The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-05-07

incite to bl0odshed, but If blood were
spilled the capitalists would be respon-
sible for 1t, for they kept up the per-
petual panic in the homes OF the poor
by their ever-increasing and grinding
exaction. In little while. the speaker
said, the American capitalist will re-
duce the American sovereign, the
freeman, and voter to cOndit on
lower even than that of the Chinaman
In order to prevent this he advised the
proletariat 10 be prepared Tor all emer-
gencies. The battery was full of mill
tia to shoot workiRgmen down. They
had Gatling guns and munitions for
which, singularly enough. the people
paid. They would be turned upon
them tomorrow, because whenever the
laborer makes a prayer or petition tc
the capitalist for equity, the capitalist
appealed to the military. The people
also paid for the police who shot them
down at the order of the capitalists.
There was revolution organized by q
powerful association of few against
the many.
The Anarchist closed his remarks by
advising the working people to be pre-
pared for all emergencies.
Samuel Fielden, a grim-visaged An
archist, wearing a black SLOUGH hat,
then leaped upon q barrel. He said
that the newspapers of the city charged
the Socialists with cOwardice, saying
that they would sneak away from real
danger. They were there tonight to
repel the lie and prove that they were
willing to risk their lives i'm the cause.
1T were glorious death to die like a
hero rather than be starved to death on
go cents day. Out of the wealth pro-
duced by labor the laborer received 10
cents for every dollar he earned, while
the capitalists, who did nothing, alb
sorbed the remaining So cents of profit.
While the Anarchist was talking
dark cloud rolled out of the nortlSern
horizon, 1t swept TO the zenith and
had the appearance of a cyclone. A
the street. Signs creaked violently,
and bits Of paper flew in the air. The
great crowd of Socialists, fearing that
tornado was approaching, began to
seek shelter. The Anarchist leaders
urged the men TO adjourn to Zepf's
Hall, which is only about half block
away. The OminOus cloud had now
passed over the stand, and north of
Lake street the stars shone out again.
The vast audience was now encouraged
to remain by Fielden, who said he
would detain them but a few moments,
as it was getting late and threatening
rain.
The air is filled with fear" he said
with shrug OF his shoulders and q
tremor in his voice. "The capitalists
know it. Martin Foran, of Cleveland,
a man chosen to legislate for labor, has
declared that when capitalists are made
to realize that it is unsafe for them to
be in place where labor is dissatisfied
that is labor's only hope. That day will
surely come"
AS the Anarchist spoke these words
the crowd having surged closer to
the row Of barrels on which the speak
ers stood-a most singular feeling ap-
peared to peryade the audience. South
of Randolph on Desplaines street a
body Of men was dimly seen approach
ing in measured tread. 1t appeared
like phalanx of Masons returning
from private assembly or drill. The
stiffness of their approach was ominOus
and appalling. The 5000 Anarchists
crept closer to the barrels, and Fielden
swept the street under roof formed
by the fingers of his right hand. The
silent marchers came nearer, until the
gas lamps on Randolph street threw
their Pickering light upon them. Then
4 hundred stars and a thousand brass
buttons flashed in horizontal and per-
Dendicular lines at the street intersec-
lions. The silent marchers were 400
police officers arranged in platoons, and
choking the street from gutter to gut
sp, AS they crossed the car tracks on
street the officers clutched
heir clubs with q firmer grasp and
hen hurried forward, thus compelling
1000 Anarchists still massed In the
street to fall back before the measured
advance. Just as the officers reached
he barrels upon which Spies, Parsons,
md Fielden were standing aserpentine
stream of fire burst from a window or
he roof of Crane Brothers manufact-
ring establishment on the opposite
tide of the street. 1t burned like the
use of q rocket and Kissed as it sped
through the air. The mysterious
stranger sputtered over the heads of
he Anarchists and fell amid the Of
icers. There was an explosion that
'attled the windows in a thousand
burst of flame lit up the
street, and then a scene Of frightful
md indescribable CONSERVATION ensu-
I'd. The mysterious meteor was the
use of bomb hurled from the Crane
by an Anarchist.
The work it done when it fired the
explosives stored in the shell was MUIR
Over a score of Off
,ers were stretched upon the ground.
Blood gushed from hundred wounds,
md the air was filed with the agoniZ-
ng cries of the dying and injured.
Those who escaped the deadly missiles
which flew from the boom wavered for
\ moment. Then they dashed over the
bodies of their comrades with
lrawn revolvers, the glittering barrels
Of which were belching fire every in
slant. Bullets sped into the bowling
in murderous storms, strew-
ing the street with dead and dying. No
quarter was given or asked. The An
archists lodged behind boxes and bar
rels, from which they poured wither-
ing, merciless fire from revolvers and
guns. Officers and Socialists fall in
combat, and others were
brought to the earth by the assassin.
Bystanders who had been attracted
by the roar of the battle shared no bet
ter. They were shot down where they
stood, or overtaken by the leaden storm
while fleeing. The street was Uttered
with the victims. Exploding cartridges
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