St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-04
MAY MEAN MISCHIEF.
Chicago Anarchists Issue an An
niverSarY Circular.

Chicago Anarchists Issue an An
niversarv Circular.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May S.-The 3oth of
May the Haymarket monument is to be
unveiled, and that the anarchists are
already preparing for the eventsis:: evil
denced by the issuance by some secret
printing establishment of an inflamma-
tory circular, copies of which fell into
the hands of the police to-day. One of
the circulars was inclosed in an evelOpe
and sent to Chief Hubbard this morn
ing. Another was found lying on the
base of the monument in Haymarket
square. 1t is believed that many other
copies have been secretly circulated
among the anarchists, who are known
to be still loyal to the memory of Spies,
Parsons and the rest. Their circular
reads as follows:
MAY 4, 1855: NOVEMBER II, 1887.
''May 4, 1SS6-A peaceable meeting
attacked by 1S0 arm ed policemen acting
under orders of well known bully and
ruffjan contrary to the commands of the
mayor of the city. An unknown hand
throws deadly and death dealing mis-
sile, and in moment the air is rent by
the shrieks and groans OF wounded and
dying men. And this is the result of the
disobedience, the cOwardice and hatred
OF one man, Citizens you are asked to
commemorate by your attendance at
the unveiling OF the statue erected to
the memory of the policemen who fell
on that terrible night, the bravery, not
of the common men who had no choice
but to obey, but of the man Bonfeld,
whose murderOus act caused untold suf-
fering. 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
patriotism and your prejudices. Pas
sion, which time has cooled. will be
again aroused, and the hated anarchists
who, you will be told, are entirely re-
SpOnSible for this dreadful affair, will
be painted as fiends in human form. So
have the people ever been blinded by
cunning knaves. But stop! Have you
ever given a thought to the patient suf-
fering, the cruel persecution, the unjust
trial and conviction and the murder of
five of the real victims of the Haymar-
ket tragedy? Or to the unjust punish
ment, compared with which death would
be merciful, to the other three? Have
you forgotten the self-sacrifice and
grandeur of spirit and bearing ofthe man
who voluntarily surrendered himself to
share the fate of his comrades? Do
guilty men thus voluntarily return to
meet certain death? All! Friends,
ask yourselves these questions in
without blush of shame, if you can,
to your orators as they tell you this is
the freest country on the face of the
earth. This kind of patriotism, like the
song of the siren, puts you to sleep
whilst you drift on to certain slavery.
You remember the trial of our friends?
How the public prosecutor, States At
torney Grinnel, pursued our friends
with all the malevolence of a fend.
How he adopted every device known to
towards and kDaves-intimidati brib-
ers. jury packing and force-to carry
out the will of the money power, whose
incidents connected with the trial which
still remain to be told. The time will
come for ample justification of our COM
rades, but it is not quite yet. And you
who pay your tribute to brave men, and
exult in the triumph of the law,
consider for moment at what
fearful price that triumph was secured.
When you assemble on the 30th of
May think also of the 18th of Novem-
Der. See the four martyrs to free speech
and liberty. as they stand transfgured
on the dreadful scaffOld. See the proud,
triumphant look which lights their
faces. Hear the voices of Fisher and
Engel exultingly shout for the cause
they loved dearer than life! Harken to
the warning and prophetic voice of
Spies as he foretells the time when their
silence will speak in thunder tones.
Listen again to the last appeal of Par
sons, while Law and Order reigned Sill
preme within the jail on that November
morning without the walls was being
enacted another scene. At the very
moment when the devoted husband and
father was being prepared for eternity.
the faithful wife with her children was
seeking admission GRANTED to her the
night before) to obtain one last word
and embrace. Made desperate by the
insults ofthe uniformed ruffians.who:sur-
rounded her, She and her childreg were
hurried away to the police station and
thereon! Shame ON American man.
hood by command of Capt. Scaack. whom
politicians have recently returned to
power, the almost heartbrOken woman