Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-19
ANARCHY RAMPANT.

To- organized labor We do not belong
90 that class. We refuse 20 believe
that amy labor union had anything TO
do with the recent explosion in the
Utah Hotel In the absence OF any
proof 1f such suppositIou. But IL IA
evident that there IS somebody here
who does not hesitate to destroy prop
esty and jeopardiEe human lives. Tor
ruua purpose or other u f. evident
that there Is some anarchist or the
violent type who ought TO be handled
according Ia the law and the testi-
mony Bomb-thrOwers belong 10 the
worst enemies OF society They do no
more hesitate at destroying valuable
property or killing people that stand
in their way. than does Wild gorilla.
AnnIhiatc. shoot. stab. smash. crush.
That a. their ideal OF contributing 10 tho
betterment OF human conditions. And
they demand that the government be
turned over 70 them. To what state
would society be reduced n bomb
throwers were 70 rule and direct public
affairs!
The manner IA which tho Haymarkct
riot IN chicago In 1850 was handled by
the police waa 30 effective that violent
anarchy has ever since been somewhat
timid Let us recall some ~ tho par
ticularg The uprising I'm tho Haymar-
bet followed two years Of labor trou-
hlcs. There were railroad strikes and
l1ckouts and tloups and Intense dis
satisfaction That WINS the opportunl-
g. for anarchism ~ the rcd type. chit
cngo was full Of H. II was driven out
o. Germany and IT, votarics found a
refuge In this country Hero they or
FanIzed into societies. established
paper. and procured arms and smmun-
milton
IN the spring 81 1881 there was
strike az tho Mccormick reaper works.
on April g. 1885, large body Of an
nrchists marched down Ia saue street
with tho intention ~ wrsckiug the
building. They went IN the omen and
were driven back 10y the police other
strikes followed. and the relations be-
tween capital and labor became very
strained on May a. 1855 conflict
ensued between rioters, led by such
men as Parsons. Spies, and schwab.
and the police. After this Spies Issued
his Revenge" circular In which he
called the worklngInen ito arms
Your masters sent out their blood
hounds, the police They killed sis
Of your brothers TO armsf' Such was
the appeal made IN that circular
AZ $50 o'clock on the night of MAY
L. a crowd Of 1000 men had assembled
IT the Haymarket. and Spies. Parsons.
Fielden and sohwab were there 10
haronguo them The police tolerated
tho Epoooh-m0lting until Il became In
cendiary and then the crowds were or
dered 10 dispense. At that moment a
bomb was hurled into the midst VI the
first police division, and the explosion
wac followed by volley Of shots. The
policemen were moved down. The
street was nncd with dead and wound
ed The next day dozens Of arrests
were made. Fifteen indictments were
found. Spies. schwab, Fielden. Par |
sons Fischer. Engel, and Lingg were
found guilty OF murder The supreme |
court OF Illinois denied the prisoners IA |
1ew trialaHd the United states Supreme |
court refused to interfere The Judge !
ln sentencing the prisoners. said:
The people OF this country love |
their Institutions They love their |
homes. They love their property. They |
viii never consent that by violence |
and murder those institutions shall be |
broken down, their homes despoiled !
and. their property destroyed. And the |
people are strong enough to protect /
ana sustain their Institutions and to /
punish an offenders against their |
laws, and those who threaten danger ]
to civil society, IN the law Is enforced. |
are leading 10 destruction whoever !
may attempt 90 execute such threats. |
The existing order Of society can /
be changed only bv the win Of the |
Each man has the fun right [
Boo entertain and advocate By speech |
ana print, such opinions as suit |
himself and the great body Of the |
people win usually care little what /
me says, but if he proposes murder |
is means OF enforcing thcm ne puts |
his own life at stake, and no Clamor /
about free speech or evils 20 bee cured /
pr wrongs 10 bee redrcssed, will shield |
him from the consequences of his |
crime His liberty is not a liconso tO /
destroy The liberation that he enc /
Joys he must extend 20 others. and /
not arrOEantly assume that the great /
majority are wrong and may rightly /
be- coerccd hy terror or removed by |
dynamite"
Trb.ro .au ba Dbl, doubf that the
awful retaliation that was melted ont
ly the state FOR tho massacre Of tho
police resulted iu checking anarchIsm
'or long time sun. 10 has been at
work more or less secretly
We are reminded of the riot at tho
sullivan mine. whore
armed and masked men blew up a
,25O,OOO mill and murdered fleeing
Federal troops had 20
be- sent TO that district 90 protect
property and lives This was On 1899.
A. Toiinres, IN 1901, mob OF zoo
nred upon laborors leaving work Two
we're killed The following year Mana
ger Collins OF the Smuggier Union
mine was murdered on July 2S. 1903.
the transformer house of the Sun and
Moon mine, Colorado. was blown up.
and the next year, near Colorado CITY.
an attempt was made TO massacre
hfty worNngmen. on the same day
BODY OF rioters, az Victor. Col. fired
upon peaceful laborers who were
listening TO a speech IN tho street. and
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