Evening journal., 1891-11-13
RAIDtD By BLUtCOATS.
One Hundred Policemen De-
scend Upon e srchists.
SEVERAL PISTOLS WE'RE PULLED,

The Followers of the Red Flag Were
very Deaant, and for a short Tine il
Looked as Though tho Haymsrket
Kiea Might BE Repeated.
CHICAGO, Nov. 13-One hundred police
men, under the leadership OF Inspector
klyman Lewis, marched down upon an
anarchist meeting in Griefs' hall, at 554
West Lake street, last night The mo.
ment the frst squad Of police, headed by
Lieutenant Wheeler, burst in upon the
anarchists, man named Daniel Sutter,
who claims to hail from Buffalo, n. r.,
reached for revolver in his hip pocket
but before he could use it officers over
powered and disarmed him. Sutter made
desperate resistance, butting and kick
ing the officers until the irons were put on
his wrists, and he was hustled off to the
Desplaincs street station, lighting like a
mailman all the way.
They Locked the Door.
The twenty-five or thirty men who were
sitting IN the barroom tried to force their
way out to the street, but were prevented
by the police Every man ia the saloon
was then searched for weapons. While
this was going on another squad OF police
dashed up the narrow stairway into the
halls above
''Ihe police are coming; lock the doorl''
shouted q man in the meeting on the sec
end floor. The door was quickly barred.
and the twenty-five men who were assem-
bled in this dingy little hall making in
fammatory speeches waited for the at
tack. Only one man here made any resist
ance his name was Henry Miller ID
the policeF he shouted. fThey are cow
ards, or else they would not draw their re-
volyers on inoffensive menr'
80 Had Big Revolver.
Two officers grasped Miller and searched
him. He had big revolver, and fought
desperately before he could be taken Sew
erai copies Of the speech delivered by Par
sons on the night Of the bomb throwing In
Haymarket square were found in box in
the hall. After the building had been
thoroughly searched about thirty Of the
most rnbbid anarchists were taken TO the
station. Some Of them were booked for
carrying concealed weapons, and others
for making infiammatory speeches calcu
lating 10 incite riot
Compelled 40 show the Stars and stripes.
The agitation against the anarchists was
caused by the fact that Wednesday night
a squad OF police under Inspector Hub.
bard compelled a meeting Of over 900 an
archtsts at the West Twelfth street Tur-
ner hail TO display the American flag
among Abe rod bunting which decorated
the hall ct the commemoration OF the
hanging OF the Chicago HaymRrket riot
ers
The police entered the hall while Henry
WeissmaR, Of New York paper, was
delivering an ineendiary speech. Weiss
man referred 20 the fact that the Ameri
can flag was not TO be seen in the hall, and
was boasting Of IL
Thcy Kissed the Nations CoIars
Inspector Hubbard and ten officers then
advanced 70 the platform. The inspector
said: This b America The Stars and
Stripes must be displayed among the colors
hare or l shall close mp this meeting. 1t
II AL rod here. You have no American Gag
and y0u are boasting of the fact, ! want
90 see the Gag produced or this audience
must disperse
Quick as a fash the great audience was
on It's feet and there were threats from
every side. The police placed their hands
on their clubs and revolvers preparatory
for the fight, which seemed inevitable. II
WAS ten minutes before order was restored,
and the American flag was brought into
the hall and unfurled on the stage, being
greeted with mingled Kisses and cheers
The speaker then concluded his harangue,
she police remaining in the hall