Chicago Communist Demonstration Draws Armed Crowd
The week before last, a grand demonstration of the communists of Chicago, in the Exposition building, was attended by over 25,000 of that class, some 5,000 of whom were armed. Commenting on this, the Alliance says:— “The tramp of armed communists over our pavements, the Exposition building a Babel of foreign objurgations against capital, and the Sabbath stillness broken by the turmoil of a communist mob, evince the mighty undercurrent of unrest moving the workingmen. What the event will be, none can foretell. A resort to force is not the wish, but is evidently the determination, of these men, if their demands are not acceded to.”