The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-08-26
Trouble Ahoat.

Trouble AhOaE.
CHICAGO, Aug 23.-The police are very
positive that the anarchists had some
deeply laid scheme on hand with thei- out
side friends on the morning when the yer.
dict was returned by the jury, but just
what It was they were not able to deter
NINE. 81 think" said an officer who has
been on duty through the trial. shat the
arrangements, whatever they might have
been, were concocted by the condemned
men and conveyed by their relatives 70 the
member when they fled into the court
room for the last time Friday morning
Parsons took q red silk handkerchief,
which had been given him by Mrs. Par
sons the day previous, out of his hat and
waved IL at the crowd. he also had
white handkerchief, and believe ii the
verdict had been all right he would have
used it for q signal. The red signal was
q sign for something, I em sure, and there
would have been an outbreak If there had
been enough Of his friends in big crowd.
That reminds me, suggested another
officer, that Mrs. Parsons, tor an hour be-
fore the verdict was brought in, arose at
least SIX times from her aeat and went to q
window and then gazed at the crowd "a If
to size it up. She would then return to
her seat. at once became suspicious Of
her actions and informed her she must not
go to the window any more. This worried
her but carried my point. The crowd
had evidently not PANIED out TO suit her,
but If 1t had, am honest IN saying there
would have been some sort Of trouble.
CHICAGO, Aug. ga union meeting OF
all Chicago camps of the patriotic order
of Sons of America adopted . preamble
setting forth that agitation by alien So
journers under the name Of socialists, In
ternationallsts, anarchists, ETC., and the
Haunting of red and black flags Is treason
and rebellion. That these foreigners IN
trying to make weapon OF laboring peo-
pie are doing the latter great injury, and
much of the evil is due to the defects in
the immigration and naturalizetionsla laws.
A resolution was passed TO approve the
verdict and congratulate the police on
their work also 70 call On congress 70
limit immigration and make ten years
residence and the ability to speak English
necessary qualifications for citizenship,
CLEVELAND, o. Aug. ga meeting OF
the Cleyeland group of anarchists was
held last night to take action on the con-
Viction of the Chicago anarchists. About
one hundred anarchists were present and
several speeches were delivered. Christ
Lam, leader OF the group, said: The
reigning class, and not the anarchists,
lad declared war and war they should
nave 70 the kn1kos 4do S4uAkAo NOoAo
continue, he said, until great anarchist
revolution swept away ali law and
dIctation, then all men would
be equal. The speaker admitted
the constitution but said a. now
regarded, il was not worth the paper on
which II was written. The memories OF
the old patriots who founded the govern
ment has been outraged by the Chicago
verdict, and the shameful manner In
which the law had been perverted. Could
they but know 1t, It was sufficient to cause
them to turn In their graves. Liam was
firmly of the opinion thst the condemned
would not suffer death on the gailoWs.
He said should that prove the case, it
would not retaFd the anarchist movement.
John Gibson another speaker said what
had occurred in Chicago was liable 70
take place in Cleveland and other cities ct
any time and ne wishes to have the work
ing class express their sentiments in the
w. Whittier was the next speaker. He
SAID when the great anarchist revolution
came, however, there would be change
in the situation and soldiers would find
work in store for themselves or something
else of sterner nature than trip OF pleas
ure. A committee of nine were appointed
to visit Mayor Gardner and demand of
him the right TO use the public square tor
q mass meeting Of working people 70 pro-
test against the conviction of the Chicago
consPirAtors.