The sun., 1891-11-13
CHARGING ON CHICAGO REDS.
TILE POLICE sWOOP DOWN UPON TIE
FIERY ANARCHISTS.

THE POLICE sWOOP DOWN UPON TIE
FIERY ANARCHIsTS.
Torn Down In the Process-The Howlinx
Radicals show Fight, but the Police Too
Mach for Them-They Languish In Jan.
CHICAGO. Nov. 12.-One hundred policemen.
under the leadership Of Inspector Lyman
Lewis. marched down upon an Anarchist
meeting tonight in Griefs Hall. "a West
Lake street. and the scenes that took place In
side the hall reminded some OF the police OF
that awful night when the bomb was thrown
| In Hnymarket square.
A crashing Of glass and the bursting in OF
the street door. followed by the heavy tramp Of
the police as they rushed in was the first in
| tlmation the Anarchists had that the meeting
| was to bo broken up.
Every policeman grasped his club in his left
hand. and his right hand was buried in the
breast Of his greatcoat with firm clutch on
| his revolver. Determination was written on
the faces OF the police for some Of them had
lost brothers ut the Haymarket square riot.
The moment the first squad OF police, headed
by Lieut. Wheeler. burst in upon the Anarch-
lists who wore sitting at tables drinking beer.
Grief. tho proprietor OF the place. shouted:
Get out OF here. You have no business In
terfering with our meeting"
Grief was standing guard at the door lead
Ing to the halls above the saloon. whore two
meetings were in progress. man named
Daniel Sutter. who says he is from Buffalowas
standing ut his side.
| Come on. men," commanded the Inspector.
| and In rushed tho police In double file. Police
men Trchorn. Gary. and Simscott were in
civilian dress. and were standing within few
feet OF Grief and Sutter
| The latter quickly reached for revolver in
his hip pocket, but before he could use It Tre-
horn. Gary. and Simscott had overpowered
him. The first two named policemen grasped
| him by either arm. and Simscott took the
weapon from his pocket
1t wns an ugly looking seven shooter. and q
cartridge reposed in every barrel. Suffer
made desperate resistance. biting and kick
| ing the policeman until the irons were put on
his wrists and he was hustled of to the Des-
| PLANES street station.
| On the way to the station he fought like a
| madman. and at every step he took he cursed
the police from the chief down.
Anarchy forever Is my motto!' he screamed
at the top Of his voice as the police dragged
him along Lake street
"Shoot mel' he exclaimed with a derislve
laugh. as he stood before the desk at tho sta
tion. Shoot me. and III be like the other
heroes parsonss Fiasldins and the rest Of them
=, The twenty five or thirty men who were sit
out out to the street but Il was wa like EGO going against
ssn T' as sRodss ST. Pfss Pt I Ias ppSss: pSss
so long did the line extsnd west on Lake street
9s %So sSSr sa aHH tPs CROWD in lii hs
vented any Of the Anarchists from escaping.
Every man In the saloon was then searched
for weapops., While this was going On the
Grst squad Of police With 1mRspeG;tor mpne;r Lewis:
ths ths way. dashed up the narrow stairway into
shouted q man in the meeting or the secopd
aoor The door door was wa. quickly barred and the
dinGy little hall making innammatory speech
sd fer the Sa
Weight against the door and it iiew from It's
hinges In rushed the police. forty-hve Of them.
tre @ to 1ha hd ha
changed his mind at sight of the brass buttons
and EsatmKnTg PEE stars vho s.vs ho ,vos m so,
to be tho Chairman Of this meeting. '..
was comns *nGfa Reekner 1o decanred in ond
voice, we would have been prepared to meet
Red bunting. that hung from the. walls and
ceiling was seized by the police and dragged
m six iii banners 81 ery
red hue were discovered.
on ths dtho 3Gn Ma Thfys
the bSSdns & aken
" While h the irst squad of police were in this
ball ball ! another 9th force q men: headed BY Iieuts
i3 Beard 4 and gre pen2en' tramped UP the stairs to
w When the dSeiGi Anarchists heard the police COM
tempted to force their way down. vi The i police
charged upon them with drawn revolvers and
During the rietinS the s ensire frons Of the
famous den OF tho Anarchists was torn out
va ths g stson thsS
snsd the lives ef the Mayor and Chief Of
Police and declared that within short
Sas not rock since % the bomb eSeoded aspk the
r. Is sbs aksn II
dynamite outrasss & q i$so $ we We're epic %plotted. VI.
u tno pans he %ssi Tsda character
The great Haymarket riot in Chicago took
bssplaInes street in the evening Of May I.
hear % the Anarchist leaders rs speak against tho
police, who: on the proceeding pr day. had fred on
mob OF strikers at the Mccormick reaper |
August spies. editor OF the, Arbeite,. Zeituno.
FIsFdss; an Nas!isS%ssS;: VIZ @ @ieSys$ I s6s%
hhRiMh his speech beeame known at the DespIaines
1ss SSs zo % hDs
When tho police were within few steps Of |
the wagon Fielden got down. saying. I'VE are |
When He haa SSmb bharah rhts tss
fuse was thrown from a crowd Of men |
In On alley opposite the wagon. It struck
terrible tt eject sixty polcemen en- % We're Wounded,
seven mortaly The crowd began firing and |
they advanced. Several Anarchists were |
wounded mortally. many severely. and the rest
The trial Of the. prisoners Spies. Parsons.
Fischer. FIeldens Engel schwab; and Neebes
Neebe were found guilty OF murder Neebe's |
penalty was axed at fifteen years imprison-
ment.
The others were condemned to. death. but |
the sentences oi Flelden and schgab were
commuted to life imprisonment =, Spies; En-
on Nov II ISST Ali wsrs defiant To thf, last.