The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-14
THE RED FLAG.
Chicago Anarchists Strong
and Determined.
FIVE THOUSAND FIGHTING MEN.
oniy One Group In Great. weIi-
Organized League that GIrdies
she Earth

/ CHICAGO. Nov. i3.-The Tfases SAYS:
Anarchy is not dead, nor even sleep
ing On the contrary, IL Is more thor
oughly organized than even at the
time of the Haymarkes riot. its mem
bership larger than il has ever been.
The demonstration OF last Sunday at
Waldheim was not gathering Of a
few sympathixers and friends of the
dead anarchists. II was an organized
outponring OF the Internationals. who
have thus arranged TO come out and
concentrate 1T any point agreed up
on Inspector Bonfeld. who Is
known to have kept detectives watch
IN the past few weeks, when asked If
there were many anarchists at the eel
ebration, replied: Yes. they were
most OF them anarchists
Then you think they are still or
ganized and have large member
ship?'
Il have had men out looking up
their meetings, and We know where
they are and have the name and ad-
dress Of many OF the most radical an
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of trouble. They meet in smaller
numbers than before, but there are
more of them, and they conduct their
meetings quietly. There is not so
much preparation at the meetings for
lighting and drilling with arms and
explosives, but, what Is far more dam
gerous, they are thoroughly organized
just within the pale Of the law, and all
We can do is To keep our eyes on them
The worst thing about il is, they have
several schools for teaching anarchy,
which they call Anarchy SUNDAY
schools. In these they teach children
to hate the law and the officers of the
law, and teach them the worst princi-
pals of anarchy. Why, the wife of
trusted employe of the county board Is
an organizer and teacher in one of
these schools, and there are no less
than 5000 able-bodied anarchists in
Chicago today, ready and organized,
waiting for the appointed time. Trouble
must come sooner or later. They have
set a day for it at the headquarters,
but in the meantime they viii avail
themselves of every opportunity to
carry out their object of destruction of
all organized law and order institu-
tons.
They sent oat circulars before the
election asking legislative candidates
for an expression of their opinion on
the state conspiracy law enacted at
the last session of the legislature
Many candidates replied that they
were in favor of a modification OF that
law, and some of these candidates
were elected, too. So you see they are
becoming wiser and consequently
more dangerous, because the most
radical of them are afraid to expert
ment together with explosives as long
as the law is as it is.
"You say they have day set for an
uprising, AID mentioned headquar
ters. Have you any Information of
this phase Of the Internationals?
"Yes, much more than can give
you; but you may say We have posi- |
tive knowledge OF their organization,
officers, plans, committees, etc. The
central point Is in London, with Paris |
next, then Brussels. New York, Phila- |
delphia, Chicago and San Francisco.
The principal countries have yice-presi- |
dents, the United States having two.
Chicago one and New York the other. |
In strength of their numbers they
rank France first, Germany second,
the British Isles third, etc., with the
United States and Mexico last. In
America the central headquarters is
in New York. 60 far they have agreed
on the one hundredth anniversary of
the fall of the Basiile as the day for a
concerted uprising. / do not think
the people can take this too much in
earnest. They may have 10 change
the day but they certainly will make
an effort. 1t must come, that is ineyi- |
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