Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
THE BLOOD RED FLAG.
a Bombs Throw from Historic
Raymarket it Waves.
BLOOD SHRIEKERS BOA
OF What They will Do If the Blue Coats
Interfere and in That SelfSame Mo-
ment They are Bagged-Tear
Down the FIaunting Lie.

CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 12-Within bombs
throw OF the Haymarket armed anarchists
tonight again met the Chicago police. The
result was q most ignominious defeat for
the men of the red flag. A secret mass
meeting OF the most radical clement was
announced TO be held this even
ing in Grief's hall, "a West Lake street, a
place celebrated in the ANIMALS of Spies and
Parsons followers. Those who could be de-
pended upon were told to quietly go to the
IhirI floor where the meeting would De
held. Up two flights of stairs in the place
indicated there gathered many OF those
who were leaders in the ranks before the
Haymarhet riot. Speeches were made in
Engiish1 and EGerman, ttand the enthusiasm
was great. The American flag was not
there. II was thought that the police had
been completely hoodwinked. In this the
had been for several days cultivat-
ing the acquaintance of men
VINO We're leaders during the exciting
times of five years ago. This man was adj
mitted to the meeting and kept the police
informed of what was going on. soon word
came that very lntammatory speeches were
being made and that number OF those in
the meeting We're displaying arms and
boasting of the use they would be put
10 in case the police irterfered.
In a saloon below fully two hundred men
We're gathered, and although no organized
meeting was held, there were speeches
scarcely less incendiary than those
above them being made. In his
toric Desplaines street police sta
Lewis had 100 men in uniform and sur
rounding the building in which the meet
ing was being held were about fifty detec-
tives in citizens clothes. Suddenly at 4
signal given by the man in the meeting
concerted raid was made. The non
uniformed officers guarded the rear
of the building and allowed no
person to leave. The blue coats entered
the front door and in less than sixty sec
onds after, the meeting in the upper floor
was broken up and those who had been
making speeches TO the crowd in
the saloon We're under arrest. So quick
was the onslaught that the anarchists were
taken completely by surprise and before
they had time to recover themselves enough
to make any serious resistance they saw
the hopelessueSs Of their cause.
Throw up your hands," shouted Inspec-
tor Lewis. At the command 400
hands went into the air, and the
officers commenced searching Tor
weapons Those who We're found TO possess
revolvers or other arms Were placed under
arrest and the others We're hustled into the
street and tod to at once leave the vicinity.
Two anarchists tried to shoot the officers,
but the weapons were taken from them. In
the meantime squad OF ponce under
Lieut.. Wheeler had started to ascend the
stairs. They met resistance from Grief
and from an unknown man, who drew from
his overcoat pocket long revolver, declar-
ing he would
SHOOT THE FIRST OFFICER
who put foot on he stairs. These two men
were quickly overpowered and twenty-five
stalwart police rushed up stairs and broke
into the hall in which the secret meeting
was being held. A number of men
| were arrested here. A large amount of
intlammatOry literature was captured and a
| number of red flags were torn from the
walls and destroyed.
The only real resistance encountered by
the police came from three unknown men,
who in the rush escaped. This trio
jumped behind a bar as the officers
entered and began throwing bottles and
glasses. A number of officers were struck,
| but not seriously hurt.