New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-03
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night that has been threatened IN this city since
| the TOmpkins Square trouble in 1877. The
| Socialists IN this country divided into two
| wings, the reds or extreme Anarchists and
| dynamteurs, and the blues 'or moderate agita-
tors who are organized under the name of the
SoclalIstic Labor Party. The National Executive
Committee of the latter organization issued call
| on January 29 for public meeting which was to
have been held at Concordia Assembly Rooms last
night. The call for the meeting read as follows:
Brutal ourages like the dynamite explosions at Lon.
don whereby private citizens aud even women and chill;
practsed by certain Irish Natonass as means Of pot-
cal warfare, and in NewYork and Chicago Anarc hlss,
| under the name OF Socialists or Communists, havo
openly approved OF these explosions, but the Socialists
repudac and abhor such acts Of violence have lately
differ not widely than with the Anarchists, who de-
clared their solidarity well With these dynamteurs
shall all times sympathze with acts OF sclfdefence or
oppressed ana peoples we are & isr IRON m s Ie
Irish dynamiteurs political means OF eniranchise-
ment
Tho meeting was called for condemning in tho
name of the New-York Socialists the dynamite
methods. THIS call and the sentiments expressed
in it did not meet with the approval of the An
archists. and an intlmaton was received by Alex
| ander Jonas, Serge Schewitsch and several other
| leaders of the Socallstic Labor party that the
Anarchist under John Most and Justus Schwab
| would endeavor to br eak up the meeting. Captain
| John II. McCullagh. of the Seventeenth Precinct
| Police was also in formed, and he made up his
mind that he would be present. Both wings OF the
| Socialists made their appearance III strong force,
and long before oclo ck tine time set for the meet
ing, the hall was packe d and many people were on
the outside. Scattered profuseiy through the hall
were large circulars, on which were printed III Oer-
| man and English the following words
| To the Workers OF all Countries: Ireland beeds OUT
of Thousand ugly wounds Her nobles sons are buried
i'm dungeons died martyrs live exes. Poisonous
| vampyrs drink the blood OF her people. Engands
OF 1orUr e re-
| venge! There she came! Ihundering ana she aim az
| the smaragd island. We applaude your deeds Dow:s
splendorl Down with the bloody robbery OF english
Landlordisme! only on the ruins OF tyrany can shlne
the sun OF liberty Hurrah the universal revolution
There was some hesitation about opening the
| meeting on the part of those who called it. The
| opportunity was seized by the extremists and one
| of their number, tall German with heavy blonde
| mustache jumped TO the platform aud said in Ger
man 1T is evident that the blues are too cow
ardiy to call this meeting to order. therefore call
| il TO order and nominate Justus Schwab as chair
| man." This was the signal for a fight and in less
time than it takes to tell it, the hall was TILED with
struggling. fighting mass of men, each side trying
to get possession of the platform. Some of the
anarchists were armed with short heavy clubs,
which dld fearful execution on the heads OF
their opponents, who defended themselves
with chairs or ANYTHING else they could lay their
hands on. When the fighting began, captain NC,
Cullagh accompanied by Sergeant Haggerty and
detectives Bissert, Robinson, katln aud RorAe, all
m citizens clothes, were little distance from the
stage BY liberal use of their clubs they forcen
their way to the platform and captain MeCniiaegn e
| iumped TO the speakers stand. He had put bis
| official shield on the outside OF his coat Wnen 10
reached the stand he shouted outs :" am the cap
tam OF police IN TINS precaet ana want this hshs-
, ing stopped"
CAPTAIN M'cULLAGH KNOCKED DOWN.
Before he had finished speaking the voice OF
Justus schwab was heard above the din. That's
the police captain" lie shouted XIII the blue
coated scoundrel! Down with hmw Some Of
Schwab's followers quick 70 obey the orders
of their leader aud chair descended on Captain
McCullaghs shoulders with stunning force, telling
him 10 the floor While down he was kicked IN tho
side. and received a number of painful bruises
Being a man of powerful physique. however, he
shook his assailants of and struggled to his feet
He was joined by the rest of his men, aud by hard
fighting they succeeded in clearing the platform.
In the melee the Captain lost his club,
| which is favorite of his, but he
| grabbed another from of the anarchists
| and rescued his own after cIuboing
the man who had taken 1t almost into nsensbIlity.
| The crowd in the body of the room ceased their
| fighting 10 watch the struggle which had been GO
| ing on on the stage, but when that had resulted In
| victory for the police there was IN few moments
an evident disposition to make rush for the stage.
The five plucky policemen Officer Robinson had
beeu sent 10 the station house for the reServe drew
| their revolvers aud held their crowd at bay When
ouiet had been partially restored and the hghtinS
| had ceased. Mr.. Schewitsch one of the callers or
| the meeting attempted to rcop il. Just hold
on a minute said Captain McCullagh. wen
| see about that after aw hile."
| An interval Of nearly ten minutes elapsed and
| they were tryag TO the captain aud his men;
| Every moment the crowd grew more restless, ana
1t was only the deadly-lookIng rev0lyers ana tne
misunderstanding mon behind them that pre-
| vented flesh outbreak. At last there was com.
| motion in the back part of the room, and sergeant
Gallagher at the head of the reserve platoon Oh tho
| Seventeen II Precinct, made his appearance:
| .. Praise God you have got here, BOYS" shouted
| the captain. "Now clear the hall out as quick as
| YOU can. Don't be afraid to use your sticks, aud
| use them with all your might" .-
| Shifting their actions to these words, the captain
| and the men who were with HIM put up their pis-
tolls andl abing out their clubs began operations on
| those nearest them. Sergeant Galagbers men
needed no second order aud soon were sm,lhS nlils
away with all their might. The curses ana cries
| of tbe struggling and wounded men and the SOUND
of the heavy locusts coming into contact with hard
| skulls made the hall perfect pandemonl9n. Lit-
tie attempt was made to resist the police after
the reserves made their appearance ana the
Socialists scattered like sheep. In the
| ty-seven o singer living at No. l72 Seyenth-st,
fell down stairs and broke his leg. lie was 'sken s
| to Bellevue Hospital In an ambulance. Ater
| nIcar,ng the hail CAPTAIN McCulagh took Detec'
five Bissert with him to Justus Schwabs place, ~
No 80 First-st., and arrested him on charge O Ok
melting a riot He was locked up in the Se'en-
| teenth Precinct police station. , e.,
| III Instus Schwabs place there was intense feel:
, "a and thc action of the police was! characterized
as a brutal outrage. Mr.. Schuck one OF the
| anarchists leaders said:
| and Schewitsch speak, and had no
Intention of breaking up the meeting.
| meeting and after waiting fully nalf an hour tho
crowd GOT impatient and one of our mea got ON the
stage TO perform this duty, This started
| the tight. When Captain McCullagh got on tho
| platform it was impossible fer HIM to make him-