Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-12

regard to the anarchists and their doings. The
mCst thrilling and at the same time reliable
story has been told by one of Pinkertons s men
G@pt. John Cornish, Superintendent of the
eastern office OF tho great detective bureau. 1t
mas been en- open secret that this celebrated
hrm of detectives has had it's men To-
GATED IN the very midst OF the anarchists In
Cnicsgo and have been posted as to their doings
All along 1t is stated that when the anarchists
began TO arm themselves and manufacture
dynamite bombs the Pinkertons warned
the authorities Of Chicago as 30 the volcano be-
meath their feet; but the story seemed
incredible that they paid no attention to it, and
80 fell an easy victim 20 their deathly designs
later ON. Just how the Pinkertons have gained
tnelr information concerning the anarchists is
OF course, unknown outside of themselves and
operatives, but 1t is generally conceded by de-
tectives that they are better posted than any
one else on the subject
The anarchists, says Superintendent Cornish
are Pm outgrowth OF the socialists and were
nrst developed in this country in New York
C,ty, through the exertions of the saloon-keep-
or ochwab, whose name Is entirely familiar to
the public in connection with socialistic mat
ters. While Schwab was hard at work in New
Yerk converting socialists to anarchism, a
printer named Paul Grottkau, who had just
come over from Germany, was laboring with a
similar amount of zeal for the same purpose in
Chlcago. His plan was to attend all the meet
ngs OF the socialists and make speeches of the
most blood-curdling nature against the capital
lists OF the country and society in general. 1t
was not long before Schwab and Gottkau sue
ceeded in ingratiating themselves with the
socialists and in making many converts among
them. These converts were mostly made up OF
Germans, Poles, and Scandinavians and few
who called themselves Americans simply be-
cause they could speak the English language.
One of the first to blossom out n red-hot
anarchist was A. II. Parsons, Texas printer,
who had been known for years as a labor agi-
tator. This man is one Of the leaders now
trial in Chicago. In order to prove to the salts
faction OF his followers that he practiced what
ne preached-the equality Of the human race
he married n negress OF the two Mrs. Parsons
is the fiercost fre-eater, and always spoke at
every meeting OF the socialists and anarchists.
She Is n desperate dynamiter and in addition
to advocating the employment Of that fearful
explosive, advises throat-cutting and the torch
for property owners and their possessions indis-
criminatesy Parsons soon took the lead away
from Grottkau, and gathered about him a num-
Der Of outcasts from foreign countries, who had
left their native land for its good. These ho
formed into an organization known as the /. u.
w. p. A., or, in brief, Anarchists Society.
Parsons took unto himself bosom friend in
the person Of August Spies Spies was printer,
and the editor of the German socialist news
paper known as the Arbeiter Zetttug, which was
published at No. 107 Fifth avenue, Chicago.
Spies brought with him host OF anarchists,
among them the man Fischer, member of the
staff of the Arbeiter Zettiulg. This paper has
changed from socialist organ to a rank an
archist sheet. This paper had a great influence
in making anarchist converts, for IL had large
circulation among German and Polish socialists
throughout the country In order to increase
in the daily papers and large bulletins pasted
upon the hall door, announcing the meet
1Dgs nJ Wnicn all WOULD pc permit
ted to speak. The topic discussed was
usually Capital Against Labor" These meet
ing were held upstairs at No, "a West Lake
street. and were attended by as bloodthirsty a
set as can be imagined. Beneath the hall was
a saloon kept by a man named Grief who is
as enthusiastic an anarchist can be round
anywhere. There is nothing too murderous for
this man to believe in with reference to the re-
moval Of capitalists and property owners. He
believed SO firmly i'm socialistic doctrines that
he married widow with number Of children
who owned No. "a West Lake street, started
boarding house, made his wife attend the
boarders and the children the bar while he
preached anarchy and destruction in its most
ferocious forms. To illustrate what kind Of a
man he is TO have in a community, will relate
the substance OF q conversation which
occurred in his bar-room one night after one
| OF their meetings. Spies, Fielden, Parsons, and
man named Dusuy were present The party
| was drinking beer In Griefrs bar-room and dis
| cussing what had been said at the meeting. Mrs.
Parsons had made the speech Of the evening I'm
/ which she strongly advised that all the MEM
| bers should at once arm themselves with dyna-
mite bombs and proceed immediately in the
night time 10 the polatial residences Of the rich