Workmen's advocate., 1889-05-18
CHICAGO BUDGET.
POLICE THUGS AND MUR-
 DERERS FALL OUT.
Political Schemers- Bogus Labor Re. formers-The Socialist Party Stands All Alone for the
 NOrkers-The Amer.
 ican Section.

The labor movement m Chicago Is changing for the better, and the dross is being eliminated, but there is still danger from interruptions and ambitious persons who have managed to gain the confidence of honest men. For the present we will cOnfne ourselves Co some of the established facts, and assure all crooks that their turn will come unless they turn themselves.
 Police Captain Schaack, who as- sisted so assiduously in making evi- dence to hang anarchists few years ago, has written a book-or has had 1t written to order. In it he re- fleets very severely upon ex-Chief- of-Police Ebersold, who was in office at the time the Haymarket bomb made such a noise, and who was re- moved by Mayor Roche, but has re- gently been appointed as Inspector by Roche's successor, Cregier.
 Inspector Ebersold answers Schaack by charging that interesting indi vidual with using public money to reorganize the "anarchist' groups for the purpose of keeping up the Anarchist scare, and to make a "boom' for himself (Schaack) by diSc0rermg these detective made groups and arresting the poor foolish cranks who were roped into them.
 The Inspector darkly hints at more revelations that can be made in reference to Schaack's s work on the anarchist case, but we do not think the Inspector will be permitted to say more on this matter.
 Captain Shedd, who was chief of detectives during the Haymarket af fair, in an interview with a reporter in reference to Schaack's book, makes this important statement:
 ''The man Gilmore, who was Wit ness in the anarchist case, was shown a picture of Parsons, and immediately identified it as the picture of the man whom he saw throw the bomb; this was in the Central Station, long before the trial. This same man Gilmore after wards swOre that 1t was Spies who threw the bomb"
 This man also knows much more than he will be permitted to tell, and the revelations will now cease, for some time at least.
 The Socialists have another des- perate fight on hand, growing out of the result of the last city election.
 The democratic party, whose local success was due to the skillful manipulation of the labor vote, Is bound to make it's hold upon this political element permanent, if the emoluments of office can make 1t so. Every active man in the recent Gin dependent" political labor move ment whose lack of political moral ity was suspected has been furnished with an office under the Capitalistic- "democratic"- Reform Labor hum bug city administration, the value of the office given being influenced by the supposed influence of the bogus labor reformers.
 Robert Cowdrey, late presidential candidate of the "single, tax party, ; and who refused an offer of job worth $500 year, fell willing vic tim to the "democratic' machine for an Sl,S00 office. In return for this modest St D he will endeavor to hold the "single-taxers' down to an even level of tax reform for revenue only.
 C. G. Dexon, the ostentatious fol- lower of the Ee2k and lowly Nazar enc, and ex-member of the State Legislature, elected by the United Labor Party, and ex-candidate of the Union Labor Party for Lieuten- ant Governor of the State, sold him- self and his Christian and politicp morality for the office of assistant health commissioner.