The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-07-30

labor, and calls for revolutionary and ma
tional activity. 1t demands the building up
ola free society, founded on a communistic
organization of production, and an organ
| ization of the educational system on an
| equal basis for both sexes
Mr. Furthman next began to read Herr
Most'S book, Science of Revolutionary
Warfare The translated copy is a
| large pamphlet of forty-nine pages, and
the reading occupied the remainder of
the afternoon The author goes fully into
| the use of dynamite and explains the best
way TO explode it. The whole work is writ
| ten in that hombastic style for which the
arch Anarchist is noted, and advocates the
killing of the police by dynamite, gun
powder, the knife or prussic acid, the most
deadly of poisons.
| CHICAGO, July z6.--The developments in
| the Anarchists trial Saturday are such as
to considerably darken the hopes of the de-
PENDANTS. The prosecution had reserved
| lifting climax to the dramatic evidence of
! the week in the testimony of Andrew G.
| johnson, a Pinkerton detective, who had,in
| the pursuit of his calling, joined one of the
| groups of Socialists and drilled with the
armed section of the Lehr und WEIR We
| rein. His evidence was of corroborativei inn
| portance in itself, but was of greatest in
tereSt as indicating that other detectives
had been similarly employed and would
give their testimony in the case. The in
| PRODUCTION of the witness created sensa-
| ton and evidently startled the defendants
who could lily conceal their dislnay. A
| gentleman connected with the trial
said yesterday: These detectives were
employed in the spring of 1885 by
Lyman j. Gage, the vice president of the
First National Bank. / am told however,
that Gage did not do this on his own ac-
count, but that fund of 5000 was raised
for the purpose among the bankers and
| wholesale merchants of the city. The
scheme was inaugurated by the CONNER
cial Club of which Gage is president
| Andrew G. Johnson, q detective, said he
| joined the American group of the Inter
| national Working-men's Association in
tended was in January last. He became
a member of the organization at
the instance of the Pinkerton De-
tective Agency, in whose employ he
| was. He made written reports of the do
| ings at the meetings to his employers.
| Heard Parsons make a speech at one of
those gatherings on February % 1885. at
| Baum's Pavilion, in an aristocratic
| portion of the city. Parsons stated that
the reason the meeting had been
| called in that locality was to
| give the many merchant princes
and hear what the COMMUNISTS had to say
| about the distribution of wealth and
then he denounced the capitalists in
general He said: i want you all to
| unite together and throw off the yoke
! We need no President, no Congressman,
| no police, no militia and no judges. They
are all leeches, seeking the blood Of the
poor who have to support them by their
| labor. l say to you, rise one and all, and
| let US exterminate taem. Woe to the po-
| lice or the militia whom they send against
| us.''
! Witness marched in the procession on
the night of the dedication of the new
| Board of Trade building, and saw Par
sons, Neebe, Spies and Fielden marching
in the line Continuing, witness said he
was present, with Parsons, Fielden and
/ Others at 81 Lake street on the oath of Au-
gust, 1885. After having been there a
! short time o man armed with a
| long cavalry sword and dressed in
blue blouse and wearing a SLOUGH hat came
| into the room, and he ordered all those
present to fall in. He then called off GER
! tain names, and all those present answered
| to their names. He then inquired whether
! there were any new members who wished
/ to join military company. Witness and
/ two others joined. Witness was vouched
for by Parsons as being a true man; he
was enrolled as member and given
number 16. All who were not
members were then expelled from
the room, and the remainder fell
/ into line and were then drilled for about
half an hour OF three-quarters-p through
a regular manual drill, marching, counter
marching, turning, forming tours, wheel
/ ing, by the man armed with the
| sword. The drilI-master iels the hall, but
in few minutes returned with ten other
! men dressed like himself, and introduced
them as the first company of the Lehr und
/ Weir Verein They were armed with
| Springfield rifles. Presently a man whose
name witness did not know, who was
the saloon at No. 81 West Lake
! street, came into the room with two
tin boxes, which he placed on the table at
the south end of the room. The drilling
instructor then asked all those present to
| step up and examine the two tin boxes as
they were the latest improved dynamite
bombs. The armed section met again on
/ the following Monday, August 81. The
Captain, Walters, drilled the company for
| about one hour and a half, and after
ward consultation was held among all
members of the company as to the best
way of procuring arms. Some one sug.
/ gested that each one should pay SO much a
/ week until sufficient amount had been
raised wherewith to purchase rife for
each member of the company. The de-
PENDANT Parsons then made a, suggestion.
/ He said: Look here, boys, why can't we
make raid some night on the militia
armory! There are only two or three 1uen
on guard there and it is easily done" This
suggestion seemed to be favored by other
members, and some more discussion took
/ P1etSO uho IL w do QOt1utu W pun lilo
matter OF the raid off until the nights got
| a little longer.
AT "a meeting held January IS, 1885, wit
/ ness overheard conversation between
Spies and Felden, before the meeting was
called to order, in which the former said in
tone of voice apparently not meant for
any one else's ears: Don't say very much
about that article in the Daily
Neaus. You simply need to state that
reporter of the Daily Neaos had
en- interview with me some days ago,
| but that most of the statements in the pa
pers are mostly liesn Spies further said:
You must be careful in your remarks.
/ You don't know who mi ght be among us
tonight Spies then went away and the
meeting was called to order.
F'ielden made a long statement COM
menting upon an article which had APP
peared in the Daily Ne,cs. He said { The
most of the statements are lies. Mr.. Spies
/ did have an interview with reporter
some days ago, but the most of
/ the assertions brought forth in
i the paper are not true" He fur
Their said as regards the dynamite bombs:
| 1T is quite true we have lots of dynamite
and explosives in our possession. and we
| will not hesitate to use them when the
proper time comes' Witness said he had
recently met and recognized several Pink
erton men whom he had seen formerly in
attendance on the meetings, and whom be
/ thought were members.
Witness said that at the first meeting of
the armed section the discussion arose as
to what the section should be called
what the armed section should be called
Some one suggested that the com
pany should be amalgamated with
/ the German organization, and
| the company was to be called
the fourth company of the Lehr und Wehr
Verain. This idea was opposed by others,
and finally the company was called the In
/ ternational rifles. In case of conflict with
| the authorities The International riees were
to act in concert with the Lehr una Weir
| Verein and obey the comm andeF of that or
| ganiZation.
/ Witness also stated that at a meeting in
December last Fieiden sad regarding the
time the revolution should take place: .'The
1st of May will be our time to sdrike the
blow. There will be so many strikes and
there will be $1,000 men out of work-that
is to say-if the eight-hour movement is a
failure.n
CHICAGO, July Pin the Anarchists
trial yesterday Detective Johnson was sub
Jectcd to rigid cross-examination by
counsel for defense, but his evidence given
on Saturday remained mistaken. Joseph
Gruenhut, city inspector of factories and
tenements, was the next witness His tes-
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