St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-21
SIZZLING WITH RAGE,
New York Italians Develop a
Tremendous Degree Of
Caloric.
They Intimate They Are Ready
to Fight at the Drop Of
the Hat.
Very Narrow Escape From a
Big Riot at Cooper
Union.
Resolutions Demanding Rep
aratiOn Sent to President
Harrison.

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of Cooper Union was packed with 5000
Italians of New York and vicinity to-
night. called together to denounce last
Saturdays tragedy in New Orleans,
and outside, Notwithstanding drizZling
rain, more than as many more were I'M
able to gain entrance to the hall. The
hot blood of Italia, fired by the memory
of the New Orleans affair, could not be
restrained outside the building, and
shortly before o'clock the crush out
side the doors broke them down and
number of people were injured in the
rush. One hundred and fifty policemen
were kept busy quarter of an hour to
drive the new arrivals out of the
hail. The meeting was opened promptly
at s o'clock. The presiding officer was
A. De Angelo. The speeches were
nearly all in Italian, and the denuncia-
tions of the New Orleans tragedy were
almost terrifying in their vehemence.
Hardly sentence but that was ap-
plauded to the echo, and especially when
the speakers spoke of the necessity for
meeting was an orderly one barring the
great excitement shown. To pacifiy
the crowd without it was addressed
from the balcony by a number of
speakers.
The Hall Was Draped
with American and Italian flags and
feStoOnS of black Grape. On the plat
form were few ladies among the 200
prominent Italians, while in the body of
the house only one woman was to be
seen. There was an air of suppressed
excitement that was almost sitting. 1t
was as il q volcano was pent up by fear
of results if once uncapped. Among
those on the platform that looked down
upon the gathering were DR.. Louis RO-
versi, chief editor of IL PrOgresso; b.
Ciambelli, editor of Cristofero Colombo:
Prof. Colabrese, DR.. La Pente, VincerZ
Porcas and George Francis Train. When
President sde Angelo stepped to the
front of the platform ands raped for
order there was lull in the noise of the
hail. He said quietly and impreSsively,
''ltalIani" A moments silence. then
roar Of bravo burst from the thou
sands of Italian throats. The applause
was resistless in its vehemence for
fully five minutes, and so it was
through the entire meeting. Every
man was excited to the highest pitch.
form them into throng of demons.
The committee in charge seemed to
realize this, and took every precaution
to avoid any trouble. That there was
danger was evident just as the meeting
was about to close. The resolutions
were being read when several persons
in different parts of the hall arose
and asked to be allowed to speak. These
requests were promptly refused by the
chairman. The men who wanted to
speak then appealed to their fellows,
asking ii they meant to
SitThere Inactive
and urging them to act and avenge the
wrongs done in New Orleans. The i'll
slant they began to talk in this way the
prominent men on the platform spraDg
into the aiSleS and 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 that they
would have started a riot without
knowing why. AS soon as the reSolu-
tiOnS were adopted the meeting was dis
missed, and all present were urged to
leave the place quietly and they obeyed.
The chief speeches were made by the
three Italian editors. and in the main
were within bounds of reasonable eXpec-
tatiOn. DR.. ASSetta was there to protest
against the villains who had killed his
cOuntrymen in New Orleans. 1t was a
deed not done by American people, but
by villains. He condemned the French
press for their hostile attitude, and crit
icised their attempts to justify the mas
sacre. The French were
Their Worst Enemies,
and if war broke out the French would
not be spared. The representative of
the Italian daily paper, III Christ0foro
Colombo, declared: We Italians,
classed as hot-blooded, and already
compared to the VOLCANOES of our cOun-
try, do not wish for war with this ma
ton, our second fatherland: our navy IS
certainly for other enemies; the first
shot of our cannon must be aimed to that
most odious Austrian flag, not to the
stars and stripes, the flag of liberty. A
just reparatiOn is what we ask for. We
demand it without fear, and the federal
authorities will certainly grant it to us.
We do not care to Kpow if the eleven
massacred human beings were guilty OF
not but what we look at is that they
were acquitted by ii court, and that is
enough. Resolutions deploring and de-
n0uncing the tragedy and demanding
reparation were passed and ordered
sent to President Harrison and Italy's
premier.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, March 2O.-A
meeting of Italians to protest against
the recent affair in New Orleans was
held to-day. The chief speaker said:
I'VE, as Italians. do not recognize any
such thing as the Malta. There is no
such thing. 1t is simply bugbear.
We denounce any such organization as
this secret society, if it exists. but it
does not. We are here to obey the law
and we think Italians will make as good