Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-10
LAW AND ORDER.
Police Prevent Anarchist
Meetings.
A QUIET SUNDAY IN CHICAGO.
TroOps Ordered to Bevier, Missouri,
to Keep Strikers in Sub
lection.

Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.
CHICAGO, December 9-Up to this
hour, IL p. NJ, there have been no re
ports OF any trouble growing out OF the
proposed Anarchist meetings. The polics
arrangements began last night were
completed by noon to-day, and 80 perfect
were they in all their details that II
would have been an easy matter to have
massed in a short time four hundred
men at any point at which disturbance
might have taken place. Each station
where the Anarchists were to hold their
meet ings, held seventy-ive men ready
for instant duty, and each outlying sta.
ton held twenty-five more prepared for
any emergency, but the necessity for
these preparations did not become ap'
parent at any time during the day.
There was but one meeting and it was
practically under the auspices of the
police. This took place at Thalya Hall.
1t was to be ostensibly meeting of dele
gates from the three Sociallstic Sunday
schools now in existence, and the OBJ
ject was to form an organization to
take charge of secular Sunday schools.
Four hundred people were present, and
it could hardly be said that the meeting
was confined entirely to the objects for
which it was convened. Captain Halo
way, in charge of twenty-five men, was
present, but he saw fit to let the meeting
run it's course without deeming it neces-
sary to interfere. All the proceedings
were in German, and they consisted in
the adoption of series of resolutions, the
gist of which was an emphatic denuncia-
ton Of capitalists, and also the condem-
nation of the action of the police in stop
ping Sunday meetings. Beyond this |
ling of a sensational character oc- !
cured.
Grieff's Hall was really the center of
operation for the police. 1t was here |
that George Engel, in 1886, proposed the
terrible scheme by which the city was to
be looted and the police destroyed, and |
it was this meeting which practically de-
cided that which followed on May 4th in
Haymarket Square. Here to-day was to
take place a meeting of the Arbeiter
the Anarchist element in Chicago, and
it was this proposed meeting which
led to the Introduction of all |
other meetings of Anarchists, whether
held to-day or any other day. As early
as noon double force of police was de-
tailed in the neighborhood, and their
duty was to keep the crowds moving, and
police in citizens clothing. from Captain
Schaack's district, who were we'll ac-
quainted with the Anarchists and their
me hods, mingled freely everywhere.
Me mbers of the Bund put in an appear
ance usually in pairs and wended their
way to the saloon KEEP by Grief, and at
tempted by force Of good strong German
to convince the proprietor that there
would be no trouble if he permitted
them to hold meeting, but Grief was
not open to conviction on this score, and
he adhered strictly to what he had
promised Superintendent Hubbard yes
terday, by fatty refusing to open his
hall.
Several attempts were made to obtain
Florus and Zeph's halls, but admission
to these was also fatty refused by the
owners. Police will still be kept in re-
serve throughout the night, and every
precaution will be taken to prevent any
secret meetings.