Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-20
CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
Yesterdays Proceedings in Judge
Garey's Criminal Court--A
Large Audience.
Fielden Described ms Firing Upon the
Police from Ambush Spies Boasts
Of RevOlutiOnizIng Society.
.istory OF the sociaiistic Organization
Known ms the Lehr ana weir verein.
An Army OF Dospots.

CHICAGO, ILL, July l9.--Judge Garey's
court was crowded this morning when
the first witness, stanton, an officer
wounded In the hay-market riot, was
placed on the stand, The witness de.
ecrl6ed the events OF the night OF Nav
4. and when asked concerning the wound
he received he said he saw the bomb In
the air, heard the kissing OF the fuse
which was about two inches long, saw
the missile when ii struck the ground and
to The best OF his belief 1t was about the
size OF his two lists put together.
officer CTuger of Lieut.. Steele's com
mand was the next witness. He was in
the front rank. He heard a voice saw
there come blood-hounds," and he
thought remark was made by the
speaker who was addressing the meeting.
~ heard some one say, we are peace
able"
"whc was that man? Is he among the
defendents?"
eyes, he is the fourth man from Lew.
ton" pointing to Fielden. Flelden stands
up, the witness looks at him and saws.
THAT'S the man. | saw him draw a re.
yolver, and am sure he, fired two
shotsn
"what them"
"He hid behind wagon. / returned
his fire, then he started into the crowd
and | shot at him again. saw him linn
off, That's the last of him. was
wounded 10 the riot by bullet from a
36-caliber."
Officer j. Wesler of Lieut. Steele's com
pany next took the stand When halt
was ordered aud a moment after the bomb
exploded, Wesler saw man having
bushy whiskers slip down from the wagon
occupied 10y the speaker, aud dodge be-
hind the wheel, Every moment or two
this man jumped mp and fired his revolver
pointblank at the police. Wesler saw
the mans face and was sure it was
Fielder. Two or three times Fielden got
up, and after emptying one chamber Of
his revolver he would duck his head down
again. Wesler the third or fourth time
fired at him. He saw Fielden drop and
thought he was wounded. Fielden
tumbled under the wagon.
Ofiicer Tooley was examined and cor
roborated the testimony of the other
policemen concerning Fielder.
Luther Maalten, Knight OF Labor. re-
siding in Grand Rapids, Mich, testified
that spies was introduced as prominent
organizer OF trades OF Chicago. cues
toned him regarding the objects OF his
organization. He said the objects were
to reorganize so that laboring men would
have more equitable share in the fruits
OF his product | inte-pOsed objections
to draw HIM ont. He said force was The
only agency to be depended on. | asked
how this could be done without blood
shed. He said II frequently
happened In times OF revolution.
He said that there were men enough I'm
Chicago in sympathy with the movement
to take the city. / asked how about the
country at large. He replied that when
Chicago was taken the country at large |
would fall into line. Spies said that In |
Chicago they were ready to oppose any |
power that might be brought to bear
against them. He said the socialists here
were recognized and were able to sweep
away all opposition
George w. Spook OF Grand Rapids,
Mich, testifed "Spies told me their Sc
cret organization numbered 5000 I'm Chi
Cages that they proposed to revolution
lie society In general, and that IL was en-
tirely useless to attempt to better the la
boring element by legislation; he remem-
eered him using the word explosive in
connection with their mode of warfare"
Lieut.. Bowler followed. His testi-
mony comedies with that of the other
men who participated in the fight.
LEHR UND WEIR vEREIN.
CHICAGO, Ill, July l9.-The Lehr und
Weir Verein, Of which the witness Wal.
ter in the anarchist trial was a member,
and whose plottings against society he
detailed to the jury, was organized In
1875, and on April 3 OF that year 1t was
under the laws of the state
The incorporators were about twenty Ger
man and Bohemian socialists, whose obs
ect was to train and drill In military and
get ready for the great conflict between
capital and labor which agltators of that
class have for many years tried to bring
about. The society attracted but little
notice until the year 1879, when the legis-
allure passed a law creating state mill
ia and forbidding the formation Of prl-
Tate military organizations without IL
,ense from the governor. The law
,aused a great deal of discussion
lmong lawyers, many Of whom believed 1t
vas Ia conflict with the United States
military act. In August, 1879, the Lehr
ina Weir Verein, forty strong, paraded
~ the streets Of Chicago armed with
lilies. At their head rode Herman Pras-
er, workingman and socialist, carry
ng saber PIasser was arrested and
indicted under the new law because his
ompany lad refused TO take out the re-
uired license. His case was taken
p as a test. He was !
ried in the criminal court and !
ned $40. The case was appealed To the I
illinois supreme court and subsequently, =
0 the supreme court OF the United !
tates In both courts the new law was !
ustained. The Lehr und Wher Verein ?
ever paraded IN public after that and IL ?
'as lost sight Of, but its members never !
eased to drill. During the last six
ears they have increased greatly Us num-
ers and at the time Of the hay market Z
lot these were troops In the city.
IL had been no secret for years, .
lid Well-known labor agi. ?
Itor, this morning, that the Lerh y
nd Wefh Vertin were training o
, fight the police. They haye drilled IN <
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