The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
rHE CHICAGO rsrsAsI1rERs-

but failed to give thu facts In the case.
After briefly mentioning the trouble in
Chicago, the editor wandered and got
lost in contemplation Of the beauties
of the exquisite government under
which we have the great fortune to be
living.
The occasion for the opening of the
subject was the publication in the Chi
cago News, of the fourteenth instant. OF
lengthy article, the points of which
were said to have been gathered by one
I of that papers reporters. The article
contains cuts representing dynamite
bombs and internal machines, which
the reporter claims to have seen in the
haunts of Social Revolutonists. Of
] course he, with an ignorlnce character
istic of the crowd to which he belongs,
says the Socialists are those who are
making these saneuinary preparations
to overthrow the government; but let
that pass. A fen quotations from the
article may be Of interest:
FAnd it is this band of ignorant dupes
and designing denaagogues that suffices
to keep hundreds Of good people in Chi
cago in astate of alarm: The very emp
tiness of their claims and the vague
ness Of their boasts serve to attract to
them tenfold the attention they deserve,
Their safety from public resentmentlies
An their insignifeance, and the publie's
I safety from either their plots or frenzy
lies in being informed not SO much of
what they are saving as of what they
are doing"
And the reporter forthwith proceeds
oteil 'the good people cf Chicago" what
this "band of dlpes and demagogues"
are doing; but it appears that the dem
: agogues didn't take him fully into their
confidence: ayt, r. ...-
"At the outset it was claimed that the
Socialists and trsde unions had Joined
hands to carry by force The strike for the
eight-hour law on May l. There is no
evidence of any such union beyond the
fact that week before last the metal
workers voted funds to srm themselves,
and week ago Tuesday the cabinet
makers set aside olleshalf of their entire
surplus for the purchase of Winchester
rifles. They boast that they have over
5000 bombs loaded and distributed in
the hands of trusty persons. The Daily
News Investigator was able to catch
sight of half a dozen of these alleged IN
struments of Liberty, Equality and Fra
ternity. The remainder he was left to
understand were in the hands of men
who were learning to use them"
The information contained in the
foregoing will tend more to encourage
those Revolutionary spirits who were
not before posted, than 1t will to allay
the fears of "the good people of Chi
cago." Now follows the key to the
whole business:
'The Arbeiter Zeitung. of the sixth
instant saws:
There are extraordinarv circumstan-
ces which cause thinking men to in
quire into their causes and effects.
Such are the dynamite attempts In Cass
street Judge Trees and at the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Office. These
attempts, when considered, reveal:
That as there is no direct business
connection between the owners of these
properties and their hired slaves, these
attempts cannot ema1ate from the lat
. ter.
That the perpetrators really never
had the intention of lnjuring the build
ings.
That it is not worth considering the
assertion that 1t was the work of
crank
That there is only one motive for
these attempts. And this brings us to
the key of the secret,
'Pinkertons are the only ones who can
and will make money out of this dyna-
mite panic. The two buildings are not
under Pinkertons' guard
"The writer then attacks Pinkertons
for shooting down miners In the eastern
trobles.
"Mr. William Pinkerton was shown
this translation and asked his views
concerning it. He expressed no sur
prise, but promptly put the matter in
the hands of his attorneys. In con-
versation regarding the Socialistic and
labor organizations in Chicago he
claimed to have representative in each
of their numerous clubs and unions, and
professed to know in general way all
that is going on. For this knowledge he
is paid by an organization of citizens.
He says that the Socialists have re-
peatedly, IN their meetings, talked of
sacking his Office and of blowing it up
with dynamite. They send men daily
to memorize the faces of those who re-
port at his headquarters, with view to
spotting his representatives in their
orders. This is thwarted bv his receiv-
ing reports through agents or meeting
his spies personally away from his Of
fee. Mr.. Pinkertons has his place forti-
fed with Winchester rifles, and SAYS he,
can at any time keer the Socialists at
bay so far as his block is concerned.
Mr.. Pinkerton does rot believe that the
Socialists are in ann way to blame, un-
less bv inspiration, fer the two recent
demonstrations. The Socialists, on the
other hand, charge the business directly
on the detectives, uho they say, are