, 1889-08-15
iHOCH DIE ANARCHIE."
Fischer's Last Words on tho Scaf-
fold Re-eohoed by Chicago
Reds.
They Celebrate the Downfall of
the Bastile With Bluster
and Beer.
Mrs. Parsons and Paul Grottlau
Excite the Crowd by
Fiery Speeches.


North Side sharp shooters, iparS yester-
day.
The picnic was to have been held two
weeks ago, but was then postponed on
account OF the rain, Notwithstanding
the postponement, IL was u great sue
cess, both as regards the number of peo-
pie that attended and the enthusiasm
MAT greeted the inhammatory utterances
of the speakers.
Although not so described upon the
programme, ii was practically jubilee
day for Chicago anarchists. Mrs. Lucy
r.. Parsons was the speaker of the day
and the rabid and incendiary speech
that she made was vociierously APP
liauded by hundreds of listeners. Paul
Grottkau WAS second speaker, and his
address had much of the old lake. front
sound about it. Both Mrs Parsons and
Grottkau gloried ia the triumph of the
commune, and predicted "a second revo-
luton, when the people would arise and
crush out of existence
THE BAsrILEs' OF LABOR.
The Central Labor Union, Arbeiter
Bund, Socialistic Publication Society
and the socialistic labor party were all
represented at the picnic by delegations,
and individuals came from many other
organizations of a sinilar nature. Men,
women and children together, there
were probably 1000 persons on the
grounds. AT the gates the ticket.takcrs
distributed pamphlet on .Anarchism." )"
II contained the text of the lecture de-
livered by Hugh o. Pentecost June 80
in which Jesus Christ is likened to an an
arcbist. The dance-hall was used as a
place for the speech making, and was
decorated appropriately. Large red
flags were festooned all along the orches-
ira gallery rail, and scarlet buntin dec
grated the pillars. Red was the prevail
ing color everywhere within the
grounds. A big red banner was sus-
pended in front of one OF the beer stalls,
The fortune-wheel man decorated his
glassware with little red flags and red
shield, and the girls all wore red roses or
some scarlet flower
shortly after 3 o'clock the speech
making commenced. Henry Calman
Jailed the crowd to order and introduced
Mrs. Parsons rs "our beloved sister CO.
worker" when she stepped forward to
speak group of little children in
White, with red flowers pinned
der, andin the background were Paul
Grottkau, Il. Christensen and other
well-known anarchists.
MRS. PARSONS ENDEAvoREp
to preface her address by telling the
story of the troubles that led up to the
French revolution, and eliminated in
hearers Were standing, and soon tired of
history. She noticed that the crowd
was restless, and immediately dropping
her notes, commenced speaking extern.
poraneously.
at was 100 years ago." she said, ''the
place was France, the day the l4th of
July. mighty crowd gathered
beneath the frowning walls of that aw-
nll prison. They knew the story of
its hideous secrets; they realized that
great men had lived life of torture in
its cells and died death of awful agony
in the dungeons. They were the poor
IF Paris, the very rabble, and came
They realized that the fight must be
fought with brawny arms and hands
alone for they had nothing else. But
they did not hesitate. They bridged
the surrounding ditch, battered down
the doors released the prisoners, and
carried off the head of the Keeper upon
the end of u pike-staH. They had won
the greatest of the worlds victories and
proved the triumph of the commune.
"But there are those who say to-day .
What did it all amount tor They de-
stroyed the Bastile, released a few pris-
oners, won great victory but are the
poor of Paris not poor to-dayp Are the
sons of poverty not worse treated in
France than in American
ANSWER THAT THEIR TRIUMPH
was OF different sort. The successful
sstorming, of the Bastile was a death
blow to- the doctrine of the divine right
of kings. That was tremendous step
toward liberty, but there is yet Il greater
step. That was a victory for free gov
ernment, n blow to tyranny, but it did
not destroy economic slavery. Econo-
mic slavery is more terrible than
tyranuical government. We have a
nj hero tEap "a,
free government in France, yet are we
slaves? There must be another revolu-
tion. Applause. A revolution against
the 'bastiles' of labor. The people
must rise, and, hear me, they will rise,
and they will storm and capture those
heads of those devils, those capitalists
on the tops of pike slaves. Vooiferous
applause. They presume to rule by
the divine right of the rifle and the gaf-
ling gun the moose and the prisons but
they have no such divine right. You
must seize those rifles and gatling guns,
destroy the gallows and storm the pris-
ons. You must march arm to arm,
and shoulder to shoulder against those
'bastiles' of labor. You must march in
the street to be moved down, but you
must get within the walls and
VICTORY, SWEET VICTORY, is YOURS.
'"rhey say that we must not say such
things. Are the men at Washington
who say there is storm coming to
blame for the damage done by the
storm? FL say there is another revo-
luton coming, am ] To blame if it does
come? say there is revolution com
ing. / say the people will rise and put
down these oppressors and carry their
heads on pilsestayes. Are you towards,
men, to stand still and tamely submit to
such tyranny? Do you not know there
is 6000 people in Chicago to-day depend
ent on charity2 DO you not know there
are women in this very city who will to-
night have to barter holy love for a
crust of bread to eat2 i say there
will be "A revolution! | say you
men are brave enough TO rise
and put down the tyrants. There will
be slaves in the bastile of labor no
longer. You will down the tyrants and
put out the bosses. The revolution
comes, the red flag waves, the bastile
falls, the common people are triumph
ant. And history repeats ITSELF"
THE CROWD cHErRED ITSELF HoARsE
when Mrst Parsons ended with these
words, and continued cheering until the
Marseillaisc was commenced by the
band.
Paul Grottkau, was next introduced,
although an introduction was hardly
necessary, as all those in the audience
knew him. He spoke in German, and
was quite as vehement as Mrs. Parsons.
BE said that all the tyranny was not
TO the ground. There was worse tyranny
In Frafce and in America to-day than
the tyranny of kings Men by the very
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