Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-02
PLOTTING ANARCHISTS.
A Chicago Paper Tells or Their
Schemes for BOoiaI Disorder.


by telegraph to the Dispst:hl
CHICAGO, December IA local paper, re-
fe1ring to the revival OF the anarchstic SGT
taiion in This city, saws:
$50 much has been written during the
past two years In wholesale dcnunciaton OF
Inc Anarchists that the public may have be-
come accustomed n not nsensibe TO state
ments that would otherwise have been alarm.
ing. For this reason this paper has confined
its statements concerning these meetings to
tie bare, uuyarnished announcement ofthem
until practical Investigations warranted
more. The result OF the inquiries goes 70
show that history Il rapidly repeating iiselt
go far rs so.caed social revolution is con-
ccrnei, and that already Al least another date
for lts Inauguration has been fixed by the
Anarchists all over the country. The
movement is local, national and inter
rational. According 10 Information fully
authenticated now In The hands Of the Chi
csgO police, not very long ago a committee
" six was appointed In this city 10 take into
consideration the ways and means Tor re-
yiVing The revolutionary cause. NO one n
present knows bow this committee origi-
mated II was less than three days ago that
the names Of these propagaudaiors reached
tho private drawer OF Inspector B0nhcld
the city government interVcnes they will be
placed under arrest within possibly twenty
four hours. They are known as the "lnvi.i-
bic Committee that u, they are supposed
10 be unknown 10 the mass OF An
srchists IN Chicago, Notwithstanding
tlcy have sole control and direction
of the movement Of the organization
They work with other Anarchists infiyidu-
ally, ard not rs a body, and bold their iden-
tity sacrediy secret. This plan vas adopted
because Of the failure OF the central organi.
zation plan, which brought Spies and Par
sous and the others to the gallows. This sOri
OF "inyislbe y heldwOrk was begun about a
year Ego, and progressed very slowly at first
but a. soon As the reYoluilonists fully real
Ted thar there Waga directing fountaln-head
they rallied around the revolutionary stan
dard, AMI during the past few months the
work Of preparing for revolution has
been going forward with great activity.
Aside from majority Of thirty-twO organi-
cations affiliated with the Genital Labor Union
the invisible committee has been propa eating
the revolutionary cause through a number
on Anarchi-tlc societes, prominent among
which is the newly-iormed "Arbeiter Bund."
1.-THE A. K. Parsons Assembly, NO. l." re-
organization OF expelled knights OF Labor
A~em17 80. 1897, Of which Parsons was
the leading member; the SOclallstic Pub.
fishing Society," which oWRs and controls
the " Arbeiier Z.iung." on the communistic
plan. aud the WOrkingmen's Defence A
soc'atlon," which raised money to defend
Hr1nek ard his iello I-cOnsplrators, are also
sctlve m the work. Toe plan OF csmpa IN,
rs nearly a. it has been comprebended by
the police il, so far as public associations
and meetings are concerned, 10 teach Anar-
chy. 70 create IN the minds OF Socialists
hatred Of law and law officers, and to in
spirs a spirit Of revenge for execution "
spies and his comrades. Their teachings are
Carried out by speeches more or less
Iuc.ndlsry. The movement is growing
b0lder every day. The ArbeiteT Bund"
Is the latest form 1t revolutionary agitation,
and at ITS asst public meeting, held Thanks
giylng>Dav, circular. the substance OF
which was given 10 these dispatches last
night, was secretly distributed among those
present who were supposed to be true 10
tue cause. The circular purports 10 have
been printed in 1883 Al Pittsburgh, but that
is deception. The original was issued by
The Congress OF the International Working
PEOPLES Ascension. October IS. 1888, but
those editions were exhausted long ago. A
new batch has been printed in close imita.
non Of the old one, and j. being distributed
4
tor Bund" has a public career Of
less lhsn ten DAYS, but its pro-
jectors have been at work secretly for
some time and maiured their plan OF propa-
eating AnaIchy under cover OF the labor
movement very much on the plan OF two
years ago, which eliminated In the terrible
slaughter At the Haymarket. Then Il
was that the reds espoused the eight-hour
movement, not because they believed 10 il.
but becMse IL Was the sensation OF the day
ard they were compelled 10 fall IN With il.
II was then arranged for general suike on
Nav Let in the eight. hour cause, and the
Anarchists prepared their bombs snd got
ready FOR inauguT9ting social revolution on
that day. The result is fresh in the
minds Of all. History Is repeating itself
in this respect. The American Federation
Of Trades will bold q convention In
- Louis this month, at which It's dele
gates, representing the various trades assem-
bdes throughout the cOurtry. win endesvor
10 fix upon some day IN 1890 for another
tighthour strike. The Anarchists appear TO
have already fOreseen their opportunity, and
besides doing AL they can to ieTmeRt the strike
into national disorder they will no doubt DO
ready With their bombs and other machines
OF destruction in order 10 make another at
tempt At setting up a new social system.
This is the generally accepted plan. and il is
for the accomplishment OF this cod thai tue
work Of public agitation has been resumed.
The police, however. have quite another
idea. They have been Informed, A. stated
some time ago, that the Anarchists will make
another destructive demonstration on the
one-bundTedth anniversary OF the fail OF the
Bastie, which occurs in July next, and the
authorities Are making preparations both here
aud in New York 10 preyeutIt However this
NAV be there is strong ground for expecting
an outbreak on the occasion OF the first labor
strike that assumes anything like national
proportions.
George Schilling was asked last evening IL
be expected another outbreak as a result OF
the existing revolutionary forces. He said:
IL expect something OF the kind about
the end OF the present century, say In ten
years. Society Is just nov dormant, like
a river froZen in wintertime, but some
night there will be mighty crack IN the
Ice, and under the warming Influences OF
revolutionary forces there will be q mighty
upheayi1g. There will be no doubt ssquail
or two before that time, but the great eyent
viii not come, 10 my Judgment, much sooner.
There will be lots OF men and women who
VIII not be able to see beyond the squaIl,
and they will think the time has come. II will
arrive, not az the result OF conspiracy Of the
Anarchists. but a. a conspiracy OF all the
evolutionary forces OF society,""
HFoaek Convicted.
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