The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-19
HE RAN WITH ANARCHISTS.
And Was Watched by the
Police.
CONsPIRED MORE THAN ONCE.
But He Does Not Seem to Have
Plotted to Wreck the
Capitol.

WASHINGTON. June 18.-Morrison /.
Swift OF Fitzgerald's Boston Industrial
army appeared before the House Commit
tee of Labor to-day. Chairman Mccain
called his attention to an article in Wash
ington evening paper which alleged that
he had been connected with HOnore Jack
son of Chicago in anarchist plots. When
questioned he laughed and said he had
never met Jackson but once, and if he had
known of any such plot be would have
tried to preventit He said he had always
deprecated violence in connection with
strikes. he advocated reduction of hours
of labor to give work to the unemployed.
Every police, secret service and treasury
official here regards as pure fabrication
the story published in the Post to-day that
grave anarchistic conspiracy has been
unearthed. Honore Jackson affects indig-
hation. Jaekson's landlady says that
Jackson prompted the article himself.
PITTsBURG, Pa, June Is. - General
Coxey, who was in the city to-day, left for
Masillon this afternoon. Speaking of the
report that the halfbreed. Jackson, was in
plot TO destroy the Capitol he said: I'VE
did not 60 to the Capitol to destroy any,
thing-not even the grass. AS far as [ am
concerned. 1 know nothing at all of the
scheme. / have not seen jackson since l
was in jail"
CHICAGO, June 18.-"Jackson is a crank
of the first water. and therefore will bear
watching" said Chief of Police Brennan
TO day, referring to the Indian halfbreed,
who is the alleged leader of an alleged
anarchist plot to blow up the Capitol. the
Treasury, War and Navy buildings at
Washington. Last summer Jackson was
affiliated with known men to be of an
archist leaning in this city. 1t will be
rememb ered there was TO be a worlds
congress of anarchists in this city during
the Worlds Fair, and that though. there
were no public meetings there was secret
session in Jackson's office. The police
found no occasion for interfering with the
meeting and nothing was DONE"
LEAyENwoRTH, Ksns.. June 1S.-When
the news OF the verdict of guilty, rendered
to-day by the United States court, was
conveyed to the camp of Commonwealers
on the military reservation, quite a COM
motion was raised. The prisoners became
excited and rush for liberty was made.
The deputy marshals took after the men.
firing on them, hitting and bringing down
man who afterward crawled away in the
brush. During the confusion nearly forty
of the convicted Wealers made good their
escape. Company K, Sixth Cavalry, was
called from Fort Leavenworth, and the re-
naming prisoners surrounded and brought
to Leavenworth for safekeeping until SEN
fenced tomorrow. The convicted men
were divided into squads and sent to To-
peka, Lawrence, Kansas City, Kansas,
and Atchison, to serve out what sentence
is given at the jails In those places.
JULESBURG, Colo, June 18.-Fifty Cox
eyltes, all that remain of the army OF 1900
which left Denver two weeks ago for
Washington. started down the Platte River
to-day 10 boats. General Carter said he
intended to return to Salt Lake at once.
he is tired of the movement, he says, and
more particularly tired of men whom he
cannot control. At Ogallala, Nebr., six of
the California Industrials were arrested
for plundering residence.
BISMARCK, n. D., June 1S.-The Hogan
Navy of the Commonwealers sailed to-day
for Pierre, S. D. Steen, who ran the
stolen Dawson engine. was held to appear
before the Grand Jury, In $500 bail.
LOUISVILLE. KY, June 18.-Louisville.
New Albany and Jacksonville have quar-
antined against General Kelly's army of
Iudustrials. As soon as the general is
sighted he will be notified that he must give
Louisville wide berth.