Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-20
|rd to the anarchists and their doings. The

ehl to the anarchists and their doings. The
thrilling and ut the same time reliable
has been told by one Of Pinkerton's mem
l. John Cornish, superintendent of the
tern Office of the great detective bureau. It
been an open secr-t that this celebrated
of detectives has had its men To-
al the very midst of the anarchists in
cago md have been posted as to their doings
a!ons. 1t is stated that when the anarchists
|un to arm themselves and manufacture
PAmite bombs the Pinkertons warned
authorities of Chicago as to the volcano be-
Pth their feet; but the story seemed 80
fedible that they paid no attention to it, and
fel an easy victim to their deathly designs
r OIL. Just how the Pinkertons have gained
T information concerning the anarchists ia,
course, unknown outside OF themselves and
%Iatiyes, but it is generally conceded by de-
syes that they are better posted than any
else on the subject.
he anarchists, says Superintendent Cornish,
IN outgrowth of the socialists. and were
I developed in this country in New York
y through tho eXertions of the ~saloon-keep-
hchwab, whose name is ent rely familiar to
pablo in connection with socialistic mat
While Schwab was hard at work in New
converting socialists to aparchism, a
ltf named Paul Grotrkau, who had Just
Ne over from Germany, WAS lAbOring with o
mar amount of zeal for the same purpose i'll
PcaSo. His plan was to attend all the meet
sof the socialists and make speeches of the
) D!ood-cnrlling nature against the capital
OF the country md society III general. It
: not long before Schwab and Gottkau sue
yea III ingrAtiating themselves with the
!sllsts and in making many converts among
M These converts were mostly madeu up of
mans, Poles, and Scnndinapialls. and q lew
y called til mselves Americans simply be-
use they could speak the English language. .
RMe o! the first to blossom out as u red-hot
"ellSt was A. II. Parsons, a Texas printer,
ohad been known for years us a labor agi-
T. ms man is II of the leaders now on
y IN chicago. In order to prove to the suits
IL u MS followers that he ptacticed what
lfsached-the equality of the human race
,liAiricd q negress. OF the two Mrs. Parsons
tAe ilercest tire-eatcr, and always spoke at
= meeting of the socialists III anarchists.
"a desperate dynamiter. and in addition
r"MSoeatlng the employment of thnt fearful
4os!Ve, advises throat-cutt:ng and the torch
i!operty owners Inc their possessions indis-
nn mnateiy. Parson: soon took the lead away
~ "fottkau, and gathered about him q num-
:. outcasts from foreign countries, who had
lLeir native land for its good. These he
" 10 INTO I'LL organization known as the I. U.
Ia, on, in brief, Anarchists Society.
usoas took unto himself IL bosom frinnd in
person Of August Spies. Spies was q p. II,
!" ,He eoltor OF the German socialist J vs.
Il Siloown as the ArJeiteT Zeitun4, which Ias
ntshed ut No. lot Fifth avenue, Chicago.
aea brought with him u host OF anurchists
~ mem the man Fischer, q member of the
a M VI the Arbeitey Zelt,mg. This paper has
s"sei from u socialist organ to u rank al
t",s. sheet. This paper had IL great influence
,a Inn anarchist converts, for it he'd a large
Econ nnh among Gerlnnn and Polish socialists
NrsAout the country. In order to increase
h. nielnDership. advertisements were placed
Rom 4nlly papers. and large bulletins pasted
Is u4 nail door, announcing the meet
ro, 10 speak. The topic discussed was
W." ws, eiipital Against Labor" These meet
"eie held upstairs TT No. "a West Lake
=, Mnd We're attended by as bloodthirsty q
SILL ~ san 10; imagined. Beneath the hall was
e',nn Kept by q man named Grief, who is
rwilnuslasSlc oil anarchist as can be found
: 'neie. There is nothing too murderous fol-
oya nl" ~ 10 believe in with reference to the re.
kliavoMI capitalists and property owners. He
,, nwm SO nr1nly in socialistic doctrines that
pn Tried u widow with u number of children
bYra EiMhed No. CA West Lake street, started
J r6nae mouse, made his wife attend the
ennh SrS and the children the bar, while he
rcc:orui anarchy and destruction in its most
en i bo forms. To illustrate what kind of 9
Ia :. IL 70 have in a community, I will relate
&cn,r.oua' Issuance of q conversation which
t,oi ru IN his bar-room one night after one
man meetings. Spies, Fielden, Parsons, AM
hs drinnhinea Dusuy were present. The party
bssinrn ash,ng beer in Grieff's bar-rocm and dis
erson9s Inst had been said at the meeting. Mrs
'hichi nad made the speech of the evening, IL
ers sb No. strongly advised that all the mem
te h"naiiu Ut once arm themselves with dyna
beht tD;onulos and proceed Immediately in tn.
the paletisl residences OF the s1ct