Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-23
THE DYNAMITERS.
A REPORTER SHOWS UP A MEETING OF THE
BIO0DTHIRSTY DEVILS,


CHICAGO, July 22.-Judge Gary's court
room was crowded, as usual, this morning,
when NJ. p. Williamson, formerly reporter
for the Daily Neles, was called to the stand.
Mr.. Williamson testified that he knew
Parsons, Spies, and Fielden, and on the
night the new Board of Trade building was
opened the witness was detailed to follow
the SOcialistic procession, which tramped
through the down town streets The pro-
cession broke up at 1O5 Filth avenue, at the
office of the ArJeiter ZatuRg, and Spies,
Fielden and Parsons addressed the crowd
from the window of the Office. Parsons
was the first speaker. He called the police
''bloodhounds" and servants of the rob
bing capitalists" He called the crowd to
follow him and attack several clothing
houses, Marshal Fields store being men
toned, and help themselves to what he
termed the necessities Of life" Fielden
said the same thing. He offered 10 lead
the mob in an attack on the store.
''What was said about the new Board of
Trade?'
Both speakers said the building was
put up out of money stolen from them;
that every one who did business there was
"a robber and thief L..
Witness went up stairs into the office.
Parsons was asked by the reporter why
the Socialists did not march upon the
Board OF Trade and blow it up. He said
the police prevented it.
well, but your party have reyOlvers,
what preparation further do you need:"
asked Williamson.
The time hasn't come yet When the
! time does come we will meet the police
with dynamite and bombs"
When did he say the time would
Gomez
Some time during the year
Parsons gave the witness a practical il
! lustration Of what he meant, and showed
him 4 shell and Illuminating cap. There
was also quantity of dynamite, reddish
substance They were kept in a drawer in
! a cabinet in the office. Parsons called for
them and Spies got them. Parsons said
| these explosives were kept on hand in
preparation for a war that was impending;
| that the laburing man was being robbed
! by scOundrelly Board Of Trade men and 9th
ers
THE MANNER OF WARFARE
was TO hurl bomb from the hOrlSetOpS,
and in that way they could annihilate any
! force of police or militia that could be as
sembled The conversation took place
with Parsons, Fielden standing by. On
going down stairs the witness met Detcc-
| tivcS Trchorn and Sullivan, of the Cottage
! Grove Avenue Association. The officers
went up stairs with the witness, and the
statements were repeated to the officers i'll
the presence of the witness. Several
women carried red flags in the procession
| that night.
Witness had attended meetings ut 81
| Lake street and heard Parsons and Fielden
addressed crowds. Fielden on one Occa-
| sion wanted the crowd to follow him t0
some store and get the. necessities of life.
| Fieldcn nc, iSed the men to buy dynamite,
saying that five cents worth of dynamite
was worth more than all the guns and re-
volveTS in the Union.
/ l.
! ined by Capt. Black, but the CrOSS-cXam-
! inatiOn only served to strengthen the teSti-
mony he had given. He mentioned by name
the stores that Parsons had urged Sacking.
! The witness was again taken in hand by
! the prosecution, and testified that Parsons
| told him there were 3, 900 Socialists in the
city, and that whenever the time came
! they would be armed with bombs. L. said
! they were drilling in halls in various parts
| of the city, but would not say where the
halls were located. When the time TO act
came they would begin operations Oh the
Market Street Square and about the tunnel.
WHAT SPIES SAID IN THE LOOKUP.
Lieutenant Shea, Chief of Detectives,
was next called. He was ut the .Irbcitcr
| ZeitUng office May >, after Spies had been
arrested The building was searched and
all in it arrested They found files of man
uScript, type in forms and q quantity of
| dynamite, all of which was taken tn police
| headquarters. Witness identified the gal
ley oftype on which the Revenge circu-
| lar WAS printed. Lieutenant Shea then
| gave conversation he had with Spies at
ter the latter'S arreSt-SpieS said ne open
GU lIlt tlisll MI ahiN AiisAA sAl
sons, Fieldcn and Schwab We're also there
He said he also spoke ut the Mccormick
meeting, hut knew nothing of what had
happened there later till some time after
He knew nothing of the circular that was
put on the streets.
Witness also talked with Fischer, who
said that ne was in the -irJcitCr ZcitDRg the
night of the riot, with Schwab, and that
Ran brought word that Spies was ut the
Haymarkct, that big crowd was there
and they all went over.
The ROSY cheeks and clear bright eyes
with which Lingg came into court yeSter-
day, before the revelations of lniOrmer
Seligcr and wife implicated him 50 much
more deeply than any of his seven cOmpan-
ions, had given place to
ALMOST CHASTITY PALLOR
and haggardneSS Lingg had visbly aged
since Yesterday, and the grizzled hard
featured Engel, who sat at his elbow, did
not suffer materially in a comparison Us to
looks. An effort on the part OF
Lingg tn screen himself behind a news
paper began with the calling of the first
witnesses. These were officers Jones, Nc
Keogh and Flynn. They testified to find
ing several thousand copies of the revenge
circular in the office of the Arbciter lei
fttRg 4 great many other circulars call
inc the wOrkmen TO arms were found in the
same place. Several pounds of dynamite
in one package was also discovered.
John J. Ryan, n retired officer of the
United States Navy was the next witness.
He had heard Spies, Parsons, Fielden,
Schwab and Neebe speak Sunday afternoon
on the Lake front Parsons on one ocCa-
sion declared TO the crowd that the police
and the constituted authorities
WERE NATURAL ENEMIES OF WORKING
F.. MEN.
He advised each individual present to pur-
chase rife. If money enough could not
be had for a rife, let him buy apiStOl. If a
pistol was out of the question, let him re
member he could get enough dynamite for
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