The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-13
Chicago Police Break Up Two
Anarchist Meetings.
HOT SPEECHES TO ARMED MEN.
Bomb -T0ssers Stronger Than Ever
and Eager for Trouble.
Gets Away With s31, ,OOO-The Feud
With the Trades Unions-strike Of
switchmen on the 500 Road.

Vi Tic nay market armed anarchists To-
night again met the Chicago police and the
result was ignominious defeat for the reds.
A mass-meeting of the most radical ele-
ment was announced to be held this even-
ing in Griel's hall, on West Lake street, q
place celebrated in the annals of Spies
and Parsons followers. The decision un-
expectedly displayed by the authorities
last night in compelling an anarchist gath
ering on West Twelfth street to hoist the
stars and stripes had'a disconcerting effect,
and at the last moment tonight it was de-
cided to make the gathering secret and to
admit only a few of the most trusted.
Accordingly the master of ceremonies,
Thomas Grief, proprietor of the big saloon
below the hall, announced that his pace
upstairs had not been engaged, thereby
misleading the general rabble. Those who
could be depended upon went upstairs.
There were gathered many of those who
were leaders before the Haymarket mas
sacre. Speeches were made in English and
German, amid great enthusiasm. The
American flag was not there. 1t was
thought the police had been completely
hoodwinked, but in this the Anarchists
were mistaken. detective had been
for several days cultivating the acquaint-
ance of the orators. He was admitted to
the meeting and before long got word to
Inspector Lewis, at the Desplaines station,
that inhammatory speeches were being
made and that number of those in the
meeting were displaying pistols and boast
ing of the use they would be put to in case
the police interfered. In the saloon below
200 men were gathered, and speeches were
being made scarcely less. incendiary than
those above. 1t was evident that trouble
might occur at any moment.
Suddenly, at signal given by the detec-
tive in the meeting, the police made a
raid. Fifty men in plain clothes guarded
the rear of the building and allowed no
one to leave. Inspector Lewis and Captain
Mahoney, at the head OF 100 uniformed
officers, marched to the front door, taking
the meeting completely by surprise.
Proprietor Grief saw the blue coats and at
tempted to shut the doors in their faces.
His effort was futile, however, as one blow
from club shattered the glass; A yigor-
Gus kick burst the door in, and double
line OF officers poured into the room. The
men, who a moment before had been
boasting of their intention to hurl defiance
into the teeth of the Chicago police, made
rush for the rear DOORS but at the sight of
the guns there displayed they halted. and
with one or two exceptions showed every
symptom of cowardice.
'Throw up your hands!" shouted In
spector Lewis. At the command 400 hands
went into the air, and the officers COM
menced search for weapons. Those
found to possess revolvers or other arms
were placed under arrest, while the others
were hustled into the street and told to
leave the vicinity at once.
One little fellow, who wore a flaming
necktie. backed against the wall and,
drawing from his pocket a wicked-looking
revolver. snapped it in the face of police
man. Fortunately the cartridge missed
fire, and before the would-be murderer
could again press the trigger blow from
club knocked the gun from his hand.
2 Another bloodthirsty anarchist endeav-
ored to use his revolver, crying curses
against all the police and all law. When
his weapon was snatched from him he de-
clared himself an anarchist, ready to die,
and dared the police to shoot him.
In the meantime squad of police under
Lieutenant Wheeler started to ascend the
stairs. They met resistance from Grief
and from an unknown man, who drew
from his pocket a revolver, declaring that
he would shoot the first officer who put
foot On the stairs, They were quickly
overpowered. and twenty-five police rushed
up and broke into the secret meeting
Two hundred and fifty-four men were ar
rested here. A large amount of infiam-
matory literature was captured and
number of red flags torn from the walls
and destroyed Within the secret portals
hn ON L.
the police came from three unknown men,
who in the rush escaped. They jumped
behind the bar as the officers entered and
began throwing bottles and glasses A
number of officers were struck, but not
seriously hurt.
Among those arrested was one of the
editors OF the Ar5eiter Zeitung, German
paper, the successor of Parson and Spies
rabid sheet, and which has decided an
archistic principles. This man was max
ing speech III the meeting when the Off
GERS locked in. He made a plea for re-
lease, claiming he was there in the capac-
ity of reporter. The police, however,
would not accept this plea. Among the
prisoners found armed were several well
known to the police, and who were in the
ranks of the anarchists i've and six years
ago, when the red flag was so often seen
on the streets of Chicago. Inspector
Lewis announces that ne will demand to-
morrow the revokng of Grief's Incense.
Inspector Lewis said that while he was
in command of that division no meetings
would be held with incendiary intention.
One of the officers in citizens clothes, who
was in the crowd before the raid, made a
report that one of the speakers said the
anarchists were now stronger than ever be-
fore, and were prepared to give the police
q big dose of the medicine administered at
the Haymarket. Another detective lis
tened TO speech declaring that the police
had no right to interfere with any meet
ing, ana that the time will come soon
when the police force viii be completely
annihilated. Another officer was treated
TO an interesting speech, hearing 1t stated
that every policeman ought to be hung.
and if that was impossible that the reds
would have TO satisfy themselves with as
sassination.
Most of the prisoners were released on
bail. Grief going on the bonds of majority
of them. Officer Sullivan, who was in the
secret meeting, told Inspector Lewis that
one of the speakers proposed a revival of
the use of dynamite bombs, and also the
revival of the group" system, by which
so much was once accomplished.
Boodleism in the X. OF l..
ToLEpo, o., Nov. l2-The sensation of the
Knights oi Labor convention today was the re-