Show ARMED ANARCHISTS A Secret Meeting of Them Dispersed Dis-persed by Chicago Police BLOOD AND THUNDER SPEECHES Terrible Threats Are Followed br a Hasty Ketreat One or Two 8how fisht but the Majority Cowardice CHICAGO Nov 12 Within a bombs tt ihrow of the Haymarkot armed Anarchists t ionight again met the Chicago police The result was an ignominious defeat for the reds A mass meeting of the most radical kind was announced to be held this evening even-ing in Griefs hall in West Lake street a place celebrated in the annals of SPIES AND PARSONS FOLLOWERS The decision unexpectedly displayed by the authorities last night in compelling the Anarchist gathering in West Twelfth street to hoist the stars and stripes had a disconcerting effect and at the last moment tonight it was decidedto make the gathering gather-ing secret and to only admit a few of the most trusted spirits Accordingly the master of ceremonies Thomas Grief proprietor pro-prietor of the big saloon below the hall announced that his place up stairs had been previously engaged en-gaged thus dismissing the general rabble Those who could ba depended upon went upstairs There were gathered many of those who were leaders before the Hay market massacre Speeches were made In English and German and the enthusiasm was great The American flag was noti there It was thought the police had been completely hoodwinked In this however THE EEDS TVERE MISTAKEN A detective had been for several days cal tivating the acquaintance of the orators He was admitted to the meeting and before long got word out to Inspector Lewis at Desplaines street station that inflammatory speeches were being made that a number of those in the meeting were display ing arms and boasting of the use they would be put to in case the police in terfered In the saloon below 200 men were gathered and speeches were being made scarcely loss incendiary than those above It was evident trouble might occur at any moment Suddenly at a signal given by the detective in the meeting the police made a raid Fifty men in plain clothes guarded the rear of the building and al lowed no person to leave Inspector Lawis and Captain Mahoney at the head of 100 uniformed officers marched to the front door taking the meeting completely by surprise Proprietor Grieff saw the bluecoats blue-coats and attempted to SHOT THE DOORS IN THEIR FACES His effort was futile however as one blow from a club shattered the glass a vigorous kick burst the door in and a double line of officers poured in to the room Men who a moment before had been boasting of their intention to hurl defiance Into the teeth of the Chicago police made a rush for the rear doors but at the sight of guns there displayed halted and with one or two ex captions showed every symptom of cowardice cow-ardice THROW UPTOUR HANDS shouted Inspector Lewis At this command com-mand 400 hands went into the air and the officers commenced to search for weapons Those found to possess revolvers or other arms were placed under arrest while the others were hustled into the street and told to leave the vicinity at once One little fellow who wore a flamlno nenk tin backed against the wall and drawinsr from his pocket a wicked looking revolver snapped snap-ped it in the face of a policeman Fortunately Fortu-nately the cartridge missed fire and before be-fore the wouldbe murderer could again press the trigger a blow from a club knocked the gun from his hand Another bloodthirsty individual endeavored to use his revolver crying curses against all police and all law When his weapon was snatched from him he declared himself an Anarchist ready to die and dared the police to shoot him In the meanlime a squad of police under Lieutenant Wheeler started to ascend the stairs Theymet resistance from Grieff and from an unknown man who drew from his pocket a long revolver declaring he would shoot the first officer who put afoot a-foot on the stairs These men were quickly overpowered and twentyflvo police rushed up and broke Into the secret meeting A number of men 254 were arrested ar-rested here A large amount of INFLAMMATORY LITERATURE was capturned and a number of red flags torn from the walls and destroyed Within the secret portals the only real resistance encountered by the polIce came from three unknown men who in the rush escaped They jumped behind the bar as the officers entered and begin throwing bottles and glasses A number of officers were struck but not seriously hurt Among those arrested was one of the editors of the Arbitter Zcituny a German dally paper the successor of Spies and Parsons rabid sheet and which has decided de-cided anarchistic principles This mac was making a speech in the meeting when the officers entered He made a plea for release re-lease claiming he was there in the capacity of a reporter The police however would not accept this plea Among the prisoners found armed were several well known to the police and who were prominent in the ranks of the Anarchists An-archists five and sir years ago when the red flag was so often seen on the streets of Chicago Inspector Lewis announced that he will demand tomorrow a revoking of Griefs license Inspector Lewis said while he was in command of that division no meeting would beheld with Incendiary intention One of the officers in citizens clothes who was in the crowd before the raid was made reports re-ports that one of the speakers said the Anarchists were now stronger than ever before and prepared to give the police a big dose of medicine administered at the Haymarket Another detective listened to a speech declaring the police had no right to interfere with any meeting and that the time will soon come when the police force |