Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-13
ANARCHISTS ACTIVE AND STRONG.
What Inspector Bonfieid, of Chicago,
Claims 10 Know of Their Plans.

Claims TO Know of Their Plans.
CHICAGO, Nov. lS.-The Times says: Anarchy
is not dead or been sleeping. On the contrary
1t is more thoroughly organized than even AZ
the time OF the Haymarket riot. and its menu
bership 10 larger than il has ever been. The
demonstration Of last Sunday at waldheim
was not gathering Of a few sympathizers Of
the friends Of the dead anarchists. II was the
organized outpouring Of the internationals who
have thus arranged to come out and concen-
trate at any point agreed upon. Inspector
Bonfield, who is known 20 have kept detec-
tlves watching every movement Of the anarch-
lists the past few weeks, when asked yesterday
II there we're many anarchists at the eelebra-
ton replied:
Yes, there were. Most Of them were an
archists"
Then you think they are still Organized
and have a large membership"
Il have had men out looking up their meet
ings and we know where they are, and have the
name and address of the leaders and the most
radical anarchists, so we can reach them In
case OF trouble They meet in smaller num-
bers than before, but there are more OF them.
and they conduct their meetings differently
There is not so much preparation at meetings
for lighting and drilling with arms and explo-
sives, but what is far more dangerous, they are
thoroughly organized just within the pale OF
the law, and all we can do is TO keep our ewes
on them. The worst thing about it is they
have
SEVERAL SCHOOLS FOR TEACHING ANARCHY,
which they call anarchy Sunday-schools' In
these they teach the children 70 hate law and
the officers of the law and the worst princi-
pies OF anarchy. Why, the wife of a trusted
employe of the county board is the organizer
and teacher in one of these schools. and there
are no less than 5000 able-bodied anarchists in
Chicago to-day ready and organized, waiting
for the appointed time.
Trouble must come sooner or later. They
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the meantime they will avail themselves of
every opportunity 10 carry out their object 90
destroy all organized law and order institu-
lons. They sent out circulars before the cleo
ton asking Legislative candidates for an ex-
preston of their opinion on the state con-
spiracy law enacted at the last session of the
legislature. Many of the candidates replied
that they were in favor of a modification OF the
law, and some of these candidates were elected
So, you see, they are becoming wiser and
consequently more dangerous, because the
most radical Of them are afraid to experiment
with explosives as long as the law is as il is"
',iou say they 6ave day set for an uprising
and mentioned Headquarters. Have you any
information of the internationally"
WHAT THE POLICE CLAIM To KNOW.
''Yes, much more than can give you. But
you may say that we have positive evidence OF
their organization, officers, plans, committees,
&c. The central point is in London, with
Paris as the next, then Brussels. New York
Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco All
the principal countries have vice-presidents,
the United States having two, Chicago one and
New York the other. In the strength of their
numbers they rank: France, first; Germany,
second; the British Isles, third with the United
States and Mexico last. In America the CEN
trail headquarters is in New York. So far they
have agreed on the one hundredth anniversary
of the fall of the Bastile as the day for con-
certed uprising. do not think the people can
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have TO change it, but they will certainly make
the effort. It must come. That is inevitable"