The evening times., 1900-03-26
MOST RETURNS TO NEW YORK.
The Anarchist Condemns san Fran
cisco as n vicious City.

NEW YORK, March 26.-After jour-
ney eastward across the continent in pur-
.suance Of an effort to convert its obsti-
nate inhabitants to anarchism, Herr Most
has returned to his old headquarters, at
50 Gold Street. There he favored re-
porter yesterday with his California i'm
pressions, and, incidentally. with the I'M
pressions he had obtained en- route. he
said:
Railroads crossing the Rocky Mountains
are an experiment on a large scale. to find
out how near a railroad track may ap-
proach an abyss without bringing a large
percentage of the travelling population to
a violent end The much vaunted comfort
afforded by generous companies is ma
tional illusion. Railroading is by no means
a pleasant pastime, and / arrived In San
Francisco in a state of semi-torpor. The
palace cars may be all right, for all know,
but the eonveyances within the means oil
the average American are below criticism
shabby, ul-yentilated, and overheated.
"To Judge intelIigently the merits OF i'm
migration laws of restrictive character.
man has TO see the Chinese quarters OF the
Golden Gate City. am, on pTinc.pie, op-
posed to the restriction OF immigration,
you know, but il | were a Californian
we'll there are cases where principe
may be oyerBorked. The state of affairs
in the Chinese quarters of San Francisco
is simply appalling. Intefne cine STRIFE te-
tween the Mongelian secret societies SEEMS
TO be settled institution
For example: During my short stay Ia
San Francisco not less than eight shoot
ing affrays with fatal outcomes. occurred
in Chinatown all of the participants be-
ing members OF secret societies. all oath
bound to stand united against the inter-
ference OF the lawful authorities. however
divided against themselves. In one OF the
aforementioned cases the shooting occurred
during the performance in one OF the Chi
nese theatres the police being unable TO
get hold OF the murderer.
The palmy days of the Lexow Commit
tee came to my mind. when / saw how
gambling is carried on without the slight
est attempt at coHcealment all over Call
fornia Po0lrooIas exhibit their posters in
San Francisco on the public sidewalks un
der the very eyes of the policemen walk
ing their beats. San Jose, a town OF b.
OO0 inhabitants. is brim full Of gambling
dens and immoral houses, and so are most
OF the ether cities in California.
Much misery on the Pacific side? Well
rather! The evils of enforced idleness III
San Francisco are even worse than in New
York city, for every avenue ef escape
eastward or west ward is cut Of, by reason
of the alkali desert on the east and the
Pacific Ocean on the west Some CT the
poor devils, thrown out Of work, try TO
reach Honolulu. Those who have not 500
in their possession are barred from landing
and reshipped to American shores, 10
starve and pine away. far from the colo
Eial land of promise.
in San Francisco. | often found from
ten to fifteen involuntary idiers crowded
together in one small room. breathing poi
soned air and despairing OF batterment.
MANY converts made? ! should say so.
The times are ripe for anarchy. when tECu-
sands of able bodied men. willing to work.
are condemned to slow starvation for want
Of an opportunity"