Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-02-28
W ELL CLEAN OUT
The State House Anarchists Be.
coming Bold in Boston.
GOV. GREENHALGE G0TMAD
Wild Speeches and Peremptory
Demands by a Rabble in the
Capitol-The Police Had to be
Called on to DisperSe the
Crowd Which Had Assem-
bled.

CrOWU WHICH ndu ASSciii
bled.
BoTToN, Feb. 20.-Abont 2,O0(
people gathered OH the Comm OF
this afternoon to listen to addresses
by Morris L Swift, ,Hurbert Cassol
and other socialist anarchists,
as they call themselves. Aftel
hearing the speeches the crowc
marched to the State House, were
Swift and Casson were to visit Gov
ernor Greenhalge. They demanded
as they themselves put it, that em.
ployment should be given to the
crowd which they led. the Cover
nor intimated to Swift and Casson
that be woul do all in his power tc
help the unemployed, and that he
had no doubt that the Legislature
would do somthing for the men,
He consented to come out and ad-
dress the crowd. He said to the
people that personally. he would
demand action by the Legislature.
Still he said, the Legislature had
no power to give work to the un-
employed: excep! it had money to
pay them, and except the work on
which they should be employed
were necessary for the general
good. He insisted that the first
duty of every citizen was obedience
to the law. If the laws were not
right it was the fault of the people
of Massachusetts, not that of the
Governor or the Legislature. He
said they. weae simply there to ex-
press the will of the people who
sent them.
THEY THREATEN VIOLENCE.
Swift aud Casson, followed by
crowd of the unemployed, went up
ssfay their petitions which was
couchsd ia terms Of a5demand, be-
fore the Ssnate and House of Rep
resentatives. On their return from
the chamber. Swift ascended to one
o: the side galleries, and delivered
aspeech q that sounded strangely
out of place in the historic old
hall.
"We will clean out the State
House." he cried, "if we don't get
what we want"
The rabble-for such it was-ac-
companied the declaration with en-
shusiasm. Private Secretary
Thomson was standing near and at
the enunciation mentioned repair
ed hastily to the Governor and re-
ported the state of affairs. Gov.
Greenhalge grabbed his hat and
headed for the scene of action.
Meanwhile, however, swift finish
ed, and had descended the stairs
and stood outside the chamber
door awaiting Representative Mel
len, whom he desired to introduce
the petition.
The Governor met him.
ibid you state that you would
clean out the State House?" asked
the Governor.
Swift covered. II did," he
half muttered. ''but I stated we
woule do it with the ballot.
This was absolutely untrue.
"You wish to qualify in that
way" continued his Excellency.
"Yes," replied the agitator.
"Well,' said the Governor, earn
estly, clinching his hand, Il do
not like that language, sir, and 1t
wont be tolerated. I warn you
that l will hold you personally re-
sponsible."
Swift's bravado was all gone,
He quickly stepped out of sight
and mingled with the crowd. Pre-
vioue to this episode Governor
Gfeenhalge had summoned Repre-
sentative Mellen tn his presence
"Mr. Mellen." be said, 81 want
YOU to be on the side of law and
order"
"You will have no stronger fighter
in the case,' replied Representative
Mellen with earnestDess.
Meantime Chief Wade, of the
district police, had telephoned te
police headquarters and at 3:2(
o'clock fifty blue-coats marched
up Bacon street and taking the
side entrance to the State House
made a clean swath through tht
mob straight to the doric hall