New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
An ANARCHIST.
HIS GREAT SOCIAL MOVEMENT.
BEING EXTRACTS FROM THE NOTE. BOOK oT AN
APOSTLE OF MOUTH

APOSTLE OF MOUTH.
Ottoman Hebem Rothacker in America
am an Anarchist. Twenty-two years ago I
walked out of machine shop on striker and have
never returned. have ceased to work, principle.
/ carly that industry q cunning sUphstry
which made men the tools Of capital. Men with
grOvelllng mfnds-men who sink their manhood that
they may support their famies-cannot see this, but
/ win not sell my freedom for wages Capital can,
not bnbe me with its slavlsh proposals 1--we for
How do find means to exlst9 This is easy enough.
No great movement can progress without tdnds:
Therefore, have never been in favor Of general
strikes The cunning Of cooperative greed must
be met by equal cunning on the part OF Organized
furnish assessments to support those who are out
am always out hence favor the idea that GER
vide means 70 carry on the war. They must sacri-
fee themselves for the general good regard my
thing IS due me for the wear and tear Of my mouth.
was poor creature who could not appreciate my lofty
ideas yet even she did her part In the economy OF
II used to grind my proud soul to have her go out
each day 70 the gded homes OF our So sSew W. o
war from the enemy, and when thought OF TINS
Here again the designing vilIany of capital made
itself manifest Thousands Of Chinese coolies ana
e were imported to heSs ana tes and
she compelled to extend her hours and wofk
from some meeting in which had talked almost with
inspiration about the necessity for gsneral d' t,d
q labor ana a fOgnS % Hf t % Us ho needs q lie
She bad heroic strain in herr think, , cS Tearv
s s nU and try to hide the traces Of fatigue As the
memory rises feel my hatred Tor inc as sreeu anu
WHEY whsre Is 3 she nowi Dead The struggle as too
great and she sank under It. Standing Dy ner cneap
qd ana ma White hSt they seemed Sorrow scuptured
IA wax, first formed the phrase which st oa mas sn'o
Hsys said that regard capital crmei do,
and am IN favor of reducing the amount OF crime ~
Because he Is groycins BY nature and hs: spent his
life slave to petty CONTEMPORARIES Is he JUSTIFIED "a
c ssg%SD about ea du sS r sSass tho soul holds
in narrow menSto9Sus groove II has ~ II, selfish
advantages, Of course but man should not sen ms
The sert who works may become the tyran who en-
noys and this gitterlng bait has lured many man 70
sacrifice his pride and become mere minon OF tol put
courtesy ! wear the badge because do not want to
seem above my brethren Bs,des "a pays ;Dt But
that never since made my declaration OF indePend
years ago. have Tsd ny P1G pPoo oeS q
captai and to labor / can always say that have
been faithful Even 70 S' S Sl wS SS9p' Without
IaS SoIcng TO the prolotarst This is French word
IN Tina Our central idea Is very simple one. We
believe in dividing up among GaTeIyes svsl tSa ds
tincions Of class 1t win prevent the luxury In Idle
which holds o self above SS xS %Ihs nave worked for
thsr Riches, but this is a mere pretext II they arc
fond sS6 Es S sS let ss% 60 ss S VIII
probably reed It when the time comes Tor snoIres
division deny, however that am die' my T,es
sser once described this toll by saying that worked
IN my mind. He did not know that p se MS ms
,J sort ~ gerce energy No one who has me
With Wild subscription paper VIII deny this
hate society regard prosperity personal
insult Langgase cannot conpreaead my cp bls IPe
for the petty satisfaction Of seeing his children clothed
fed and educated Compared to tes Gro s ieeo Di
sequentIal detail To DO slave TO Il proves an In
capacity 9 undSr S ns soa nd eSs aeoed inc
have been called an enemy 81 s 90 ami
@SEs himself better than his fellows. do not
believe In iSoG eSS 0ssy Il mg Child e OSr s
| why should another mans child be fedt 1t may be
because the other man d 6Tes 10 h aas SR the S rs
doctrine Of community of possession BY tricky
81 course, these people have their uses Tho great
plan q nature never G,, g. fay fault 10 wsr were ere
! thing to divide. Therefore, we suffer them
continue ont e s1 as we n OF the pansS@ent he
sysTics viii receive when the great hour comes Were
not for h caD the Sond sy waste s0 he
msterialized insolenoe OF their homes and compel them
70 onnsel continued camness in action. For the
we must carry On the great struggle with our
| knoS am afraid Of rashness and the militia.
iun ri great evils have small beginnings. SO has the
| svi ~ a spiritless concession to capital My HE
having esen deepy Sitting alone IN some humble
Saloon whose proprietor had Just opened up and had
not IN tn0 have. faP away from the din and noise
OF tho shops, reflected upon means 10 ennone TOLL
pssore proceeding 10 explain my inspiration, it may
DO well 70 iaS aGw am sVl socast and IN favor Of
divislon Of property but nave always oouseied eau
When the ySta psas 4 S Operation yc G
the law, which is simply petrheu pio'uo'ce' VIII s'ep
M recollect the case Of young man whom once
,,,nressed so profoundly with my doctrine tnat ne
broke into house the same nEh ana carried on
state and he suffered the maryrdom which IS always
tho lot prisoner In great PorsS y, cause he
ness, but deprecated bis r@Shness II Is better to
meet force with cunning lie should nave waited led
C Sn ye op0 expect from tho hot blood Of youth
.oI,n lain II no hasn't he Is not nottingham
n he IS getting poor wages he Is being ground down
!, 1Sa vAfs Sds ss S %oaa law down
and Is content hs rights are II the most serious
aangsE y far9ettns them Confidence Is the ruin of
labor II Is then that II should arouse itself and
s'r Inc workngman may b. At loss FOR reason why
TO strike but this ls the more suspicious II s eff
az CAPITAL II is always safe 20 say that some one Is
being persecnied, and injury . one : an injury %
attack capital Is when there IS apparently no cause
for attack II proves thai you are superior TO mere
nut your family VIII staEve, you sayf What Of
that No true man win feed his family at the
shas no boneSoeSee Of capital patronage thai rs
generosity IS snare, mat US apparent sympathy
oapitaf has never paironfzed mo-, Ii knew better.
I had the true endurance from the start