St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-12
ANARCHISTS GO WILD.
The Stars and Stripes Were
Forced to the Front
at Chicago.
Frantic Protests by the Reds,
Who Only Lacked a
Head to Fight.
Police Officers Were Prepared
for Peaceful or Bloody
Work,
Hrs. Parsons as Rabid as Of
YOre--Mild Memorial in
New York.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE stars and
stripes waved aloft tonight after a
scene of excitement unequaled since
the Ilaymarket riot. Over a thousand
anarchists, or anarchist sympathizers,
crowded into the West Twelfth Street
Turner hall to commemorate the day,
Nov. 1887, on which their fellOW-anarch-
lists were hung. 1t was the most de-
cisive demonstration of the kind since
the eventful evening of May 4, when
scores Of police went down in blood.
The speeches were extreme, and red
emblems covered everything.
TIE climax came during the incen-
diary utterances of II. b. Weissman.
editor of the New York Baker, a Ger
man trade paper. Inspector of Police
Hubbard, accompanied by Lieut.. Glib
bOns and squad of officers in citizens
clothes, were seen to quietly approach
the stage. They ordered an American
flag placed among the flaming crimson
banners which were conspicuous every
where. Instantly there was profound
sensation in the mOtley audience, and
the police were bissed from all parts of
the hall. Mrs. Lucy Parsons, who Oc-
cupied char against the rear wall,
shTieked out,
''Hang the lTurderers!''
In a second pandemonium reigned,
hundreds Of excited men pushing for
ward, cursing the officers, and seeming
~ only wanting leader to precpitate
fearful spectacle of carnage Never
theless, Inspector Hubbard uniinch-
inglY ordered a suspension Of the meet
ing until his commands were Obeyed.
Through the din the half hundred pO-
lice could be seen placing their hands
on their clubs and revOlvers prepare
tory for the fight which seemed newt
Oble.
1t was fully ten minutes before order
was restored. The flag meanwhile had
been reluctantly hoisted to Il place over
the stage, a proceeding only accom-
piiShed when the officers were found
ready for action. The cooler heads
among the audience then had time to
exercise some influence. The meeting
had been taken completely by surprise,
else more tragic result might have
followed.
The first the crowd knew of the po-
lice being present was when Inspector
Hubbard with his men came in through
side door, having coming up by pri-
Vate entrance. When he ordered the
hosting of the American flag the ten
sion was something almost unprece-
dented Hiss after hiss and yell after
yell franticallY rose until the whole au-
dience seemed
Like Thousand Demons
instead of human beings. The leaders
OF the meeting say that the gathering
was only to show regard and reverence
for the men who persisted while labor
ing for the benefit of humanity. When
the proceedings opened the stage was
fairly buried in red bunting. banners
and trimmings. In the front of the
structure on either side stood out in
bold contrast to the surroundings bronze
buStS OF Spies and Parsons. These
were cheered wildly by the crowd
To the left of the stage was nailed a
banner with the inscription, There
Will come time when cur silence will
be more powerful than our voices"
Spies words of the scatTod. Against
the stage wall were pictures Of five of
the dead anarchists. while directly
above 1t was the motto, Murdered. but
not dead" Two banners bore the Ger
man inscriptions, Equal rights for
alp and Liberty and free
dom" Suddenly the band struck
up the familiar tune of 'An-
ME Laurie" which with the "Marsel-
laise," had been sung by Fischer in jail
just before lie was executed with Spies
and the others. The band continued until
the chairman announced the appear
ance of the anarchist chorus, composed
Of about sixty male voices under the
direction Of Pref. Richter They were
cheered long and bOiSterOuslv, com
blned with yelling and the stamping of
feet.
Red-Tinted OTatory.
Editor Jacob WeisSman then an
beared. lie is a middle-sized man. with
light hair and mustache and partly bald.
His appearance was greeted with en-
thuslaStic shouts. He commenced with
the troubles of organized labor. and the
opposition with which it met from or
f=S4s.Zed capital. After flaming intro
ductiOn, he launched forth into the
fatal Haymarket riot. telling of the
good, peaceable aSsemblage of citizens
held for the purpose of discussing their
grievances; then animadyetred severely
on what he called an unWarranted at
tack Of the police and their assault with
clubs and reviewers; and spoke of the
right of those assembled to defend
themselves. even with the bomb.
1T was at this juncture. lust as the
speaker was decrying the courts as
prostitutes, and that it was the poverty
stricken condition of the masses that
actuated Spies and Parsons to their acts
of desperation. that the police made
their entrance. and the CONSEQUENT up-
roar ensued. When the police orders
had been finally Obeyed another meet
ing was announced for tomorrow night
at the Old-time anarchist rendezvous.
Grief'S hall, on Lake street.