Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-31
The Fire Department is Better
for SuppreSsing Mobs Than
Soldiers.
Anarchy Can Not Exist in the
Presence Of Cold
Water.

I lIDLIlcllSc ululuS lle recent GcleDIa-
4 ZION OF the silver wedding OF the King
and queen OF Greece, and came very
near being the cause OF "a riot, says an
exchange. W While u vast number Of
| splendid carriages rolled up to the en-
trance Of the royal palace and deposit
cd their distinguished and richly attir-
ed guests, who haughtily swept past
! the hrongs of beggaTs, laborers and
| snop-keepers, who had congregated To
| get glimpse of this brilliant array of
! royal pomp, a workman, evidently feel
ing keenly his poverty and despised
| condition, called out, "Hurrah for social
ism! Down with royalty" He was
| very quickly silenced and hustled off
TO the guard-house by soldier, but his
| exclamation had found a sympathetic
| echo among the people, and more NUT
| terings of a far from complimentary
nature We're heard among the crowd.
| However, there was not the slightest
| disturbance that night. The police
were obeyed at once when they told
the crowd to dispense and 20 home.
The following day there seemed TO be
a great deal Of suppressed agitation
among the many little groups OF work
men, who on account Of the silvcr-wed-
ding festivities were forced to idleness,
| it having been decreed that three days
| be set aside for its celebration.
A small coteTie Of societies Of the
Herr Most order made up their minds
that this was their golden opportunity
| to gain a large number of converts to
| their doctrines Taking advantage of
the incident Of the night before they
| had managed to scatter a large number
Of inhammatory circulars to De dis
| tnbutcd among the worllmen, the pur
port of these was disguised under y
| patriotic hnrargue about the worlmen's
| duty to their country and themselves,
| but the whole tone was calculated to
| SOW discomfort and to inveigle the poo
! plc to a demonstration against the gov
eminent. The circular ended in a call
to a monster mass-meeting TO show
| that the Greek workmen knew and APP
| preciated their power"
| Major NEilios, chief of the police in
! Athens, was handed one Of these circu-
| lars by an officer, who was anxious
| that immediate action be taken to sun
press the 'rabble," rs he expressed II,
| but the chief merely laughed and said
4 it did not amount to anything, and
/ that he had means Mt his disposal
which would prove very efticacious
should the occasion require it. This
| Major NIillios is a very humane and
I
! harsh measures The meeting took
place and was fairly well attended
/ There were some revolutionary songs
sung and some speeches made, but the
whole meeting did not seem to be very
/ anarchistic In it's tendencies till work
! man. rejoicing i'm the classic name of
! NIzzopoulos, took the platform. His
! spoutings and fumings would have
! gladdened the hearts of the most rabid
socialists. He told his hearers that
/ they were a lot Of down-trO1den ours,
and not fit to spit upon so long as they
remained content with their present
/ condition, etc He had not gone very
| far when a detective among the audi
! ence rose and told him in choice Greek
to keep his mouth shut.
This created a hubbub among the
audience, which quickly divided itself
in battle array. lJur1ng the first en-
counter Greek roots, Hellenisms, and
other verbal missiles were hurled in
fierce interchange This was found too
slow for the eager disputants, the
sneaker anxious 10 make an impress
sion, smashed his opponent in the nose
with copy Of Socrates "SOcial Sci
ence," and this individual promptly
banged the speaker in the eye with 4
volume Of Solon's "Sophistry Of
Riches"
The fight row began general In
uenched on the platform the Helen
blazcd away on ms fellow citizens in
the body Of the han with every pro
iectile that came handy. inbstands.
chairs. lamps, and other tfaes whizzed
through space like Beila's comet But
the other side rallied nobly. and, pick
ing up The benches, used these as the
famous Greek batterug rams of old,
and proceeded to thump the anarchy
ont Of those on the platform in great
shape
Just as the fun and fight had reached
it's height, the chief Of the police, who
had got wind If this animated deudto
quietly ordered the fire department to
furnish music for the anarchists enter
taiament the fire laddics responded
nohly 10 the call and i'm less than ma
time they were playing a nocmgne with
a..
midst of the sizzling social rofouuer
What transformation sceue. What
silent olequence there Is embodied in
dote for too fiery temper or eloQuouce
The anarchists scamnared away in wnt
and 1isgrstei silence, their Greek 6rc
was most effechallv quenehed and like
half-drowned rats they disappeared in
the gloom OF the night