Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-21
From COAST TO e0AsT.
Progress sf the Chieago
AnarchEst Trial.



CzzuAoo. Juig e0.-This nornine ths
o1esEs and bailf1s were more than
esEafnl as % the persons whom they
admitted - Judge 6ardneEss court
room. The eaafe room was crowded
When Henry Heinmaun. 9 reporter, the
arst witness. was called. Gginneil ash
e II be was e the meeting on October
I'd last. ID ths hall He was. A resolu
ttoB was infrodnced By August spies.
fieldia vas theEe. ana ths meeting vas
presided oveF " A. Belx The contents
Of the Fes0lufien submitted by Spies
related - The inpeBoins EIGHT hour
movement. and that WoEkiuomEn should
not h0pe for suoeess unleas they we're
prepared t0 enforoe their demands. The
resolution oonoladed with aomethinR
itke Death 70 ths enemy Of the human
Face--our despoiiers.D Il vas also set
forth 10 the resolution, which vas
adopted unanimously By the meetinQ,
that ID all likelihood lhs capitalist class
wonld Oppose the laborinR men by
msans Of police and militia. and no
lasting reform could b accomplished
unless similar f0ree was broaRht 20
bear against the class in authority.
Witness said that May 1st was assiR-
mated as the time &c which she rev
labor moVemeut uas 70 be introduced.
The resolutions we're intfoduced IN eEi-
denea.
Ofiosx J. n. West, Of Hsnman street
station, vas next on the stand. He vas
af MoOormick'B on May 2, where q
meeting was being hsld. at which
AuRust Spies uas pFominsnt. Witness
proceeded to give at length che partic-
ulaFs Of the riot which ocoufred e Ne
OoFmackiA.
The defense integp0ssd & violent OBJ
jeotiOn 20 the testimony and the efforts
Of the prosecution to oonaeot sha d.
fendants with all the acts Of visleDas
that occurred In OhioaQ0. The
States attorney said be intended |
% prove conspiracy. Spies addressed
the mketina at McCormitk's with
she desire Of paving the way for the /
meeting Of May 4Eh. This they would /
prove step bY step. It would be shown /
that afieK Spies addressed the crowd Ia |
the most violent tegms, be did net re- 1
main en- the street, bat at once came /
down town and wrote tbs famous aRe- /
venaeN circular, denounoinR the poiioo
and saving that six w0rkinRmsn had /
been killed at MoCoFmioks, which wes /
untrue. Spies had no means Of know /
ing what occurred when be wrots the |
circular, aud his object vas simply 20 /
infame the passions Of the people and /
make anarchy rule--ths doetripe he had /
been preaching for years.
A. 3. LeokieW, reporter on the DAILY Il
Netps. gave evidence on the same sub
iect. He says that in bis address 10 the
crowd spies spoke Of bomhs, revolveFs,
etc. Witness vas on the platform from
which Sp es was apeakinE bat was
ordered 60 leave, and on q refusal to do
80 vas violently assaulted.
The Court allowed the witness TO pro
ceed with bis narration. BE said many
Of the mob we're armed with rsvolvefs
and they af once opened fire upon tie
police on the latler's arrival on TIE
80 ne.
James l.. Fraser, also employed near
cCoFmick's factory, and who wit.
messed the riot, confirmed Of6oer Vests
testimony. when Spies was speaking
the crowd WA violent. AZ the eonelu-
sion Of the speech some one cried ouE.
pointing towards the factory, Lets 20
and kill those damned soshs.H The
crowd immediately started 10 that direc.
lion and Spies slid Of the platform and
started for q street car.
EAraster. President OF the Lumber
shippers Union, testified that the OBJ
Iect Of the meeting near McCoFmick's
vas 70 hear the report Of the oommittee
which vas to have waited on the lumber
bosses. He vas 10 make that report,
bus upon arriving on the scene he found
hat violent speeches we're being made
By outsiders. he jumped on The plat
form and connselled wiser action. he
Told the men that tbs object
of the meeting vas 10 her she report,
bat they threatened 10 threw
him OF the platform IL he did not keep
quiet. When the crowd started towards
he factory he tried to stsp IL. and
warned them against listening to the
poisonous speech that had been made.
The defense objse.ed 10 this tssti-
noOy, bat the obleesion was promptly
,verruled By JudRe Garry.