Show WjMAN 1 I m i t 1 LL r CALLED QUEEN OF ANARCHISTS KW YORK For more k T than half a decade the on L I tire secret service of the N 1 United States assisted by the postal authorities and a score of city police been striving without have ree forces IIIUchavall to compel one little woman In bOld her tongue Laws have been to made especially to deal with her and of detectives trained to corps whole Enforce the laws Hut neither esplon enforce atslaws imprieonmenl ats threats arrests or Imprisonment age served to check the fanatical nc kite Goldmuu Hvlty of Km ma Goldman Interuatton m ally known as the Queen of tho Anarchists Anar-chists says a writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer I To this womans Influence over tho Ignorant the embittered and tho 111 balanced Is laid the death of President y UcKlnlej the assassination of several i foreign rulers the attempt on tho life pression of nervous energy and determination deter-mination Black Her Favorite Color Her hand Is small und well kept her complexion youthful and her hair still chestnut Her dark penetrating eyes shlno lynxllke behind glasses which hide her most marked sign of age a growing network of wrinkles This astonishing womans voice Is low and pleasant and the impression one gets of her despite the firm chin Is of mildness and gentleness even when she Is speaking In public Black Is her favorite color because the most effective with her collarless gowns In enhancing bet appearance On tho platform she makes no gestures ges-tures but walks back and forth as sho talks In a low tense voice strongly suggesting a black leopard In its cage Arriving In New York during tho spring of 1888 she set up a dressmak iI J Iti Jo I y 6 G t I p G ul I tV v t ni ax I mil leu c ltlid 1 L iWl icll ICIN bin nbjl 1 EMMA i a 0 mill I and I GOLDMAN itliil itnt I andl j I 9 I II JfP x09u DD1 ALEXANDER BERKMAN I jcl Henry C Frick and many other out ies i I rages of like kind Yet she is still jswing the seeds of violence In this lland of liberty with such success that JCa1 Jibe federal state and municipal au wt litorltles have become thoroughly Writl alarmed and now are malting a com Spa hived struggle to stamp out once for tlk Ill the dangerous fire of anarchy And what manner of woman Is this tho is able to win converts to a doc I trine of murder 1 in a democratic country I coun-try whenever sho speaks This question ques-tion has never been satisfactorily nn leered for tho woman Is a good deal Itarajstery in spite of the fact that Itt doings are chronicled almost dally I I10 the newspapers This impartial tally of her and her career was made I It first hand and Is the first complete Jaccount yet published Came to America Emma Goldman was born on Juno 17 7 WO at Kovno Russia an Impor a hot t town In the western part of the I lIJplre near the German border Aril Ar-il ter attending school in her native I lotn > she was sent to Koonlgsborg Germany to finish her education In liii her parents having preceded her l Emma accompanied by hor older sis I er Helen crone to America and set Ged with her relatives at Rochester t 4 I yy i Hero she engage in dressmak ig and clalmH to have been success td y She Was niimre < l In 1880 to Jos fikifi Kirshner torn the cerel OI > y being per Utah formed by a rabbi In accordance with he i Mail faith In which she hl1d 1 1 boon uronght up This union however did 1 parried happy and tho couple soon 1 hap a at Ie lIned araled friends b 1II11111al conscnt but re Il was I about this tlmo that Emma in Goldman aii began to take an Interest In anarchistic Itcmk l chlstlc teachings Then came tho I i11lbthrowlng IH ° Ps ° < lo In Chicago for n fpUr land Parsons > Sllles EnKc11 Fischer > and ji I 1Jn I SB all anarchists paid the thr toldn malty on 1 the scaffold and Emma 5 course In life changed she forthwith hWlth l took UII tho Preaching of at She calls with unconscious ron 1 IT the higher doctrine of humanl sat and has stuck to It since through nt7i i1any ear vicissitudes tw AI 31 the queen Is still well a pro Will r Ja woman She Is only five feet ee nail inches In height and > weighs puts II t ut IM Pounds but her youthful Bnd carriage rsl Im give no slight Ing establishment joined the PIoneers PIo-neers of Liberty the oldest anarchistic anarchis-tic organization In tho city and soon made her powers of persuasive speech felt It was during that year that she first met Alexander Berkman whom she has since taken as husband according ac-cording to the teachings of anarchy Berkman soon attempted the life of Henry C Frlck a Plttsbuig millionaire million-aire and was sentenced to 22 years Imprisonment The next four years she spent in comparative quiet speaking whenever the chance offered and by persistent effort developed Into a leader of con slderablo power and influence until she had won the title of Queen of the Anarchists Received Years Sentence In 1892 the police of Newark nnd Paterson N1 1 broke np numerous meetings nt which sho was scheduled to speak It was in 1893 while speaking speak-Ing to tho unemployed at Union square New York that the police and swooped down on the anarchists arrested their queen on the charge of Inciting a 1 riot For this she was tried and sentenced to a years Impils onment on Hlackwells Island She was released at tho end of ten months behavior tho time allowance for good being deducted and at once proceeded proceed-ed to Philadelphia Here as in New York she was prevented from speakIng speak-Ing by the vigilance of tho police We next hear of her In Austria studying French then In Vienna becoming be-coming a specialist In scalp and skin treatment and In hair dressing n n set a Returning to America she up Broad establishment on halr dresSing way combining that with treatment and trained nursing nUll Beall of the sKIn now fluent In French Sho was Ing English I and Yld Oonmn nubblon tlmu preach and spent her spare dish IInarchy Then It was decided that lug and devote her business Bho give lip Trouble the cause to entire time she fOl her and followed times sod easant unpleasant exporlences hoof man In Paterson Phil authorities with the Barre Vt Den allelllhla NoW York oilier cities anti vel world stood aghast when King The murdered hy IIlImbert L I of Italy was July 29 1900 III Monza an nnarchlBt that the developed Il Bllbseqllontl nrescl an ardent murderer was one who jour sss Golliman follower of Enna nejoQ from Tnterstra ft J to his na live land on bin murderous mUnlon Alias Goldman at that time declared In fact she has always said that she did not preach destruction but taught Peace harmony and brotherly love among men regardless of race creed or color How true this may be can lio Judged by her subsequent career The Buffalo Tragedy On September 6 1901 President McKInley was shot by Leon Czolgosz at the Buffalo exposition his Injuries resulting fatally It was said that zolgosz had claimed to be a follower of Emma Goldman and that her lec ture at Cleveland 0 Just prior to the tragedy had Inspired him to commit the deed thereupon the United States government acting with the author ties or New York state demanded her arrest She left st Ixmls where sho had been staying and went to Chicago she was promptly anested and put under 20000 ball In 1 lieu Of the ball she spent some time In tho Cook county jail whllo the government anxious to secure her extradition to Now York spent 30000 and employed 200 detectives to get evidence against her Every effort was made to connect con-nect the queen with the cowardly act of Czolgos hut as no proof was forthcoming she had finally to be discharged dis-charged and came east once more In 1902 during the strike of the weavers In Paterson Emma Goldman working with a group of local anarchists anar-chists used the opportunity to agitate her doctrines During the progress of the strike an encounter took place be tween the mob and tho police as a result re-sult of which warrants were Issued for the arrest of the queen Luigi Galleinl William McQueen and Ilu dolph Grossman The latter two were arrested tried and sentenced to five years Imprisonment Miss Goldman went into hiding and was never brought to court Outwitted the Law Gallernl fled to Barre Vt where he began the publication of the Cronach Souverslva an anarchistic organ Emma Goldman made frequent visits to Barre and with the aid of the paper and Gallernl gained a large following among the Italian stonecutters of that region through whom anarchism has spread among Italians throughout the land Here as in other cities Miss Goldman was prevented from speakIng speak-Ing a number of times by the police In October 1903 John Turner arrived ar-rived In this country at the Invitation I of Miss Goldman with the object or lecturing on the subjects of Trade enIng 14 years for his attempt on he life of He ry C FrIck at Pitts burS Pa During all these years Emma Goldman visited him many limes often making a special trip from New York to Allegheny where he was Imprisoned She traveled under un-der an assumed name and she laugh ngly tells the story that she was never recognized When asked how she managed to hide her Identity she simply unities nnd the questioner must bo satisfied with that answer She had made several attempts to secure se-cure the reduction of DcrkmanB sentence sen-tence of 22 years less tho seven rears tlmo allowance for good be mvlor but In this she was not successful suc-cessful and Horkman was compelled to servo his full sentence Immediately following his release tie came east and Joined tho queen In the publication of Mother Earth which In Its beginning enjoyed tho active support of the radicals of the country Their sympathy however was partly alienated as thin result of the October Issue of 1900 the contents of which were devoted to lie consul eratlon of Czolgosz and his act and of the social and psychological slgnltl canco of tho latter Tho Now York police now became very active against the anarchists the specially created anarchist squad working with vigor and their offotts finally resulting In the forcible diaper slon of a meeting called by Ito I-to discuss the act of Oolgosz A mini her of those present including Emma Goldman were arrested but not hold Closely following this Incident the queen was again arrested together with John Coryoll anti Alexander Berk man during a lecture on The Misconceptions Miscon-ceptions of Anarchism Though these arrests were made under sections sec-tions of tho criminal anarchy law no conviction was secured The Denver Murder Again In 1907 Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman wore repeatedly arrested and prevented from speaking by the police In various cities The queen then visited Amsterdam Holland Hol-land where sho attended the international Interna-tional anarchist conference In August 1907 On her return to America she was confronted by the federal authorities authori-ties who tried to keep her out of the land but in this they were unsuccessful unsuccess-ful Four lives have been offered on tho altar of anarchy during the first four months of 190S While celebrating mass early in the morning of February 23 and just as he was In the act of putting his lips to R5R6NITON OFFATNFR HENRC l I ° I L r I lr WAVBFR1l 7N Mt1 1 k i r1 1 I 17c r J2uI o S THEMURDERQP TH Rrr MPr W4LnY QY CkEF NPPYSLFE Unionism and Anarchism At his first meeting in New York on October 23 he was arrested by the federal authorities au-thorities under the clause In the immigration immi-gration law which forbids the landing of people who do not believe in organized or-ganized government The queen was not to be outdone however Sho secured tho release of the authorities Turner on bail fought at every turn and kept Turner busy lecturing in the larger cities In the end through the United States su prone court John Turner was deported deport-ed but the quern had won a victory for while waiting the disposition of had accomplished effective the case Turner fective work for anarchism Emma Goldman recognizing the need of an English organ for anarchy Free Society the original organ first published In San Francisco and then in Chicago having suspended publication publi-cation In 1905 secured tho coopera friends started a tlon of several monthly magazine Mother Earth for the propagation of anarchist Ideas and In 1908 has Earth Mother Ideals 7500 subscribers and about 3000 copies are sold through tho various groups Publlshhed Mother Earth Bork 18 1906 Alexander On May man was released from orison after the sacrament Father Leo Helnrlcha was shot down and killed by Giuseppe Guarnacoto at the altar of St Eliza beths Human Catholic church In Denver Den-ver Col Ho was arrested and Is now awaiting trial Anarchist agitation In the United States Is being carried In In almost all the various languages spoken In this country Including Japanese and Armenian Ar-menian Though French and Spanish propaganda Is however somewhat lagging at present Germinal edited by Michel Dumas and El Desperter edited by Pledro Estevc have noV been able to keep up their work On the other hand the German Bohemian Italian and western groups are said to be very active So bore you have a dramatic situation situa-tion with a denouement still In doubt On tho one hand Is a woman a foreigner for-eigner fired with a fanatic hatred of American Institutions and clever enough to keep alive and growing a widespread organization of other foreigners for-eigners as bitterly hating our government govern-ment and all that It represents On the other arc the combined powers of organized society fighting desperately against n dangerous social fungus that threatens Its health nnd perhaps Its very life And In the very center of It all IB the woman |