The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-13
ANARCHYS REQUIEM.
Honoring the Memory of Their
Chicago Leaders.
sOHwAB AND FIBLDEN SPEAK.
The Former Admits That Their Advice
to Arm for Defense Was Imprudent,
but Not Unjust-Fietdcn Advises His
Hearers to right the Wrong"


to Arm for Defense Was Imprudent,
but Not Disqualification Advises His
Hearers to Right the Wrong"
CHICAGO, Nov i3.-Services i'm commem-
Grafton of the death of the five anarchists
Spies, Parsons, lingw -sher and Engel
were held yesterday at the monument
erected to their memory in Waldheim
cemetery Though cold rain fell steadily
throughout the day the services were at
tended by nearly $4,000 persons. The ser
vices were made notable by the fact that
Schwab, Fielden and Neebe, the COM
rades of the executed anarchists who
were sentenced to Joliet but pardoned by
Governor Alt%eld, were present at the
grave, two of them, Fielden and Schwab,
being the orators of the day. When Fiel-
den, Neebe and Schwab were pardoued it
was said TO be condition of their release
that they should make no more anarchis-
tic speeches, but they made them yester-
day nevertheless The ceremonies were
preceded by a procession, feature Of
which was six little girls dressed in red
and black. One Of them carried a large
black shield, bordered with red upon
which was the following inscription in sill
yer letters November II; Tyranny. No
God. No Lord No Slave"
The servicet began by the rendition Of
"Annie Laurie" the favorite song of Par
sons, and then Schwab came forward to
deliver his address The earlier portion
of his talk was taken up by an account of
the last night in Jail prior to the eNecu-
tion of the anarchists He said il was the
most wretched night of his life. lie pro
ceeded:
"rhe capitalistic class does not only
kill but tortures its victims At last the
day dawns which will end the lives of our
beloved comrades The entrance to the
Jail is watched by the hirelings of capital,
the Winchesters cleaning in the sun. The
militia has been called out in readiness to
murder if an attempt should be made to
rescue the condemned from the Jail. The
servants Of the law with distressed faces
are running back and forth. They smell
of the schnapp which they had taken in
order to be inspired with courage for the
murder. The voice of Albert Parsons
rings out in song in my ear. He is sing
ing Annie Laurie He seems as light
hearted as if on the eve of celebrating a
feast instead of going to the gallows.
"After a while Fischer and Engel sound
the Marseilles. Spies joins in When the
words March, march are reached their
voices are filed with triumph. They GER
tainly seem to be in good spirits. Not so
with the henchmen. Although supported
by the aid of this powerful government,
they go to and forth with hesitating steps
and anxious countenances The little
courage which they need they obtain from
liquor At II o'clock Sheriff Matson ap-
nd
are handculfed and the death cap is
thrown over them. As they stand before
their cells they call to us last farewell
and the march to the gallows begins"
The speaker then reviewed shortly the
situation of affairs and the cause which
led up to the Haymarket massacre. He
spoke of the workings of the international
Arbiter bund and of the preparations made
| by capitalists against threatened out
breaks of this organization. He said:
ut was this preparation by the capital
istic class which led to the shooting of in.
nocent men, women and children, and
which caused our leaders to advise ouI
followers to arm and defend themselves
This advice was perhaps foolish and i'm.
prudent. 1t cannot be called wise under
the circumstances, for in the sphere OF
physical power the capitalists are far SUI
perior to the workingmen. They con-
trolled drilled men, and h0d at their COM
mand the best and most elective engines
of destruction"
1--WE defy the police to trace the thrower
of the bomb to our ranks or to show that
the man who threw it was workingman.
An investigation not conducted by the
hirlings of capital would put a different
light upon the matter. One thing is GER
tain, the investigation which did take
place was n perversion of justice.
"The action of Governor Altgeld brings
to us the hope that there are yet men of
stern honesty of purpose who have the
courage to stand for the truth and that
there is a bright future before us in which
truth and right shall prevail"
He concluded his speech by earnestly
appealing to his audience TO submit all
questions of difference between capital
and labor to arbitration.
Fielden spoke next, and said;
"Nou have met together to commem-
crate the memory of the men who lie un-
der yonder stone. You have met here to
protest against the injustice of their tax
ing off. Not often i'm the history of gov
ernments has such crime been done The
only thing that gives us courage is that
here and there a man rises mp like Gov
ernor Altgeld, who has the courage of his
convictions.
"These men We're men of law and order,
They believed i'm peace, aud whatever their
opinions of the practical solution of these
questions the predominatiug Thought in
the mind of each was for peace The fu-
ture will give them Justice The honest
man can afford to wait. We who believe
these men died for "a good cause can mourn
for them sincerely. All over the world
today the hearts of the poor and lowly
turn TO this spot. beseech You TO go to
your rooms and do what you can to right
this wrong
After the singing of another song the