The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-08

used as pretenss to convict us, We
were convicted by a jury packed to con
viCt uB. / charge the States Attorney
and Bon6eld with q hsinous conspiracy Ia
commit murder, Twill now state q little
incident which may throw some light on
this: Upon the evening OF the Hay
market meeting, about O'clock,
met young man, KlecknoE
by name, My brother was with
me at the time and never left mo on that
evening until jumped from the wagon a
few seconds before the explosion occurred,
He knew had not seen SChswb on that
evening and he knew that no such con-
ysIsatioR ever took place between US as
that testified to by Thompson, He knew
| never struck q match and ignlted the
fuse in the bomb. He Is not u Socialist.
Why did va not bring him here and put
him on the stand you ask? Because the
honorable representatives Of Grinnell and
BonAeld spirited him away, They
knew his testimony would prove the
perjury Of Thompson and Gilmsr,
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.
Ihaye been resident Of this city for
as Tonga time ss States Attorney Grinnell,
and as good one. l know l should
not like to be compared to him, He has
appealed to the patriotism Of the jury,
but in answer to that shall quote from
an Enplishmen statesmen: Patriotism
Is the laat resort OF scoundrel. The
system OF wages Ia the root Of the present
social inequalities. In inequalities so
monstrous ss to cry to heaven. GriRnOll
has informed ug that AnarChism was on
trial,
Anarchism belongs to speculative phil.
esophy, and not 4 word was said about
Anarchism at tho Haymarket, but II An
arChiam is on trial, | am proud to say |
am an Anarchist. You may pronounce
your sentence upon me, honorable Judge,
but lot 1t be known that in the year 1886,
in the State OF Illinois, eight men have
not lost their faith in human progress.
1t Ia the old question, Look over the
pages OF history VI Greece and Rome.
There you will see the records oil the sOlI-
same struggle. The ruling class doniluat-
ing the poorer one. Honorable Jndge,
the demons OF hell would join In the
laughter that follows your sentence,
II the opinion OF tho Court is to become
law, then there Ia no person in this Coun.
try who could not lawfully bo hung, l
say that upon that law every person in
this country could be convicted OF con-
spiracy, or as the case may be, for murder.
Every member of the Trades Uniop,
Knighta Of Labor or any such organiEa.
ton can be convicted oil conspiracy. II
you carry that ruling into effect you viii
be responsible for the blood that will ba
shed and the blood OF the innocent will
be upon YOU"
oil, SIMPLY PREPARING!
zone Of my clersytnen friends shortly
before my arrest said: You are organizing
revolution This ia my reply: A rovo.
luton cannot be organised, cannot bo Gre.
aled. 1t is no: any more the work Of men
than earthquakes or cyclone. We are
simply preparing the constituents OF the
revolution. DooG that look "a II con.
tsmplated that violence be committed on
May | or May i, Rs has been
charged2 Capital is OF that school
OF economies that teaChes how one class
eau 1.-Two of another while socialism teaches
how all can possess riches, but at the came
lime 1t demands that all men shall work
honestly for their living. In socialism is
to be found the doctrine OF cooperation,
It teaches that labor saving machinery Is
the property Of the state as are all the
mineg aud the natural resources Of the
country. Society will eventually come to
this and demand It's rights, though you
erect gallows on every street corner.
Concerning my associates | will say
this: never saw Lingg but twice before
my arrest. l have not been on speaking
terms with Engel Tor over year, aud
Fischer my lieutenant went about max.
ing speeches against me. II you think
you can crush out these ideas which are
gaining ground every day by sending US
10 the gallows, that you can suppress
truth-ior that Ia all we have been preach
ing-you will fail"
Then Aourishing his arms wildly, Spies
fairly shrieked: u shall die proudly, de.
faulty, for the cause Of justice. There Is
Socrates, there Is Galilleo, there Is Geor-
dano, Bruno. There Ia U6risti-why the
number cannot bO estimated OF those who
have trodden in these paths, and we are
readyto follow them"
sCnwAB's PLAINT.
Michael schwab then took the floor. III
a stOntorian voice he began: at Is not
much I have to say, and l would soy
nothing at all did not fear silence would
look like a cowardly approval Of what has
been done hore. l am condemned to die
for writing newspaper editorials"
THE Anarchist then went on 10 Justify
these articles by going over In detail all
the real or imaginary evils Of tho acCumu.
lations Of capital and the injustice Of the
relations between employer and employ.
cd. He said: II lived among the toilers.
I was one Of them, Islept In the garrsts
and cellarsi saw the prostitution Of fe.
male virtuo which had no honest means
Of support, and strong men starve and die.
But that was In Europe. But found tho
same state existing on coming to this
country"
The speaker referred at some length to
the condition Of tho laboring classes In
Chicago, OF which he drew q dismal piot.
ure. He said: "There are more social
lists natives Of this country than there are
foreigners, from these causes, but tho cap.
italist press screens the fact very care.
fully"
Thon followed digquisitlon on the
principles and theories ot Socialism and
AnHrchy. He concluded by disavowing
all knowledge Of the man who threw the
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