Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-02
THE ST. LOUIS ANARCHISTS.
They VIII Have a Big Celebration q Week
from Saturday Night.

Sr. LoUrs, Nov. 2-The ANARCHISTS and their
sympathizers are putting forth earnest efforts
to make their demonstration in observance of
the execution Of the Chicago anarchists sue
cess. The anniversary of the event falling on
Sunday, the "festival Of sorrow" il is called,
will be given Saturday evening, Nov. 10. Die
Parole, the anarchistic organ, comes out this
week filled with appears to workingmen of all
labor organizations to be represented at the
demonstration. There are said to be six hum
dred to seven hundred anarchists in st. Louis,
while the socialists number eight TO ten times
a. many, and the anarchist leaders endeavored
to secure their cooperation in this demonstra-
ton, but partially failed, for it has now been
decided BY the socialists to observe the day
separately, and Arbeiter Halle has been secured
for that purpose.
THE PRINCIPAL FEATURE
Of the socialist meeting will be an address by
Carl Heppner, editor of the socialistic organ.
Die Tdgbidn, entitled ''Unfairness of the acces-
sorry law" Mr.. Heppner is the man who
claimed to Gen. B. F. Butler when defending
was unconstitutional, and when Gen. Butler
dissented from that view Mr.. Heppner claimed
that Gen. Butler did not know what law was
But the anarchists demonstration will evoke
the greatest public interest. Learning that the
program of exercises for the evening had been
prepared and would appear in the next issue
of Die Parole, an Associated Press reporter
hunted up the Parole Office to secure a copy of
it. The Office is located in dingy little room
about 10 by 6 feet in the third-story of an old
building on South 7th street. Children with
grimy faces and unkempt hair peered out in
curiosity at the advent of a stranger. On the
third door in one corner Of the hall a rough
placard bore the words ode Parole" The
office contained few cases of German type,
imposing-stones, a rude desk, and two wooden
chairs. The walls were adorned with
ANARcHIsTIc AND ooMMuSsrIc PICTURES,
the most prominent being a group of the Chi
cago anarchists with Spies the central figure,
surrounded by Parsons, Fischer, Engel, Lingg.
Fielden and Schwab. A rough sketch repre-
senting Liberty and a workingman bearing the
inscription, "Viye La Commune" and a group
OF heads of the heroes Of the revolution of
1871, were also noticeable among the eollec-
ton.
1--WE will not make any street display" said
Editer Reifgraber, as he handed out copy of
the program for the Festival of Sorrow" Ac-
cording to the program, which is in German,
the exercises will be opened with funeral
march by the band. August Il. Mehann will
then read poem, entitled ''To the Murder
ers." A poem, "Our Martyrs" will be read
by Mrs. Traube. The address of the day will
then be delivered by August Ruehmann- 1t
will be a eulogy Of
''THE INNOCENT VICTIMS OF BoNFIELp's WRATH"
A drama, entitled ''The Unjust Sentence"
written by G. C.Eimmerman, a German printer of
st. Louis, will be the feature of the evening
The drama is in four acts, and depicts the Hay
market tragedy and its results. Among the
turer and his daughter, the judge, sergeant
and officers, 4eader of the strikers, and jury
men. At the conclusion Of the play the band
will give the Marseillaise and Mrs. Norm will
sing solo, Brethren Advance"
While 1t is conceded that the entertainment
will arouse the passions of the anarchists and
their sympathiZers, it is not believed that the
demonstration will provoke any lawless acts.