Wichita eagle., 1888-12-09
Chicago Anarchists Call a Meeting
For the FORMULATION Of Red
Flag Doctrines.
The Leaders are Notified by the Author
ties That the Meeting Cannot
Take Place.
Well Known Agitators Say the Meeting
Will Occur, and a Conflict is
Looked For-General Crime and
Casualty Items,

archists last night call for a mass meet
| ing to be held tomorrow at "a West Lake
street was issued, and it was announced
that in case the police should interfere
with this meeting an adjournment would
be taken to Haymarket square, the scene
of the historical bomb throwing, and that
an open air meeting would be held there.
This is the boldest utterance by the Reds
since that fatal night and trouble is antici-
pated. The best evidence of the truth of
this statement is shown in the fact that
Chief OF Police Hubbard today issued an
order holding nearly the entire city police
force Of 800 in reserve at the various sta
tions ready TO be concentrated at any given
point at short notice.
THE POLICE TAKE ACTION.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-This afternoon Chief
Hubbard summoned the proprietors of
Grief's ball at No. "a West Lake and those
at No. 800 Blue Island avenue, and No. 636
Milwaukee avenue. The chief told them
emphatically that they must allow no
further meetings of anarchists IN their
halls. The proptietors commenced to
argue that the meetings were peaceable
but were interrupted by the chief with an
intimation that he would not argue that
question. Whether the meetings were or
were not peaceable made no manner of
difference. They were held for the dis
semination of lawless and incendiary IDEAS
and must be abolished. No satisfactory
explanation was arrived at.
AS many Of the police possible will be
placed on reserve duty tomorrow, begin
ming at II O'Clock. 1t will be possible to
concentrate half the police force on one
point in a few minutes if it is necessary.
The various captains and lieutenants seen
in the city halt were rather doubtful OF
the occurrence of trouble, but each ex-
pressed a desire to at once and for all sit
down on anarchists and their sympa-
thiZers.
Editor Deuss. of the Arbeiter Zeitung
was also seen by the reporter He Was
present at the meeting Friday night at
GriefS hall, upon which occasion it is
claimed by the police, the threat was made
that II the meeting Sunday afternoon ut
the same place be broken up by the police
another meeting should be held in open
air on the site of the Haymarket massacre.
Concerning this Editor Deuss said what
might have been said was this That if
if the police insist upon breaking up
peaceabie meetings without an order OF
court an open air meeting should be held
out of which, in case it was also disturbed,
a test case might be made Deuss. when
pressed, would not say that this did occur,
but it might have occurred.
At No $50 Milwaukee avenue
there was 10 have been held to-
morrow continuation OF the mass
meeting held at Aurora Turner hall last
sunday for the purpose of forming an or
ganiZation to take hold of The secu ar Sun
day schools. This meeting was to be held
under the auspices of the central school
board, composed of delegates from the
three socialist Sunday schools now in ex-
lStence JenS Christensen, a Dane who
has been employed as their uperintendent,
was asked tonight what they would do if
the meeting WAS prohibited. hat the
members would do | don't know; | can
only speak for myself and am liz favor of
holding the meeting. The police certainly
have 10 right to interfere with it, If they
succeed in intimidatiug the keepers of the
nall and they refuse to let us have
it of course that ends It. But if
the proprietors cBnnot be intimidated
| shall be in favor of meeting and | am
willing TO conduct it and make the adj
dress. If the police orders Us to dispense
| don't think ! shall pay any attention to
1T. If they Use violence and clubs they
may diSperse us. They can Edo it by vio-
lence but not by authority of law, Wheth ,
er we will hold the meeting depends upon
what the school board which meets in the I
decides
The talk tonight is to the effect that /
steps will be taken by the saloon keepers /
tip sue the city for damages under the con- /
spiracy law. They claim that the reports .
spread by the police have injured their |
business and therefore they are entitled to |
some sort of PREPARATION.