The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-07

How American Hospitality Is Abused by
Lawless Aliens.


Buffalo Express
When the red flag of the commune Is openly
Haunted in the streets Of our large cities 1t is
time for law abiding citizens of the Republic to
abandon politics for patriotism. When foreign
outlaws--refugeeS from Austria, Hungary, Po-
land, Italy, and where not who have sought an
asylum in this free land-abuse the hospitality
so freely accorded to them, boldly defy our laws
and seek to inaugurate an era of murder, arson,
and destruction, then it must become a question
with elfrespecting Americans whether this out
rageous ingratitude has not gone far enough.
and whether they should not combine to put
down the unruly and dangerous element which
they have supinely allowed to grow into such
formidable proportions.
With indignation deepened by shame we have
read the telegraphed reports of the bloody riots
in Brooklyn last week. It makes an American
mad to learn that when one of the leaders of the
mob, IAN Austrian wearing the red ribbon" ad-
vanced toward the police in a threatening man
ner, and refused to go back when told to, an
officer simply took him by the collar and pushed
him back into the crowd. He ought to have
been arrested and carted off to Jail. Yet as we
read, this mild treatment was the frehrand
that aroused the commupistic blood. howl
ing mob descended upon the unlucky officer, and
in an instant both he and the striker were upon
the ground. surrounded by an angry mob. num-
bering about 800 men," Then ensued dreadful
contest, the Communists using the very paving
stones IN their attacks upon the meager force OF
poilccmcn. out courage anu ul6ClplIHo pre-
vailed The rioters were Dispersed. But the
only prisoners captured by the police were
Fred Sleek. Jacob Schambone, Josh Roskey,
John Hermann and George Schu oil Austrians,
and George Saeg, Pole" 1t is not pleasant
reading for American citizens which find in
the following paragraph from the account al
ready quoted:
''The strikers were. with scarcely an exception.
men of savage instincts. and they fought like
tigers. They used cart-rungs, balesticks. cob
ble-stones, and whatever weapons they could lay
hands on. A big. burlv fellow, with set teeth
and disheveled hair raised a heavy ash double
tree above his head and brought it down with
crushing force. Officer Gerken dropped under
it like a log. He was removed to the sugar re-
inery and stretched out on table. Officer
William Withers went down before bale stick
swung by thick necked Hungarian. He was
carried into the next street and sent to st. Cath
crimes Hospital in an ambulance. Officer De-
laney fought like soldier in battle, but he was
badly beaten and knocked about. He was also
sent to the hospital The man Eberhardt, who
irst attacked him, was cut and bruised about
the head and face."'
This disorderly element in our midst is utter
~ foreign. without thought or purpose in har-
mony with the spirit of our free institutions. 1t
is hopelessly alien. and should be so understood
and treated. When our native born politicians
desire to be Americans before they are Repub-
leans or Democrats. when the foreign born vote
is left to itself and party considerations become
secondary to those of patriotism. then perhaps
this country will be found too hot to hold the
lawess foreigners who so shamefully abuse our
hospitality