The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12

sympathy upon them Yon cannot make an
Of this Grief said that dynamite and
pistols were all we'll enough. but he
advocated the free use Of the knife ana dagger
as they made no Noise and did their work
effectually. FieIden remarked that while he
knew they must use dynamite without hesitA-
ton in destroying property, 10 believed III
throat-cutting as the surest and best way OF re-
moving the capitalists He fully agreed with
Grief. Spies calmly listened To all that had
been said, and then remarked that what they
proposed was all we'll enough, but he had some.
thing better to offer them. my scheme said
he, lis the best in the world. have given
good deal Of time To 1t, and have studied it OUT
carefully and closely. Ny plan Is this: Let
every man arm himself with little syringe
just large enough to be concealed in the closed
| hand. The point q the syringe should be Just
as small and fine as that OF needle, 30 that IL
can easily penetrate the clothing and skin The
bulb OF the syringe must be filled with prussic
acid, and then it is all ready for business:
Armed with this, you can walk up alongside or
| the capitalist to be removed, quickly insert the
needle point through his clothes and into his
| flesh, and at the same time squeeze the bulb,
sending the prussic acid into his veins The
victim would not mind the attack any more
| than he would notice slight prick OF pin or
the bite of n flea, and the poison would Kill him
| in a very few minutes and his death would be
a horrible one. He would not know, ana III no
/ did he could not tell, what had been done TO
him." This ingenious, death-deelinR scheme
was greeted with acclamations OF approval by
all
Fielden had Joined Parsons, Spies, Schwab,
| he was the driver OF a stone wagon He is an
| Englishman, and was born at Tormorden OF
poor parents. In this country he has worked
! upon the farm of Long John" Wentworth, and
| in "A stone-quarry. Without exception he was
| the worst throat-cutting advocate who spoke To
| the anarchists at their meetings. fielden
brought with him another agitator named Cor
| such. The whole precious lot OF thugs then
began systematic organization in dead earnest.
The anarchist organization was divided up into
groups, each holding regular meetings twice
| week under tho general name OF the Il u. w.
| =. A." The Germans, Poles, and Bobemians
OF the city focked into the groups. and
| listened delightedly to the fiery talk OF prop
| erty and life destruction. Everything was
to be accomplished by force. and that in its
most barbaric and inhuman forms They
| never spoke of building up anything, it was
| nothing but destruction. In a very short time
| there were five or six anarchist groups in tho
| city. They had as their banners, very natural
1 ly, red and black flags, signifying blood do
| struction and death. The Arbeiter ZeitIng was
| their organ. In the fall of 1884 the principal
| group, known as the American group No /, was
| formed by Parsons. Fielden, Spies, Holmes,
] Barker, Keegan. and John A. Henry. Homes
| was young man connected with an insurance
| agency. Barker was an expressman and n great
| dynamiter. Keegan was n blatherskite sort OF
| chap, while Henry was a smooth-talking villain
| of a printer
| meetings that the public called him blood
| thirsty, and seemed anxious to appear fero-
cious anarchist all the rest did. Henry was
| out of his group, and was not very well known
One OF the first TO join the group after its orga-
| nization was named Doucey. stair
| builder by trade and property owner him.
self, and, in addition, one of the worst landlords
| in the city of Chicago Doucey was French
| Canadian, and very mean man. He was the
| first TO call upon the anarchists to abjure the
| ballot This was unnecessary, SO far as the
| German, Polish, and Bohemian groups were
| concerned, for none OF the members were citi-
zens.
| The American group which was the prime ipal
| one as L have stated, met every Wednesday
| evening and Sunday afternoon, on the third
floor of No. "a Lake street west. The man
named Holmes was elected permanent treas
urer, and Fielden permanent secretary. These
| were the only permanently appointed officials
connected with the group. About all that
Fielden had to do was to note the subject dis
cussed at the meetings, and the speakers in n
little book and 70 give out the subject TO be
| spoken on at the next meeting. The treasurer
initiated new members and collected dues and
| private subscriptions He paid the expense
| bills. No bonds were demanded from him as Il
guarantee of his honesty. All surplus
money divided between Parsons, Spies,
| Fielden, Holmes, Henry, and the saloon
keeper Grief For his share OF the
surplus, Grief supplied the meeting with vile
| beer and worse cigars. The leaders secured
| most Of their living from these surplus funds.
| The secretary usually called the meetings to
| order, and a chairman was then elected To act
during the session. The principal speaker was
| allowed one hour in which to give his views,
| and was followed by others who were confined
| TO fifteen-minute speeches. At the conclusion
| OF the speaking Fielden would announce to the
| audience that as they were not millionaires IL
| would be necessary TO take up n collection to
| defray the expenses of the gas and hall. Nearly
all generally responded TO this request and sub
| scriptions ranged from five cents to 81. After
the cash was safely taken care Of. Fielden would
announce that anybody could join the group by
signing their names in Il book and paying IL fee
| of ten cents. II any one didn't happen 10 have
the ten cents, why il made no great difference.
During the fall Of 1884 and the spring OF 1885
the organization of anarchists thrived wonder
| fully, and the little meeting hall was packed
always. IL soon became great resort for
tramps, who could air their grievances, enjoy u
| good fire. and get an occasional glass of beer
from Grief for nothing. Women were as eager
| " welcomed to the organization as men, and
| some of them were the most earnest and hard
| est workers of the lot. Among the most promi-
| nent female anarchists was, quite naturally,
| Mrs. Parsons the colOred wife Of the leader.
! Mrs. Schwab came next TO her, and was very
| active worker for the organization. Both were
| as homely sin, and il was toss up rs TO
| which was the prettier. Next came Mrs.
| Arnes, who was the noXt most enthusiastic be-
| lever in dynamite to Mrs Parsons She be-
| lieved in the use of the dagger, pistol, and
| other weapons as we'll. Anything that would
| cause death suited her perfectly, no matter
| what it was. She was perfect vixen and u
/ decidedly dangerous person. A Miss Moore.
| who had turned the shady side of 80, unmnr-
| ried and disguised with the world and society
in general and herself in particular, also took a
| prominent part in the work. and never failed
| TO make herself heard with the rest at every
| meeting.
Apparently all that was being done or said
| transpired at these meetings, which were open
| TO the public but in reality all important bust
| ness was transacted ut secret meeting held
| after the public one had been adjourned. Mono
| but true blue" anarchists were admitted
| TO those secret conclaves All the
| women were admitted to these, how
| ever, for no stancher supporters of the
doctrine of anarchy than they could be found.
| They were desperately in earnest in all they
| said and did. It was at these secret business
meetings that ways and means were discussed
| The principal scheme was 70 raise funds enough
70 procure the services Of n thoroughly skilled
| professor of chemistry, one who was away up
| on the subject of explosives in general, and
dynamite in particular. This professor was to
| take class Il anarchists and instruct them
fully in all the mysteries OF explosives, so that
they could in turn instruct their fellow anarch-
| lists and prepare them for the revolution which
| was TO arrive in time. This matter OF n revolu-
ton was openly agitated at all the meetings,
and preached 10 the people constantly.
| The German group of anarchists was the first
| TO arm themselves and prepare for the antici-
| pated revolution. The workings Of the group
| were conducted in the same manner as those of
the American group. In March, 1885, the Ger
mans got Up a subscription and purchased 3
number of rifles. An anarchist named Il. Kan
| acted ms purchasing agent for them, and secured
| rifles for IS apiece for such as could raise that
| amount OF money. military company was nj
once organized from among the members of the
group and IL began drilling at No. "a West
| Lake street, which Mt that time was the nest OF
| the anarchists. Removal made to the