West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-30

Bon6-Id related tho Incidents connected
with tho massacre Of police. The famous
Revenge circular was put in evidence. 1t
70 as follows:
"RENENGE.
"wOWKINGNEN To AHMsl!i
"Nour masters sent out thcir bloodhounds
tho police; they Killed sin OF your broth.
srS at MoIormcNs this afternoon. They
Killed the poor wrctChCs because tncy, like
YOU, had the courage tu a .~ohCy tho supreme
VIII oi your hosscs, They killed thcm because
they dared ask for tho shortening of tho
hours of toll They killed thCm to show YOU,
'frCC American tttiLcus' that Won must be
satisfied and Coptcntod with whatever Vour
bosses cuudcsConu to allow you, or you will
set killed
Jet humiliation; YOU have for cars suffered
unmcRsurUhlC in'quitics; YOU have worked
yourself 60 dCUtht .Nou have endured tho
pHuRs of want and hunger; your children on
nave sNCruccd to the factory lords IN
short, YOU have heeu miserable and obcdicnt
slavcs all these years Why1 70 satisfy the
nshlinnlc greed, To MI tue golfers of your
lazy, thicving mustorl when YOU ask them
now TO lc~sCu your burden, hC sends his
hoOdhounds out 10 shoot Won. KIN Noul
"lt YOU are mon. II you are the sons of your
prnudsircs who have shed thoir blood to FREQ
YOU thcn YOU viii rise In your might Her
CuloS and destroy the hidCouS monster that
seeks TO- destroy YOU. TO arms We call YOU.
10 arms NOuR BRorHERs"
Godhcld Waller, cabinct-makrr was
called IN the afternoon by the state. lie
was born ina Switzerland aud hvcd i'm this
country three years lie was a member of
tho society Tor exercising armH and in.
etrucuon. lie had bccn member Of
the second company, but war not so now.
The society drilled and exercised i'm arms.
that Was all. lilo remembered when
tho bomb was thrown MAY I.
in the evening. The night be.
fore that he was at homo. In tho evening
he WAS In GrciIs hall 81 West Lake street.
~ went there at eight o'clock on account
OF a notice in the .irbctcr Zoitung. Tho
advertisement was tho lcttcr "Y come"
The word Just above was "lcttcr-boN. A"
I he lcttcr WAS nothing but a sign that
meeting OF tho armed section should be
held. They had been called once before i'm
"a similar manner.
lic attended the meeting iu Grcirs han
that night. II was held in the basement
] he ceiling OF the basement was about
seven or eight feet high. Tho meeting was
called TO order 10y wiiucss shortly after
$50 o'clock About seventy or eighty
men were then present Witness was
chairman. lie did not know ii guards
were placed 1t the door. The com
mundcr oi the society was ON tine stairs
Fischer ana Engcl were present. Sow
eraI Revenge posters were dis.
tributcd Ht the .u,octng First IL
WAS talked about that ak mon
had been killed Ht McCoruicks. s. Thcn IT,
was discussed what should be douo tho
next few days Mr. Engcl introduced
resolution us TO what should bo
done" and said II there should be an
encounter with tho police then
there should hc meetings atVAuous placos
TO aid tho strikers; that the North side
bad resolved on that. ii somo thinpshouId
happen the word "Ruhc' WIS va bo pub-
lshcd in tho lcttcrbox. aud Tint was to be
the algunl for meeting. II there should
be disturbance. they were 60 meet
IN Wicker park. armed. Thon a COM
mittcc was appointed TO watch the
movements i'm the city and report II
any thing hupponnd, and ii u riot
should occur VIC should storm the po-
lice stations, and rut the teIcgraDh
wir,s. Then wo should shoot down every
thing that came out. Then 81 one police
station WAS stormcd thcy should do tho
same with the other moving down
all that came. Thcy wero 90
commence at tho station ON North
avenue. Engcl said the easiest mode would
be 10 throw bombin thcstatiou. Nothing
was said IN the meeting about
whcro the plan originated II was
decided to call q meeting 0i tue working
men the mex day in Che evening. Mr..
Fischer proposed Hs substitution 10 wit
ness motion that the meeting should bcin
| w. ""l liW', 'haI it should br at eight
o,l"ct ln the evening The meeting was
intended TO chcer up the working
men, ~ they would bc prepared for % con-
uict. ~ Was decided That as body the
armed f"rt1on should not participate iu the
IaFm"rbct meeting but should meet
at our regular places while only
committee would bc a. thc Hay
""Ihct " the committee re-
ported That something happened thc pD-
l'ce wore be attacked where 30 had been
arranged for each gtoup Co dp A1. Iu ad.
hton 10 the poIico am attack was 90 BOO
made on iho militia and The hrc depart.
mcnt. Attacks Wcre to bc muIc iu 900 sec
bous Oi tne citv go The aauo time.
Witness stated that hr ,vn4 a. Zoprs
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r''N d. rug mouse on IuH way To iu-
''rIn MN "I tho occurrence
Mr lnHhaW then asked tho witncss f no
had ever bad amy bombs This wa4 Db.
Ioctcd iO by Mr. T04trr auda Iona, ,f,,.,
mont ruaurd TIr ,,t,rt G,,liy .tI.....i
tbo ,tt,sft,, o.. d.. ..t ~
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l'-. Responded M alor, about -IE
months ago Fischer gave ono one NJ wua
r. piece oil pipe eight inches long. ! don't