The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-17
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAL---sATURDAY. JULY IL. 1886


"Yes."
"Where vera you on tie night be-
fore that?"
SAT home that night"
"Where were you in the evening ?"
SIN Grif's Hall, No. "a West Lake
street."
"What time did you go to that
hall?"
eight o'clock"
"Had you been working that day ?"
"No."
"How did you come to go there?"
III saw an advertisement in the Ar
better Zeitung."
"Where did you see it?"
"Ina "a DON on Milwaukee avenue"
"Look at the paper | now show
marked exhibit thirty, and say If that
is copy Of the paper you saw the adj
veriisement in"
eyes"
"What was the advertisement"
"The letter 'p and come on Mon
day. that was all"
"What is the word just above the
word you read?"
"Br.ef karten' which means letter
box"
"Did this expression, the letter TT
and the words come on Monday have
any meaning in the society to which
You beloDged?"
'It was sign thst our society sbou' d
meet there. The armed section OF cur
society used always to meet al Griefs
Hall. The meetAg YVES held in the
basement. The ceiling Of the base.
ment was about seven or eight feet
high. The meeting was called 10 order
by witness shortly after $3.50 o'clock.
About seventy or eighty men were
then present. Witness was chairman.
He did not kno " if Guards were placed
at the door. The commander
OF the society was on the stairs
Fischer & Engel were present. Ssv-
eral revenge" posters vera distrb-
uted at the meeting, First it was
talked about that six men had been
killed at McCormick's; then it was
discussed what should be done the
next four days. The poster produced
is copy like that at the meeting.
Engel Intro duced a resolution as 10
what should be done, and said, il there
should be an encounter with the
police, then there should be
settings at various places to
aid the strikers; that North Side had
resolved on that. Ifsomething should
happen the word "resL" was to be pub
lished in the "Letter Box" andth was
to be the signal for a meeting. If
there should be disturbance they
were to meet in Wicker Park armed.
Then a committee was appointed to
watch the movements in the city snd
report If anything happened, and if
riots should occur we should storm
the police stations and cut the tele-
graph wires. Then we should down
everything that came against us.
Then il one police station was
stormed they should do the same with
the Others, moving down all that
came. They were to commence at the
station on North avenue. Epgel
said the easiest mode would be
to throw bomb in the sta
ton. Nothing was said in
the meeting about whers the plan
originated. 1t was decided to call q
meetiug OF the workingmen the mex
evening. Those present were not to
participate in the hay market nesting;
only a COMMITTEES was to be there. II
they should report that something had
happened, then the others should
come down u on the police, then the
militia-whatever should come against
them. The witness said, eve also
thought that the fire department
should be disabled. First, we were to
attack the North Avenue Police Sta
ton, the next one as fate
would have it. The plan was to
attack tie police stations to prevent
the police from coming to their aid il
there should be a fight in the city
We all thought there would be a fight
and so calculated. The plan was
adopted with the understanding that
every group should act independently
according to the general plan. Those
present from all the groups from all
psrts OF the city. The same programme
was to be carried out in every part Of
the city, There was nothing said
about the hay market. 1t was not ex'
pected that the police should get &c
the hay market. Only il strikers ere
attacked, then we should shoot the
police. In case of an attempt to dis
perse a meeting, we should simply
strike them down, however we best
could, With bombs or whatever
SHOULD be at our disposal. One
or two from each group were 70
compose the committee to be sent tc
the hay market. They were to OBJ.
servs the movements not only in the
hay market but in the different part:
of the city, and if a conflict should
happen then they should report to US
II It happened in the daytime, then
they should cause the publication oil
the word crest" II in the evening a
night, they should report personally
TO the members homes. The word
was q signal to meet and was only to
be inserled in the newspaper if a
downright revolution occurred.
Fisher suggested the word and it was
arranged that the publication should
be made in the Arbeiter Zeitung letter
box. 4 committee was appointed Ia
attend the publication. l only knew
OF one Of the committee, Kremer. All
present at the meeting accepted the
plan. They voted by rising hand
Engel putting the question to the
meeting. The plan was 10 report
to such reliable men as were
absent. / repeated it to some
who came in later. The witness was
at Zep's Hall when the bomb wal
thrown. There was some commotion
and the doors were closed. When
they opened he started home, stop
ping at Engel's house on the wsy. He
told number OF acquaintances there
drinking beer, that a bomb had beer
thrown on the hay marke', and tina
about a hundred people had been
killed. He said the crowd should
make haste home.
The witness was further examined
at great length, and at its conclusion
the days proceedings closed.
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