The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-12
ANARCHISTS AT THE ITALIA.
IsslasINlT IRON or ALEXANDER ~
t.I COMNEHORhTkD.

spssshss ~ Esitor Kstz SD Rfost, who
Frsatstu the Nurssr ot the Pressnt Cssr-
Ne ps-sns tor Revoiutisnsry Litsrsture.
There was q meeting Of Anarchists at the
ThAlia Theatre last night which had for It's
object the CONNIE IN grafton Of the assassina-
tion Of Alexander II. OF Russia and incidsn-
tally the Increase ofthe funds used for the prop
aesnda OF ansrchistic doctrine and literature.
John Most was the principal speaker
There 10 a concert OF some kind every Sun
day evening at the Thalla Theatre and a good
part OF the audience that paid fifteen cents to
get in last nj light thought there was TO be the
usual style Of entertainment. There we're no
programmes. and whom they learn ed what Was
IN store for them the spectators we're dissatis-
Ned. The speeches were intersperssd with
songs and recitstiona
Boys passed through the house with apples
candies. and peanuts and did a good business
Others had anarchistic pamphlets for sale.
some written by Emma Goldman. but nobody
seemed to be buying them. There were as
many children In the house as there were men
and women. and babies enough to keen the
audience continu ally mindful OF their presence.
The meeting did not begin until halt-past
q Most OF the audience had been there for an
hour when the Chairman. who was Mr. Katz.
the editor Of paper called Der Free ArJeiter
gave the spectators an opportunity to look Mt
som ethinG else besides the grand piano that
occupied one corner Of the stage. ,,
It was seldom debased to holding. such a
ing was called TO commemorate the Cars as
saesinhtion and also the Paris Com mune. which
70 Tss tSs the es.d tss
execution " of Alexander.
Mr.. Katz said both were the result Of a ten
dency Of the people TO rise as well against gov
was bound to occur again. he said. not with.
haps so long a time as ten years" wv wv
The entertainers were chorus OF male
Baritone. a tenor. and fiery Young 1T ussiaa
named Ldelstaedter. who recited once In Rus
sian and then gave a piece 10 German, adyis-
their rights. This aroused trem endous On.
thusiasm. and q woman who sat two seats be-
toward ? man who was leaning on the
face with his hat, which she snatched out OF
his hands She finished this in time to Join the
applaSse which continued until the Chairman
serious matters than the young mans recita:
tions to be heard during the. evening. and
sa hs sRs' ws4s blood
thirsty. but hated ANYTHING like murder. But
titled to rule over twelve million peopie and
was right Or wrong and whether he happened
Alexander IL, he said, was not q curse to
Russia, but TO the whole OF Europe. Most
compared him to. Alexander the Great rather
unnatteringly. and said that no was modern
present Alexander by the same means.
and CLOSED. his speech by. defining the
OF the Anarchists demand. He rallied against
esta bllshed governments Of every kind, as well
said were Inconsistent with the idea Of the
social revolution"
There were more songs after he had spoken,
and the young Russian came back and talked
again. Then the children were walked up the
babies tucked under shawls and cloaks, and
the audience went home.