Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-16
gASTERS NEWS
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- a;,ee,ious las. night. and our tele-
.,ohic report va, accordingly cot Of !
..,,y,s, Of the Chicago socialists
600 Ian. I4--It will be remeD
- mat at the time an i1fernai
ps;oe vas feand on Judge L es's
n.i.ss ia this city, q week ago, there
Immediate suggestion that IL had
n,sc.d there BY tn. Socialists and
-, hs the opening move OF dssal
n-e.s,nsmiss 9arfars upoA the wealthy
pJnsrty owners, and when publicity
s,y.u to the fact that q somevhaf
80, explosive had been left IN the
sAId;ns occupied By the chicago. bur-
,.an.os 4 Oaincy Railway general ofh-
m no,ninking persons jumped to the
s-s,oo that this vas intended TO be
Sss.ond gun of a dynamite attack.
W .onceru vas manifested by many
,,ss,s Manufacturing this, the
.,a, vas made little of BY well
ss,esd people, and with a view to
Isl.,a,ninp hos much trntn was IN the
80. a local paper instituted an IN
Is.,...,ou into tbs Oh Arscter OF the two
s1s..oas machines aud as to the
ssy.., doiuos OF the band OF Chicago
,.I,sts. so far this inquiry has been
a,,a1o,ive o, most alarming giv'ng'-
- /. the way Of revolutionary talk asd
a most rezssurIuR paacity OF facts TO
;.st,fy a fear that tue Community IL
.,v more 10 danger nov from SOCIALISTS
-, 4 has been IN the last dozsu years.
=. ,os outset it Was clai ned that the
s..;aIi.ts ami trades anions hsd joined
ssods "a carry By force strike for the
s,cht boar Law on May /. There Is no
.s,danes of any such anton beyond tna
s'st that week before last the meta!
-o,rsrs voted funds to arm themselves,
80 a week ago Tuesday the cabinet
,c.ksrs act aside one b alf Of their entire
m,olus for the purchase of winchester
80 The Socialists boast that they
h.se over 5000 bombs loaded and dis
,,;rntsd 10 the hsnss OF ,rusty persons.
1be socislistio Brotherhood mas the
advantage Of possessing an organ
o,iu,eA in the German language, which
ysek after week disseminates incsh-
aisry ideas, while from It's JOB press go
circulars. maps, etc, describing tue
ssre>,s. sewers and tunnels OF the city.
ana giving instructions IN street war
fare snd In the practical use OF expio
siyes. The Soci slist leaders claim that
they have established depots for storing
various pombs, and that they have lists
Of prominent persons to be disposed OF
nv dynamite. Tney further claim that
eyery Sunday morning for over year
bauds of Socialists have been going T.
the country 10 prartiee the thr wing of
bembs, and that tests Of their effective
osss and manner of explosion have been
frequeatly made. -,
Oas thing the Investigation did 60 far
10 prove. fhst Is. the Improoability
that the Socialists had ANYTHING TO do
with planning the internal maohine at
Judge Trees house, or in the offices OF
the Chicsoo. Burlington d Quincy.
Tns d issimiIari.y OF ihsse from each
other, as we'll as from the dynamite
bombs msa afscturei for tue Socialists,
IA very marked. Besides the bombs
mentioned, tAe Socialist leaders refer
mysteriousiy TO the possession OF infer
aal machines which explode by clock
work or electricity. They are intended
for guarding approaches or for the de-
struclioa OF property. When properly
Hi80t1 wv Ut huttc thoe NJ
molish building or so, snd tear up toe
street 20 AZ TO render 1t impossible.
The 8 .osalisl leaders are very ohsry
Of fsots nrepliss to pointed inquiries
they delight in little hiots Of mighty
preparations. and oil lin that siaoe they
we're forbidden to arm with rides and
drill they have resorted to dynamite.
and sav that from being agitators they
have become Nihilists. The leader.
profess 90 be IN possession Of perfect
plans OF the UNDERGROUND system OF
ARd to have full reports OF
ways by which house tops at various
street corners can readily he reached
From these reports locations have bees
,eleoted for congregation and defcnos.
These plans are accompanied by sug
7estions as to the particular street cor
hers which should be fortified aud the
way to 90 about IL.
About the only maa Ia Chicago Who
kinks that the Socialists may lind an
for incendisry work
through an association With the labor
lnions on May lst IL Mr.. Joseph Gruen-
nut, who 10 the author Of the eight hour
Iaitstion. He Processes to think that
he Socialistic and labor organic itions
IRE a unit on the question and thas the
will dsarf all previous ones
a reforming the labor system. he
Iays that little dep ,ndenos 10 to he
placed In Socialist orators, the men who
laik dynamite, treason and bloodsaed.
But there are men," says he, col
eeted, thoughtful lsborinR men in the
ranks OF the Socialists, who oil do the
work. They are secretly banded to-
,sther and not by open organic alton.
Bombs are being made in considerable
nambers aud distributed. The labor
are arming with rifies.
and while they are not permitted by
Az 90 drill on the streets they drill IN
heir lodge rooms. | think the grea,
srisis will come on the fret OF May, OF
soon after. think that the movement.
Il properly opened here, gill extend all
ovsr the country. OF ia success, have
no doubt. The Socialists are heartily
In the movement aud they have been
sAiking dynamite ., long that their
trade will be lost IL 10 Is not productive
OF something In this issue."
The Gnects OF the storm.
ToPKxA, Kausas), Jan. l&.-rhe full
extent Of the disastrous effects of the
late storm Ia Western Kansas 10 Just
becoming known as reports arrive from
the relief parties aud others- The
death roll Of victims. known and IN
known, numbers Is. while half n dozen
other persons are knosn TO be missing.
Three deaths occurred In the sparsely
settled border counties in the south
western aud western part OF the state.
where oftcnsimes Communication Is
d,fiieoit. IL 10 feared that further re-
ports vill increase still more the list Of
fatalities. fns loss on cattle 10 also
considered very heavy.
ne Resracts ~. Confession
LOWELL. Mass }, Jan. 40. II. Yes,
sbe man Who confessed 10 csmpliotty
With President Mcneil. of the Lsncas
ter bank. at Clinton, ia the robbery OF
tae oapk, has retrsctea his confession.
he nov says thai Nelson and himself
we're alarmed about the property left In
The marble eompsny's office when they
GOT an inkline OF the facts 10 the case,
out fearing arrest for being accessory
70 MeNeifs crime, II they took the
sAtehels back ~ the bank, caused them
70 hide the property.
The Grsat Msaanest Association.
ALBANY, IN. ~, Jan. i&.-ln the
Assembly today q bill Incorporating
toe Grant Monument Association and
empowering IL 10 hold seven million
dollars worth Of property free OF lana
aon vas passed and sent 20 the Senate.
frehahle Wreck sf the Jutfa A.