The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-13
At THE TOMB OF THE REDS.
Chicago Anarchists Pay Their Annual
Tribute to Their Dead.

Gov. AltReld Eulogized for His Glenn
enoy to the Imprisoned Leaders-The
Pardoned Leaders and Lucy Parsons
Take Part in the Exercises-A Thou
sand Men and Women in the Pro-
cession.
Chicago, Nov. 12.-Altgeld and anarchy
were named together at the grave of
Spies, Parson, Lingg, Engel and Fischer,
in Waldneim cemetery to-day. A pecu-
liar interest was given to the memorial
demonstration by the participa-
ton of Michael Schwaub, Samuel
Fielden and Oscar Neebe, who
were sentenced with their dead comrades
the first two to be hanged, and Neebe
to 10 years Imprisonment. The governor
of Illinois was praised for his exercise of
pardon, and Judge Gary was condemned,
but Fielden and Schwab had no kind
word to say for Gov. Oglesby, who saved
their necks from the hangman's moose.
Anarchy was not tfaunted with fiery
speeches and red flags in the face of law
abiding citizens or syInpathizers in the
sacred house." but there was in
the street parade and speeches of Fielden
and Schwab an undercurrent of deathless
hostility to society, to the "capitalistic
class, TO the institutions of the country
and to law and order in any form
A TAME CELEBRATION.
Compared with previous commemora-
tiOns of Nov. II, 1897 to-day's demonstra-
tion of sympathy and tribute to the mem
ory of the dead five was tame No men
tion was made of the bomb-throw-
ing by the anarchists at BARGE
Iona, and the Speakers were not
only silent in regard to resort
to force, which they advocated six years
ago in the Haymarket square, bat they
even declared that there was a peaceful
solution to be found in the troubles agitat-
ing the laboring masses.
In drilling rain, 900 men and
women and some children, wearing in
many forms the red badge of the anarch-
lists, marched through the streets of the
city at noon to the railroad depot, where
special trains conveyed them to the VALID
helm burying ground The most conspic-
uous man in the procession 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 anarchists
who lay under the granite tombstone
faced with female figure in bronze.
LUCY PARSONS ON HAND.
Lucy Parsons brown face framed in
black was the most conspicuous, next to
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anarchy in Chicago six years ago did not
raise her voice at the cemetery as on
former anniversaries. Fielden and
Schwab preceded the marching body to
Waldheim and took no part in the pa
rade When the procession moved from
the rendezvous at Market and Randolph
streets the hands of police officers were
raised to check street cars and other
vehicles so that no break would be made
IN the ranks, and strange part of the
demonstration was that no words of
hatred and revenge were hurled from the
platform at the grave against the police.
When Waldheim was reached the rain
beat upon the motley assemblage of z. 600,
among whom were Assistant Chief of
Police kipley and three score of detec-
tiVes, and many who came through Gu
riosity only.
THE EXERCISES.
After the tributes Of flowers had been
placed on the monument and the march
ers had passed around it, the exercises
began. The band played the Celestial
Overture" of the reds, which is "Annie
Laurie" The song came from Parsons
lips when in his cell on the eve of his ex-
ecution.
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 his little boy by his side, the man.
who was always more of a socialist than
an anarchist, read from proof sheets in
German remarkable speech 1t was
mainly an intensely dramatic and eloquent
account of the scenes and incidents in the
county jail, the night before the morning
OF the execution.