The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-05
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.-Whcn siicwn
me cablegram from Vienna Friday re-
garding the anarchists plots there.
Chicago official who is in the city said
II was well known to the Chicago &C.
cret service police that the anarchists
of Vienna, Paris and London were in
constant communication with those Of
New York and Chicago.
A plot similar to that discovered by
the police in Vienna was uncarthed III
Chicago year and a half ago. but
nothing was said about it for fear it
might create a dynamite sc.,r- and IN
EI'c the Worlds fair. 'ic ltei. were
sr1zIlging to blow up tho az ALL al
sxAbeogo ana at tho same :;F1o 10 bios
sD several buildings 81 Ito NGld's
fair
Mai. Vim. McClaughey, who was st
that time general superintendent OF
sho Chicago police. learned OF The affair
and by vigorous action nippcd 1t i'll the
bud. One OF his secret service men at
tended q number OF the anarchist
meetings on Clybournc avenue ana
another group was covered. by another
officer on west Lake street. At tAc lat
ter place woman, fanaticii on tho
subject OF anarch;Sn. volunteered 10
enter tho council chambers turing Il
meeting Of Chicago's common council
and discharge big dynamite
4 eb ,,-il Ii-lrr II c-
rifice her own lie for the good OF the
cause, II bv 30 doing she could destroy
tho much hated city fathers,
AZ the Clyhournc avenue meeting
which Was acting In concert with tho
one on Lake street, the plot was being
arranged TO blow up the Worlds fals
buildings When superintendent OF
Police McC!auShcy heard OF these.
he put an extra force of de-
tectives on AMI q nu.ALer o!
the leaders were brough: 70 his Of
flee. He told thcm he knew there
were fanatics among them willing to
Sacrifices their lives for what they be-
loved TO DO the good Of mankind.
Now. said McClanghey il there is
any dynamite throwing by an: OF YOU
we will pay little Attentions TO them.
but will arrest every one OF the lc;ls'crs
and agitators and u bigger han ,inY
than ever occurred before in Chicago
will follow
This plan" continued tho official.
had the desired effect and Tao reds be-
came less active Among ti,u mass OF
information gathered at that time were
letters from Partisan anarchists which
led to the discovery that the bombs
used by Ravachol In Paris were FUR
nished by the anarchists OF Chicago.
AS q result Maj. McClaughey opened
communication with Nj. Lo=e, who WAS
then project Of police Of Paris
A SORT OF compact was then formed
between M. Lozn. superintendent OF
police Byrnc, OF New 1'atlS: the chief ct
tho Scotland yards service ns'l Maj.
alcClauyhey. 1t was arranged that
whenever any OF the anarchist agi
tators left Paris for London. AcW YORK
or Chicago. VI. LOIS vas TO cable tins
fact to the police Of the port - " hlch
the red was going, so that he could DO
watched Each of the before men.
toned cities was to do the same for
Paris, and in this way the an
archists were to be kept under sur
veillance. 1t was by this coi"part
that Maj. McClaughey was notified OF
the fact that the Chicago anarchists had
arranged to bring Prince krapotkin'
~. ,~rroi, tat of nnHnN TO
Chicago. and he was enabled - prevent
his coming"
In conclusion the otlicia from Chica-
60 said that Hampstead Wash"arn''
who was then mayor. found it ncces-
sary to have detective sccrctcd about
his house on Aston place for several
months during his term in oi1ice on &C
eotsns of tbs thxeass made by tho On.
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