The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-13
ARMED ANARCHISTS
A Secret Meeting of Them Dis
persed by Chicago Police.
BLOOD AND THUNDER SPEECHES
Terrible Threats Are Followed by q Hasty
Retreat-One or Two Show Fight, but
the Majority Cowardice.

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throw of the Haymarket armed Anarchists
tonight again met tee Chicago police The
result was an ignominious defeat for the
reds. A mass meeting of the most radical
KIND was announced to be held this even
Ing IN Grisf's hall in West Lake street, a
place celebrated in the annals of
SPIES AND PARSONS FOLLOWERS.
The decision unexpectedly displayed by the
authorities last night in compelling the
Anarchist gathering in West Twelfth
street to hoist the stars and stripes, had a
disconcerting effect, and at the last moment
tonight it was decided to make the gather
ing secret and to only admit few of thu
most trusted spirits. Accordingly, tho
master OF ceremonies, Thomas Grief, pro-
prietor Of the big saloon below
the hall, announced that his place
up stairs had been previously en-
gagged, thus dismissing the general rabble.
Those who could be depended upon went
upstairs. There were gathered many of
those VINO were leaders before the Hay
market massacre. Speeches were made in
Engllsn and German and the enthusiasm
was great The American flag was not
there 1t was thought the police had been
completely hoodwinked. In this, however,
THE REDS WE'RE MISTAKEN.
detective had been for several DAYS cul.
tlVatlng the acquaintance of the orators
he was admitted to the meeting and before
long got word out to Inspector Lewis at
Desplaines street station that inflammatory
speeches were being made; that a number
of those in the meeting were display
ing arms and boasting Of the uss
they would be put to in case the police in
terfered. In the saloon below 200 men were
gathered and speeches were being made
scarcely less incendiary than those above.
1t was evident trouble might occur at auv
moment. Suddenly at q signal given by
the detective In the meeting, the police
made raid. Fifty men in plain clothes
guarded the rear of the building and al
lowed no person to leave Inspector L swis
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 attempted to
SHUT THE DOORS IN THEIR FACES,
His effort was futile, however, as one blow
from club shattered the glass, vigorous
kick burst the door in and a double line of
officers poured into the room. Men who. a
moment before, had been boasting of their
Intention to hurl defiance into the teeth Of
rear doors, but at the sight of guns there
displayed halted, and with one or two ex-
ceptlons showed every symptom Of cow
ardice.
| THROW UP YOUR Hands,
shouted Inspector Lewis. At this COM
mand 400 hands went into the air and the
! officers commenced to 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 necktis
| backed against the wall and, drawing from
his pocket wicked looking revolver, snap
ped IL in the face of a policeman. Fortu-
nately the cartridge missed fire and be-
fore the wouldbe murderer could again
press the trigger a blow from a club
knocked the gun from his hand Another
bloodthirsty individual endeaVored to use
his revolver, crying curses against all
police and all law. When his weapon was
snatched from him he declared 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 long revolver, declaring
he would shoot the first officer who put a
foot on the stairs. These men were
quickly overpowered and twenty-five
police rushed up and broke into the secret
meeting. A number of men, 254, were ar
rested here. A large amount of
EXPLANATORY LITERATURE
was capturned and number of red flags
torn from the walls and destroyed Within
the secret portals the only real resistance
encountered by the police came from three
unknown men who, in the rush escaped
They jumped behind the bar as the oficers
entered and begin throwing bottles and
glasses. A number of officers were struck
but not seriously hurt.
Among those arrested was enc of the
editors of the Arbteter Zeitung, German
daily paper, the successor of Spies and
Parsons rabid sheet, and which has de-
oided anarchistic principles. This man was
making a speech in the meeting when the
officers entered. He made plea for re-
lease, claiming he was there in the capacity
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 prominent in the ranks of the An
archists i've and six years ago, when the
red flag was so often seen on the streets Of
Chicago. Inspector Lewis announced that
ne will demand tomorrow revoking of
Grief's license.
Inspector Lewis said while he was in
command of that division no meeting would
be held with incendiary intention. One of
the officers in citizens clothes, who was in
the crowd before the raid was made, re-
ports that one of the speakers said the
Anarchists were now stronger than ever
before, and prepared to give the police q
big dose of medicine administered at the
Haymarket Another detective listened to
q speech declaring the police had no right
to interfere with any meeting, and that
the time will soon come when the police
force
WILL BE COMPLETELY ANIHuArED.
Another officer was treated to an inter
esting speech, hearing it stated that every
, policeman ought to be hanged, but as il
was impossible, the reds would have &c
satisfy themselves with assassination
Most of the prisoners were released on
bail, Thomas Grief going on the bonds of a
majority of them. Officer Sullivan. who
was in the secret meeting, told Inspector
} Lewis that one OF the speakers proposed q
revival of the use Of dynamite bombs, and
also a revival of the group system, by
which SO much wss once accomplished.
Dodge Makes Denial.
) DENVER, Nov. 12.-Geueral Manager
Dodge. of the Rio Grande Western, TO-DAY
: denied the rumor that his road was prepar
ing to extend their line from Ogden to Sar
: Francisco.
/ Health Precautions.