New-York tribune., 1905-11-08
W-Y0Rk ANARCHISTS.
tuDING RUSSIAN RETOLT.
Their Numbers, Meeting Places and
Diversity of Tiezcs.

chicago Nov (speciaD.-The outburst of an
-chv in Russia and the activity in helping with
,,o1racement and funds of the anarchists in this
country. particularly in NewYork. have served to
attract renewed attentioh 10 the seFefdi st'UP0
n 90 called reds.
when the hangman's moose apparently dealt an
,+v = mortal blow at Chicago in 1885 the organ
,-.+io- here which had consisted of parent hooy
- ,.s offspring. broke up a cohesive Whole-
- methods OF communication and exchange OF
.,cb+ which had served to keep the New-Iork
,5o4,arters in touch with the national centre chi
- and in turn had transmitted the wishes ana
so,ps 81 the local governing body 10 It's auXhlarleS
- .bandoned The police descended on the
~, - which meetings Of the anarchists had been
arlv held: their speakers were arrested; their
ar,nhIets and newspapers. which contained anar-
tstic doctrines OF the most rabid type, were Sup
sse5 and the movements and actions OF the
,-nbsrs Of the circles so closely Watcheu
,nat the freedom with which they had hi'HeFlo
.cboo their creed was longer possible They
ut m at that time into groups, and where there
-. tean one unit there became several hnVelop-
trq themselves and their movements IN iihpeiie-
oh,s secrecy: sinking. apparently, into apathy
- +ar as u11bIjc utterance concerned
icefess the anarchist cause here had seemingly
-,csived its death blow. This was only .he SUI
.oe view Behind the mask when dispiaSeu
,,se features the craving the unrestTa1ned
,oesior, for the destroying of those IN hsh places
- hunger for the overthrow OF all govern
-ert and laws were being fed on food Whlch serVeu
only 70 infiame them -, +teoe
n, .,ar.tists themselves admit that IN All THESE
years in which they have been secretly a' WO-A ~
-hev have gained few converts American ''oiii
-.--pfs+s are few Practically the sole addluohs
70 their ranks have come from the stream oL
italian Russian and Polish immigrants Wnlch nave
injured into this country in recent years anu Slio
ro signs of abating The slavery in all but name
IN which the Italian peasants and Pohsh ana nus
=. s-fe ale ont their miserable existence makes
then, anarchists, nillsts and reos IoIs De
FORE they have sought esCape from such cohul'io-S
IN immigration to this country The iron mas
entered into their souls deeply, 1T has search
their hearts and bodies SO long, that even mere
,bev cannot repress the longings for vengeance
1non those whose lives have been passed III al
fuence Hence the approximately "'oV' ahai ciiis'S
scattered over this city to-day are fore1gh pel4I
and for the most part unnat turalized 1t Is I'M
rossibIe 10 estimate the number OF sympalhiIelS
,-to are not known as avoWed anarchists. nor Is
~. able TO compute those socialists whose views
border so closely on anarchy that the line OF oe-
r1arkation lies only in the name
These three thousand are composed OF seNeraI
sroups of from six to fifteen members each "inch
decrease and decrease in size with the migratlons
Of their members from group 20 group. hach Is
entirely independent, recognizing no authoIitS pu~
its own ana. in the case Of the Itallah oancS
holding no official communication with any other
sroup The constant interchange of IneThoership
aiov-s each group to learn what the others are
doing or contemplating This separation OF 'le
groups is again encountered in the division caused
ov the difference in the natioraliues Of those VINO
form them This Information, with its utter
absence Of laws. rules, regulations ana of1cers us
freedom, from the restraint Of and allegiance 10
governing body whose rulings would ahect us
actions while partly dictated by the measures
taken b1 the public authorities to suppress anarchy
IS in reality the application of the foundation prln-
sinles Of anarchy the life of the anarchists
themselves The beliefs of the different groups
ere manifold While they radiate from a common
centre they modified or exaggerated 10 SUIT the
cesires of. the many men of many MINDS All
The great leaders Prudhon. the FTenchman, whose
theory is largely communistic Maiatesta the llaI-
ian red" of the EXTREMIST, most radical type,
Karl Marx and Hegel. Germans and Bakanln'
Kroupotkn and Tolstoy, Russians, have their re
spective disciples
The Polish and Russian anarchists are the most
dangerous because they are the most easily swayed
by the uurderous counsels of those who have the
desire but not the courage 10 strike They need
but little inciement to become the tools OF eXecu-
ton for their fiery brooding natures. plunged into
gloom bv thoughts Of wears of oppression and
tyranny. are never failing tinder- CZolgosz, IL
famed TO the point of killing by the utterances OF
Emma Goldman is a example of this fact Inc
Italian reds are of the extreme type that calls
FOR the pistol and the dagger While the Paterson
and Hoboken groups approved of the ASSASSINATION
OF President Mckinley and published an editorial
I'm at least one Of their newspapers. L Aurore,
congratuatiug Czogosz and scoftlng and jeer1ng at
Mrs NcT[fnIev'S grief. their counJrymen here OF
the same stamp and they themselves little 10 be
feared as instruments dangerous TO the welfare of
this country or its lawmakers and executives
They devote their chief attention 10 planning the
deaths Of European crowned heads and while they
may express delight at q calamity such over
took the nation when President Mckinley shot
down none OF them. il be assured will take
any actual part. either in planning or executing
such A canspiracv- Their organization is the best
of that Of any of the national groups. each group
holding stated communications with the other and
d general harmony and singeness Of purpose AMI
mating the whole
The Germans have been and the most prom
iaent IN New-York City through their bodness of
speech and the articles in their newspapers AS
assassins themselves the Germans need excite no
apprehension Their efforts are restricted TO the
preaching and doctrines which solidify the scat
tered views. of the Poles and Russians into de-
termination 10 kill The Germans the think
ers. and the students The educators The ranks of
the Italians. Russians and Poles are composed
principally pushcart pedlers, sweatshop work
ers tallors and aborers; in short, representatives
of The chief inhabitants OF the lower East Side.
Wnere life is poverty. soualor and hand-to-rnouth
existence The utter honelessness Of their
dition. appreciated by them in their unreasoning
Wy. 3 fuel 10 the flames Of anarchy. The Poles
and Russians the most numerous. the Italians
and Germans about eQuaIling each other in
strength.
Ire German anarchists meet to-day under the
name q singing societies. ANY little pantrylike
hack room and q piano may be generally set down
Ff-e ~s.z -,F-oa Of