Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-04-08
ANARCHIsM IN NEW YORK

New York and as a result n bomb
throwcr and two are dead. II appears
that n meeting bad been called through
advertisements in socialistic papers 10
which the unemployed Of all classes
were invited. when the crowd assem-.
blcd in Union Square the police we're
on hand 10 suppress any attempt at
riot and 10 prevent spccchmaking Of
an innammatory character As the
crowd grew in numbers police captain
determined that the safer plan would
be TO disperse tnc gathering This was
done with some difficulty, after which
squad Of police. headed by the cap
tain, began the march through the open
square. As they nearcd the fountain
in the center Of tho park y man sprang
out from a place Of partial conceal
mcnt and with n smoking bomb in his
hands ran toward the officers, whose
backs were turned 10 him. Whcn with
in twenty PAGES of the moving squad
| III was Hf'n 'uat ne WIS f'lhloFt'r Wy
man of large stature. and before a
| warning could be sounded an explosion
was heard and the two anarchists fell
10 the ground, one Of them dead and
| the other mortally wounded. The sur
| viving one was the bomb.bearer. lie
was at once taken TO hospital, where
under prolonged questioning he declar.
ed that he had been commanded 10 kill
the police. lie had acted alone, he
said, and refused TO reveal the identity
OF his companion. Among other things
he said:
81 was told to do this. bought the
nitrogycerine for the bomb at drug.
store at Clark street and Broadway,
Brooklyn. made the bomb myself
from piece of gaspipe. have a wife
and two children in Russia. have
been in the United States two years. +"
The fact that he refused TO incrimin.
ate others indicates that tne act was
premeditatcd and that there exists in
New York perfectly organized society
Of anarchists, whose aim is to assassin.
ate authority IN the persons of police
officers. Following 80 closely the muir.
dcrous attack on the chief Of police Of
| Chicago there is abundant reason TO
believe that this deadly society is bent
on entrenching itself in all the large
cities Of America.
| How TO rid the country of these nests
Of conspirators against the lives of pub
lie men and police officers is "A problem
that will tax the wits of the large
cities to solve. II is not unlikely that
eventually the government will be oh
| and scattering these fanatics who ap.
parcntly care less for their own lives
than for their obligations 20 kill when
commanded 40 to do. The secret ser
vice system Of the country should he
largely augmented and officers distri.
butcd in the cities 10 note the move
ments of all suspects This does not
mean that tnc states are incapable Of
taking care Of themselves. II means
that the evil is 50 ramifed in its scope
of operations that the federal govern
ment will bc justified in lending its aid
TO suppress it wherever and whenever
it shows its head.
The fact that the head of this gov.
eminent is no more immune from at
tack than is the head of any Of the
monarcnical governments of Europe,
and that the anarchist is simply bent
on the destruction Of any and all au.
thority, is cause for very general alarm.
And in the search for "A satisfactory
system of suppression il will be well
for the authorities in all cities to care
fully distinguish between the dissen.
sionists who despise honest work and
those peaceful, lawabiding working
men, whose organizations are quite M
bitterly committed against anarchy as
is the government itself. The city adj
ministration of New York has caution.
cd it's detectives and police officers to
tnis end, lest the unoffcnding be made
TO suffer for the crime Of the "reds. "
The latter deserve no consideration
whatever since their methods of attack
are unspeakably eowardly aud their
propaganda opposed to all forms Of
authority.