The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-09-13
ANARCHY AS It IS
IN AMERICA Dls-
CUssED By CHlCAG0's CHIEF
OF POLICE.
SOME PROMINENT LEADERS.
Review of the Haymarl1et Square
Events-System in Vogue for
Keeping Anarchists Under Sur
veillance - Teachings of Em,a,
Goldman 5&- .'--# &.

! Keeping Anarchists Under Sur
Vigilance Teachings of Emma
+ Goldman. = -
B At the. meeting of the police chiefs In
1 annual convention at Louisville, XIV.
Chief O,Neil,E of the Chicago police force.
/ read an interesting paper on the subject
On anarchy and anarchists His paper
| reads as follows:
/ anarchy is subject that has attracted
| the attention of deep thinkers for the
past century. 1T has had able, although
| llioglcal advocates, whose teachings have
led their deluded and impulsiye 6iscinlas
| TO assassinate not few rulers and orber
persons in high stations yet, so far as
| can see, the world is now no nearer an
e ' nlic state than it was in the DAYS
W ter r6a ,st Proudhon and Marx, who
were It's greatest apostles. Hundreds OF
| toiCMes nave been written on the subject
ana 1t would be presumptuous on nv
past TO attempt to write history of an
aachy' ana Tor that reason l wish to,
| say that this is not a history. but a hrief
| SYNOPSIS of the movement. The mem
o oers OF TINS convention, believe, do not
| c care 10 listen to historical details con-,
| Seihlns the origin of anarchistic doc
| trines' and will, therefore, try to be as
n 0r1ef as a" the scope of the subject viii
After review of European anarchy.
ChieI O:Nell said:
IN the railroad strikes or riots in
r r;( in 1877 many deeds of violence,
members of the International Society. 4
good sized council of the society existed
IN m; Ch1cago at that time, and the members,
sen b upon the opportunity to widen
TIE preach between capital and labor
Men OF foreign birth. employed in shops
ana factories, who had heretofore been
!cohtent with their wage and hours, were,
induced to join the society under the
tlon. In some cases intimidation was
resorted to: Leaders of the '.ciety made
were held nightly, seeking to excite the
minds Of the weaker ones to an open de-
hance of the law. These leaders were
Wins to furnish the ammunition, but
! they. were looking for some poor weak
minded tool to take the initia tive in
deeds Of violence.
.o - first the authorities of Chicago,
paid little or no attention to the vapor-
mss Of these fellows. and things ran
along smoothly until what was known
as the BLACK Road Riots" which oc-
Mccormick Reaper works, and matters
soon came to a crisis in the vicinity.
Here the arm of the law was compelled
10 strike blow at the anarchistic move
tlons. much larger. in fact-thar the au-
thorities had supposed. There were sew
-erai DAYS of rlot:ns in which the strikers
cubbed nN me sha de,, Of anarchY We're
cannot undertake to recite in uctaiI
tne events Of that terrible night of May
| 4. lSe6, when the bomb was thrown in the
midst of the police at the Haymarlet
square, as the story is doubtless well
known to all of YOU The explosion Great
ed frlghtful havoc and dismay, and was:
ifi n followed by volley of shots.
from the mob on the sidewalk and in the
street in front of the police, all directed
against the latter. One police officer was
instantly killed and sixty-seven others
wounded n yUIn& ,,t TOW, >
as a result of, their wounds Everybody
IN the vicinity of the explosion was
thrown to the ground. and in the con-
fusion that followed the Chicago police
Livery man who was able to draw his re-
volVer ala SO and used it, standing, kneel-
ing or lying down. and the number of
Killed and wounded anarchists as a result
OF thls-fusi.lade was never known. 1t is:
probable, however, that their fatalities
| We're in excess of the: police. =,
ahe leading instigators of the mas
sacre were soon tried and convicted. four
|; OF them expiating their crime on tie
gallows; one Of them committed suicide In
ms cell; while three others We're sent =
confined in the penitentfary We're later
pardoned, since which time thew have
shown no disposition to identify them
serves with anarchy or anarchists. One
OF them IS at present conducting q sa-
loon in Chicago in manner unobiec-
tlonable to the authorities. There are still
IN Chlcago a large number Of anarchists,
pat they are no longer defiant. They have
neen made to feel the effectiveness of
the law when the community is aroused.
and to al outward appearances, fear the
Jaw, II they do not respect it. They no.
longer indulge in incendiary talk calcu-
lated to lncite acts Of violence Close.
SURVEILLANCE is kept on the leaders by the
poEce. IN Chicago. and they cannot make
known to the authorities in short time
by way Of illustration I will cite the
arrest Of Emma Goldman, the high priest
ess OF anarchy. who was arrested in Chi
PRESIDENT Mckinley. She contrived to.
leave Buffalo few hours after the as
sassination, unobserved by the police Of
she reached st. Louis, NC. Her arrival
there was Immediately known to the pU
ice: department. is Of. Chicago, through GER
tanned. So was her departure from the
bridge city" with Chicago as her OBJ.
leetive point. So perfect was her disguise
way station in Chicago unsuspected hy
the officers who were specially detailed
to apprehend her and who were armed
Of her. She contrived to reach irustwortv
friends far remote from the heart of the
CITY ana q was engaged in making arrange
by omcers connected with the general su-..
perintendent's office. Dr. Saylin, a Rus
sian nihilist. her disciple and admirer.s
VINO eft Buffalo in haste few hours
after the assassination, was promptly tax
en- into custody In Chicago while on fis-
way to Colorado. Altogether seven lead--
a view of establishing some connection;
6etWeen them and Czolgosz. the assassin.
SO much for Chicago's ability to keep a.
line on persons Of this class
In this connection will say that I re-
gard Emma Goldman as one of the most
dangerous apostles of cnarchy in Ameri--.
CZ0IQnQy WI 1n1 6p ffo1 1,1.