The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-01
Numerous Cut -Throats and Dynamitards Seek
Refuge in England. Having Been Routed
Out of the Botany Bay of Politics"
Extraordinary Precautions in France
Against Possible Outbreaks To-Day.
Authorities in Italy, Spain and Portugal Also
on Their Guard-Many Arrests-GermaDs
Will Devote the Day to Merry Making.
LABOR DAY IN ENGLAND.

Workmen Promise q Great Dem monstration
To-Day-Anarchists Flocking TO London.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LONDON. April 30.-The dullness of poll
tics in and out of Parliament this week has
made the May-day demonstration the alb
sorbing topic of the hour. The eight-hour
agitators have taken advantage of their
unusual consplcuousness TO promote their
causein public opinion. and the result is
that. that should tomorrow be q pleasant
day. John Bull will witness the most
gigantic labor demonstration of the last
ten years.
Mr.. George Shipton, secretary of the
London Trades Council, with headquarters
at No. 81 Whitefriars street. received your
correspondent this morning and explained
to him the prospects for the day. The
London Trades Council represents men,
bership of about 100000. and Mr.. Shipman
has been organizing eight-hour or similar
demonstrations for the last twenty five
years, so his words may be regarded as
authoritative. Mr.. Shipton said: 1--WE
have reports from all parts of England
that the workingmen have prepared for
meetings and PROFESSIONS on scale
heretofore unequaled Probably six
hundred OF seven hundred thousand men
will be in the field if the day Is pleasant
The demo nstratlOns will be perfectly Or
derly. In London probably fifty thousand
men, with their wives and their childre II,
will be at the meeting In Hyde Park.
Speeches will be made by the best lab or
orators. Invitations were extended to the
German trade societies, the Belgian trades
unions and the Social democratic central
A0 dali ntAo "A nl-<r
to address foreign wOrkinRmen In their
own language, but, for political reasons.
they have been unable to join U.s."
If it rains tomorrow the London demon
stration will be tiasco Despite all prom.
ises of quiet day, however. preparations
for riots have not been omitted by the
police. Several companies of policemen
will be held rendy for call in the immediate
vicinity OF Hyde Park, aid the park force
has been Quadrupled. The Socialists here
that London will see. as the propaganda of
the society is spreading rapidly. and that in
another year London worklngmen will de-
mand instead of protest. Even the re-
dictionary Tories acknowledge that the
threat is well founded.
The new extraditIOn law of Switzerland
IS the principal cause of their newly
aroused apprehenslons. Zurich has long
been the most popular place of refuge for
"Botany Bay of politics." bismarck once
called the city. 10 this foreign colony
have flocked for twenty years almost all
desperadOes suspected of plotting against
the Gar. the German s0vereigns and states
men and the ruling powers of Spain and
Italy. Recently the city colony of dy-
namitards has been almost doubled by
desperate characters who have plotted or
have executed the Outrsges in Italy.
France and Spain. This nest of In
cendlaries and bair-brained plotters
must now be moved to London or, New
York as the new extraditiOn law removes all
protection from political criminals. and
will allow the Gear or Emperor to reach
into the, little republic and carry Oft to
lustlce almost every desperate character.
Most of the fugitives are too poor to get as
far as the United States, and, therefore.
Will be obliged to settle in London. All
the week. since the enforcement of the ex-
tradition law In Switzerland, Liberals and
Conservatives alike have been protesting q
against the coming avalanche or alien cut
throats and dynamItards.
So far this year the returns of the Board
| of Trade show the influx of ignorant and
penniless immigrants has increased steadi-
| ly, and 1t Is estimated that no fewer than
ten thousand criminal or semi-criminal
foreigners from the lowest political and So
cial classes on the continent have been
| planted, In the past four months. in the hot
bed OF anarchy. to be trained by the des-
perate agitators already beginning to ar.
| rive from Swiss cities. Tho government
| cannot stop this perilous movement with
| paper" says the Evening Post. Drastic
| measures are required at once. The time
| is Overrlpe for stern action. The govern
ment will be Interrogated this week. in the
| House of Commons. as to it's plan of action.
| in view of the new danger threatened by
| the enforcement of the Swiss extraditiOn
| law"