New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
PATERSON ANARCHISTS MEET
PASS RESOLUTIONS DEPLORING IDEA
OF PLOT THERE TO KILL
THE KING.

Paterson. ~ j.. Aug 2 CspecIaD.-A pushing,
surging OF humanity cTowdCc about the Hotel
Bartholdi tonight eager to gain admittance to the
meeting of the Paterson Anarchists The meeting
place in Straight-st filed and for upward
two hours those gathered within listened TO the
utterances OF Peter Esteve the Spanish leader and
Editor OF la QUESTION: Sociale" the organ OF
the local Anarchists. and other speakers. All the
addresses were made in Italian. The police did
interfere. With the exception of slight dis
turbances on the outside Of the hall the best OF
order prevailed.
The meeting itself was quieter than an ordinary
ward primary. Chic Saul mad half dozen men
in plain clothes scattered about the hall. Several
In the audience were Frenchmen and some were
Spanards. There were Austrians. A sprinSlins
of the visitors were Americans. drawn out Of Gu
riosity, but they could not understand what was
being said they stayed only little while. There
a continual stream in and out.
Ernesta Cravello entered the hall with her
brother. while the speaking was in progress. and
they took seats in a corner OF the room,
where 1t was dark. and where too much notice
would not be attracted to the girl Her brother
apparently dslikes the notoriety his sister has at
tanned and wants to withdraw her from view. He
escorted her out of the hall quietly. before the
meeting ended. There was notable absence Of
well known and avowed Anarchists.
PasquaHe Frank presided. He denounced the
newspapers and claimed they were misrepresenting
the Anarchists The papers made Anarchists out
bad men, and pictured them in revolving actions
same other men.
Esteve made the principal address He charac-
terfzed the Italian Government being rotten TO
the core" and. after giving instances Of oppres-
sion. spoke of the assassination Of King Humbert.
THE King is dead" he shouted 'and I am glad
OF II! I'm not crying. No in the hall Is cry
ing. I glad when king or capitalist dies.
The death of Humbert not due to plot-there
is plotting in Anarchy. Bresci killed HUmbert,
and he did we'll He will suffer He knew that
when he killed the King, but his blood shall be
Shouts of Bravo rang through the hall. When
Bresoi was martyr and that he was happy. say
ing, He gave his life, for he knew he would be
Francis Cimone, Editor of I'll Movemento." fol-
lowed Esteve. The assassination he said, was not
individual
Pedro Moresi defended the Italian colony of Pat
JEALOUS Of the good name Of his city. He was one
and had lived in the city for tweny-one years and
never had trouble with any one. Some persons
eyes of the world in ridIcuie and ] caInmny ~ He
would swear there was reason for this. He
responsible for Bresci's deed III ''o
ta Frank $ silys & the first speaker was hitter in re-
Italians had been misTePresented in that paper
poor in Italy, and said that in all America he had
never seen anything approaching even common
the AnaTchsts did not plot to- xiii # Ther am T Sg Was
to educate the masses to their rights. The killing
the work of one mind The killing Of Hambert 5If
was the work OF the mind of Bresci. Now Bresci
had to suffer for killing the King, but Bresci
willing.
Resolutions were adopted. the sense Of which as
I13 That Bresss deed was the result Of the present
sible.
have been a plot in this city and protest against
those who attribute it to. and are trying to make
Brcsci's deed