The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-07
ANARCHY IN ILLINOIS.

a few years ago In New Orleans series
of murders by Mafiaites led to the appre-
hension, indictment and conviction of a
lot of Italians who were confined in the
common jail. Some of the victims of the
Malta methods were American born. and
one was a popular county official. Others
were Italians, and Sicilians especially.
The people were so outraged by the as
sassinations that they rose in their wrath
and lynched eleven of the prisoners. Pos
sibly some innocent man suffered. but
However, the Italian Government took
oognizance of the matter and appealed to
the Federal Government, which, while
dlsclaiming responsibility, after years
wrangling finally settled the matter by
conoeding indemnity to the families of
two of the men who were lynched. 1t
complications were so serious that war
was threatened, and the Italian Minister
actually took his departure from the
United States. That was our first serious
trouble with Italians in this country that
involved the Federal Government.
While of course we must protect our
own within our own domain and cannot
call upon Italy to indemnify any of our
people injured by Italians in this ooun-
try, nevertheless it is we'll to rememb Der
She New Orleans case in considering the
present outrages in Illinois by Italians.
of whom seven-tenths are not American
citizens.
At the Spring Valley mines in Illinois,
She Italians have for some time been re-
solved to drive out negro workers. Re-
Gently pretext was afforded them for
open assault, and to put in practice their
foul scheme for crowding the negro out
and putting themselves in his place. On
Monday the war broke out and the Ital-
fans well organized and armed, assaulted
the negro workers. brusally beating men.
women and children, shooting right and
LEFT, and sparng neither the babe, the
aged nor the sick and bedridden. The
massacre far exceeded in extent the
New Orleans affair. Only eleven men
were lynched, and of these but two were
Italian subjects, the others having for
sworn allegiance to Italy. In Illinois all
the dead and wounded are native-b born
Americans, all the assailants are foreign
ers and seven-tenths of them unnatural
lied.
1t seems that they have held meetings
where 1000 of the anarchists attended.
The speeches were uttered in the Italian
tongue, and an organization was effected
which has ordered all negro workers to
leave the city. Not even the sick nor the
little children nor women are exempt.
The rioters have possession Of the place
and declare that they will rule it. q threat
that they evidently have already accom-
plished.
1t is not recalled that in all our history
there has been so coolly organized SO
large q body of aliens to kill and drive
away body of American citizens. That
the latter are black, that some one of them
may have robbed an italian. in no wise
alters conditions or affects sentiment.
Here in the State of Altgeld the anarchic
chicken has come home to roost, but be-
fore it got upon the perch it was the cause
of murder and brutality in the wound
ing and beating of more than hundred
American citizens.
These anarchists doubtless look to
Governor Altgeld for sympathy and en-.
couragement; they do not stop at killing
and beating and exiting; they declare that
the s'exiles'' must take their property
with them, and that all they are unable &c
carry or cart off will be confiscated or
destroyed.
Here is freshness for US. to be sure-s
large body OF murderous aliens holding
mass-meetings and pronouncing the
doom of death upon Americans and de-
claring their goods confiscated to the new
state of anarchy. And this in sover-
eign State of the Federal Union by the
grace of Gbd free and independent The