The historic times., 1891-11-14
ROUGH ON REDS.
Chicago Police Raid the Hall OF
Thomas Grief.
GRIEF OVERTAKES THE ANARCHISTS.
The Incendiaries Found Armed Taken to
the HoIdover-Only n Few Show Fight
A Large Amount of Infiammatory
Literature Captured

CHICAGO, Nov. 13-Within a bombs /
throw of the Haymarket armed anar-
chists again met the Chicago police.
The result was most ignominious de-
feat for the men of the red flag.
A mass meeting of the most radical |
element was announced to be held last |
evening in Grief's hall, 81 West Lake |
street, place celebrated in the annals
>f Spies and Parsons followers. The
decision unexpectedly displayed by the
authorities the previous night in COM
pelling the West Twelfth street Turner
hall gathering to hoist the stars and
stripes had disconcerting effect, and
at the last moment last night 1t was
decided to make the Grief's hall gather
ing secret and to admit only few OF
the most trusted spirits. Accordingly
the master of ceremonies, Thomas
Grief, proprietor of the big saloon be-
low the hall, announced that his space
upstairs had all been previously en-
gagged, thus dismissing the general rab-
BILE. Those who could be depended up
on were told to quietly go to the third
floor, where meeting would be held
Up three flights of stairs in the place
indicated there gathered many of those
who were leaders in the ranks before
the Haymarket riot Speeches were
made in English and German and the
enthusiasm was great
A detective had been for several days
cultivating the acquaintance OF the
men who were leaders during the ex-
citing times of five years ago. This
man was admitted to the meeting and
kept his superior informed of all that
was going on. Soon word came that
very inhammatory speeches were be-
ing made and that number of those
in the meeting were displaying arms
and boasting of the use they would be
put to in case the police interfered-
In the saloon below fully 200 men
were gathered and although no organ-
lied meeting was held there speeches
scarcely less incendiary ~than those
above were being made and it was evil
dent that trouble might occur at any
moment.
In the historic Des PLANES police
station few squares distant Inspector
Lewis had 100 men in uniform and sur
rounding the building in which the
meeting was being held were about
fifty detectives in citizens clothes Sud
! denly at signal given by the man in
the meeting, a concerted raid was made.
The non-uniformed officers guarded
the rear of the building and allowed nc
person to leave. The blue coats en-
tered the front door and in less thar
sixty seconds afterward the meeting or
the upper floor was broken up ano
those who had been making thu
speeches to the crowd in the saloo!
were under arrest
So quick was the onslaught the anar
chists were taken completely by sur
prise and before they had time to re
cover themselves enough to make an.
serious resistance, they saw the hope
lessness of their cause.
Inspector Lewis and Capt Malone
marched at the head of the column
police officers from the station an
were the first to enter the saloon. Tn
proprietor, Grief, saw the blue coats a
they entered and attempted to shut tn
doors in their faces His efforts, how
ever, were futile, as one blow from a
officers club shattered the glass an
another burst the door open, and tn
: double stream of officers poured int
the room.
''Throw up your hands," shoute
Inspector Lewis. At the command &c
hands went into the air and the officer
commenced searching for weapon
Those who were found to posses
revolvers and other arms were place
| under arrest and the others wei
e hustled into the street and told to
once leave the vicinity.
q In the meantime a squad of pole
under Lieut.. Wheeler had started
: ascend the stairs They met resistan
fror- Grief and from an unknown mt
: who drew from his overcoat pocket
: long revolver, declaring he wou
e shoot the first officer who put foot I
# the stairs. These two men were quic
d ly overpowered and twenty-five sta
!. wart police rushed up the stai
: and broke into the hall in whi
; the secret meeting was being held.
II number of men were arrested here
large amount of infiammatory lit
| ature was captured and number
red flags were torn from the walls a
DESTROYED. Within the secret ports
y the only real resistance encounter
:" bv the police came from three unkno'
men who in the rush escaped Il
. trio jumped behind a bar as the Office
$ entered and began throwing bott
IT. and glasses A number OF officers w'
struck, but not seriously hurt
e cram I10Ing SoutL-
Dl. CHICAGO, Nov. 12--The members
as .he western freight association
r cussed grain rates from Missouri n
nj noints to New Orleans 1t IS CLAIM
- that there is something wrong
Denmark" since over 5000 C
ne of grain have been shipped By
re New Orleans route in two month
the detrinent of the direct east DO
- lines Consolation is derived, howe
from the report that serious block
~ of cars has temporarily stopped
lls movement of freight to the soutf
port, so that grain must now oegi
Ax. seek other outlets to the seaooarc'