The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-04

.Lo .enoH' IL must Oe understood
Inat IL Is true there is disaffection and
uiscontent among the workingmen. Nine
worklngmen out of every ten of
those who are out of employment ara
socialistic There are at this moment
several thousand men in this countrv
who would
NOT STOP AT ANYTHING
Whlch would carry out their yiews as In
.ne right OF the poor men to the
possessions OF the rich. There has been
no hesitation on their part To
YAK openly in meetings and i'm the
pIess' ihese men have gath
erea kindred spirits from Chi
caso, from the Hooking valley.
,ion @ the anthracite and bituminous
coai MINES of the western part of the
;.te' state' Ihese men have been drifting
fn.o rns 1ne city singly and in pairs
H., IN, month or more
Ihey have come here, they saw. for
work, but in reality to take hand IN
any movement of plumber and revolt
against law that may be organized
to 1900 ''" ''0VV
GUNS AND REYoLyERs
nav, nave been received by the men in this
cl1y' some come with money from Can
ada, others from western points
anu some from eastern cit
les: These arms have been
put INTO the hands only OF these whose
character is known, and who can he
relled upon. In addition to these
arins, large quantity of dynamite has
peen obtained by the reyo.
iutionists. Some of this was brought
from other points and some made here
py men who are now doing this sort of
WORK Tor the first time. This dynamite is
ssoieu III three secret magazines, which
are only known to the
leaders OF the movement. This
SOUNDS eXtravagant, and reads like
q 10 wiz wiz sensation, perhaps, but
o ~ 10 'rue, ana known to be true, by per-
sons who have interests at stake
These men complain that thew oannot
ilnd work; that they are suffering from
munger, and in that plea claim that thev
are justified in any movement
AGAINST MILL OWNERS AND CAPITAL
lists
several of these men have been
warned or have discovered the
condition of affairs in part and
nave notified the police that there
IN an uneasy, restless feeling among
them, so the truth can be readily
proven. The police have not been
IDLE, but they have no results az vel.
ASK for information, and they willtell
you they know nothing about this mat
ter Some OF them do not. In this
movement are
ALI. SORTS OF ELEMENTS
tne German, the Russian, the Italian,
the swedish, the Swiss and
tne FRENCH socialists and rev.
olltlonlsts and the Irish dyna-
mlters have Joined forces. There
are English interests TO be reached here
ey the Irish dynamiters, and Enrlisb
representatives, too, and they know il.
A month ago the local socialists were
at swords points with the anarchists
pure and simple. Now they
are warm friends and allies.h
and nave met together in more than
one secret meeting. What has
Drought them together, unless il
may pe community interests? These
men are we'll known, and so
are their records and recent movements
known also on the other side of the
Atlantic. The leaders of the
movements have been locking for
some preteXt for an outbreak.
No later than Saturday the city had a
narrow escape from Just the kind of
thing these men desire.
THE NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION
from Pennsylvania avenue, on Satur-
day, caused hot Indignation among the
workmon. They talked trouble, and at
tempted to tear up the gas pipes. Wiser
counsel prevailed, but IL there
hau been further explosions
that night, caused by leaking gas,
IL would have led to more
serious trouble than seemed from the
SIIftaEn lnniguiinpu m La mn.
police were sent out in force; cellars of
houses in the neighborhood were opened
to allow the gas To escape, and the dan
ger passed away. Sill IL
was seen and recognized by the
police, and the apprehension was not
quieted until the next day More than
one warning was given the
police ON Saturday that there
was danger OF an outbreak of
"A mob on the South Side, and If il had
come the South Side mills would have
come in for q share of
tho trouble which would have
followed. More than one precaution has
been taken to check any outbreak.
There Is authority for saying that
perhaps before long the local military
VIII near OF orders which they viii
understand. Secret agents have been
and are at work here and elsewhere
among the mon.
JonANA MOST
the socialist leader, was in Hooking val
ley q short time ago and In
council with the erevolutlonists. lie went
into the Mahoning valley, too, and
whore many thousands of men are to
be thrown out of work by the shutting
down OF the iron works in a
few days. He was in Pitts
burg, too, and made no public speeches.
but was satisfied with quiet confer |
ences. There is no need of q grand scare
on the head of all this, unless the |
occasion these men look for comes. The |
statements made above are not sensa- !
tlohal eXaggerations, but are known
10 be facts, in certain uuar-
ters ters where such things are watched.
Ihere are men who have heen
in terror of their lives for weeks.
VINO would only be too glad
II this was all a iie. |
Their names, and other information,
are known and the proper authorities
can have those they have not already |
learned from their own Investigations, |
The reason given for this activity
among the revolutionists now |
IL that successful explosions at |
London and elsewhere have emboldened |
this class of men. They seem TO be un-
able to evade the famous police fsrce of
Europe, and think the
MoNGREL POLICE FORCE
OF this country can be much more easily
thrown oil scent. They saw that
tho police and sherifls were of little
avail in 1877 and they have not forgot
ten that circumstance
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