The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-26
MONUMENT TO ANARCHISTS
Memory of Spies and His Associates Per-
petuated by Chicago "Reds."
Granite Plntb and Bronze Group Unveiled in
Waldheim Cemetery-The Exercises Wit
messed by Ell Orderly Crowd.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CHICAGO, juno 25.-The unwilling of the
granite monument to the Anarchists Spies.
Parsons and their associates. which took
place this afternoon In Waldhelm
Cemetery. was an imposing ceremony.
More than $500 people assembled az the
burial ground. The crowd was orderly and
the few policemen under whose protection
the ceremony took place found little to do
beyond keeping the sympatnizers with
anarchy In line as they surged through the
gates of the enclosure. 1t was q crowd or
Germans. Poles and Bohemisns. Scarce
~ an American was to be seen,
and the exercises were carried
on mainly in foreign tongues. The char
acter Of the speeches could not be called in
cendiary. but rather that of mild protest
against the existing order Of governments
The ringing oratory of the days when the
red flag waved where 1t pleased was gone
and all the enthusiasm the orators could
bring from the auditors as occasional
outburst of applause not very certain In
its sound. A marked feature In the oratory.
however, and one which was most Literally
applaudeO, was showing or strong AMI
mostly toward Judges Gary and Grinnell
ana Other OIuclalb OF the law WHO naO
been prominent in the celebrated trial.
The exercises a. the grave were preceded
by a short parade in the city. The entire
ceremony was under she auspices or Mat
thias Scbmldinger. president OF she Pioneer
ana Support Association. which has made
the monument possibility, and which.
ever since the execution in the yard OF the
Cook county jail, has supported the Wild
ows and children of the five Anarchists.
Nj. Schinidinger opened the exercises with
ia IN neI 4
was formally rendered to the association
by sculptor Welnert. Then came the En-
glish speech by Mr.. Holmes He said. In
part: I'VE invite the noble lords and
ourning in our city palaces. whose titles
20 great possessions are founded upon
tyranny aud robbery, who proudly boast
that neither they nor their ancestors have
ever been contaminated by labor by
trade-wo invite these arlstocrat5 TO view
the monument which loyal hearts and
ready hands have raised mp. Let them
gaze upon the stern figure OF their Nemesis
and read in her defiant attitude the
prophesy of labor's deliverance. Long
have they Toasted and fattened on the
spoil wrung from the laboring poor. but
the days of their triumph are already
numbered. We invite also the rich
of own country and CITY; the
wealthy toadies to European aristocracy
who have recently given us a practical
demonstration of. their itching for roy al
recognition. We ask those recreant Amer
leans to look upou the work wh,oh the
friends of these murdered men have dedi-
Gated. Our comrades peiitiOned them. aD-
pealed to them. almost prayed TO them to
henrken to the agonized cries of the op-
pressed poor; but they needed not the pc
titiOn, the prayers nor the warnings or
those whom they wronged. There Will
come a time when they will remember the
warning prophecy of one whom they stran-
gled."
DIR. Ernest Schmidt. the veteran Socialist,
of Chicago, delivered the German GRAFTON.
The speaker refralned from any direct crit
icism of the proceedings in the anarchist
trial, but he gave very striking para.
| phrase in adverting to the celebrated trial
| of Jean CALAIS. of Florence.
The red hood which enveloped the monu-
ment was drawn ASIDE by young Abort
Parsons. who was directed by his mother.
| the widow of Albert Parsons. The design
| is striking. Upon a massive surface. sup
ported by a firm base. rests a rectangular
plinth stands heroic group In
bronze. The sentiment embodied in
this group was found by the
sculptor in Freiligrsth's poem THE ReyO-
| lntion." The central Iigure In the group
represents o woman In an attitude ex-
| clinched hand. is crossed over her breast.
| while the left hand is placing laurel
| wreath upon the brow of her champ ion.
who lies stricken at her feet Beneath the
form of the PROSTATE man froDds and
| sprays of palms are strewn. The woman's
| figure stand, out in hold relief. full OF ex-
| preston. and 10 powerfully conceived and
| artis1ically executed. On the base of the
monument the last words of August Spies
are inscribed: "rhe day will come hen
| our sentence will be more powerful than
the voices you are throttling to-day"