The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
HIDDEN ANARCHISTS HERE.
THE WORST or THE REDS NOT
KNOWN TO the POLICE.
Quiet hammered Iodser Who Turned
Out To Bc an Anarchist Causes Thss
Made and Cured Anarchists On tho
East side o. The Real Anarchist


While she ASSASSINATION 81 Pre-iden,
Mckinley made the Anarchists in this city
a little cautious about pubic demonstra-
tons. some II them have been boasting
lately that although tho police think they
are Watching the principal haunts 81 An
archi~ts In New York they do not really
know where the mnr, rahid member c.
the party can h. found Those whom
the police can readily find. they say. are
the least dangerous and are generally
all talk and fruth.
A ca" in point Is IA" experience Of .
Brooklyn grocer
some wears ago he said "a quict-msn-
nered shoemaker rented n spare room
In my house and took hoard with me. Hs
was unohtnIS'v" and polite. and he apollo
giz.d Whenever lac caused any troubls
bvcominE ~ late n" was a model hoarder
and an iudustriuus workman sober in his
habits lie paid his hoard hin punctually
At n c-rtsin hour each week and clipped
In and out 81 the house without making
any acquaintance.
-On The day - tho shooting ~ President
Mckinley he surprised me 10y inviting
me into his room and. producing a bottle
Of whiskey. said
hIn an Ailhffilff Hft bIIhsfu 70 hi
government | am glad President Mckin-
ley was shot. and ] am going 10 take the
first drink 81 whi-key ! have taken In ten
years Ia celebrate the event
Il was 80 shocked and surprised that I
could not speak a, first His appearances
was changed and hi- eyes looked fierce
and his whole manner altered | don't
remember what | said To him.. tut he hasn't
spoken TO me sine"
MANY people on the East Side know that
about twelve years ago when Ia" sweating
system prevailed. that part Of the city
swarfn"d with Anarchists, though the
police were not aware Of the fact. Tn
polc. knew that there wer" Anarchists
In the city and looked t<pon John Most
a. their leader OFT E1sISide Anarchists
they knew little In the first big strike
II the ~cloakmakerS one Of the leaders,
who has sinC' c,a-.d 10 b. an Anarchist,
told the strikers VA liddi-h at mass meet
iugs that they should TAX" guns with them
and loot ID" stores Ia get IN" necossaries
they wartoi lie then spoke In English
for the benefit ~ the reporters and coun-
sellod ~" strikers Ia h" orderly and law
abiding and Co keep away from the stores
and shops
IArgc numbers ~ the Fast Side workers
were avpwed Anarchists and talked In ftd-
dish about dynamite and bombs or these
all hut a small percentage arr now loyal
American citizens The way IN which tho
change came about was told 20 n reporter
hy one Of them. now a lawyer, who gave up
Anarchy when he lacam" prosperous.
About tWcnt y-iye wears ago he sai Il.
'winn the tid" ~ immigration Of Polish
and Russian Hebrews 10 this country set in.
a great many 90 them lsgau TO settle on
h Ftc Nid' in this city The first Corners
wrr' crafty m'n, though they did not know
a word 81 English, AMI soon learned that
there was a demlnd for hands To- saw gar.
Ia lts a. IA. marhin'- Tn" garments
being cut our fpr them IA" work was me
Chtuich and could hr learned In a week or
two They soon mastered IN" trade and
began - ou-' EngltSh-spsaking Am rican
grls from the factories 10y working Tor
lower wage
Then they sent for their families and
mad an arrangement with IN" manu-
faCturers To- take the cut garments, which
were 10 h. sewed. home with them They
worked on tho piecs work system and every
member of a family who could sit at a
machine worked, the machines being
rented
Among the Polish and Russian Hebrews
the degrees Of kinShip are thought very
important After on" pf these immigrants
who turned tailor was AZ WORK Tor SONS
tim" b" usually informed on" 81 his numer-
ous kinsnen IN the town where h" was
born. u might H. his sixth or seventh cousin.
that he had learned a trade In a few weeks.
II wa not long a. = rule, before the kins-
man wrote 20 him that he wa coming here,
too. Tho tailor met him al Castl" Garden.
| took him - his enem"n' and treated him
as a guest He warned him not 20 e. west
81 the Rn~erv. telling him there were dan
GER In that unknown region for people Who
could not talk English.
Every dav when no came In from the
manufacturer for whom no worked. he
told hi guest hat trade was slack and
that no plaCs- werr vacant but said he
would keep him until b" found work Tor
him In the m"antim' he taught the kins.
man how 10 run a sowing machine and
asked him n ha was willing 10 do a little
work on the garments in return for his
hoard and Lodging So that ha might not feel
himself under a painful S'nSe ~ Obligation,
The kinsmau wa only 'lu glad 20 obligs
hi ~tnnafac,or Afior several weeks tho
tailor wouli tell hi kinsmRn that he had
i~pn making inquiries and found that no
placcs would IL vacant for a time.
perhaps n year. hut that h" vas still willing
10 board and lodge him and give him a few
dollars a week tp-i,-s Tor helping In tho
work The tailor In tho meantime went to
Castle Garden every dRy a vessel arrived
with kiusm1u ~ acquaintance from ms
native town un huard The same programs
was gone through "a with the first kinsnsn.
morn klnsm"n wcr taken IN and the tailor
bc,amr a contractor, or ~ '1tar.
Hundreds 81 Other crafty Russian and
Polish Hebrew who hscain" tailorr fol-
lowed he same cuur~, and The sweating sv--
tenn & which W. haV. heard 50 much but
which d,s.~ not exist now a. u wa und,r-
stood then was established IN" in'n thu
sweaters "uticSt 'o their tenement sweat
shops l-.came their slaves They wore
never allowed 90 learn th" English language
ar o. west 80 "a. Bowcry IN" contractors
~ sweaters had tho nth" d"n- which wers
their workshop, tllNi with th' victims.
They took hrgr contracts from the mlnu-
facttIrrr> and vh'In their duJ-sS worked
fur th"m almost night and dav, shopping
on M. piles 81 clothing m IN" swsatshops,
many ~ ia" contractors cbsar~t from siso
to SSs and So profit every week
Tn" system grew rapidly until th' East
Side was huucvCpmb Il with tenement
workshops The victims 81 IN" sweaters
a,,~pt-i M. condition - thing a. normal
aud uusvpldabl" untl the general strike ~
the Clrakmak,r> took plaN' about twelvs
YEAR az Nhru they r.siis'~i Int they
had i--.u yiciimiyri AMI that teiter things
had l-s.n within their reach all along, tho,l-
sands ~ tAst Sidrr- hecam" Anarchists
and t-,licv-d that al the >ucial conditions
-sr- Wrnng
A. conditions improved With them the-s
Ea-, S,der~ rralik-d that their tsskmasiers
and not IA. ~,cial system we're To blame
for what they suffered, and most 81 them
t-came American citizens fur sofne years
after tho strike was over the Past side IN
IA. districts vh~rr 'h" tailorS worked
wen. huii-~i- ~ anarchy. though the po-
hc-, 81 loot know II