Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-27
Gag-LaV for Anarchy
Mrs. Parsons Can Not Speak
at All in Chicago.
POLICE STOP ANOTHER MEETING,

At Which the Dead Anarchists Wife Was
Billed to Lectnre-A Couple of Vigor-
Gus kicEers Against the Suppression
Of Free Speech" Break into the Bastiie
~ Rather Exciting Time at the Hall.
CHICAGO, Dec 27-Mrs Lucy Parsons is.
sued an elaborate handful yesterday, which
was widely distributed through the city, an
nouncing that she would deliver lecture in
Naverly hall last night, On the reverse
side appeared what purportei to be the
declaration and bylaws of Labor assembly
No |. The declaration is as follows:
Labor Assembly No. has been organized for
the purpose Of affording the members and the
general public the means of education in the so
cial political and economic questions of the day;
TO agtate and discuss alt important que stions
that mny come up, and to provide suitable htera-
ture FIR distribution among the people As an
organization we owe our allegiance to no political
party but welcome 10 our midst earnest reform
ers of every shade and degree.
Tie objects of the organization are then
stated to be the establishment of library
and reaiing-room, to provide a fund for the
publication and distribution OF tracts, Leaf
lets, etc, and to encourage and promote
public speaking among tue members.
Upon receipt of handful the chief or po'
lice notified the proprietor of Waverly hall
that be must not open the hall for TIE pro
posed meeting, and last night policemen were
stationed at the entrances, who denied adj
mittance TO III who appeared
Chief of Police Hubbard said to a repre-.
sentative If the United Press last night:
Mrs. Parsons can advertise herself all she
peases but viii not help her do it. We hat
private information that she intended to deliver
a violent Anarchist haraugue. Then We would
have been compelled TO arrest her, and Won ear
be assured that 1t would have been inaguiiied in
every way in the argument of their injunction
suit. TIE attempted lecture was simply for eff
feet II is well known that Mrs Parsons can't re
frain from talking OF Anarchy, AID will mol
experiment with her further She simply cant
speak in Chicago
When the crowd began TO assemble at the
hail TO hear the lee ure LieIt. Wilson or.
dered them to dsperse. This they refused
TO do, and there was general growing. In
the midst of it a printer named Martr
Laeher, who lives at Alb North Pauljnt
street, address sed the crowd. He said they
might as well live IN Siberia and he don,
with il, But the day would come and il wa
not far distant when they could be granted
free speech. He was proceeding with hi
protest when Officer Nordrum ordered hin
to go home TINS he refused to do and b,
was threatened with arrest He defei the
officer to take him and he was promptly
/ hustled off TO the Central station, follow b,
crowd of bis friends
Among these was Robert Burns, a mod-r
living in Jefferson h desired TO bail GU
Lacher, The police told INN that the Ina
would be booked in the morning., and h
would then have an opportunity OF going Oh
! his bond TINS incense1 Burns, and b
stamped around the hail deuounciag the ar
rest as an outrage at a furious rate. Ii
was told 10 des,St Or be would he locked VI
/ He continued and Officer Mcdonald arrest
ed him. Mrs Parsons was present durin!
tue trouble il front Of the hall Sle wa no
especially youble. She said tie action o
the officers was in every way reprrhensthle
1t was an Outrage upon American citizens I
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