The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-07
oUIETED DOWN.
Confidence that the Chicago Assas-
sins are Under Control.
Three Deaths Have Already Occurred
Among the Injured.
Just Punishment Will Doubtless be
Melted Out to the Rioters.
For Carrying Out Their Peculiar
ideas of American Freedom.

ing of confidence apparent this morning in
the ability Of the authorities to preserve the
peace. The outlook continues threatening
in certain quarters and the police expect that
they may be called upon to disperse gather
ings in certain quarters of the city, but the
arrest of the four Anarchists yesterday has
insured feeling that the element will no
longer prove so troublesome, in view of the
fact that the police now believe that all the
leading instigators Of the recent troubles
have been Gagged, with possibly one excep-
tion. The collecting of evidence against the
conspirators is proceeding rapidly. The
States Attorny says: "We will push the
prosecution of the men who instigated the
riot and helped carry out the murder, as far
as the law allows u.s. We intend and are de-
termined to punish these rioters to the full
est extent of the law, and we hope Justice
will not be cheated this time. We want to
look over all the evidence before deciding on
what charge or charges to make, and | can
not now say what the charges will be.
think we will bring the matter before the
next regular grand jury"
The Socialists Idea of Freedom.
AS an illustration of the character of some
Of the alien Socialists and their ideas of
freedom, the News this morning prints the
following:
A reporter, who speaks the Bohemian Ian
gusge, mingled yesterday with the crowd
that was encouraging the boys to break Ro-
senfeld's drug store windows, and engaged
one of the men in conversation. The man
said he could not understand why it is that
men could not do as they think best He
had come to this country because the agent
who had told him to emigrate had promised
him he would come to a free country He
had come here with the idea that this coun-
try was free one, in which man could do
what he pleased. Now he had found out
that the police in this country were just as
bad as those in Europe, and protected the
property of the rich, which the workingmen
wanted to destroy, because they wanted to
compel the rich to become their equal; there
fore he hated the American police as much
as he did the officers in Europe, and thought
it just to kill them and their spies. Rosen-
field, being a spy, they had driven him from
the neighborhood, and were now doing their
best to demolish the building which gave
MIN shelter Later in the day, big, deep
chested, red-mouthed Anarchist stood at the
corner of Evergreen and Leavitt streets,
haranguing a small crowd and advocating
.m @ ~ W ~ ~; I;fi. - ~ w IL :. ~, .,1ea,as
on the scene and dispersed the crowd. The
orator refused to move. The policeman
promptly felled him with his club and drag
ged. him TO the corner, ,propping him up
a. Arc st.f;on 4bo ,,oa,1 gaH1a the noroa Of
Robert Johnston. In his pockets were found
a NUMBER OF needle cases ana scrap OF pa
per, on which was written: Please, mad
am, l am deaf and dumb, buy my needles, /
don't want to beg. Johnston said he was a
Socialist to the backbone, ana that 1t did not
interfere with MS principles tnat ne had TO
work little take 1or living.
Knio,,4s Condenay, the Riot.
The Executive Commlttee Oh the lfades
and Labor Assembly and the Master Work
mon If District Assembly No %. Knights of
:~-.-1,, a.. eol,o,,,;,,,r ,f,.o,11or
Lapof' nave isSuea tie loiioWlhs cneuiai.
IeoW = ne dTaglc eVenas q me nf laSt AS
few hours and the to.pe-depore@a @ sacrc ~ r
@ its itG n th teacbings of recess Gswdefvinp
men tnpether with tie excited condition Of pub
lie feeling, demand that the position of the or
gSFea g5 rades sd labor Assembly and District AS
semby "A should @ be clearly and oleay dened a.
their demands stated and the facts spread broad
east that they have neither sympathy nor anr aa a.
defiance. From the inception OF the eight hour
to the preSeat me ney na0e
and persistently deprecated resort to violence,
ana that ney mean s 70 oD e ne ms
tice Of their cause, the power of organization and
the sympathy OF tha6 PUBIC ssdo mhDse yisnIsceS
But % while they thus unhesitatingly condemn the
action Of all law Pre- as u4Wsg ~ amn hat
they are enc none the less determined to secure the
recognition and ADOPTION o. tne eighi h9uI
ef and and intend to light it out on that line if it
takes all summer"
Ing LINES tnao e +h & it,,ra Wennfac
turare trere, sssnciafion has made ali necessary
arrangements to secure the arrest Of Stahl..
knecht, the Socialist agltator, at tne neaa 81
tne FurntuIe NV to tba fnllest eyfent for
consppiracv %rns and other violations of the Fed
eral. State and municipal statutes OF which
he has been guilty. 1t has been demonstrat-
ed positively that very many OF the strlKes
have been melted by Stahlknecht, ane nis
intimidating rule over the members OF tne
Union has prevented a number of the largest
fnrniture factories from starting up.
I1e wan WITH tne Bonp.
| Ttis now thought that the man who threw