The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-06
SPIES AND flELDeN ARRESTED.
Guns, Rsd Flags and Incendiary Docu-
ments Captured.

Guns, Rsd Flags and Incendiary Docu-
ments Captured.
CHICAGO, May 6-August Spies is under
arrest He was captured by the police at
O'Clock Wednesday morning The
anarchist and incendiary editor of The
Arbeiter Zeitung-who was the first one to
address the meeting at Desplaines and Ran
dolph streets; who occupied the wagon from
which, it is charged, the dynamite bomb
was thrown which did such bloody work
Tuesday night; who was one of the speakers
at the mob-neeting on the prairie near
McCormick's Monday afternoon; whose
words inHamed the mob until it was ready
to burn down the great factory-had the
teuerity to appear in the editorial rooms of
his paper Wednesday morning. Here he
met his brother AMI a man named Schwab,
and associate editor of the paper, who were
his associates in these incendiary harangues
They met to talk over the scenes of Tues
day night and were taken by detectives to
the central station and placed under lock
and key.
Sam Fielden, the rabid Anarchist and
companion of August Spies, is also under
arrest He it was who spoke the last words
to the mob which led to tho slaughter He
was found Wednesday morning and safely
Gagged ut the Central station. Fielder got a
dose of his own medicine, for he was suffer
ing from gun-shot wound in the leg.
Spies and his friends, when the police
charged the mob, skunk off and could not DO
found until Wednesday morning, though an
earnest search was made for them all though
the night
Detective Marks was within fifty feet of
the spot where the dynamite bomb exploded
and saw Parsons run in through the crowd
and disappear He had lust exclaimed :
"Workingmen, TO arms, am Socialist
from feet to head, and will be one if die
before morning" Parsons is still at large
Immediately after Spies, his brother, and
Schwab were locked up detectives Were dis
patched to The Arbeiter Zeitung office with
Instructions to search the premises for any
discriminating evidence Almost the first
thing they discovered was q huge pile OF
circulars, copies of the one calling for the
mass-meeting at the hay market on Ran.
dolph street This circular was printed i'll
English and German, and is as follows:
ATTENTION, waRkfNGMEN!
Great masslneeting tonight at $50
O'Clock at the hay-market, Randolph street,
between DesplaineS and Halstead Good
speakers will be present to denounce the
latest atrocious act Of the police, the shoot
ing of our fellow workmen yesterday after
noon. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE"
These circulars were found in the com
posing room, and for the first time Se
police obtained positive proof showing
where the infammatory literature OF the
Socialists had its origin Further search
brought to light the form on which another
circular had been printed and in which
workingmen were melted to take up arms
1t was beaded: Revenge" "Workmen, TO
Arms" and was psade up of a screed Of sew
enty five or 100 words calling on working
men to arm themselves and exact revenge
for the killing of the men at the Mccormick
reaper works.
Inspector Bonfield with a squad of men
from the central station Wednesday morn
ing made a raid on Jepf's hall at the corner
of Lake and Desplaines streets. In the hal
was found lot Of muskets and red flags
There was also lot Of pamphlets and books
printed mostly in German, and expoundinG
Socialistic doctrines A large amount Of
correspondence was also found. The hal
and saloon beneath were closed by tn,
police
LATEsT-The man who threw the toml
at Tuesday nights riot was arrested
Wednesday and is now locked up at tn,
central station His name is Julius Car
penter The police claim TO have ampl'
proof that lie is the man
The Mail publishes the following:
HEADQUARTERS or ~ VIGILANCE Con-
MITTEE, May 5, lssG-Meat sharp at No
no A. r. 7G, 5th inst Business of grea
Importance. Spies, Parsons and Schawb
and others of their kind beware. The rop
does its work quick. The massacre of oul
brave policemen must be- avenged By orde
OF executive committee Y. y.