Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-31
THE CRY OF ANARCHY.
Herr Most Delivers Two More Speeches
on His Favorite Hobby.
HE Is AS READY TO DIE AS USUAL
And is Anxious to Tear the Walls of Society
Down Noiselessly.
A FREE-AND-EAsY DEBATE LAST MIGHT

Herr Johann Most, the anarchist, COM
munist, socialist, revolutionist and any
other "ist''-with a probably exception OF
linguist-delivered two lectures in this city
yesterday. One of them was in Imperial
Hall, and German, and the other at No. 102
Fourth avenue in English, and an Ajax
Jones style of oratory.
The lectures were delivered under the
auspices of the Workingmen's Debating
afternoon drew the largest crowd, and from
the expressions of applause rendered in
German by the assembled multitude, it was
a highly entertaining discourse on the
wrongs of everybody and everything. AT
the evening lecture there were present a
better class of citizens. After the lecture
there was a free and general discussion on
why capitalists had money and why
shouldn't the workingman hustle to get
some of it. In his discourse Mr.. Most said
1--WE believe in Communism, Socialism,
Anarchlsm and revolutionism. The State
can't help US so we must help ourselves.
We Communists hate the State. We de-
spise it. We want Communism but no
State.
OW NEhS Of ENERYTH1NG.
Everything in this world belongs to
everybody. Abolish capitalism and we
abolish misery. Private property is the
father of the State and Communism cannot
stand without Anarchism. Everybody is
under moral obligation to work, and they
are also entitled to reap the fruits of their
own labor. We Communists and Anarchists
must work together. In so doing we make
10 Sh0rfar nd fnp
Everything would then be in superfuity.
81 am not blood thirsty. I do not want
to see the walls of society torn down in a
rude manner. / want to see it done nicely
and without trouble. have read history
l know that there is not nor ever has been,
any existing class of persons who would
give up the privileges without having been
forced to do so. The people who are now
depressing us will never give in until
they are forced to do so. If we
tried persuasive argument now they would
say it's not necessary to discuss the question
with you people. Here is the police, the
militia, the rife, the club. When we say
revolution, we regard it as a thing newt
able. We are sure the revolution will
come and has come. The working people
won't stand this pressure forever. When
the people get their rights of liberty,
equality, ETC., they must fight for it. That's
revolution. MANY years ago the people of
this country broke down the idea of black
slavery, then they created white slavery.
This white slavery must be downed. I for
one am ready to die ior it's
NONE TOO LONG.
Mr.. Most's speech was about as short as
some of his ideas. He explained this by
saying that he had delivered so many lee
lures that he was almost prostrated. Alter
he had taken a seat, which, on account of
the Sunday law, was about the only thing
he could take, the audience had free-and-
easy flow of soul. One of the staid citizens
in the rear of the hall suggested that a flow
of beer would be more appropriate, as he
sighed of what might have been under the
anarchists rule. One conservative citizen
advised those present to save up their money
and save up their rocks and they'd
always have some capital in their
old tobacco boxes. He said the
workingman would be a capitalist if he
saved more money and wasted less. This
brought a retort from an old girl in the rear
that it would be better to get some money
and then talk about what to do with it.
This remark evoked hearty applause. Every
body had a crack at the subject, but before
the crowd dispersed a collection was taken
up to defray necessary expenses.