The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America: From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in ChicagoMcLean, George N.
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The Rise and Fall of Anarchy in America: From its Incipient Stage to the First Bomb Thrown in Chicago
McLean, George N.
Anarchists -- United States; Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886
T. J. Morgan followed with a speech in which he dwelt on the last words
of the men before the drop fell. The immense throng at the grave
became excited and frequently interrupted him.
"Let the voice of the people be heard," he cried, in Parson's last
words. When he spoke of the majesty of the law a voice cried: "Throttle
the law!" When he asked: "Shall we be revenged on Bonfield, Grinnell,
Gary, and Oglesby?" voices cried: "Yes, yes! Hang them!" Albert
Currlin, formerly of the _Arbeiter Zeitung_, spoke in German and called
the laboring men cowards for permitting the "five-fold murder."
CHAPTER XV.
A DESCRIPTION OF HERR MOST'S SANCTUM. A DEN WHERE ANARCHY WAS
BEGOTTEN. THE ANARCHIST CHIEF'S MUSEUM OF WEAPONS AND INFERNAL
MACHINES. EASY LESSONS IN THE ART OF ASSASSINATION.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4, 1887.
Since Johann Most's release I had often resolved to visit his
editorial sanctum and see some of his surroundings, but I never had
the opportunity until a few days ago, when I sought William street and
paused a moment before 167. This is the place where undiluted anarchy
presents itself through the medium of the Freiheit, which has succeeded
so well that it has been enlarged to double its former size. On the
ground floor a lager-beer saloon is doing a thriving business, and the
old saying that Teutonic journalism always manifests an inclination to
take up its abode in proximity to a place where honors are paid to King
Gambrinus is borne out in this instance, even when the journalists wage
war on all other monarchs.
Entering the hallway you will notice, as soon as your eyes are able
to penetrate the darkness, a large red banner on the wall bearing the
inscription, "Vive la Commune." A cast-iron letter-box, marked "John
Most," attracts one's attention for a moment, and then we ascend two
flights of narrow, creaky stairs, and step into a large, dilapidated
room, extending over the entire top floor of the building. Here
the _Freiheit_ is written, put into type, and, after being printed
elsewhere, mailed to subscribers. There is hardly a country on the
globe which has not the honor of giving shelter to some anarchist
subscriber. A perfect deluge of revolutionary pamphlets issues from
this forlorn-looking loft.
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