The Labor enquirer., 1886-10-23
i Has Caused aan Awakening
and Started an Investiga-
tion of Social Dangers.
Thousands Paying Tribute to the
Ability Of Our Chicago
s Comrades.
Their Nobility Of Purpose Admitted
by Many Who a Short Time Since
Condemned Them.
For The ENQUIRER.

Immediately after the verdict in the
Anarchist trial was rendered the capi-
talistic press of Chicago were unanimous
in their declarations that, In America,
Anarchism and Socialism were forever
dead. The same papers to. day devote
whole columns and whole pages to the
discussion of economic science, and in
endeavoring to still further "kill"it.
When the now historic bomb was
thrown the "croakers" among our
friends also declared that that act had
worked irreparable harm to the Social
istic cause, that it had set back the real
ization of our hopes fiftv years, that agi-
tation in this country was at an end, and
all the work of past years undone. And
vet. the reverberation of that explosion
is still rolling around the world, and the
cause gathers increasing momentum
with every mutter of it's thunders.
Socialism killed -ALarchism buried
ont of sight Surely, it is pretty lively
CORPSE. Thou>ands now investigating
sociaI and economic science where four
months since the utmost Indifference
and ignorance prevailed. Editorial
after editorial of expostulations, expla-
nations and threatenings. Meetings
held at which prominent local officials
take leading part, Here are few of
tie evidences ofthe decease ofSocialism:
Prominent ne gspapers thrown out of
business houses because of their con-
tinued abuse of the Anarchists, Repor-
ters who testified against our comrades
are being boycotted by their brother
journalists. A prominent and wealthy
member of the Chicago board of trade
enquiring how he ran best serve our
brave fellows Open talk of a meeting
Of capitalists to protest against the YER
dict. Thousands of people paying trib-
ute to the ability of our comrades who
before regarded them as ignorant,
drunken blatherbkites. Men who, six
months since regarded Socialism as
dangerous doctrine to-day eagerly inves-
tigating. A very lively corpse indeed
And tie 'croakers," they who pre-
diCted such dire disasters as result of
the fourth of May emeute Surely they
now see their error. Had not the bomb
been thrown we should still be strug.
Cling along, reaching one here and an
other there at our little gatherings. Peo-
pie would still be sh aggling over to US
by twos and threes where they are now
coming by regiments and platoons. Just
imagine the great agitation of the past
four months entirely obiterated and
erased from the pages of time! Who
among our croaking friends-that ls,
those who are true Soclalists-are sorry
for the little episode of the fourth of
May?
Now all this agitation and consequent
education of the masses is the direct re-
suit of the throwing of that little bomb.
A little piece of iron scarcely four inches
in diameter, and filled with a greasy,
harmless looking compound resembling
damp sand and sawdust, was fred and
thrown amongst crowd of meddlesome
blue-coats. and 10 an army of invest.
gators spring up-thousands of converts
are made t,riyilepe and mOnODOly trem-
BILE, and mother nature throbs and
strains ia her pans of labor before Civ
ing birth to the New Civilization.
Hurrah for the bomb! CATO.