Evening star., 1900-07-31
ANARCHISTS APPLAUD
Startling View Of Conditions in Pat
erson, N. j., Revealed.
WHERE PLOTS ARE PLANN Ed
Humbert's Assassin Made a Hero
by Former Confederates.
NJ E E ING LAST NIGHT

The New York Herald this morning de-
votes page to Bresci, the ASSN of King
Humbert. and his career in Paterson. N. J.,
and again exposes the already notorious
Of anarchy for years.
Even at tho time Of the Haymarket mas
sacre, when Chicago was endeavoring to
stamp out the revolutionists. says the Her
aid 1t was reported that the man who had
actually thrown the bomb that killed the
policeman was in hiding in Paterson.
Recently the anarchist group in the town
has received large accessions. I was in
formed yesterday by one Of the leaders. q
man who lives on the contributions Of this
and other groups, that there are 800 an
archists in Paterson who will willingly
stand up to be counted.
This Is astounding, in view Of the fact
that In Chicago, when Spies and Parsons
were lecturing and organizing. those who
confessed themselves anarchists could
easily have been numbered, and even most
Of these declared they were only socialists
But in Paterson there Is no such timid-
ity. The anarchists declare themselves to
be such, and are seemingly proud to avow
IT. Two score men and women yesterday
crowded to the headquarters, at No. 355
Market street. to learn If 1t were really
Bresci who had killed the king. and each Of
them when asked. promptly answered.
Certainly am an anarchist"
1t has come to such point that an
archist meetings are no longer held behind
closed doors in Paterson. Meetings ad-
dressed by anarchist leaders are public
gatherings in halls connected with various
saloons
The meetings are announced by the an
archfst papers and often in the Paterson
dailies. The doors of the halls are open,
md hA tfr,tr,
though. of course. many of those who at
tend are not avowed anarchists.
Permitted by the Police.
1t was such gatherings as these that
Bresci regularly attended in Paterson. Ty-
ranny was denounced and incendiary
speeches made The kings and potentates
Of Europe were pointed out as oppressors
who should be killed, in the interest of the
people.
When Chief of Police Graul was asked
last night why he had not stopped the
meetings and tried to curb the anarchists
he acknowledged his familiarity with these
facts by saying:
I'VE knew of the society and knew of
many Of the meetings in various parts of
the city, but there was nothing we could do.
There was no breach of the law The gath
erings were orderly and we could not in
terfere.''
PatersOn's Anarchist Newspapers.
Until very recently there were three an
archist papers. but one of them. the Germi-
nal. intended for the French speaking
group, recently suspended publication. The
remaining two newspapers are the Ell Des-
perata and La Questione Sociale.
Ell Desperate Is printed in Spanish. The
editor Is Peter Festere. 1t is written and
edited In Paterson, where Festere lives but
Is actually printed in New York. The head
quarters of the Spanish group, made up of
both Cubans and Spaniards-for anarchists
are against all government-are in Brook
lyn.
Festere spends much of HIS time in each
OF these cities. He was in Paterson yester-
day afternoon. where he met the anarch-
lists and Joined in praising the bravery Of
Bresci and in Brooklyn last night, where
he received the rejoicngs of the Spanish
group.
Francis Widmar is editor of La QUESTION:
Sociale. He lives. works and prints his
paper in Paterson.
Where Plots Are Hntched
1t was learned that these papers have
been made up in the top story Of frame
building at No. 355 Market street, Pater-
son. There is no sign on the outer door to
indicate the nature of the business done.
nothing to show that this building is really
a place of plots against governments and
kings. Up three flights Of stairs there is
still no sign. But on the upper floor there
is the name La QUESTION: Sociale" over a.
door.
Opening this door. one passes into a large
room used a meeting place of the group
Bresci was often In this room but his voice
was rarely heard, for he was strangely
quiet.
Back Of the hall is a narrow editorial
room hung with the portraits of other men
who have killed rulers. Here the princi-
pal members of the Paterson groups met
Yesterday. and. In apparent exuberance.
gloated over the death of Humbert and be-
moaned the fate of Bresci, who, they said
had given his life to save his people"
The rear room of the suite is the COM
posing room, where stand cases of type
and where the editors take composing sticks
In hand and set up the violent articles
they themselves write.
If the subsequent investigation of de-
tectives and police shall prove that Bresci
merely carried out prearranged plan to
remove" Humbert the evidence will un-
doubtedly show that that plot was formed
in these rooms.
Applauded the Murder.
The following account of a meeting\of the
anarchists in Paterson last night also ap-
pears in the Herald:
Paterson anarchists met at their rendez-
vous. No. 355 Market street. last night and
exulted over the death Of King Humbert
Ernestina Crevella, a handsome young wo-
man. is their leader. Standing in the CEN
ter of group Of men she thus voiced their
sentiments:
King Humbert 1t dead. If Angelo Bres-
CT. whom we knew, did IT, 1t was for the
best. Humbert never did anything good.
We have a beautiful country in Italy, but
We are forced to leave 1t or die Thousands
Of Italians need bread in their own country,
where plenty can be produced but II they
ask for 1t they are thrown into prison.
1T is true that Humbert does not shoot
US. but he kills US by hunger We anar-
chists uphold the killing of monarchs. and
Humbert was a bad king. His son Is like
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