River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-18

haViOr, but IN InlS sue was not sue
cessful. and Berkman was compelled
to serve his full sentence.
Immediately following his release
he came east and joined the queen"
in the publication Of Mother Earth,
which in it's beginning enjoyed the
active support of the radicals OF the
country. Their sympathy, however,
was partly alienated as the result of
the October issue of 1906, the contents
of which were devoted to the consid-
GRAFTON of Czolgosz and his act, and of
the social and psychological signifi-
canoe of the latter.
The New York police now became
very active against the anarchists, the
specially created anarchist squad"
working with vigor, and their efforts
finally resulting in the forcible disper-
sion of a meeting called by anarchists
to discuss the act of Czolgosz. A num-
Der of those present, including Emma
Goldman, were arrested, but not held.
Closely following this incident the
queen" was again arrested, together
with John Coryell and Alexander Berk-
man. during lecture on "The Miscon-
ceptions of Anarchism." Though
these arrests were made under sec
lions of the criminal anarchy" law, no
conviction was secured.
The Denver Murder.
Again, in 1907, Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berkman were repeatedly
arrested and prevented from speaking
by the police in various cities. The
queen" then visited Amsterdam, Hol-
land, where she attended the interna-
tional anarchist conference in August,
1907. On her return to America she
was confronted by the federal authori-
ties, who tried to keep her out of the
land, but in this they were unsuccess-
full
Four lives have been offered on the
altar of anarchy during the first four
months of 1908.
While celebrating mass early in the
morning of February %, and just as
he was in the act of putting his lips to
the sacrament, Father Leo Heinrichs
was shot down and killed by Giuseppe
Guarnacoto at the altar of ST. Eliza
beth's Roman Catholic church in Den
yer, Col. He was arrested and is now
awaiting trial.
On March 2, just As Chief of Police
George H. Shippy was about to leave
his home at 81 Lincoln court, Chicago,
he was attacked by man. In the
struggle which followed Chief Shippy
was wounded with a knife, his son
Harry received a serious shot wound
and the chiefs driver, James Foley,
was cut on the wrist by the would-be-
murderer, who was shot dead on the
spot He was later identified as Lag
arus A. Aberbuch, Russian Jew. In
his rooms were found a quantity Of
anarchist literature, much of which
was from the pen OF Emma Goldman.
On March % meeting of the I'M
employed was called to take place in
Union square, New York. The police
had refused to issue permit and took
steps to prevent it. A large crowd had
assembled when the bluecoats arrived.
They drove the mob in front of them.
Suddenly there was loud report-a
bomb had exploded--and two men lay
writhing in the gutter. Ignatz Hide
brand, an innocent bystander, was
killed, and Selig Silverstein, young
cloakmaker, who HAD attempted to
throw the bomb WHICH prematurely ex-
ploded in his hand, lay mortally
wounded and frightfully disfgured.
fr,i, u tn tho hos.
pital, where he lingeerd in agony I'M
til April %, his death occurring just
one month after the explosion of the
fatal bomb.
In Silversteins pockets were found
membership cards to Emma Gold
mans Anarchist Federation" coun-
tersigned by Alexander Berkman,
showing that the bomb-thrower had
paid dues. Berkman was arrested, but
for lack of evidence was released.
Emma Goldman made hasty depar-
ture for Canada, and when she heard
of Berkman's release came back to
the United States and started west on
a lecture tour.
Anarchist agitation in the Unitea
States is being carried in in almost all
the various languages spoken in this
country, including Japanese and Ar
menian. Though Fre2ch and Spanish
propaganda is, however, somewhat
tagging at present, Germinal, edited
by Michel Dumas, and Ell Desperter,
edited by Pedro Esteve, have not beer
able to keep up their work. On the
other hand, the German, Bohemian,
Italian and western groups are said to
be very active.
So here you have dramatic situa-
ton with a denouement still in doubt.
On the one hand is woman, for
eigner, fired with fanatic hatred Of
American institutions, and clever
enough to keep alive and growing
widespread organization of other for
eigners as bitterly hating our govern
ment and all that 1t represents. On
the other are the combined powers OF
organized society fighting desperately
against a dangerous social fungus that
threatens it's health and perhaps it's
very life And in the very center of
it all is the woman
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