The Labor enquirer., 1886-07-03
A Dialogue Which Shows the
Ignorance and Gullibility
of Some Folks.
How the Capitalistic Press Plays
Upon the Soft
Heads.
Horrible Tales Of Oyster Cans, Gas
Pipes, Rusty Hammers and
"UnfOOsOral Erth."

| Of the Chicago Anarchists to be capi-
tai opportunity to create an anti-labor
and anti-Socialist sentiment, proceeds
to play upon the prejudices and to excite
the passions of the average "noosepaper'
reader After long and unabatlng
search through dark and narrow alley
ways, and up rickety staircases, which
at each step threatened to precipitate
the brave police into the reeking filth
below, whence arose the most insuffera-
BILE stencil the ever-vigilant officers IF
the law at last succeeded in running
these cut-throat villains down and,
with unparalleled courage, braved in
their very dens, the low-browed and
blood-thirsty advocates of Anarchy and
wholesale murder"
Gullible Reader, (who, as general
thing, with knowing air, votes for the
other fellows candidate "first, last and
all the time") ).-"Bully Good You
betcher life The Sheecaugo cops are
the 'dandies' when they 60 on Soshlist
hunt. Hey, there, Jack, say The
Sheecaugo perlice have run in them
cut throat formers what's raisin hell
in this yer free country. You betcher
boots we over here are the daisies as
can tame them Soshlists as can't appre.
shate our free nstitooshuus-Hev Jack"
G. P, (after having succeeded in land
ing in the enemy's country without anv
show of resistance, moves with muff1ed
drum to some point of vantage on the
line of march, Ia back room was
found number of empty phials but
the labels had been carefully removed
TO prevent detection in case of sur
prise, as to what they had contained.
Nothing daunted at this terrible discov-
cry, the brave police proceeded with
the search, and at last, in an out-of-the-
way place, in a low, dingy backyard,
came across couple of empty oyster
cans lying beside a piece of bent pipe
about the diameter Of that used in COM
mon plumbing also two or three
broken window-panes hidden beneath
some garbage beside wheelbarrow full
of rel earth in which was embedded,
almost out of sight, u rusty hammer.
The connection between these finds is
unmistakable. The empty phials had
been the repositories of the deadly glyCer-
inc. acids, or other chemicals, necessary
to the manufacture of a compound
which, when mixed with the infusorial
earth in the wheelbarrow, together with
the pieces of broken glass already mon.
toned, and all carefully deposited in
convenient lengths of the afor said pipe,
or tamped into the ovster-cans with the
rusty hammer already alluded to, and
which gave such unmstakable evidence
of late use, formed the dreaded DYNA.
MITE and needed nothing but the fuse
to complete it for its terrible work of
Destruction ! !"
G. R., (whose unbridled pass ;ons and
primary instincts have now completely
sat down" upon his rude and indis-
eliminating BRAIN. Unfoosoral erth!
Listen to that, Jack! Them formers as
can't talk United States vet come over
here to make unfoosoral erth, eh And
goes round nights pickin' up old oyster
cans, and stealin' wlndow-gIass from
empty houses to blow up the American
perlice with. I tell YOU, Jack, Pm
madder n wet hen Dern my carcass
ef aint. I'd like to see one of them
So5hlists throw one at me, eh, Jack
You know me My grandfather fit in
the Revolooshun We licked the En-
gIlsh then, and we can do it again to
these form aber igitaters as they call
themselves.
"Td like ter see one of those critters
anyway and see what he looks like.
"a man as can't behave hissef in a
free country haint fit ter live, and
damme eff haint wlllin' to be in Wig
lance committee to hang every man as
can't get Twin in this yer free country
withouten he talks about laber and slch
truck.
What business-what business, | say.
has these yer formers in attemptin' TO
reform this country with unfoosoral
erth ? What is unfoosoral erth anyway,
Jack? That's what I'd like to know ?"
Jack.-"DAmphiuo. Some thing ter
rible, 1guess. Look at the noospapers
thev'll tell vou."
G. P, (having now, worked up to
manageable condition the ill-adyi4ed
passions of the plastic fool who swal.
lows the prescribed dose without any
examination, proceeds to prepare him
for the renunciatlon of liberty and the
acceptance of tyranny In one of the
front rooms, concealed in a bureau
drawer, the trustworthy officers came
upon vicious looking Colts revolver.
Upon examination the chamb ers gave
eviden.e of recent use; and, although
the hammer was little rusty, doubtless
the application of some acid diluted
with little water, was sufficient to