The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-11-14
THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.

CHICAGO Nov. 13-Seveateen of the al
legged Anarchists arrested at last nights
meeting were arraigned in Justice W ood-
mans court today. Lawyer Cox began an
examination of the seventeen oef .ndants
and completed that of four of them. Each
will be examined singly, and the case
gives evidence of being long one. The
defense attempted to prove by its wit
nesses that the meeting raided by the Off
GERS was a peaceful one and had no con
nection with any Anarchistic movement
whatever, being merely the regular bust
ness meeting of the sOcialistic publishing
society.
Today bill was filed in the circuit
court by Thomas Grief to restrain Mayor
Washburne, Superintendent of Police Nc
Claughrey Inspector Lewis and Captain
Mahoney, from entering upon the prem
isis owned by the complainant or from in
terfering with any meetings or assem- blies
held in his ball The case will probably
come up sfore Judge Tuley tomorrow.
Both Mayor Washburne and Chief Nc
Claughrey today, in speaking of the arrest
of the Anarchists at Grief's hall, advanced
the belief that the object of the meeting,
and the organized plot of the Anarchists,
was not to commit any act of violence, not
to throw bombs. but TO keep up the An
archistic agitation, 10 convince foreigners
that Chicago will not be a safe place to
come to in the worlds fair year, either to
exhibit goods or 10 see them.
1.-The action of Inspector Lewis in break
ing up the meeting has my entire approx
al !" said the mayor. The incendiary ut
terances of the anarchists must be stop
ped; for they are likely TO do Chicago in
caleulable injury-an injury far greater
than any damage they can do by overt
violence. The effect of this agitation, if
allowed TO continue, ard / believe that is
its object. would be to give Chicago a bad
reputation-to keep millions of capital
away and to work irreparahle harm 10 the
worlds fairly frightening foreigners,
" no will believe Chicago an unsafe place
TO which to send their goods or TO come
themselves.
What will your policy be-"
ITO suppress with firm hand all meet
ings held 10 advocate auarchlstic prIn-
ciples."
There is a great division of public senii-
ment as to whether the police were justi-
fed IN suppressng last nights anarchist
meeting aud ordering the American flag to
be unfurled at the meeting of the previous
night. Judge Tuley's famous decision
WAS that, excepe in cases of riot, warrants
should be obtained and direct charges
made before the police were justified in
making arrests. OF course this was not
done last evening, and il Is net even
charged that any of the speakers Incl ted
TO riot or did anything more than give
utterance TO the oft-repeated anarchist
extravagSnZRs.
Ex-Mayor Harrison, in an editorial in
the Times this mOrling, denounces the
raid
The Herald, referring to Inspector Hub
bard's order compelling the anarchists 70
hoist the American flag, says: The duty
10 be performed Is 10 arrest any speaker
who promui gates treason against the
commonwealth or Illinois. 10 have compe-
tent and truthful witnesses TO testify TO
his illegal words. to take him 10 the sta
ton and hand blm over 10 the courts