Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-09
WAR ON ANARCRlSTS.
'rhe chicago Police Determined to
NupnreNs all Anarchisl Meetings.

Of Anarchists last night, call for mass
meeting to be held tomorrow at "a West
Lake street was issued. 1t was an
nounced that in case the police should
interfere with this meeting that an ad-
journment to be taken to Haymarket
Square, the scene Of the historical bonn b
throwing, and that an open air meeting
be held there. Trouble is anticipated.
Chief of Police Hubbard to-day issued an
order holding nearly the entire city po-
lice OF l 800 men in reserve at the vari-
ous stations, ready to be concentrated at
any given point on short notice.
When asked what he proposed to do,
Chief Hubbard said: "They will not
meet at 81 West Lake street, or in the
Haymarket Square, nor for that matter
will they meet anywhere in Chicago.
either in hall or in the open air. If
they attempt it there will be fight. We
will positively not allow any more An
archist meeting. More than that, | am
making q full list Of all saloons and halls
where the Anarchists congregate, and will
recommend to the Mayor that their
licenses be revoked. There will be no
temporizing and no hesitancv from this
time Nut. Any Anarchist meeting will be
broken up or prevented. l don't think
they want to fight very badly, but ii they
do they can have all they want.
In the afternoon Chief Hubbard sum
moned the proprietors of Cries Hall, at
54 West Lake street, and those at 600
Blue Island avenue and 636 Milwaukee
avenue. The Chief told them emphati.
cslly that they must allow no further
meetings OF Anarchists in their halls.
The proprietors commenced to argue that
the meetings were peaceable, ,bnt were in
terrupted by the Chief with the intima-
tion that he would not argue that ques-
ton. Whether the meetings were peace
able or not made no difference. They
were held for the dissemination of law
less ideas and must be abolished. Nc
satisfactory settlement was arrived at,
and the Chief ended the consultation by
saying: | have told you that YOU must
not allow such meetings in your halls in
the future. There Is no room for argu.
ment. If you allow any more meetings
you do so at your own peril Good day."
Editor Deuss, of the 4rbiter Zeituag
was seen by reporter this evening. He
was present at Greif''s hall Friday nigh,
at the meeting at which the police said
that the threat was made that ii the Sun.
day afternoon meeting at the same place
was broken up, another meeting should
be held openly at the scene of the Hay
market massacre. Deuss said what
might have been said was this: That i
the police insisted upon breaking up
peaceable meetings without an order o.
the court, an open air meeting should be
held, out of which test case might be
made.
Deuss. though claiming to have beer
present at the meeting, would not when
pressed say that this was said, but that
it might have been said.
The Arbeiter Bund is well established
and is composed of the most radica
Anarchists and Socialists to be found
anywhere, and though it's meetings are
usually open affairs, this is simply foi
the purpose of making converts to its
doctrines.
AT 636 Milwaukee avenue there was to
have been held tomorrow continuation
OF the mass meeting held at Aurora
Turner Hall last Sunday for the purpose
OF forming an organization to take hold
OF secular Sunday-schools. This meeting
was to be held under the auspices of a
central school board composed of dele
gates from the three Socialistic Sunday
schools now in existence.
Jens Christensen, Dane, who claims
to be mild type OF Socialist, and who
has been employed as Superintendent OF
these schools, vas asked tonight what
they would do if the meeting was pro.
hlbited. He said What the members
OF the Board will do l do not know.
can only speak for myself and 1 am in
favor Of holding the meeting. The police
have no right to interfere. If they sue
ceed in iniimidating the proprietors of
the hall and they refuse to let ns have
the use OF it, of course that ends it, but
II the proprietors cannot be intimidated
shall be in favor of having the meeting
and | am willing to conduct it and make
the address. If the police order us to
disperbe, do not think shall pay any
attention TO them. If they use violence
and club us they may dsperse us. They
can do it by violence but not by authority
OF law. Whether We hold the meeting
depends on the school board, which
meets in the morning."
The talk tonight is that the saloon
keepers will take steps to sue the city for
damages under the Cole Conspiracy law.
They claim that the reports circulated
by the police and newspapers have in
Jured their business, and that therefore
they are entitled to some sort OF