The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-08-19
GIPL ANARCHIST 'SvIEWS
Experiences of Ernesta,Cravello,
a Silk Weaver.
Is PROUD CT B2AsoIs DEED

to Inauence Others.
In view of the recent sssassina tion
of King HuInbert by an anarchist III"
following complete narrative OF the life
and experiences OF Ernesta Cravelio.
whom people choose to call the queen
of the anarchists. is of timely interest.
Whether. indeed. she possesses such
grave power over the menacing In
fiuences of the order is matter Of
speculation. But it is. nevertheless.
true that she is woman of curious
personality and of high strung. IN
reasoning discrimination 1t Is usually
true of peopl" of this character
that they have but limited education
In this, Ernesta CravelIo is 40 excep
ton. She admits frankly that sh"
has no learning. but even with tn"
lack of this refining influence it Is
apparent that she is gifted with sinSu
lar intelligence This much was mp
parent the other day when she talked
long and earnestly with New York
Journal correspondent
In appearance the girl Is not at all
like the other young women employed
in the Paterson silk mills. In the
first place she has n vigorous beauty
She has large and vivacious eyes. deer
blue in color and the so called ivory
complexion of the. Italian. Her Eaii
is dark brown-very dark, indeed-and
her figure. while we'll proportioned. is
! slight and not too highly developed.
At the present moment the young
woman is weaver in the Paradox
silk mills. Her employers say she is
a faithful employee. always to he re-
| lied upon and without the usual super
fetal tendencies of women Of her class
| 1t has been noted In the mill that she
cares little for the usual amusements
OF the other girls at work on the looms
| and that she associates with very few
of them,
| When she was asked whether il was
true that she is an anarchist, she ad-
mitted it without hesitation or re-
serve AS she said. it was part of her
| life, and she saw no cause TO be asham-
| ed of it II believe in ii all" she said.
land | am trying to make others be-
lieve as do" The young woman talk
ed to the correspondent surrounded by
to every question and answer. All of
them were members of the anarchist
section of Paterson. and all were dark,
heavy eyed and consistently silent and
| mysterious.
Yes" she said. II am an anarchist.
Why should ! hide It? ! believe that
this propaganda will be the salvation
of the poor. | shall try to educate ali
that can. and some day. perhaps,
there will he the result who knows?"
| In speaking uf these things she had
no reserve.
Il was born In Italy" she went on
"in Bella. Of Piedmont. My father Is
dead but my mother still lives | have
one sister and two brothers. and both
of these brothers are now in America
One is in New York and the other in
Pennsylvania. No; | do not know the
town ! have been in this country five
years was Il years old when ] ar
rived here. and at that time had II
idea of the ambition in store for me
| came here merely for work 1t wa,
three years ago when | first became
convinced that the real solution oil
many things was anarchy. | had learn
ed this from reading and from listen
ing to my friends. They told me much
1T is all wrong to say that | mad,
: Brasci remove King Humbert. | di,
, not We anarchists do not know wha
each other does. 1t is an impulse tina
) leads us to great deeds. We do no
t plot together for such an end. Eacl
, one does what he can, and that is all
No: cannot say that | would do sucl
a deed. l do not think l am brav,
enough. But cannot blame one of u
who believed that it is the right thing
Why should l?
? Here we have a ruler who is crue
| and oppressive, and be is removed
Shall | blame the agent who remove
him? No. But / would not do it my
self. l tell you that it makes mucl
; difference in the happening OF tn
thing When a rich man kills a poo
man do we hear anything of it? Nc
] But when a poor man kills one that
: great and powerful-ah, there is a grea
i. noise and we hear all. That Is tn
way.
do you remember when the king
soldiers shot down all the poor an
|
q an? There are women there-wome
4 with children-yet it was soon hushe
= up. l think Brasci's deed will help ou
cause. 1 did not dream that he woul
be the sort of man to do it. He wa
very quiet
Let me tell you now again that sue
things are never arranged by our orde
}, We never tell a man to go and do 6
i and so. We have no leaders to Civ
}, directions. a leader? l laugh. W
l.. have no leaders. 1t is every one fl
l. himself. There will be no suffering fl
\ this act 1t is only the poor that suffe
Humberts family have place an
power. They will not suffer. He
. taken from his place, that Is all. l b
n lieve that 1t will make one step furth'
10 onward for our just cause. And Goo