The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-27

mccormick Reaper vcskA Their quarrel with
tae worAmen there wss thai the men had nas
i1ssssea upon the demand es ten honrx.
pay for eight hours work About hslf
OK sAe NcCosnicS men were atsscaaca
81 esscissy a. hulldcx&t by tarcass
irosa Eoine % work, oss 30 vent to warx .s
ssuaL During TIE day the COMPANY adopted
sae eIsAf~hccr time and gave their raen q half
holiday. On coming ous from the building sne
soskmen were astseSed by the mob aud msay
Asu, saiie Others rssrcs:ed into tho building
tae strikers meanwhile breaking the wsnaows
IA tne e.x .acso.y with nsssilcS The com pany.s
quarts sought 10 frsshsen tAs mob by nriar
sasif ievesvers into the air. but wero greeted
Win desssivs laughter The crowd then began
osssssins down the tocss with crownsrs. wren
pasroa wagon 81 policemen dashed into tAei.
ri1ss aad tie crowd began IA assault on shs
poiicc The ofsiccrs asixhtrc. formed In Tine
ana drew their reviewers. eGs the crowd kept on
throwing missiles, ths o.scers doagsns them az
ccss they coaia The crowd had ncw been
swciien by sAe arrissios great aumhcrs. most 1t
sAem armed. who fired on the palsca The lar.
ter rctcrned the nrA The striker, were bad
sna'ksinen aad aoae Of the police we're hurt bus
ABOUT dozen ststkers were Wouuded. On the
arrival Of reinfoecsmsnts the police dispefssd
the crowd.
On that evening and the next day q handful.
printed IN German and English. called upun the
and Randolph streets on Tuesday evening, May
1hs bill announced: Good speakers will
% present To deneuncs the latest asrccious acs
o. tie police. the shooting OF our fellow work.
men yesterday afternoon AZ nea plaiueo
street, Randolph street. which runs east aud
west wideas out into plaza called the Old
haymarkef. about e,aeo feet lang by lss lees
vide. The crowd gathered iust OF the north.
csss corner OF this plaza In Randolph street, tO
iccs north Of nes fiaines ssresl About /. 40o
men. Including many who had been meat active
In the riot OF tito previous day. responded 10 the
invitation. Hail of these were driven auay BY
transform. while those Who remained were I'D
dressed from wagon By August spiss. editor
OF the ArasSfev ZcifaHa. and by the anarch.
fst, A. Il fafsonA These speeches were rather
mild, but Ftclden. an Engiishman, mounted the
wagon and made IN extremely violent speoch
OF twenty minutes duration. Meanwhile 10
police. under CAPITA Boueeld and Ward, were in
readiness at the lies PLANES street station Iese
than SO feet south Of the wagon When the
tenor OF Fteidcn's speech became known at the
Atation. IL WAS decided BY the two Captains that
In order 10 avert = serious riot it would hs hest
10 disperss tho crowd. Accordingly l'o men
were drawn up In line and marched up pee
fiaincs street, and when the police were within
few steps cf tho wagon Capt Ward ordered the
crowd to dispersc. Ficidca got down from the
wagon. saying: ave are peaceabie" Al this
moment bomb with = lighted fnss attached
vas thrown from crowd OF men standing Ia an
alley directly opposite the wagon IL sssuck
the ground among the police exploded aud
worked terrible destruction among them Mum.
berx OF them were wounded. Oficsf Dsesan
dying almost Immediately. Tho crowd then
opened destructive ire upon tho police. sixty
Of whom were wounded by the bomb and the
shooting. Of whom seven died. The o6acers
then charged the mob. dring their ssvcivers
among them and hiiltng and wounding . large
number.
Tho trial ei the psrscns charged with con.
sptsacy TO throw the bomb began On The 18th OF
July. tvcnty-oue days being consumed In ges.
ting Jury. August Spies. Albert R. Persons,
Adoiph Fischer. samuel Fieidsu. George Eneei,
Michael Schwab. Louis Lingg and Oscar Neobs
wsrs tho psrscns asfaigned Early II the trial
Judge Gary gave decision that greatly facill.
tased the conviction Of the psisonera His de-.
ciaiOn was that Il 10 nos necessary that the mem.
ben Of . conspiracy should have sgrsed - cora
tuts them acceasoriss befoso he fact: that II
murder has oeea ageeod upon And the time or
mannsf Of The crime has nOs oesn settled, the
corspifaeoss ass. nevertheless. when the killing
hes bsen dons. guilty Of murdee. The evidence
asainat the prisoners produced q the trial Vac
mostly supplied y Anarchist iaiormsrs. By de-
esctives, the police and the feportssA One Of
The infoemess, Waller . ewlsaI had heon mem.
b. Of the Lshf and Wshr vsesin,. This orgaai.
satton, - IL name indicated. Waa g society for
e1ereiso and instruction IN the uso Of armA IL
was incorporated under the laws Of the state VI
Illinois In 1878 b thirty German and Bohemian
Socialists, and included q the time Of the RIOS
800 OF 60 msmbsrs. most q whom had seen
service In fceeign armies. They he'd been prsc-
ticing military exercises - prepare themselves
ios eondlets with the authosAstsA waller tcssl.
0ed:
That he presided at meeting Of the society as
Sosds, night Ne, T 8 issS T Il. Ssa s ssse = ,Se Se
Arbettr Zetfsag the letter .sT' ana s.Come on
Monday which was the signal that thsfs was
ent q this meeting. Circulars headed "Rs-
ysugs" we're issued. The shcosins Of men ~
McCormick's was discussed EuEci introduced
case thers should b conflict between eho
strikers aud the police. In this case it was 1e.
solved that there should DO msstiuss to aid the
signal for such meetings. The manner Of heht.
o'ns should ?: ssFes. ,s.. into polse. s.son
bombs. firearms or any other means Of deetsuc-
tion II they were attached By the police. The
the Msymsrses m.ssinr. The oasst,o" noon
these measures was pus 70 the meeting By Eneel
Waller sasd that he had himself attended the
bomb
Early in 1855 several OF the largest property
owners in Chicago had employed Pinksrson's
agency To make IN investigation - 20 the real
purposes Of the anarchists One Of Pinksrton's
men. A. C. Jansen. testified - ioilows:
lie vas member of the American branch Of
tho international Woskingmsu's Association.
aud belonged TO the armed section OF that force
He had joined the ofgaui ixntjon with view of
finding out its objscsa lie attended Gil the
meetings from February. 1855, siil January, isA6
aud WAS present ~ two messipgs OF the armed
section. A. Que OF thess spies advised the
.hoo.in. Of . police ei,cer who had been &C.
cused OF ssfious charge. but had been &C.
Quilted BY the testimony OF his brother officers
ftssden rcfsfrsd 10 the dedication Of the new
gestion: ''whst . splendid opportunity there
would bs for soms bold fellow next
Tuesday evening % make the capitalists tssmbis
by blowing up che building and sli there IL in
long sword. dressed In blue blouse And
wearing . alouched lat requested aii pres.
ent To fail in- The detective and tive
others stepped forward On ths dFiIimastsr's
the detective was at Ioss what 10 do. but 10 hie
relief Parsons volunteered tn bo his SPONSOR
The driiimasser invited those present u inspeco
two tia hoxssI containing some improved dyna.
was elected lieutenant and proposed IN atsac6
on the First regiment armosy. In cas- of cOD.
fics with the authorities, the International
Rifles we're 70 act with The Lshr and wsAs
vsfetn-
IL will b sssn that this svidsncs convicted
spiss. Parsons. Fieiden and Engei oi conspiracy.
The same witnesses and othsss eavs more svi.
dencs OF . similar character II wss furthss
proved that dynamite bomhs were in posssssioa
Of several Of the accused Dynamite was found
in spissf desk u the Aybettev Zassa1 ofics anl
In The callas Of En9ei's housa Evidence vse
given that the article In the AsAeitev Zeifsao
hssded "Biood" was II The andwriting %
schwab, who wss an associate Of Spies upoa
that pspss. Concerning Fisldsn N ofncss 49,