Show ANARCHY IN CHICAGO Is the fight between police and an in chicago the latter seem seem to got get the best of it in the courts the men arrested at griepe hall some jays day IWO fo and brought before the magis were all acquitted the police bad no definite evidence against them except that they were anarchists and hoisted a red flag on the other bandit was proved that the meeting which the police dispersed was a regularly called convention of an organized labor body known as the painters union fur therm thermo reit was shown that this society was incorporated under the laws of illinois with such evidence as this what else could the courts do than so acquit the accused the situation in chicago is a peculiar one the word anarchy etymologically means no government in this sense it is used literally by its chicago advocates vo cates mr parsons one of the men hanged some years air ago 0 left a work on anarchy it is quite a pretentious volume and its gist Js is the abolition of all government in the political sense these men who assembled at grief s hall ball are avowed anarchists they make no secret of the matter it is true they assembled as a painters union but every member of hat body is individually an anarchist this is it a country of law and orde of free speech and personal pers opal liberty the problem then arlew arise are police justified by their own institutions in making such a raid as that hat on hall ball law and order say any hot they must wait u until I 1 overt acts are committed hall has long been known as a rendezvous for anarchists the property is owned by a man named grief a german he runs a saloon on the ground floor he lives with his family on the second floor on the third or top floor there are two moderately sized balls for lodge and lecture meetings the place is dingy foul fo ua smelling and unclean it to is ed on west lake not far from the river A tow few evenings ago an italian B benevolent society net met to in one of the balls alle when the chairman called the meeting to order it was waa found that a PO policeman diceman wu waa among the attendants he was pointed out and he admitted that he was there under orders from his chief to report what was said the meeting dispersed without f transacting tr any business next day mr grief applied to the courts for an injunction restrain to re etrain the P police olice from interfering with meetings in his premises judge tuley heard the arguments on both sides he decided that demand was just and lawful V ful suring hiring the examination of witnesses for and against it transpired that the police invaded a private apartment where there was it a sick girt girl on the night of the raid mid the girl was so shocked that although at the time she was WAR pronounced beyond recovery her death was hastened by severed several weeks this made a bad showing for the rolice police it has drawn sympathy to the anarchists from sources that were most opposed to them rn in conf consequence sequence meetings in hall bal ean can no more he be antt interfered nirh until bing unlawful is done there the quest question iun Is somewhat perplex ing it is held that these theme men are all foreign born and if under european governments would be summarily dealt with to a certain extent this is true however parsons one of their chief lights when alive was a native american carter H harrison now editor of the times to is one of their champions he is ie a kentuckian he charges the city authorities with trying to make political capital out of the war on anarchists he himself it should be remembered was mayor of chicago when the historic raid was waa made at the hay haymarket market meeting about five years ago altogether the position of theses these anarchists is peculiar so bo cia lists both here bere and in europe disavow all connection with them while they repudiate all law and government in their political teachings when as assailed railed they are the first to claim protection under law and constituted authority but consistency could hardly be expected from so harebrained i brain ed and motley a crew |