Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-12
FROM Tee GRAVE.
How the Anniversary of the Hanging
of The Anarchists was OBJ
served in Chicago.
The fsllcs Prevented 2ry PrseessIor
or Flying Bed Of Bantipg-An
Excursion Gses Fsrsn.
4 Lsstsr Written By Parsons jus, Besor,
Els Death-Aasiss to His Chill
drsu-ths speeches.

A&2fpa,.-s~" ia the limits II the city
Tins polca rrsVeu:ed
any procession or 6viDs CT led buunug,
End tlers v's no ou>nresk Ct any kind
ABOUT 5000 people, men, women and
children, IS hered it dividually at the
depot, snd two big trans carried them
to WEldeheim cemetery.
Ga the WAY to the cemetery the
parry resembltd anything rather than
people bent on 3 melancholy Grand
Joking aud chs I'd lg WAS the order Ct the
Jay ill the way out. None Of the persons
who gained potofiety through conRec.
ton with
The ANARCHIsTs' TRIAL
we're present except Spios' sister, Gret-
chen, and the daughters Of George En-
gle. The floral tributes were OF the most
elaborate character, and included contribu-
tons from thirteen di6 srent Turner So
cieties. Among the hJwers hlood.red
ribbons ware conspicuous, and the i'll
scriptIons accompanying them were such
as, "For Freedom and Right" "To the
Pioneers OF Truth and jus tiee," and "To
the Martyrs Our Thanks" v
The first speech WAS BY Robert Ra'zsl
Ct Detroit, and compared f&vOISbIy with
the rantinge heard o ye:P ago or the same
spot. His remaiks were tame. In fact
there WAS not single incendjary phrase
in the entire speech. He dropped into
poetry quite frequently. E9 held that q
year kgo on the graves Ct the anarchists
tHs mourneTs we're ss once plsIntiEs and
F5htgss. Il wss no. quite apparent 10
HIN how long the working people would
be permitted 20 bury their dead without
capitaIis.ic power bringing
BAToNETs AND BLooDsRED
among tle graves IN tuis msHner the
speaker held forth for \ half hour.
Children from socialist Sunday
schools of the city sApg \
hymn In praise of he Martyrs I"
When the eCui o. the chiliran's voices
b ceased, Chairman G, oIEe Schiling
proceeded to read that WliCh WAS 10 IS
the center OF attraction ard utteation, 5
letter from Albert r Parsons to his
children, addressed to them WITH the re
quest that it should not be opened or
read u1til the fTst 9nniVerssyY Of his ex
ecutiOn. Perfect quiet came over lie
ssssmbly.ss the lstieF wss read IS fol-
loves
- Il, DGSCEOS No :, COOK COUNTY JAZZ,
+ CuIOAGO. Nov. 4, 1851
= by darling, preclvus little cuildrep,
Albert r Parsons, j., aci MS si.tgr, Lula
Ids Parsons.
a. write this word blot Ycur names
with tear. We never meet again, Oh,
children, how deeply, dearly your father
loved yCu. We shoW Gus love oy living
for our loved ones, We also prove our
love by dying when necessary for them
OF ny life and the cause Of my unnsiursl
and cruel death Vou will learn from
others. Your father is ase.f f sf,d ssC-
rid2e on the sItsr cf liberty snd hspDi-
nees. ToyCu l leEV3 the legacy Of I'll
honest came Srd dulY well done. Pre-
serve, emulate il, De trus 20 yourselves
az yCu can not then be false 10 others
Be industrious and sober and Cheerful.
Your mOtner-0h, she Is the grSode5t,
no0lest OF women Love, honor and ooey
her, TuY Chi dren, my precious ones.
request YoU to read this parting meEsfgs
OF each recurring annlgs rsaIy ot ny
death In remembrance VI ain WHO al, E
not alone for you bat FOR children yet
unborn. Bless you, ny dsrlings. Fare
well. Your father,
Albert R PARSONS.
The letter vas something q G. eizap-
70 approach to lae usual cs,chROfds OF
rsyolu;iOnis:s. II was 700 plain and
father Ike. Hence lhe effect Wss not sp-
precisted. It was simply one ci BADNESS
thSt spread over the ssssnb.y, TO be socn
dispeiled, however, by the opening W0rcs
Of the speech when followed. The
speaker, Wilism Homes, sn cid friend
CT Psrscn struck chord thsg had not
ri, al 60
comrades" he began vi b amin Aliou, snd
i! sounded Ike old times CT The lake
front, Th hSr5IEues were all CT ''Uem-
ing reVolu ion." The ehsct Oh the crowd
vas instantaneous Tnay su pficked up
their ears and listered eagerly, bus they
we're again doomed to disappointment.
The speaker Was moderate In dis remarks
,u3til the psrorstion WAS reGched. S}ne
Ting more wss evidently necessary to
round out the sps=Ch WITH, 6nd after
comparing the "m os emt hE fox the eEaaa
cipstIoa Of labor" 10 ell sorts OF shilirg
o61 he wouud 10 by saying thst IL
would "fIne k the
FIRE III TIE BAREICAD8s
Of the City street." Zee expression
caught the audience. EAli OF mem did
not understand 1.-THE CT the spesch o.
the meaning Of the LAST sentence, hut the
suSocation OF force II the words "baTTi
csde" snd "fre" aroused q burst CT sp-
pisuse. TIE epeRkeTs vera all
present 10 put their SHOULDERS 20
the wheel and help accomplish the 70 <
for which the FIVE "ma,tyrs" had died
There was much talk OF war and soldiers
and glory in the last speech which was
delivered oy Paul Gro 6.u, editor CT saw
ersl German socislist papers. HIS p2io-
cipsl theme wss the "5maltness" Of the
working clssses tia. had allowed the An
archists to be murdered" The ''hypoc-
rscy and tyranny OF the ruling classes"
was one Of his favorise terms. The proper
way to honor the dead men, he said, was
to lead to successful issue ihe move
ment which they had died for. 4 chorus
Of 500 male Yoices concluded the pro-