St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-16
DOWN WITH THE RICH RICH
That Is the Motto Of a Society
Said to Exist in Min
neapolis.
It's Agents. in the Guise Of Ser
wants, in the Aristo-
cratic Homes.
Further Chronicling Of the
Movements Of the Repub-
lican DigniLapies.
Gray's Citizenship Resolution
Criticized by the Trades
and Labor Assembly.

Uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown" is All adagc as old as the gray
topped hills, and 1t applies IN measure
TO all who have been favored by the
god Mammon. From recent develop
neDts in this city it would seem that
the rich people and so-called arlstocrats
have cause 90 feel uneasy in the region
Of their cerebellums. Especially will
tins be the case with astronomers and
gluttOns. For some time past there
has existed here secret society OF com
munists, or socialists, whose parent or
ganiZation thrlves in the home
Of anarchy-ChicagO This parent
society is most powerful or
ganiZatiOn, and has branches in every
large city in the Union. The local
society Is particularly furnishing one.
and though its meetings are held IN the
strictest secrecy, neophytes are added
at nearly every session. The place OF
meeting until recently was In a block
on lower Washington avenue; the quar-
tiers are now on Second avenue south,
in block not far from the Guaranty
Loan building. 1t is impossible 10 OBJ
tain admission 10 one of the meetings.
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liar pass words are needed. These, it
is understood, are changed at every
meeting to prevent any possible chance
of mistake on the part of the sentry at
the door.
When the society rented the new
quarters, the proprietor OF the block was
given to understand that it was TO be
used for the meetings OF mutual en-
dOwment and cooperative association,
and he is still OF the same belief. A GER
tain number OF the members OF the So
ciety, 1t is understood. are delegated To
do PROSECUTING, and do not find
much trouble In getting converts
To their peculiar creed, or what
ever they call il. Among these are
young men and girls, whose vocation Is
being employed us servants in families.
Those that are deemed discreet and
worthy enough are sent out as agents.
They secure employment in rich fami-
lies and pay close attention to every
thing that occurs. The manner Of living
of the families Is carefully noted,
also the kind of food used on the table
and the estimated cost OF the same, the
amount and kinds of wine drank, the
furnishings OF the residence, the quality
of the clothes worn by the inmates, and.
in fact everything that goes TO make up
lirst-clasS establishment. The agent
sometimes man and sometimes wom-
an-makes a weekly report OF all this 10
the society, and 1t is understood that IN
n short time circular VIII be issued,
and scattered broadcast in the city, con-
tanning a compilation Of statistics from
the agents reports. The names Of the
various families will be used, with a
hope OF creating decided sentiment
against the blue-blOods among the
'dOwntrodden" laborlDg men. Exactly
what the society hopes to gain by all
this Is not apparent, unless ii is TO bring
about a state OF affairs rOmanced about
by Donnelly in Caesars Column"
A peculiar yerifcation Of the above
was seen yesterday in the filing of pa
peTs i'm damage suit brought in the
municipal court. SelOver IL Gould have
commenced action Oh behalf Of n serv-
ant girl named Catharine Johnson. who
asks the court to grant her $500 dam
ages against the wife of wealthy and
prominent merchant of this city for
defamation OF character Miss johnson
states in her complaint that she was en-
plOyed as domestic in the family Of the
lady referred to and this lady DETAINED
her character by stating in the presence
OF witnesses that she (Catharine) Lad
stolen lot Of clothes and napkins. In
asmuch as she is innocent Of the charge,
Catherine wants damages to the extent
of $500
Merrlck 81 Merrlck are counsellors
for the defense, and in their an
swer comes the peculiar yerifica-
ton of the story printed above. The
lady denies having detained her servant
rt.tN 81, tln 81.
working for her on Feb. % and quit
March Is. She in fact denies everything
alleged by Catharine Johnson, and the
answer goes on to say:
THAT during the said entire time
plalntitf was in the employ of a political
organization of c0mmunistic character,
the particular name of which is UNI
known to defendant, and during such
time was receiving from such organize
ton the sum of SO per week as cOmpen-
sation for the service Of plaintiff as Il
spy in observing and recording the
habits and manner of life of the So
called aristOcrats, and defendant says
that by reason of. such employment,
plaintiff did not render to defendant
and could not fully and faithfully per-
form the services Of domestic, and by
reason thereof defendant has been dam
aged and suffered injury in the sum of
500. Wherefore defendant demands
judgment against plaintiff on the first
cause of action on her counter claim
herein, for the sum of 500.
The charge made against Miss John
son is quite serious one, and she de-
MES ii firmly. She says she never heard
of such an organization as referred to-,
though the husband of the defendant
states that the girl confessed to him
that she was acting as a secret agent for
the society. Miss johnson has always
borne an excellent reputation, and has
been employed by j. }. Hill, of ST. Paul,
and various other rich people. She says,
however, that she did not spy upon
them or any one else. ApropOs of all
this, it is understood that agents are at
present employed in nearly every
wealthy family of this city and st. Paul.