The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-16

Gently Through Fear 81 the Law
CHICAGO. Sept 16-The circumstance
surrounding the recent arrest of Emma
/ Goldman the high prjestess of anarchy
and nine of her followers recall the an
arChistic affairs in which Chicago has had
| part i'm the past In the circumstances.
| the following review OF the course Of the
Chicago group SO far as known 90 the
1 police and 10 the public. is not uninteT-
/ esting at this time.
The conspiracy which eliminated in the
I blaze Of dynamite and the murder OF pO-
I Hcemen on the uiSht"of May 4, 1856, had
/ its origin far away from Chicago, and
Z under "A social system very different from
! ours Anarchy in this city is the direct
result OF social revolt in Europe, which
/ under more lax laws and greater free
{ dom OF press and speech, has been able
/ 10 develop TO a degree impossible in the
/ Old World.
/ Chicago has well been named the hot
/ bed of anarchy" for after the enactment
/ of the stringent laws i'm Germany against
{ social democracy and the determined op-
position Of Prince Bismarck as well as
/ laws passed and precautions taken in 9th
| ct European countries, the exodus TO the
{ United States began. As this uudesira BILE
I class Of people increased in numbers Chi
| cagO unfortunately seems to have been
/ chosen as the favored abiding place. not
1 withstandiug public sentiment which is
/ strongly against such a state of affairs
/ Even the sudden awakening that occur
/ red in 1873 was little more than political
/ froth, but it had its lasting effect. how
: ever small. 1t was about this time that
/ the movement for an eight-hour day be-
/ gan The communists in the East began
I 2 no s.Fsfrr
! added zest in Chicago. and eliminated I'm
/ the bread riots" and other disgraceful
/ proceedings.
The first point Of attack was the Relief
and And Society, which was helping the
/ destitute The communists asserted that
/ they had $4,000 which was being misap-
I propriated. In December a procession
{ formed and a committee called on the otfi-
/ GERS of the Aid Society. but did not re-
I ceive an interview. This incense5 them
I SO that violence was resorJed TO. and
l full-hedged anarchist society was the re-
/ suit with a number Of weII-known
1 reds" as officers and leaders.
The next step was TO gain control of "a
/ German daily paper This at first failed,
( but by the end Of four or five years one
was started. which became 50 rabid later
/ as 90 be the real instgator Of the Hay
/ market riot. The organization WAS fast
/ drifting away from its methods Of peace
/ for bringing about reforms, and had al
/ ready begun TO clamor for blood.
/ a secret meeting was held. where "A dec
/ laratou Of principles was adopted. This
| was followed by countless others. and on
| July ., 1871 a fight between the com
muuists took place near the Halstcd
I Street viaduCt- This followed closely ON
+ the accession 20 power OF Parsons and
! Schuing as leaders Of the reds"
/ The communists lay dormant for some
/ time after this, and the next notable step
/ was the purchase Of the "Arbeiter lei
/ tung." which became the official organ
| Shortly after June l6 ISIS. another paper
| was started, known as The Alarm with
/ Albert Parsons as editor.
I After the second election OF Carter H.
/ Harrison ST. as mayor the communists
/ let politics entirely alone. and began to
: depend solely on force to gain their point
, Military companies began to be formed,
/ and rife practice was the order OF the
/ day. Professions filed the streets. and
/ women standard bearers. carrying red
J and black banners. invariably headed the
/ columns one OF the most notable Of
7 these took place on Tuesday night. April
. Is IsS5 on the occasion OF the opening OF
( the new Board of Trade building. Field
/ en and Parsons held an open air meeting.
[ and gathered together two thousand Of
( their followers. and, headed by a brass
/ band. marched through the principal
/ IhOrOuEhfaTCs. and wound mp in front OF
/ the Board of Trade. INDUCED in fight
] with the police and then withdrew.
/ For inspiration the Chicago anarchists
! We're wont 90 look 70 EeuslOrL who at
tempted the life Of the Emperor OF Ger
/ many, and his accOmplices, Hoedel and
/ Nobling. who were executed with him.
. HHHs. ~ YRS "a. H N#.Z -
now began 10 figure as a bright star Iu
] the armament February 70, lsoi was the
day ON which the movements which Gull
minated IN the murder OF a dozen ponce
] men and the manning OF score more al
/ HaymarSct Square may 1e said to have
| Baau born ON this day occurred the lock-
out M the Mccormick Harvester Works.
ON February - and March meetings
/ were held al Grief $ Hall, and l43 men
/ came out from them armed with rifles, re-
yOlyers, and bombs, with determine tloH
To prevent IN. -SCIBS who Wtr, then
Gueratlug the Mccormick plant from go
/ irg 10 work The waylaylug Of men on
! their way to work now began. and little
later a lively battle took place between the
| guards al the gate, the police and work
/ men against the reds, Who were deter
( mined 20 wreak vengeance on all who
| were on the opposite side Of thu fence
The anarchists were defeated, but large
| number on both sides went away with
| broken heads and some with bullet holes
| soon after the riots II McCormicks
/ thu notorious Revenge Circular was
| distributed. ON May 4. 1886. appeared the
announcement of the mass meeting at
| HnymaTket square. Il was printed IN
| German and English. and announced that
| good speakers would deuOUuCe The afro
| CIOus acts Of the police, and urged all
| workm.u To be present That night a
! meeting held IN a cave in West
LAX, Street Here Parsons, Spies. lIuRg.
| and others gave out dynamite bombs and
| perfected the scheme for the overthrow
Of the city government The signal for
action was the lighting Of a huge bonfire
ia Wicker Park Llugg was the manu-
faCtuTDr Of The bombs and he carried
| them about with him IN Il Satchel.
The plan adopted for action was 20 cut
the telegraph wires between police sta
| tIous, 20 make communication impossible.
proceed to one station after another and
! destroy II with bombs, 10 fire buildings
/ on the way, as 20 call out the fire de
| partmeUt. to prevent its beng called on
20 suppress the riot. and 10 Kill every
UDliC,m they came in contact with. The
/ meeting was 10 be held ia Hay market
| Square a widening In Randolph Street.
! half q block from the DrsplaiuCs Street
/ police station. Spies. SChwab. FI-ld-u.
! Parsons, Fischer. EuBel. LInEg and
| Neebe were 10 speak ana direct the move
| FieIdeu We're late. but the mob stood pa
| ueUtiy in the falling rain waiting for
| "a. IA. Finally they arrived, and each lu
turn made an iuIammatOTy speech. Part
| of the plot had com 10 the cars of tho
police. and because of the complaints from
! the police officials every man was on re
] serve.
| As the rabbIe increased and became
| more dcmCuStTdtiVC and uneasy It was
| deemed best tina, detachment Of police
| men be sent TO disUcrSc H. Lieutenant
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