The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
Labor Must vindicate Itself.

The Herald calls for tho suppression OF
the two papers published In this city as the
organs Of the Ana rchists and Autonomists,
respectively Public security" 1t says.
demands that the preaching as we'll as
the practice Of assassination DO punished
and prevented"
These openly and avowedly anarchistic
papers. like the open and nvowed Anar-
chists for whom they are published. are not
enemies of society by any means 30 danger
| Gus as tho papers and individuals
now engaged in melting riot. MUIR
der. and violence under the pretence
that they nre defending the inter-
ests of labor. The Anarchistsof the MOsT.
| PEUKERT. BERKMAN. GOLDMAN. and BAUER
| type arc easily discovernble. They make
no effort to conceal their anarchistic sentl-
ments and purposes. They are proud Of
being Anarchists and the foes OF all law
and order. OF property. government and,
| every valuable and necessary institution OF
| existing and civilized society. They are
| people who have the courage to express
| their convictions. They declare that the
whole social structure ought to be blown
| up, and consequently they advocate openly
| wholesale murder and assassination.
| AS thoy are thus outspoken, and as
| they are formed into societies or groups,
| it would be possible for the police Of the
| different cities to make up In q week list
| OF every one OF the Anarchists In the Union.
They are known and willing to be known.
Everybody. too. knows exactly what they
| are after. They are not insidious and am.
| pushed foes Of society. They are open
| fighters with their tongues and pens,
though only rarely have they dared
to carry their diabolical principles
into practice. They are set, or
sect, or cult the object Of whose wor-
| ship is murder. Hence. they should al
| ways be watched as the police watch
professional criminals addicted to afro
cious crimes. More than that. they are
madmen. and they ought to be under
restraint as victims Of the most dangerous
form Of madness. the homicidal mania.
| No man who advocates murder should be
allowed to 60 abroad. He is q wild beast.
L Society. therefore. has 1t in its power to
protect itself against this anarchisticgang.
The suppression of their distinctive
papers. however. would accomplish little
or nothing beneficial As reveal
ing their murderous philosophy and
violent purposes, these papers are OF some
poOAC oCIN lCcs lOI Cucy luOlCdU6 LILO pT6S.
| ence in society Of band Of murderers and
| assassins on principle. and show where
they are. Their papers do not make their
principles. Their principles make their
papers: and II they cannot print their SEN
timents In papers. they will print them
otherwise for surreptitious circulation; and
II they cannot do that. they will talk them
to each other. Murder is already In their
creed and their hearts. They are homicidal
maniacs. Not the anarchistic papers. but
the Anarchists must be suppressed. That
Is the only way Of dealing with the danger
GUS madness. They are not exercising free
dom Of speech. They are conspiring assas-
sinatipn. They are criminals by creed,
madmen by confession.
A far more serious danger threatening So
ciety comes from the men and the news
papers that incite murder and defend 1t
while pretending to uphold the established
order OF society and to denounce the
teachings and practices OF the Anarchists.
They are insidious foes Of society. venom
GUS serpents squrming out Of reach when
the hand OF the law would reach them.
They are wolves who put on sheep's
clothing when they go forth on their preda-
tory excursions. They are emissalies OF
the devil who deceive the people by dis
guising themselves as children OF light.
They are the World and the numbering and
assassinating strikers. pretending to be adj
vocating the cause of labor when they arc
identifying 1t with riot and bloodshed.
The Anarchists in New York. moreover,
have not murdered 30 many men as have
been killed in rlotous strikes foment-
ed by the World. The assassin Of
tho poor truck driver. STEPHEN WHITE,
last Wednesday. was not an Anar-
chist. He was strikor: and the as
sault ON Mr.. FRIcK by BKRKMAN was
the effort OF hero as compared with
that cowardly and dastardly murder.
Who killed the PNKERToN guards
ut Homestead. firing at them though they
made no hostile demonstration Not Anar-
chists. but strikers. REILLY. whom Re-
corder SMITH sentenced for life last Wednes-
day for killing KELLY. was not an Anarchist.
He was a. striker. and the only reason he
had for the murder was that KELLY was
poor man seeking work by which
to earn his bread. He fell upon
him and beat him to death. So
also In the CBur d Alene riots the murder
GUS assassins were not Anarchists. They
wore strikers. and their victims were not
capitalists. but poor workingmen.
How long would DO the list II we could
print here the names OF all the men who
have been killed or brutally assaulted by
strikers during the last ten years 1t would
be far moro terrible list than list OF
the victims OF the avowed Anarchists
during the same period. Practically
the murderers we're oil Anarchists. They
were all punishable as murderers. They
were all savages and thugs. and tho
great majority OF the victims were poor
| workingmen. whose only offence was that
| they were trying to earn their living.
All striking Homestead to-day is in
| spired with this anarchistic spirit.
II the strikers could have their way. they
would drive out by force. by assault. by
murder. II necessary, every workman now
employed In the mills. 1t being crime under