Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-15

totally opposed to anarchism, yet enough Of
them are entangied Herewith to give it the
/ additional strength which it seems to have
/ gained In recent times. Its new allies,
! some of whom were nihilists in Russia, are
to be found in the densely populated re-
glons OF the eastern part of the city. in East
Broadway and the streets adjacent thereto.
They are to be found in the tenements of
squalor which abound there, and in which
tens of thousands of the Russian new
corners are huddled.
The propagandists Of anarchy have been
at work among them, and have been sue
cessful in it beyond doubt. Anyone who
can gain admission TO the numerous petty
anarchist meetings that are constantly be-
ing held in foul cellars, back-rooms and
garretS, though never reported In the pa
pers, will be convinced of the fact. There
have been as many as thirty new anarchist
clubs set up in the city within the past two
years, and the number of men belonging to
them would not be exaggerated if it were
put between four and five thousand. Hardly
any of them take the name of Anarchist,
preferrlng TO be known among themselves
as Freedom" or as Labor clubs, but the
principles and objects as well as the
speeches made at them reveal their true
character. Moreover, they are in direct
utilization with the original ring of German
anarchists, and have joined with 1t in sew
eral of its demonstrations. The red flag Is
the symbol of all of them.
1t is now to be said that the reinforce
ment that anarchism has thus got il
New York is not wholly satisfactory to ths
old bombshell squad on the inside. 1t is
found that these Russian reinfOrcementS do
not take the notions of conspiracy and
dynamite in this country. They We're dis
posed to nihilism and revolution is Russia
by reason of the wrongs inflicted upon their
race against which they could make no
pacific protest, and on coming here they
fell in with the secret organization that
upholds the nihilist propaganda. But they
See here that dynamite is not an American
agent of reform, that it cannot be the
means of gaining their ends, and that any
attempt TO use it must be ruinouS to those
making the attempt. Hence they take side
with that wing of anarchism which repre-
sents the propaganda by word,' not with
the other which represents the propaganda
by deed" In fact, they are agitators Of
the tongue alone, and not really anarchists
at all, as that term has been ordinarily un-
derstood in the United States.
1t may be said, therefore, that the rein
forcements which appear to have strength.
ened the anarchist party, are undermining
the system of anarchism represented by
John Most. 1t is curious transformation
that is being brought about
For several reasons, the advocates Of
revolution by dynamite have not recently
INDUCED often in terrorist harangues. They
found that in this country terrorism did not
terrorlze, and that it was confronted by the
terrors of the law. They found that it was
dangerous only to themselves, and that this
danger was of a practical kind. They
found that it is not in keeping with the
American way of doing business.
1t is safe to say, therefore, that if anar.
cAist clubs and societies are now more nu-
merous in New York than they We're tive
or three years ago, there is hardly any Of
the bombshell cracking that used to be
heard in them when John Most was on the
rampage