Evening star., 1901-09-21
Anarchy Headquarters and Leaders
at Paterson N. ].
THE FRIGHT TO EXISTENCE" SOCIETY
Four Hundred Strong They Rejoice
at MckinIey's Murder.
WATCHED BY SCRET SERVICE
Written for The Evening Star.

| No sooner had the anarchist, CzolgosZ,
sent two bullets tearing through the body
OF the President of the United States than
the anarchists of Paterson, n. j., called a
mass meeting. Assembling 400 strong in
| the dance hall back of a saloon kept by one
| of the fraternity they congratulated one
| another upon the activity of the order at
Buffalo. and upon the salutory effects upon
| the country exercised by brothers brave
| enough to live up to the orders great doc
| tr1ne-referring, presumably, to the doc
| trine pertaining to removal of rulers. No
| attempt was made to keep the meeting
| secret. 1t was open session, and the
| police of Paterson permitted it.
| There are more confessed anarchists in
Paterson. SO far as known, than in any
| other city in the United States. And yet
| in no city are the police so tolerant of the
| reds" as there. While the authorities of
| New York, Chicago, Boston St. Louis,
| Cleveland and Detroit are rounding up all
known anarchists, making them give ac
counts of themselves and placing them un
| der surveillance, the police of Paterson are
allowing several thousand persons in their
city to wave the red flag unmolested and
uHchallenged.
Il acted alone" says the assassin. There
was no plot, l have accomplice." But
then all anarchist murderers, under cross
examination, swear to acting alone. score
said to me: I'VE act individually" Past
killings of rulers show that the killers
really do act individually-after the plot
| is Matched and lots have been drawn. Then
It Is that the one who drew the fatal lot
disappears to act henceforth individually.
Every group or branch of organized an
archy in this country is directed by those
occupying the seats of the mighty in Pater-
son. The assassin declares himself MEM
Der of the Chicago group which as part of
the Right to Existence Society of America"
hot t-in0 haa rfa in Dat
assassin further admits that he was in
spired by the writings of that high priestess
of anarchy. Emma Goldman. The Gold
man woman is a frequent visitor in Pater-
son. and the writings" which inspired the
assassin were contributions over her name
which appeared in the principal organ OF
anarchy in this country, La QUESTION: So
ciale, published in Paterson.
"CapitaI of the Reds"
Paterson, indeed, is to the anarchists OF
this country what New Orleans is to the
Society of the Malta, what Havana is to
the Naningoes, what Paris is to the Com
prachicos The silk city of New Jersey
is the capital of all the reds in the United
States. 1t is the seat of kind of univer-
sity for the training of regicides. Here
Bresci, killer of Humbert, was trained.
When the assassns knife sank into the
breast of Elizabeth of Austria in Geneva
the secret service bureaus of the world sent
extra men to Paterson. Recently the life
threatened 1t was a sign from Paterson
At the funeral of the Empress Frederick at
Cronberg a stronger guard than usual sur
rounded the kaiser. The German police
were thinking of city in New Jersey
That uneasy lie the heads of today's mon
archs is indeed in no small degree due to
the activity of the Paterson group of the
Right to Existence Society of America"
But because of all this, think not that
when you step from the train at Paterson
you are Immediately confronted by men
waving red flags and holding knives be-
tween their teeth. For this town is like an
apple, and anarchism is it's core. Expect
to stand on the curb and see anarchists go
by and you will be disappointed. You
for them. Procure guide and proceed as
for bear In the forest. In the back rooms
Of saloons, in Market street tenements,
here you will find more than one lair.
At No 335 Market street, on the top floor
back, you will run down the king creature
the leader of the $500 Italians comprising
the society called Dritto All Esistensa
(Right to EXistence).
A Spanish Leader.
This chief of Italians is Spaniard named
Pedro Esteve. In his rooms on the top
floor, back, is published La QUESTION: So
ciale. Editing this weekly paper is Esteve's
| ostensible occupation. His real life work is
sharpening the knives of regicides and fat
tening the purses of royal undertakers.
Here are some of the tools Of his trade:
"Kiling a king makes people think. We
want to exterminate evils by force. We
never consider consequences. We are op-
posed to government, which means political
tyranny. We do not believe in religion
| laws or individual ownership of property
Esteve exhibits these tools in the columns
of La QUESTION: Sociale, and gives lessons
in their use.
The brightest among the Paterson reds"
are sent to other places, Chicago New
York. ST. Louis. Cleveland, Detroit, Den
ver wherever there are right to existence
groups, even to small places like Barre
Vermont, where the anarchists number
200, there to preach the doctrines for1nulat-
ed in Paterson. These disciples of Esteve
may be called professors of anarchism
They are travelling libraries of universal
knowledge as applied to the removal or
excellencies. imperial majesties and royal
highnesses. By scattering their theories
thus the anarchists dream of uniting the
peoples of the earth in one vast crimson
brotherhood, with Paterson as their home
Office.
The day the news was received Of the at
tempt upon the life of Maria Pia of Por-
tugal. / found Pedro Eg: in his office