St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-13


ices at the Cemetery Were Held
During a Steady Fall Of Cold
Rain.
CHICAGO. Nov. 12.-Services in COM
memoration of the anniversary of the
death OF the five anarchists, Spies,
Parson, Lingg, Fischer and Engel, were
held to-day at the monument erected to
their memory in Waldheim cemetery.
In spite of leaden sky, from which
cold rain fell steadily throughout the
day, the services at the graves were at
tended by nearly twenty-five hundred
persons The occasion was made nota-
bic by the fact that Samuel Fielden,
Michael Schwab and Oscar Neebe, the
comrades of the executed anarchists,
who were sentenced to Joliet, but par
doned out recently by Gov. Altgeld,
were present at the grave. two of them.
Fielden and Schwab, being the orators
of the day. When Fielden, Neebe and
SchWab were pardoneu it was said
TO be a condition of their release
that they should make no more
anarchistic speeches, but they made
them today nevertheless. The cere-
| monies at the cemetery were preceded
by procession which marched through
some OF the downtown streets. No red
| flags were carried, but each organization
| participating in the parade carried
floral emblem adorned prOfusely with
redribbon. upon the streamers of which
were the usual anarchistic inscriptions
| In fNarpoon taI, Eol =
band at the head of the procession, and
| just in front of the Women's LassalIe
| society were six little girls, dressed in
| red and black. One of them carried
| large black shield bordered with red,
upon which was the following inscrip-
tion in silver letters:
November 11-Tyranny-NoG God, No
Lord. No Slave.''
Each of the five other girls wore a
red dress and wide black sash, upon
which was inscribed in silver letters
the name of one of the five anarchists
whose bodies lie under the monument
| at Waldhe i'm. The services began by
the rendition of Annie Laurie" the
favorite song of Parsons, and then
SchWab came forward to deliver his adj
dress. The earlier portion of his talk
was taken up by an account OF the last
night in jail prior to the execution of
the anarchists. He said it was the most
wretched night of his life.
The capitalistic class does not only
kill, but tOrtures and racks its victims.
AT last the day dawns which will
end the lives of our brave COM
rades. The entrance to the Jail
IS watched by the hirelings of
capital, their Winchesters giimmer-
ing in the sun. The militia has been
| called out in readiness to murder if an
| astempt should be made to rescue the
condemned from the jailer's hands.
| The servants of the law with distressed
faces are running back and forth. They
small of schnapps, 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 singing Annie Laurie He
| seems as light-hearted as if on the eve
| of celebrating a feast instead of going
| to the gallows. After awhile Fischer
| and Engel sound the 'Marseillaise.'
| Spies joins in. When the words
| March, march are reached their
| voices are filled with triumph. They
certainly seem to be in good spirits.
| Not so with the henchmen. AL
| though supported by the authority
of this powerful government they
| go to and fro with hesitatlng
| steps and anxious countenances. The
little courage which they need they ob-
! tain from liquor. At II o'clock Sheriff
Mattson appears. Spies, Parsons,
Fischer and Engel are handeuffed and
| the death shirt is thrown over each. As
| they stand before their cells they call
| to US last farewell and the march to
the gallows begins. They had built it
in the north corridor. 1t is IL 80 o'clock.
| The sun pierces into the Jail to kiss
the heads of the martyrs for the last
/ time"
The speaker then revie wed shortly
| the situation of affairs and the causes
which led up to the Haymarket massa-
ere. He spoke OF the workings of the
international Arbeiter Bund and of the
| preparations made by capitalists against
threatened outbreaks of this organiza-
ton. He said:
ut was this preparation by the capt.
talistic class which led to the shooting
upon innocent men, women and chill
dren, and which caused our leaders to
advise our followers TO arm and defend
themselves. This advice was, perhaps.
| foolish and imprudent. 1t cannot be
called wise under the circumstances.
for in the sphere of physical power the
capitalists are far superior to the work
ingman. They controlled drilled men.
and had at their command the best and
| most effective engines of destruction" :"
He continued to narrate the well
known events which took place up to
and including the throwing of the fatal
bomb. in regard to which he said:
I'VE 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 hirelings of capital
would put different light upon the
matter. One thing is certain-the in
vestigation which did take place was a
| perversion of justice.''
In relation TO the pardon of Gov. Alt
| geld, the speaker said:
"The action Of Gov. Altgeld brings to
US the hope that there are yet men of
stern honesty of purpose who have the
courage 10 stand for the truth, and that
there is a bright future before us. in
which truth and right shall prevaiI.u
He concluded his speech by earnestly
appealing TO his audience to submit ali
questions of difference between capita i
and labor to arbitration. II was the
hope OF the future, he said, to settla
these differences peaceably by arbitra-
ton.
Fielden spoke next, and. said:
"You have met together to commem-
crate the memory of the men VINO lie
under yonder stone. You have met
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