Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-05
ANARCHY IN CHICAGO.
The Chicago Herald Claims to Ha
Made "a Great Discovery.

The Chicago Herald Claims to Have
Made Great Discovery.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The Herald prints
the following:
Strange stories are current about the
recent police raid at Greif's hall 1t is
told that because a refusal of wealthy
members of a secret association to ex-
pend more money for the suppression of
anarchy. the police-or certain fixtures
in the depaT ment-proposedt to show the
subscribers to the secret fund that the
social revolutionists are not yet dead. IN
a long interview with prominent citi-
zen, an attorney of great prominence,
whose clients are among the wealthy
class. it is ged that shortly after the
Haymarket ro. in May 1886, three meet
ings of cap aiists and business men
were called through secret invitations.
at which were subscribed aggregating
$15,0 600 with pledges for an annual fund
of S1OO,00O 1t was agreed that this
money should be spent in suppressing
anarchy and that no specific statement
of receipts or expenditures should be
made Of thu committee controlling the
fund. The lteryiow continues:
"Throughout the years that followed
until last Oc+0ber we have all responded
to the assessments of the finance COM
mittee of the citizens movement. The
latter part OF the month of last October
a general meeting was held and the
finance committee was present in a body.
No one knew why the meeting was
called. When we assembled the chair
man Of the finance committee made
speech. He said there was $57. $50 in
the treasury. The committee had not
expended any money for year, believ-
ing that anarchy was dead in Chica. y.
But during lie last few days he had
been appro he'd by certain police Off
Ger, who declared that the reds were
about to break forth again. The police
man had demanded money.
THE committee refused to give it.
The committee asked the sanction of the
subscribers and 1t was freely granted.
The fact that policeman had demanded
money set three or four of us thinking
and we, Notwithstanding our agreement,
began making inquiries. We find that
during the years following the Haymar-
ket riot ther had been two police funGs,
that guarar aed by the city and one
furnished by the citizens. From this
latter fund. which has ranged from 500
GOO to Sl40.0O0 annually, there had been
drawn every dollar subscribed, except
that of the last year, A few days befC e
the raid on Grief's hall dem nd for
money had ueen made. The committee
refused to q vance another penny.
"Ihe fumce committee called an
other meeting immediately after the
raid. There was no Disgusting of
charges That the rad was directly or
indirectly in uu,ed for the purpose of
inspiring the men who had subscribed
TO the fund with the idea that the reds
were again on The warpath, was set
forth. We told the committee to bal
ance its books, make pro rata division
Of the funds still held by it and render a
report of al! money received and ex-
pended The committee had antici-
pated us had the report prepared
1t showed tndJ $ioLOOO had been ex-
pended.
1T will come out some day" said
member of the q .zens' committee, mo
matter how closely the members of the
finance committee hold their tongues.
Somebody has got rich out of this thing
am the lai on Grcifs hall was intended
solely 20 a- .ruP he backsliding sub
scriuera 10 "a and f.4m which policemen
drew thousa 3 OF dollars"