Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-12
THEM RESPECT THE FLAG
Angry Anarchists Compelled to Honor this
Stars and Strips.
CHICAGO POLICEMEN IN A TIGHT PLACE.
Americas Banner Placed In n Com
spicuous Place ut Their Request
by the MISUNDERSTANDING
Genes in Turner Hall.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 1.-THE stars and
stripes waved aloft tonight after u scene OF
excitement unequalled since the Haymarket
riot. Over 1000 anarchists, or anarchist sym.
pathizers, had crowded into tho West Twelfth
street turner hall TO commemorate the day
November IL, 1887, on which their fellow an
archists we're hung. IL was tho most deci-
sive demonstration OF the kind in this city
since the eventful evening of May 4, when
several police went down III blood. The
speeches were extreme, and red emblems
covered everything &.
The climax came during the incendiary
utterances of Henry Weissman, editor of the
New York Baker, n German trades paper.
Inspector OF Police Hubbard, accompanied
by Lieutenant Gibbons and a squad of of,
fcers in citizens clothes, were seen to quietly
approach the stage. They ordered an Amer
lean flag placed among tho flaming banners.
Instantly there was u profound sensation
In the motley audience aud the police wera
Kissed from all parts of the hall. Mrs. Lucy
Parsons, who occupied a chair in the rear
part of the hall, shouted out: "iEang the
murderers of my husbandp'
In a second pandemonium reigned, hun
dreds Of excited men pushing forward ours.
ing the officers, and seemingly only wanting
a nod orlook from the leader to precipitate a
fearful spectacle of carnage. Nevertheless
Inspector Hubbard untlinchingly ordered a
suspension Of the meeting until his com.
mands were obeyed.
Through the din The half hundred police
could be seen placing their hands on their
clubs and revolvers preparatory for a fight,
which seemed inevitable.
1t was fully ten minutes before
or1nr yUoc rastnrod Tho par p,nnn,ylio
had been reluctantly hoisted to a
place over the stage, a proceeding only ac-
complished when the officers were found to
be ready for action and cooler heads among
the excited audience and spectators had
time to exercise some influence.
The meeting had been taken completely by
surprise or else a more serious result might
have followed.
The leaders of the meeting say the meeting
was only to show regard and reverence for
the men who persisted while laboring for the
benefit of humanity.
The stage was fairly buried in red
bunting, banners and trimmings. In
the front of the structure, on either side,
stood out in bold contrast to the
surroundings, bronze busts of Spies and
Parsons. These were cheered wildly by the
spectators. To the left of tho stage was
nailed u banner with the inscription ''There
will come q time when our silence will be
more powerful than our voices.n Spies words
on the scaffold. Against the stage walls
were PICTURES of the five dead anarchists,
while directly above them was the motto:
Murdered, but not dead"
Two banners bore the German inscriptions,
Equal Rights for All" and 'Liberty ana
Freedom
Editor Welssman then appeared. He is
a middle sized man with light hair and
mnstache and partly bald. His appearance
was greeted with enthusiastic shouts. He
commenced with the troubles Of organized
labor and to the opposition which 1t mot.
After n flaming introduction he launched
forth into the Haymarket riot. AS the
speaker was deserving the courts as prosti-
tuted, he said it was the poverty stricken
condition OF the masses that actuated
Spies and Parsons TO their acts of despera-
tion when the police made their entrance,
and the consequent uproar ensued. When
the police orders had been finally obeyed
another meeting was announced for tomor-
row night at the old-Jime anarchist rem
devious, Grief hall, on Lake street.