Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-13
IN MEMORY OF ANARCHISTS.
Gathering About the Grave of the
Haymarket Riot CriminRls.

Haymarket Riot Criminals.
In the drizzling rain a thousand men and
women and some children, wearing In many
forms the red badge of anarchy, marched
through the streets of Chicago Yesterday to
the railroad depot, where special trains son.
veyed them to the waldheim burying
ground where are the graves of Spies, Par
sons. Lingg, Engel and Fischer, who were
hanged anarchists
The most conspicuous man in the process
sion was Oscar Neebe. He acted as marshal.
walking at the head Of the column, but at
the grave he was as silent as the five an
archists who lay under the gray stone mon
ument faced with female figure in brccze.
Behind Neebe came a German band of
dozen pieces, playing dismal dirges the
whole way. Following the band walked six
bare-headed girls, all but one being dressed
completely In the color which proclains the
anarchist an enemy of all law and order.
TWO of the girls wore sashes of black, on
which were worked in white the names of
the five dead anarchists. The sixth girl who
was dressed in black. bore before her a ban
ner with this strange device in bohemian:
November. 1887 - Tyranny Ncvembe- II.
1887" and below: mo God. No Lord. No
Slave"
The other girls carried wreaths of fresh
flowers, which were placed on the monC-
ment at Waldheim, and a brewers union
delegation bore an immense Horseshoe, in
the center of which was a shaaf of wheat
A hundred women wearing the insignia OF
their faith walked in the mud and rain he
hind the girls and the remainder of the FRO
cession was made up OF men of all ages and
occupations, turner and singing societies.
the Working Peoples Association, and vari-
Gus debating clubs. which is another name
for anarchist groups; brewers and MASTERS
and labor unions; Red badges Were dis
played but one silk American flag subiued
the effect OF the anarchist colors.
Aided by the Police.
Fielder and Schwab preceded the march
ing body to Waldheim and took no part in
the parade. When the procession moved
from the rendezvous at Market and RAN
dolph streets, the hands OF police officers
were raised to check street cars snd other
vehicles SO that no break would he made in
the ranks, and strange part of the d.m-
onstration was that no wor Is of ,.atre1 ard
revenge were hurled from me platform at
the grave against the police.
When Waldheim was reached the rain
beat upon the motley assemblage of 1900
among which were Assistant Chief of Po-
lice Ripley and three-score detectives, .rd
many who came through curiosity only.
After the tributes of flowers had been
placed on the monument and the marchers
had passed around IL, the exercises Eeyan
The band played the Celestial Overture
of the reds which is Annie Laurie" the
song which came from Parsons lips on TIE
eve of his execution.
Schwab was introduced as "a comrade
who was seven years in prison for our
cause"
Standing on the platform facing The grave
of his dead comrades. with mis- little boy ty
his side the man who was always more OF
a socialist than an anarchist read frcm
proof sheets In German a remarkable
airalx Int ,al,- \
ic and eloquent account of the scenes and
incidents in the county Jail the night be-
fore and the morning OF the execution.
He declared that the capitalistic class was
not satisfied with the military forces at its
Command. but must hire bayonets and Pink
ertons. The workingmen i'm May, lSS., be-
lieved they had the same right, and that
was all which the armed section of the
anarchists contended for. Tie DayIna rk { {
bomb was thrown by some one uuk nown TO
the anarchists. The ChicaCo press had satl
spies and Parsons should be hanged becsl Sc
labor organizations had lessenrd The inccI.e
OF the capitalists Every romraie shoi!d
read the letter from the courageous Pew
ernor of Illinois. in which he gave his rra-
sons for pardoning Neebe, Fielien and him
self. He closed by saying: Nov let Us so
forward with fresh courage
Gov. AItgeId's Act.
Samuel Fielder, who spoke next, SAL of
Gov. Altgeld: To-day We stand in the face
Of the society based not upon n. equal
rights of the whole people, but upon the
privilege of the few. and although here and
there We find a man n political life who,
like Gov. Altgeld. has the courage Of his
convictions. yet We KNOW that the great
mass of the politicians Of this country and
of Europe dare not say !, word against the
interests of the capitalistic class; but the
fact that Gov. Altgeld, in The face Dc what
he had to expect, had the Courage and man
hood to tell the simple and unbiased truth
has done more to make men confident Of a
peaceful solution of the problams which are
agitating mankind than all the acts OF tie
politicians that have lived since the DAYS
of Washington. The governors action
brings to us the hope thai there is a bright
future before us. in which the truth and The
right shall prove it,
He spoke of the execution an arrar-
emily willful and deliberate crime, which,
strange to say, had been perperrated in the
United States, and which they had met
again to protest against as free lien.
The rest Of the exercises consisted of
maennerchoir singing and selections ty the
band.