CHAPTER XXVIII.

“_The Storming of Schuler’s Hall._”

“To Arms!”—Down with Lawlessness—The Giant of Communism rather Ghostly—Governor Phelps—Mayor Overstolz—General A. J. Smith—The Mighty Executive Committee—More Phantom than Fact—An Important Undertaking—Seven Hundred Armed Men—They March to Storm the Hall of “The Workingmen’s Party of the United States”—Schuler’s Hall Captured—The Vanquished Commune—A Grand Parade—Prevention better than Cure. 387