Ebook Anarchy and Anarchists

It will be found in the succeeding pages that neither animosity against the revolutionists, nor partiality to the State, has in?uenced the work. I have dealt with this episode in Chicago's history as calmly and as fairly as I am able. Ihave tried to put myself in the position of the misguided men whose conspiracy led to the Haymarket explosion and to the gallows; to understand their motives; to appreciate their ideals — for so only could this volume be properly written. And to present a broader view, I have added a history of all forms of Socialism, Communism, Nihilism and Anarchy. In this, though necessarily brief, it has been the purpose to give all the important facts, and to set forth the theories of all those who, whether moderate or radical, whether sincerely laboring in the interests of humanity or boisterously striving for notoriety. Have endeavored or pretended to improve upon the existing order of society.