The morning call., 1891-03-21
EXCITED ITALIANS.
The POliGs Take a Hand in the New York
MaSS-Meetins.

New YORK, March 20.-Cooper Union
was packed with 5000 Italians of New York
and vicinity tonight. They were called to-
gether to denounce last Saturdays tragedy
in New Orleans, and outside the hall, not
withstanding a drizzing rain. more than as
many more were unable to gain entrance to
the building, Shortly before o'clock the
crush against the doors broke them down, and
number of people were injured in the rush.
One hundred and fifty policemen present
We're kept busy. The presiding officer was
A. de Angelo. The speeches were nearly
all in Italian, and the denunciatons of the
New Orleans tragedy were almost terrify-
ing in their vehemence. To pacify the crowd
outside it was addressed from the balcony
by number of speakers.
When President De Angelo stepped to the
front Of the platform and raped for order
there was lull in the noise in the hall. He
said quietly and impressively: " Italians"
Then roar of "Dravo" burst from thou
sands of Italian throats. The applause was
resstless in its vehemence for fully five
minutes, and so 1t was through the entire
meeting.
pitch at II 80 o'clock, and but word
seemed necessary to transform them into a
throng OF demons. The committee in
charge seemed to realize this, and took
every precnution to avoid any trouble. Near
the close of the meeting, when the resolu-
tiOns were being read, several persons 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 appealed to their fel-
lows, asking if they meant to sit there in
active, and urging them to act and revenge
the wrongs done in New Orleans. The in
Stant they began to talk in this way the
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
leading 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 min
ntes bloodshed wo uld have followed, as the
men present would have been so wrought up
that they would have started riot without
knowing why.
DIR. Asetta, in his speech said the massacre
was deed not done by the American peo-
pie but by Williams. He condemned the
French press for their hostile attitude, and
criticized their attempts to justify the mas
sacre. TIE French were their worst enc
mics, and if war broke out the French would
not be spared.
Resolutions deploring and denouncing the
tragedy and demanding reparation were
passed and ordered sent to President Harr-
sou ard ltaly's Premier.
THE MEETING AT PITTSBURG.
PITTsBURG, March CA general mass
meeting OF the Italian residents of this city
was held at Turner Hall tonight The
place holds 5000 people, and was crowded to
the doors. SeveralrepreseDtative merchants
addressed tie crowd, in both Italian and
American, and their remarks were evenly
tempered, but severe in denunciatinn of the
action Of the New Orleans people. The
speakers cOunseled quiet and the observ-
ance of the laws of their adopted country
by all means; but 1t was noted that resO-
luton, fercely condemniDg 1.-THE murder of
our New Orleans brothers," etc, and asking
the United States Government TO punish
"lhe perpetrators of the outrage" was car
ried with yehemence that was unanimous
o'MALLEY TURNS UP.
MEMPHIS. March 20.-The much sought
for New Orleans detective, 0'Maley, is in
this city. He says he has been in the en-
piOy oil the Matranga faction of Italians,
and will return to New Orleans next week
He will expose the Malta thoroughly. He
declined to talk about the jury-bri0ing.
TORONTO. March 20.-In reply to a COM
munication from the United States, Michael
Basso, an Italian interpreter here, says that
Canada can be depended upon to supply
1000 armed Italians to avenge the men killed
in the New Orleans jail, in the event OF the
Italian Government failing to secure redress
from the United States Government.