The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-08-06
ANARCHIST RIOT IN CHICAGO
TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS HURT IN 4
 STRUGGLE WITH pOLICTMEN.
Five Arrested - Mrs. Lucy Parsons, Widow of Albert R. Paason, Who Was Hanged as a Result of the TIaymar1set Riot, Among Them--AppenIs to Work
men.


 Chicago, Aug. 5.-An anarchist riot l occurred this afternoon at Twelfth and Halstead streets, in which twenty-five people were bruised in struggle with forty five policemen, summoned to qu5n the disturbance. Five persons were ar- rested, among them being Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of Albert R. Parsons, who was executed November il, 1887, in Chicago for aiding and abetting the bomb-throwing in the Haymarket riot. She was charged with disorderly con- duct, obstructing the street and resist ing an officer Her bail was fixed at s1,00o The others arrested were:
 Paul Fandersee, charged with distrib- uting incendiary literature; bail fixed at $2,000.
 Clement Feutser, charged with as- sault, disorderly conduct and oostruct- ing the street.
 Herman Goodman, charged with dis tributing incetdlary literature; bail fixed at s2,000.
 Abraham Edelstadt, charged with dis orderly conduct, obstructing the street and resisting an officer; rele ased on '$1- 100 tail.
 A mass meeting had been called at West Side Turner hail. at which speech- es were to be made by Mrs Parsons and others on the topic "The Execu- ton of the King of Italy" The call .concluded "Workmen, come in crowds and show that the feeling of brother hood is strong among you"
 Mrs. Parsons was on her way to the hall, but, finding it had been closed by the police, she stepped into doorway across the street Soon crowd form- ed and a police officer, pushing the throng, caught glimpse of Mrs. Par sons. Thinking she was making an an- archistic speech, he endeavored to dis perse the crowd. His efforts were in vain and the officer sent in a call for reinforcements. Additional officers ar rived and immediately a general fight was precipitated. Fists and clubs were used and the officers. finding themselves being worsted, sent in a riot call. The number of police was increased to for ty-five and they rushed into the throng. Mrs. Parsons was seized It is claimed she resisted arrest, and her associates fought for her. Bricks were thrown, clubs were yielded and a fierce strug gle ensued before the crowd was finally dispersed
 Clement Feutser, one of those arrest ed. was badly cut in the hand. A num- Der of children in the crowd were knocked down in /the melee and tram pied upon, but none was injured seri- ously In all twenty-five persons were badly beaten and bruised.
 After the affray numerous small cards were found on the street In the vicinity two verses of poetry, urging the workingmen to throw off the yoke of bondage and fight for liberty and to lay down their lives if necessary to overthrow the government and attain freedom. The card bore the heading: "Workmen, Emancipate Yourselves"
 The police assert that these cards were printed in San Francisco and were received here by the anarchists several days ago and have been secretly dis tributed A large quantity of litera ture advocating anarchy and book the names and addresses of several hundred anarchist sympathizers were secured by the police.