New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-18
A TRADE BY MRS. PARSONS
SHE TELLS THE ANARCHISTS SIDE.


HER STORY OF THE HAYMARKgT MASSACRE AP.
PIAUDrD BY SOCIALISTS IN CLARENDON HALL
Fully one thousand men and women calling
themselves sociaists who that there 10 relation
between Socialism andAnarchy wdsd into Clarendon
Hall yesterday afternoon to hear and applaud Mrs.
Lucy A. Parsons. tho wife OF the condemned Chicago
Anarchist, who spoke for two hours and halt
on tho Chicago trial, irving tho Anarchiss
version OF the and the fatal meeting In HaymAr.
ket Square. The meeting hold under the auspices
OF the female members OF the Socialist party Of sbs
city Mrs Cynthia Leonard the mother Of Lllisa
RUSSELL sternlooking woman. presided. Mrs. Hnsons
Madame dc les Cluze and Mrs Emma Baudich were
among tho women present There we're good many
Anarchists present, and the dynamite faction"
were surprisingly quiet. In Wow Of their
threats whom DIR. Aveliug and Herr Liebkuechs
were here to butcher socallsts In fact the lion
lay down with the lamb. slough there we're police
present. Justus Sch wab Gustav schiag and Mra
Adolph schenck among the Anarcniss In the audi
ence Half OF the stood with their hats on their
heads and pufsd their cigars
Just before the meeting opened reporter Of the
add,s Zelttn0 presented himself at the door with .
ticket of admission. Admission was refused him be-
the Socialists had decided to exclude from their
meetings all OF that paper on account of
its attacks on Socialism and Anarchy.
Mrs. Leonard called the meeting to order by saying:
1t is customary for gentlemen to take off their hats
that you al Psrsou.. the wife Of the martyr
The mou who inclted the murder IN Chicago are those
who hired the police TO be present
With this introduction Mrs. Parsons stepped forward.
She s about thirty old. Her faco copper color.
and che speaks with Southern accent though she says
that abe is a negress but ia OF Mexican aud Iadian
extraction She il rather pretty and decidedly plctur
esQue. She said substantially:
Our comrades condemned for exercising the
rights OF free speech and Of meeting unmoestsd Ono
hour after my husband was condenned left Chioaso
to come East | spoke IN Clevelsnd's pablc square,
because the fraud there who owned ths hall We had
engaged shut us out at the last moment. told my
comrades to keep cool ami they would near my voice.
s.d: Give mo barrel or chair ana ! VIII speak,
But they tried TO stlhs my voice. Thnk OF IT, -
come here TO SUR up no passions come only 70 .el,
what II has done for the masses" IS my sunsct rne
spendor OF this city does not dazzle me- Tor SEQ
yonr daughters selling their virtue for bread.
Civilization has erected manufactures that arc
make money for ths capitalist There Is one thing that
the crazy Anarchist talks about and for THIS oar chi-
curse of the people and the factories
are tho slaughter pens OF the times tell you when
manufacturers ground down, little children
can go TO school In the winter
The speaker drfted finally her subject. and began
her story follows:
Five men we're shot at McCormcxs when the strike
was going on We did not believe that the capitalists
would let It be known so we called meeting Ia nay
market Square. Parsons and Spies DID not know tn.s
the meeting be hold AMI had TO be summoned
Parsons with his wife and children. Doss that
look ne 0a@s ~ Tn tbs mssns and sad
1t was peac.abls. and tod Inspector Bonhelj 70 wth
hearts ana pistol. 10 their hands the mse
Ing and Captain Ward shouted to those Oh tne
WY WY Captain, ,'' iRi, is a quiet meetins'
Now. We don't know WHO threw that eone
bomb while Fischer lighted It, But there was over.
waeuins testimony that Spies was on the wagon wnsn
the BONN exploited Fischer was IN a beer saloon w,a
Reputable citizensas well az cspltasss
testified that they would not believe Ger unusr os'n.
saassa aaa S% THIS creature s'u'"'' OD' CUM ~ ~
AL but it was Anarchy that trial. and Anarchy
convicted a tuis verdict stands tue cspi:asts wa
name any popular movement Anarchy and s1ranslois
lava than under any Government in tie
world. Why. the jury was packed, TO oesin Win WIZ.
Knight OF : Dor u "Ars you msmner of any usfes
unlonf" II the man was member OF any labor 2sssa' %
came among our witnesses to hear what they wers
IL large city like CHICAGO /, is possible to find sues
creature as Gm-r Tie had never seen tue prisoners
trial. watching the prisoners faces. saw him satcn
lug my hu.Dand's face. aud told my HUSBAND
Why did ID jury ''c coSvcti Well The Chicago Iri!uas
opened lis conmns after tho trial for tho bcnen OF the
jury. and 100000 was collected But wnen those .eysa
traps fall you will hear the oucry OF the people
for vengeance aud need say thai tn. wi DO soc..
kuei Of your freedom" fCheersl
man named Thompson offered these resolutions
which we're adopted:
Rssoired. That We welcome Mrs. Lucy A. Parsons TO
our he@rths aud homes We recoguizs IN nor orss.s
courageous woman. and an sbis sn eloquent caampoa
tnat we tender noble husband our hears
felt sympathy ID this their hour or sorrow
and suffering. They fought the battle OF hf
rights neroic,ly, and We plruss
ourselves To stand by them and their compatriots 70
the bittor end sacred 10 which they are Gu
gagged. -,
hesotced That look on tho Chicago trial az leeA
farce, parody Justice. that euninatsd 10 murde.
aud II that verdict carried lno encet the Ansfo~s
6ay and tho sir-s OF 70 will be lnsulted.
ResDtred, That declare that whom inspector BON
field ordered charge thar peaceable meeting ne vr
tually hauled down the American dag. AMI ought 70
ha 70 the spot. and tho lava ani Consuf
ton would have upheld the man who did It.
There we're other speakers. among whom was madains
de les Cluze who said she morally certain tha
the bomb was by agent Of "the capitalists
Mra Parsons will speak again this week before INSET
ing of Anarchists in Cooper Union.