The record-union., 1891-03-21
ALMOST A RIOT.
MONSTER MEETING OF ITALIANS
IN NEW YORK.
Resolutions Denouncing the New
Orleans Tragedy and Demand
ing Reparat;on.
Special to the REcoRD-US1oS.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
New YORK, March 20.-Cooper Union
was packed with 5000 Italians of New
York and vicinity tonight, called to-
gether to denounce last Saturday tragedy
in New Orleans, and outside, notwith-
standing drilling rain, more than as
many more We're unable to gain entrance
to the hall. Shortly before o'clock a
crash outside was heard, the doors brok e
down, and a number of persons were in
jured in the rush. One hundred and
fifty policemen were kept busy.
The presiding officer was A. De Angelo.
The speeches were nearly all in Italian,
and the denunciations of the New Orleans
tragedy almost terrifying in their vehem-
ence. To pacify the crowd without. it
was addressed from the balcony by a
number Of speakers.
When President DeAngelo stepped to
the front of the platform and raped for
order, there was a lull in the noise of the
hall. He said, quietly and impressiveIy,
Italians" Then roar of 'Bravo!"
burst from thousands of Italian throats.
The applause was resistless in its yehe-
mence for fully five minutes, and so it
was through the meeting. Every man
was excited to the highest pitch. But a
y
them into throng OF demons. The COM
mittee in charge seemed to realize this,
and took every precaution to avert any
trouble.
Near the close of the meeting, when the
resolutions were being read, several per-
sons in different parts of the hall arose
and asked to be allowed to speak. These
requests were refused by the Chairman.
The men who wanted to speak then APP
! pealed to their fellows. asking if they
meant to sit there inactive, and urging
them to act and revenge the wrongs done
in New Orleans. The instant they began
to talk in this way prominent men on the
! platform urged the audience to be quiet
and orderly.
| Meanwhile the police had taken the riot
meters in hand, and hustled them out of
/ the hall.
1t was critical moment, and the lead
| ing men of the meeting acted none TOO
! soon. They admitted after the meeting
! that had they allowed any one of those
/ in the audience to have spoken for five
minutes, bloodshed would have followed.
/ as the men present would have been so
wrought up they would have started a
riot without knowing why.
| DIR. Asetta, ins his speech, said the
massacre was 4 deed not done by the
American people, but by villains. He
condemned the French press for their
hostile attitude, and criticised their at
tempts to justify the massacre The
| French were their worst enemies, and il a
war broke out the French would not be
| spared.
! Resolutions deploring and denonncing
the tragedy, and demanding reparation,
We're passed and ordered sent to Presi-
! dent Harrison and 1taly's Premier.
ROME, March 20.-It is semi officially
| denied that sealed orders were sent to the
Italian squadron in consequence of the
! lynching of the eleven Italian prisoners
at New Orleans on Saturday last.
| MEETING AT PITTSBURG.
| PITTsBURG, March 20.-A general mass
meeting of Italian residents in this city
| was held at Turner Hall tonight. The
place holds 5000 people and was crowded
to the doors. Several representative
merchants addressed the crowd in both
Italian aud American, and their remarks
were evenly tempered, but severe in de-
nunciation of the action of the New Or
leans people.
The speakers counseled quiet and OBJ
servance of the laws of their adopted
country by all means, but it was noted
that resolution fiercely condemning the
''murderers of our New Orleans broth
ers," ETC., and asking the United States
Government to punish the perpetrators
of the outrage were carried with a vehe-
mence that was unanimous.