St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-20
THE BLOODY REDS.
Chicago Anarchists Hold Red
Hot Meeting Sunday.


CHICAGO, March 81 am an an
archist; let them strangle me if they
dare" shouted Albert Curtin, the an
archist editor. to the crowd assembled
in North side hall last evening. An
archy was having a holiday, with no at
tempt at cOncealment. 1t was the sew
enteenth anniversary of the French
commune, and the ''reds'' had an indoor
picnic. The Central Labor union as
sumed the responsibilities of the affair
and arranged the programme, which
was termed a commune festival"
There were fully 1,500 persons present,
including all the prominent anarchists
i'm the city and the relatives of some of
the men executed last November. The
red banner of the Central Labor union
fiuttered at the entrance to the hall. At
each side of the stage were pedestalS
draped in blood red bunting and bear
ing card inscribed: 'Nov. IL, 1887"
These bore the busts of August Spies
and Louis Lingg. Each head was en-
circled with wreath of myrtle, a sash
of the same sOmber leaves entwined
with red ribbon being knotted diagon-
ally across the breast. Later in the
evening life size Dust oil paintings of
Spies, Parsons, Lingg and Fischer were
III bulh Nu uPOh wv phU6N Ni''a
received with transports of delight.
After long programme of songs and
recitatiOns the
FESTIVAL ADDRESS"
was announced, and its deliverer. Curr-
lin, was received with tremendous
cheering. Curtin spoke in German for
over an hour in most impassioned
manner. The substance of his remarks
was as follows: ''Vive la commune.
Ave, vive la commune. This glorious
sentence thundered upon the ears of the
tyrants and money-grubbers seventeen
years ago. The world trembled at the
sound. The thieves of the bOurse, the
pulpit and the press shook like the au-
tumn leaves in high wind" Curtin
then gave what he said was an account
of the events of the communications the
French and Prussian tyrants combined
to crush out ''the patriot prOletarans,"
and how, at the fall, wOrkmen, their
wives and children, to the number OF at
least $4,000, were slaughtered. This
orgie of blood finished" he continued,
chow the mOney-bags. ariStOcTats and
the priests shook with laughter. How
they boasted of the downfall of the
supporter of the whole social system.
Did they laugh with reason? Had they
killed anarchy at the stamping out of
the communeW mo, no." and irOni-
cal laughter from all parts of the hall
mo, indeed" continued Currlin, IAN
archy and socialism have marched right
onward. Our principles are abroad in
the world and are undying. They can
not be stamped out" The orator then
reverted to the trial and execution of
the Chicago anarchists and worked his
auditors into white heat. ''What say
YOU, you citizens of this glorious repub-
lie, to the murder of your brethren?
Are we cowed? Have they spread ter
rOr in our ranks? Do we kiss the hands
that shed the best blood among us? DO
we grovel before those who have placed
our champions beneath the cold sod, or
behind iron bars? Are there no longer
anarchists iii Chicago? There is one.
lam AN ANARCHIST.
Let them strangle me IL they dare.
GApplause and shouts lasting nearly two
minutesl. And / am not the only one.
We live and will live to act-as becomes
US. The combat between barbarity and
Justice is not ended. Past events were
needed to strengthen us for the struggle.
There has been too much wind in our
agitation. Too much merrymaking. We
have talked and danced while our OPP
pressors have worked and stayed up
nights to find means for our continued
enslavement. The fruitiOn OF their
labor has been the erection of five gal
lows trees, and their hireling7 press
laughs and tries to persuade them that
they have reached the end" Currlin
then spoke of the conspiracy laws en-
acted by the last legislature of Illinois,
and said: "The man who would obey or
allow himself to be cowed by such bas-
tard laws is coward and poltrOon." He
closed with strong appeal for renewed
action and union among the radical host.
.The time has come when we must
range ourselves in serried ranks. No
beating about the bush. If we are
anarchists, let us avow it to the world.
Our martyrs live in our midst. Long
live anarchy! Long live socialism.
Vive la Communew Tremendous APP
plause and excitement.l