The record-union., 1893-09-30
special 70 the REooRD-uN1or.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
VIENNA, Sept. 29.-The excitement
over the discovery of the anarchist Mot
is still at fever heat. Four anarchist
Workmen were arrested to-day, and moro
arrests are hourly expected. large
number of those known to be connected
with anarchistic societies have hastily left
the city.
All the public buildings are carefully
guarded by the police. These precautions
will be continued as long as Parliament
is in session.
The police are in possession of facts OF
the greatest interest to the police of sew
eral European capitals, as well as Chi
cago and New York. They decline to di-
vulge the particulars, but it is known they
have established beyond a doubt connec-
ton between the Austrian plotters and
the anarchists of Chicago and New York.
A PLOT AT CHICAGO.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-When shown
b e cablegram from Vienna regarding the
anarchist plots there, a well-known Chi
cago official now in this city said it was
well known to the Chicago Secret Service
police that the anarchists in Vienna, Paris
and London were in constant commune
cation with those of Chicago and New
Y ork. He declared plot similar to that
in Vienna was unearthed in Chicago by
the police one year and half ago, but
nothing was said about 1t for fear of cre-
ating scare and injurlng the Worlds
Fair. The Reds were arranging to blow
up the City Hall and several buildings in
course Of construction at the Worlds
Fair grounds, but Superintendent of Po-
lice McClaughrey, by vigorous action,
nipped it in the bud. Detectives attended
a number Of anarchist meetings in ely
bourn avenue and West Lake street. at
the latter woman fanatic volunteered TO
enter the Council chamber, when the City
Council was in session, and explode q
bomb among them. She said she was
willing to sacrifice her own life for the
good OF the cause.
AT the Clybourn-aYenue meeting ar
rangements were being made to blow up
the Worlds Fair buildings, when Super
intendent McClaughrey had number of
the leaders brought to his office. He told
them ii any dynamite was thrown he
would pay little attention to the fanatical
underlings, but would arrest every leader
and agitator, and they would take part in
the biggest hanging that ever occurred in
Chicago. This plain talk had the desired
effect The Reds became less active.
Information was gathered then from
letters from anarchists of Paris which-led
to the discovery that the bombs used by
Ravachol in the rue Clichy, Paris, ex-
plosion were furnished by Chf.sgo an
archists.
Major McC1aughrey opened commune
cation with the Prefeot of Police at Paris,
Superintendent of Police Byrnes at New
York, and with Scotland Yard, London,
with the result that compact was formed
that each should keep the other posted as
to the movements of the Reds in their re-
spective cities whenever one went from
one to the other. Through this compact
Major McClaughrey was notified of the
fact that Prince Krapotkine, Russian
anarchist residing in London, had ar
ranged to come to Chicago, and was ena-
bled to prevent it. The anarchists threat
ened to blow up the residence of Hemp
stead Washburne, then Mayor, and he
had detectives concealed about his house
for months.