Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-05-04
The Voice Of Anarchy
1t Lifts Itself Up in Chicago
Once More.
HAYMARKET TRAGEDY REVIVED.

HAYMARKET TRAGEDY REVIVED.
| A Circular Secretly Distributed Denounc-
ing tho Proposed Monument Dedication
The Martyrs" Held Up for Public
Reverence and Their slayers Bitterly
Asssiled-Bonfield and Grinnell Espe-
mentO.
CHICAGO, May lon the S0th of May the
Haymarket monument is to be unveiled, and
that the Anarchists are preparing for the event
| Is evidenced by the issuance by some secret
printing establishment of an infiammatory
circular, copies of which fell into the hands
Of the police yesterday. One of the circulars
was inclosed in an envelope and sent to Chief
Hubbard Another was found lying on the
base of the monument in Haymarket square.
1t is believed that many other copies Of the
circular have been secretly circulated among
| the Anarchists, who are known to be still
loyal to the memory of Spies, Parsons and
| the rest.
Begins with a Blast at Bondeld.
The circular reads as follows: MAY 4
1885, A peaceable meeting attacked by $50
armed policemen acting under the orders Of
a weIl-known bully and rufian, contrary to
the commands of the mayor of the oityi An
| unknown hand throws a deadly and death
| dealing missile, and in moment the air il
| rent by the shrieks and groans of wounded
| and dying men! And this the result Of the
disobedience, the cowardice and hatred Of
| one man Citizens, you are asked to CON-
memorats by your attendance at the unveil,
| ing of the statue erected to the memory of tbs
policemen who fell on that terrible night The
bravery 10 not of the common men who had
no choice but TO obey, but of the man Bon
| field, whose murderous act caused untold
sufferin-y. Some of you who read this will
listen, it may be with approval to the recital
OF the awful scenes of that memorable night
With vehemence and great eloquence skillful
orators will picture to you the situation and
strong appeals will be made to your patriot
ism and your prejudices. Passion, which
time has cooled will be again aroused, and the
hated Anarchists, who you will he told are
entirely responsible for this dreadful affair,
viii DO painted as iends in human form. 90
have the people ever been blinded by cum
ming knaves
Time for Justification.
"But stopl Have you ever given a thought
to the patient suffering, the cruel persecu-
ton, the unjust trial and conviction and the
base murder Of five of the real victims Of the
Haymarket tragedy Or to the undeserved
punishment, compared with which death
would be msrcfful, of the other thresf Have
you forgotten the self-sacrifice and grandeur
| Of spirit and bearing of the man who yolun-
tarily surrendered himself to share the fate
OF his comrades3 Do guilty men thus volun-
tarny return to meet certain deaths All!
friends, ask yourselves these questions in So
Der earnestness, and then listen without
blush Of shame IL you can, to your orator.
az they tell you this is the freest country on
the face of the earth. This kind Of patriot
ism, like the song OF the siren, puts you to
sleep whilst you drift ON to certain slavery
You remember the trial of our friendsi
How the public prosecutor, States Attorney
Grinnell, pursued our friends with all the
malevolence of a fend How he adopted
every device known to towards and knaves--
intimidation, bribery, jury-packing and
force-to carry out the will OF the money
power, whose willing tool he was There
are many incidents connected with the trial
which still remain untold. The time will
como for ample justification of our comrades,
but it Is not quite yet
| Fearful Price" of the Triumph.
"And you who pay your tribute to brave
| men, and exult in the triumph of the law,
consider for q moment at what a fearful
price that triumph was secured. When You
assemble on the S0th of May think also of
| the 18th OF November See the four MARTYRS
to free speech and liberty as they stand
TRANSPORTED on the dreadful scaffoldl See
the proud, triumphant look which lights
| their faces Hear the voices Of Fischer and
Engel exultingly shout for the cause they
loved dearer than hfel Hearken to the warn
| ing and prophetic voices of Spies as he fore
| tells the time when their silence will speak
| in thunder tones. Listen again to the last
appeal Of the noble Parsons-choked in its
| very utterance.
A Romance" Written In Red.
while law and order reigned supreme
within the Jail ON that sad November morn
| ing, without the walls was being enacted
| anther scene. At the very moment when the
devoted husband and father was being pre-
pared for eternity, the faithful wife with her
two children was seeking admission GRANTED
to her the night before) to obtain one last
word and embrace. Made desperate by the
insults Of the uniformed ruffians who sur-
| rounded her, she and her children were bur-
ried away to the police station and there
| o shame on American manhoodi-by COM
mand OF Capt. Schaak, whom politicians
have recently returned to power, the almost
heartbroken woman and the two children
| were stripped stark naked. This at the very
moment that the husband and father was
giving up his life, willing sacrifice to his
convictions
Free Speech Killed.
ION the 4th of May, 1886, free speech was
dealt stunning blow. On the 18th of No
vember, 1887 free speech was killed out
right-choked in the utterance of one of its
Modest champions-and. every sentiment of
decency was outraged in the brutal treat
ment afforded Mrs. Parsons On the monu-
| ment at the Haymarket should be inscribed
| In letters of fire these words: Erected to
commemorate the strangling of free speech
| and the shame OF an enslaved people"
Not Afraid of an Outbreak.
Chief Hubbard was interviewed concern
| ing the circular He says he scarcely thinks
| it possible that the Anarchists will attempt
an armed outbreak upoL the day the statue
is unveiled. He says every precaution will
be taken, however, to secure the safety of
life and property upon that day.
Mean Thieves Rob q Preist-
CHICoPEK, Mass, May 4.-The parochial
residence Of the Church Of the Holy Name
was broken into Thursday night and all'ths
silverware in the dining room and $3.50 In