors refused to allow the Art-gatiery to re-
main open on Sunday, and now they show a
.reat change OF heart and rent the vast struct-
ire to the Communists, who open its doors to |
hoodlum as we'll rs good citizen,
nd invite all to join IN q grand jamboree.
1 Consistency, thou art jewell" might be ap-
lied appropriately, at this time, to the EXPOSE
ion managers.
As is pretty well kneWn, the Exposition Di- |
ectors are very strict as to the prohibition Of
moking In the building, and an ordinary crowd, t
uch as usually assemblies therein, would not
ave required any notice to obey the rules. 1t
'as thought best, however, to put up
uge signs for the information Of |
his extraordinary crowd, but no
ttention was paid to requests to cease using
ipcs and cigars About every other man had
nc or the other in his mouth, and puffed away
3 if he were In the open air. The result was | ,
he atmosphere was almost sitting, and that
0 one was overcome is doubtless due to the I
lct that al1 we're accustomed to tobacco ;
lmes. AS lighted sthmps we're thrown on the
oor In a reckless way, the only thing that pre-
ented possible fire at once was the deueity Of
,e crowd, whose feet Immediately removed all ,
anger.
Tie crowd began gradually to
THIN OUT
ward u O'Clock, the north entrance being q
r exit If one didn't mind forcing his way | !
trough Two or three hundred people outside !
ho we're clamorng to get in. 4 | !