St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-06
A LEADEN HAIL
Continued from First Page.

"Do YOU consider the work of Tuesday night
a victory"
mo, it was dlsgusting-a mere unorganized
outbreak of these people
Nov that you are in this place, Mr.. Spies,
| do you consider yourself martyrY
"Of course. What else would you call it, y
replied Spies, with forced laugh. Then he
added: mo, am no martyr. We are ali the
children OF circumstances"
Spies was apparently disinclined to talk
much further, but before the interview
closed suggested that the dynamite found
in the Arbeiter Zeitung Office was possibly
put there by the police.
FIELDING WAS ALSO INTERVIEWED.
He was asked:
How does the action of Tuesday agree with
your ideas of socialism?
OWDERLYsS OPINION.
The Leader OF the knights VigOr-
0USly DenOunces Anarchists.
Special TO the Globe.
SCRANTON, Pa, May Sin speaking of
the turbulent scenes in Chicago to GLOBE
correspondent this evening, General Master
Workman Powderly appeared to be deeply
moved and said: 1.-The public should
make marked distinction between the
destructionists and the workingmen of
America" He denounced the dOngS of
i the rioters and their ringleaders in vigorous
| terms, and added:
1.-The scenes of bloodshed and disorder
| which have taken place in Chicago are dis
graceful, uncalled for and deserving OF the
| severest condemnation and punishment. The
men who march under any flag but the stars
| and stripes are not American workingmen,
| either native or naturaliZed. Honest lab or
| is not represented in the ranks OF those who
| enroll themselves under the emblem Of blood
| ~s,I.,
anarchy. have no sympathy" he continued,
| with the men who have
INsTIGATED SUCH DEEDS
as have been reported in Chicago. 1t is the
| duty Of every organization of worziT men in
| the United States to condemn the outrages
committed in the name OF labor. ] believe
the man who comes to this county and re-
fuses to become citizen of the United
| States, after having had sufficient time to do
| so. has no more right to be here than the
alien land grabber, who takes possession of
| the acres of the West. The workinemen of
America have a more powerful weapon than
the bullet in the ballot, and if they use their
lawful rights as citizens judiciously, they
will never have occasion to resort to viO-
lence.'
''Do you recognize any knights of Labor
among the leaders of the Chicago riots?''
mo; and if Knights of Labor have taken
part in those murderous proceedings, they
should be promptly expelled from the order.
Our organization means antagoniSu to
| necessary capital, nor have we any conflict
WITH LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE,
and when we have occasion to take issue with
illegitimate enterprise, we will do so under
the law, which projects rich and poor alike.
1t is the duty of every Knight of Labor to sup
port the laws made to harmonic the interests
of labor and capital.
When asked if he could speak with any
| authority as to the attitude of the trades
unions towards the turbulence in Chicago,
Mr.. Powderly said:
81 can. There is not trades union in
America that will countenance wrong doing
or uphold those men who have been engaged
in scenes of bloodshed and the destruction of
property. The aim of the trades unions is to
elevate labor and not to disgrace and destroy,
as the anarchists attempted to do
Mr.. POwderly was earnest and emphatic
in declaring that the Knights of Labor have
no sympathy with the wild workings of the
Chicago anarchists.