Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-08-12

,yynd l''y upon tneni. You cannot make an
Of this Grief said 'thss aynhAiito and
pistols pistols We're ell well enough, but he
advocated the free bse OF the knife and dagger,
US they medn no noise and did their work
efeotueliN Flelden remarked that while he
knew they must use dynamite without hesita-
zion ZION IN destroying property, 10 believed In
moving the capitalists He fully agreed with
Grieh Spies calmly listened 70 MI that Had
been said, and then remarked tnat what they
ainnS Sssts ss al Se but he had sO%s
he. us the PeSt In the world. have given a
good deal ui time to 1t, and have studied it out
easeIuily and closely. My plan is this let
Just large enough to be eenessied in the closed
hand. The point of the hyringe should be Just
as small and fine ah that OF a needle, so that IL
Sen easily ponetrate the clothing and skin. The
| bHst of The syringe must be filled with prussic
acid, and then it is all ready for business.
Armed with this, you can walk up alongside Ipt
the capitalist to be removed, quickly insert the
needle point through his clcthet and into his
| flesh, and at the seme tifhe squeeze the bulb,
sending the ,fruestc acid into his VEINS The
victtn wouM not mind the attack any more
than he would notice a slight prick OF a pin Or
sno oloe OF nea and the poison wQntd tili Elm
IN aver a very few minutes, and his death would be
ala he could not tell, what had been done to
him. THIS ingenious, death-dealing scheme
was greeted with acclamations of approval by
Fielden had joined Parsons, Spies, Schwab,
and Fischer shortly before that AZ that time
ne was the driver OF a stone wagon. He is an
Englishman, and was born at Tormorden az
poor parents. In this country no has worked
upon the farm OF Long JohnS Wentwofth and
IN IN stone quarry. Without exception he was
the worst throat-euttsng advocate who spoke to
the anarchists al their meetings. Fielden
Drought with MN another agitator named Cor
such, The whole precious lot of thugs theh
Tss"n Tba systematic organization in deed earnest
me anarchist organization vas divided up into
groups each holding regular meetings twice a
W peek uiider tfs general name Of the Il. u. W.
4, = gAo Germans, Poles, and Bobemians
iswned delightedly to the fiery talk of prop
orty and life destruction. Everything was
70 be accomplished by force. and that in its
most barbaric and inhuman FORMS they
never spoke of building up ANYTHING II waA
nothing but destruction. In q Very short time
there Were hvf or six anarchist groups in the
city. They had as their banners, very natural
Y, red and black Gags, signifying blood do
struction and death. The Arbeiter Zeituig was
their organ. In the fall of 1884 the principal
formed Sy PassoSs a. sns a gESGp N Naa
Barker, Keegan, and John A. Henry Homes
was yopns man connected with an insurance
agency, Barker was Hn Rxpressman and great
dyhamitef; HeegSn was a blatherskite sort of
Of a printer.
Henry always delighted in stating at the
meetings that the public called him blood
thirsty and seemed anxious to appear a fero-
cious anarchist, as all the rest did. Henry was
out OF his group, and was not very well known.
one OF the frst to join the group after its urgn-
nizaton was man named Doucey, stair
builder by trade, and u propefty-owner him:
self, and, IN addition, one OF the worst iandlotds
In the city OF Chicago. Doucey was French
Canadian, and very mean tian. He was the
nrst to call upon The anarchists to abjuro tho
ballot This was unnecessary, so far as the
German, Polish and Bohemian groups were
concerned, for none OF the members were citi-
Gems.
The American group, which was the principal
one, as have stated met every Wednesday
evening and Sunday afternoon, on the third
floor Vf No. "a Lake street west. The man
named Holmes was elected permanent treas
uror, and Fielden permanent secretary. These
were the only permanently appointed officials
connected with the group. About all that
t1elden had to do was TO note the subject dis.
little book and to give out Ihe subject to be
spoken on at the next meeting The treasured
initiated new members and collected dues and
private subscriptions, He paid the expense
bills. No bonds were demanded from him as a
guarantee of his honesty. All surplus
money was divided between Parsons, Spies,
Fielden, Holmes, Henry, and the saloon
keeper Grief For his share of the
surplus, Grief supplied the meeting with vile
beer and worse cigars. The leaders secured
most of their living from these surplus funds.
The secretary usually called the meetings TO
order, and a chairman was then elected to act
during the session. The principal speaker was
allowed one hour in which TO give his views,
and was followed by others who were confined
to fifteen-minute speeches. At the conclusion
of the speaking t1eldon would announce TO the
audience that as they were not millionaires 1t
would be necessary to take up collection 60
defray the expenses OF the gas and hail Nearly
all generally responded to this request, and sub
scriptions ranged from fve cents to 81. After
the cash was safely taken care of, Fielden would
announce that anybody could join the group by
signing their names in a book and paying fee
of ten cents. II any one didn't happen TO have
the ten cents why II made no great difference.
During the fall Of 1884 and the spring OF 1885
the organization of anarchists thrtved wonder
E..II.. ~ faNNfrh h0n En1
always. 1t soon became great resort for
tramps, who could air their grievances, enjoy n
good fire, and get an occasional glass OF beer
from Grief for nothing Women were as eager
ly welcomed to the organization as men, and
some of them were the most earnest and hard
est workers of the lot. Among the most promi-
nent female anarchists was, quite naturally,
Mrs. Parsons tho colored wife of the leader
Mrs. Schwab came next to her. and wns very
active worker for the organization. Both were
as homely as sin, and it was n toss up as to
Arnes, who was the next most enthusiastic be-
lever in dynamite to Mrs. Parsons. She be-
lsved in the use Of the dagger, pistol & land and
cause death suited her perfectly, no matter
what IL was. She was perfect vixen and n
decidedly dangerous person Miss Moore.
who had turned the shady side of 90 unmar-
ried and disgusted with the world and society
in general and herself in particular, also took a
prominent part in the work. and never failed
to make herself heard with the rest at every
meeting
Apparently all that was being done or said
transpired at these meetings which were open
to the public, but in reality all important busi-
ness was transacted at n secret meeting held
after the public one had been adjourned. None
but "true blue" anarchists were admitted
to these secret conclaves. All the
women were admitted to these, how
ever for no stancher supporters OF the
doctrine Of anarchy than they could be found
They were desperately in earnest in all they
said and did. It was at these secret business
ma0tinQa that waVa and means wero discussed
The principal scheme was to raise funds enough
TO procure the services Of a thoroughly skilled
professor Of chemistry, one who was away up
on the subject of explosives in general and
dynamite in particular. This professor was to
take class Il anarchists and instruct them
fully in all the mysteries OF explosives, so that
lists and prepare them for the revolution which
was to arrive in time. This matter of q revolu-
tion was openly agitated at all the meetings,
and preached to the people constantly.
The German group Of anarchists was the first
to arm themselves and prepare for the antici-
pated revolution. The workings of the group
were conducted in the same manner as those of
the American group. In March, 1885, the Ger
mans got Up subscription and purchased a
number Of rifles. An anarchist named b. Kan
acted as purchasing agent for them and secured
rifles for SO apiece for such as could raise that
amount of money A military company was at
once organized from among the members OF tho
group, and IL began drilling at No. 54 West
Lake street, which at that time was the nest of
the anarchists. Removal was made to the
basement OF house on Milwaukee ave-
nua because target practice could be Sc
cured there. They were I'm dead earnest,
and we're preparing themselves for murderous
conflict. About May, 1885. the American group
also organized n military company of about
fifty men. The drills were held in the business
hall of No. 54 West Lake street, but ON a differ
ent night from the meetings Parsons, Fielden.
Holiness Haby, Swenk, Kan, Walters, Burdon-
decker, Spies, and, in fact, nll the prominent
anarchists, we're members. Through misun-
derstanding the American group had TO remove
to No log East Randolph street, but as the quar-
ters did not suit they went back again.
AZ the time of the Haymarket riot in May there