Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-20
TO SPREAD ANARCHY.
Charles Wflfred Mowbray Has Come
Over From England to Make Trouble

Charles WiIfred Mowbray Has Come
Over From England to Make Trouble.
From the New York Herald
Charles Wilfred Mowbray, who was ar
rested in London upward of a dosen times
| for melting breaches Of the peace by max
ing anarchistic speeches. has been In New
| York city since Saturday. without the
knowledge Of the police and the board of
immigration. who were long ago warned to
| look out for his arrival
He arrived on the steamer Paris from
Southampton undisguised. so he asserts.
and did not in any manner attempt to con-
ceal his identity.
Upon landing, Mowbray went direct to
Newark, n. J.. where he has English
friends He went before the clerk Of the
court there the next day and took out his
first citizens papers, which ne DISPLAYED
to a Herald reporter last night. Last Mon
day he rented apartments In the top floor
OF an apartment house in East S6th street
New York, and there he intends, for the
present, to take up his abode.
At No. 80 LIST street is the saloon of Jus
tuS Schwab, the fayorite resort of anar-
cGiSts of the east side. When the reporter
went there last night he found the place
occupied by a dozen or more OF them. They
were seated about tables imbibing beer
from gigantic "schooners" and in the CEN
ter OF the group was a tall. powerfully
built man whom he found to be Mr.. Now
/ bray.
You are the first newspaper man / have
met since arriving in America said he,
land l do not hesitate 10 outline for the
| Herald the purpose Of my visit. I may
stay here a long while. L am to establish
a propaganda of anarchism. This was the
understanding of those who sent me here
and those on this side who expected my
coming. / have been received with open
arms. so to speak.
Those who know me are aware of my
disposition to give blow for blow, and il is
seldom that L am struck first. This i
demonstrated on various occasions to the
police of London. when they attempted to
abuse me without sufficient cause.
However, l do not come to incite riot
although 1 believe that the purposes have
| in view cannot be attained in a manner en-
| tirely devoid of violence. j intend TO es-
| tablish a system of education which will be
| the means OF placing the workingman on a
better basis One of the two ways in which
| to do this Is the holding of meetings.
VIII Hold Meetings.
II understand that there is some objec-
| ton to public sessions of anarchists. This
| is an injustice. 1t is allowed in England.
and seems unreasonable to me that ii
should not be allowed here. 4 will COM
mence by holding meetings in private halls.
which surely cannot be found objectionab bic
| Il have been an anarchist since 1870.
was first connected with the soc.alistic
movement in England. and was aftcrwari
| affiliated with the democratic federation.
was the one who seconded the motion max
ing ii a socialistic federation. and at that
| time was a delegate from various branches.
| Besides, / was one of the founders of the
| Socialistic League, in conjunction with VIM.
| Morris
-Four times in succession / was elected
| an executive of the Amalgamated Society
Of Tailors of Great Britain and Ireland.
| THE anarchistic movement in England
Is a strong one. requiring only little more
union. There are twenty-six good centers
OF anarchism in England, Ireland and Scot
land. The system which ! advocate for the
| acquisition OF strength has three heads
| meetings, the scattering of pamphlets, and
| the help of the newspapers
in conjunction with my colleagues ! am
to urge anarchism. pure and simple. The
| chief persons to be urged are those con-
| nected with labor organizations. IL possible
1 shall have the greatest of public demon
| STATIONS.
! The argument which we chiefly believe
| in is that every working man can live the
| highest kind of civilized life. If we were
| allowed to by the capitalist We could pro-
! duce three tines as much as We could con-
| sumo. Now, matters have come to such a
pass that a man is not allowed to produce
| sufficient for existence.
Wants a General Strike.
| Productive cooperation AMI the strike
general strike-by the federation unions of
1 labor are what viii accomplish the end in
| view. l distinctly in favor of every
Union man laying down his tools and refus-
| ing to work.
| Trouble will follow, I am sure. The
| capitalists, though, will cause il ALL They
will incite the people to resist our endeavors
by false presentation, and bloodshed will
| follow.
| Because Of my views and the manner I
| have sought to spread them / have been ar
rested in England many times. 1 spent
| nine months in the prison at Norwich on
the charge of melting violence. 1 do not
deny my guilt.
| Il am the publisher of the Comomnweai
an English paper, of which ID. }. Nicoll was
the editor. Both of us were arrested I'm 1892
\ Tor an article which appeared in the Com
! monweal advocating the murder OF Chief
| Justice Hawkins Inspector Melville and the
home secretary.
Il was acquitted at that time because my
| responsibility for the article could not be
proven, but Nicon served eighteen months
In the Chelmsford Jail for The alleged Of
| fense''
Mr.. Mowbray is thirty-eight years old and
was born i'm the county of Durham. En-
gland He once belonged TO the British
| army, as did his son Charles The latter
was arrested, Mr.. Mowbray told me for
oesertion. and also fer circulating an
archistic literature among the soldiers
Mowpray is soon to call his initial meet