Evening star., 1901-09-21

the top floor back, type cases to the right
or him, portraits. OF Herr Most to the left
or MIN, anarchists typesetters and printers
before and behind him. Indignation gave
parboiIed expression to all of his face not
covered by his black beard fanaticism
ciouded his very evident intelligence.
Y on say We of Paterson sent over a man
TO remove that queen. You say that at
the time Bresci sailed to remove the KIM
or Italy thirty-nine others sailed with
him, all with orders to do or die Now
table with his knuckles. 1T is the news
papers that make all the trouble. We did
not draw lots TO XIII Humbert. We work.
each man for himself. And none knows
what plans his neighbor may be making
Bresci did not kill the man Humbert he
removed king, tyrant. He rendered a
service to thirty million Italians. But an
other king has killed BreSci-a life for
life-it is what we expect. We strike but
do We ever run away? Yes, ii is true that
anarchy is firmly established in Paterson.
Bnt the police do not interfere with US.
why should they? Is il a crime to say one
is an anarchist?' And Esteve threw out
MS chest, as one who would say: Il am an
enemy of everything and everybody, and
am proud of it
In the editorial office in which Esteve
thus freely declared himself a champion cf
great wrong cause, the ringleaders of the
reds hold their secret meetings. M par
llamentary red tape governs their sessions
Iney nave no organization, no rules, no
dues, no officers. Simply. on Saturday
nights they-drift into Esteve's lair. discuss
articles in the current issue of La Ouss-
tione Sociale, and suggest WAYS and means
OF helping the cause" At the same time
the rank and file of anarchism are in ses-
sion In the dingy back rooms of various
saloons where drunkenness is almost un-
known. but where men frequently succumb
TO the intoXication of scarlet ideas
synonymous Terms.
Whenever the newspapers print faring
headlines by which special attention is.
directed upon Paterson. then the reds
call mass meeting. The town is Hooded
with posters announcing that an open
meeting of ltalians-the word anarchist is
not uSed-will be held in Barthodi HALL
The public, the police and the press are in
Vited. Esteve addresses the meeting on
some such subject Prosperity in Italy
making no allusion to anarchism The OBJ
Ject OF all this Is to convince whom IL may
concern that the meetings of Italians are
quite as harmless other political meet
1ngs The blur is so apparent thai even
the secret service men have long since
ceased to attend these mass meetings"
1t was one of these meetings, a trifie bolder
than usual, that the chief of police per-
mitted the anarchists of Paterson to hold
on the night the President was shot
Ihey are quiet, peaceable home bodies"
says the chief of police. "Of all the classes
in Paterson they give us the least trouble"
This is true, so far as the local police are
concerned. 1t Is not to be expected that
the anarchists will remove the mayor ard
other officials of Paterson just to keep in
practice for those that wear a crown
So while the local police give no more
thought to the reds" than they would to
a colony of Quakers, the police department
of nations have surrounded the group with
detectives, whose system of espionage is
as complete as that exercised over any
band of Nihilists in Russia. Every coun-
try has at least two secret service agents
in Paterson; Austria has four, the United
States half a dozen, and Italy more han
all. When an anarchist leaves the city, 1T
is the duty of the secret service agent To
find out where he has gone and account for
him. Those agents, unknown, of course. to
the "reds,' live among them, fraterniza
with them, and sometimes are present even
at the most confidential conclayes