The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-02-14
BTOadlPim'S New York Letter.
Special to the CARuov ApvocAr,,

and the babies, TO be struck by a nving
shot from tho bulldog Of an Avenger, or
sent sky high by dynapite bomb, hurled
on its mission OF death by some enraged
drygoods clerk, who having got drunk was
discharged from his situation, and then
sought to revenge himself by blowing up
his employers store. 1t is NICE weeks
record for our oraerly city, with FIVE mill
lions of dollars worth Of police. Sunday,
February list, "Terrble dynamite cxplos
ion, right in the heart of the city;" Mon.
day, February 2, "An attempted assassina.
ton on one Of the principal thoroughfures
in the middle of the day. At night a fear.
ful riot, where several hundred Socialists,
Of the raw head and bloody bones kind, at
lacked body Of police, and am proud to
say that the police covered themselves with
glory the floor ofConcordia Hal, with
dislocaled and battered Socialists. The
socialists began the war, they attacked the
police with chairs, spttoons, lager beer
mugs and whatever came handy. There
were only Captain Mccullough apd three
policemen at the start; Herr Most and Jus.
tus Schwab with several hundred at their
backs made it very lively and warm for the
finest, but as soon as the reserves arrived,
the tide Of battle turned-clubs wero trumps
and they took every trick. haye frequent
ly had occasion to grumble at the police;
but the clubbing they gave the Socialists on
Monday night, who were spelling for
fight, like charity, covers a multitude OF
faults. l feel like excla'ming in the fulnsss
OF my soul, "Well done, good and faithful
servants, club 'em again" We are gradu.
ally awaking to the fact that things are
changing. In the older time, or the good
when his shcp should DO opened, and when
it should be closed-now that sort of thing
is done by the clerks; the owner of the shop
has nothing to say about it. In those days
il the clerk did not like his employer he
LEFT him, and if the employer did not like
his clerk he discharged hm-this plan is
somewhat altered now. 1t is true, that the
clerk reserves to himself the right of leay.
ing whenever be peoses, but if the en-.
| ployer discharges him, or does not shut up
when told to do SO, he is in danger OF being
beaten to death, or of having his windows
smashed, and his house blown up, and all
of his property destroyed. New York is
one Of the great cities Of the world. In tho
space ofa few miles there are two millions
of people. New York and Brooklyn
though representing two municipalities, are
virtually one city. bound together as close
ly as the parts of Paris divided by the
Seine, or the districts Of London divided by
the Thames. Our freedom has been our
constant boast, and notwithstanding the
dreadful scenes Of riot through which we
have passed, we appeared to think that our
social condition was much better and safer
than the social con ION of our neighbors
To day we are brought face to face with the
hard fact, that we are standing on vol
cano, witch may burst at any moment, in
volving us in such ruin and disaster Ms We
have never known before. The triumph
oil anarchy and riot, however, would only
be Of short duration. While the criminal
class es whose business and psstime are
murder and theft have mighty following
and are capable oil much mischief, we have
here too the elements OF social order repre-
sented by we'll drilled body of four
thousand police, who have frequently
proved thcmselves equal to the most try
ing emergency; they may occasionally take
a surreptitous glass of whisky when on
duty; make love to the pretty servant girls
or be blind TO the fact that there is such d
thing as a gambling house or a baguio on
their beats; but when it comes to fighting q
mob and quelling a riot, they are thcre
every time. In addition to this, we can
muster twenty regiments OF well drilled and
braye soldiers in an hour; and while it is
possible that sooner or later the city may
su!ler from one of those sudden and violent
eruptions to which all great cities are Ii.
able, we have no fear Of the final resultant
when the crisis is past the retribution will
have been so terrible that you will have nc
more of socisistic murder or dynamite as
sassination for many years. 1t Is not
pleasant, nevertheless, to have our pubic
streets turned into a Wimbledon or Creed
moor, or to have our drygoods stores made
a theater for dynamite experiments
Concordia Hall has been the headquar.
ters of Socialists and dynamiters for several
years past. One Justus Schwab, a,oisy
ruflian, who keeps gin mill, has been a
prominent leader, 1t is about ten year.
since he tackled the police last. There was
a riotous meeting in Tompkins Square, and
the police had orders to disperse il. Herr
Schwab undertook to dlsperse tho police
lie armed himself with Ratchet and went
in, and when he came out he looked like a
possible subject for a coroner's inquest. lie
was badly battered Socialist-his friends
could not recognize him for a week, and
while he frequently behind his barinveighs
against the tyranny Of Tho police, he has
out of the way of their clubs. l hope he
was not as fortunate as usual on Monday
night, and that he got a taste of the locust
from zone Of the Finest" Nothing but a
good drubbing will bring these fellows to
their senses; to imprson them only gives
them better food and shelter than most OF
them have been used to, and think a pc.
liceman's club well welded will be a much
better cure for socialism in our midst than
fine or imprisonment.
The events Of the past week have mol
been unproductiye Of good. We have been
awakened to realization of the danger
that surrounds us, aud honest citizens are
banding together in defence of social order
Tho misoyeauts who blew up McGarry',
) store will not escape. Society has toe
much at stake to let the villains GO unpun
ished. We must hunt them down if i
: costs million OF dollars to do it, aud wher
! they are found make an example of then