St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-18

chair and was in the act of speaking.
The speaker was dragged through the
crowd and with policeman on either
side was marched to the station house.
One-haIf the crowd followed while the
others remained determined to holds
the meeting anyhow.
The rOundsman said he would clear
the hall at any cost, and more policemen
were sent for. Then he changed his
mind for the moment by leaving the
hall to take care of itself, and he direct
ed his men to clear the streets, which
were fast getting choked up in the
vicinity.
The first prisoners name was Albert
Resented, and he said he was a tailor,
but refused to tell where he lived.
Rosenfeld was pointed out by Proprietor
Fleigman as the ringleader of the mob
and as one of those who had been active
i'll smashing in the doors. Two other
arrests were made. One of the
prisoners was Joseph Gid,
tailor, of 103 Hester street. and
the other one Abraham Simon
of Richardson street. Williamsburg,
also a tailor. They had assted Rosen-
field in leading the attack on the doors
and windows of the saloon, it is said.
The bowling mob followed the officers
and the prisoners to the very door Of
the station, but the prisoners were safe
ly locked up. Meanwhile the crowd
which had remained in front of the
Walhalla hall, hat not dispersed. and
the little room in the rear of the saloon
was
Packed With Shouting Poles
and Russians. Proprietor Fleigman
thought it was best to let them remain
i'll there, for in reality he was afraid that
they would Kill him and his family if he
interfered with them. Inside there
were about a hundred men talk
ing eXcltedly all at once in Rus
sian or in some dialect which nobody
could understand. The doors leading
through the saloon were locked tightly
and the people inside were allowed to
have it out among themselves in their
own way. The leader of the unem-
ployed foreigners seemed to be W..
Belkowitz. who said he lived at 222
Madison street. He made a speech
in his own tongue which stirred
up the audience to the highest pitch
of excitement, and the howls and yells
could be heard outside in the street.
He afterwards told reporter that the
object of the meeting was to discuss
some means for providing employment.
BelkowilZ explained that in his speech
he told the crowd that there ought to be
no discrimination against Russian work
iDgmen, and that they ought to be able
to apply for work OH equal terms with
Americans or those of any other ma
tionality. What he advocated was an
appeal to the United States government
to furnish them with work. 1t there
was no work to be done the government
ought to make work for them. Several
other speeches were made.
DenOuncing the Government
for giving the people W, TX. Joseph
Barindes arrived at the hall at 1918
O'Clock and addressed the meeting. He
urged the crowd to leave the hail. The
proposition created a storm of opposi-
ti0n, and the men almost unanimously
cried out that they would not leave
the hall until the three men who
were taken prisoners were returned.
Barondis argued with the crowd for
some time, but to no purpose, and
finally he asked if they would leave if
he secured another and larger hall for
them. This proposition was assented
to, and Barondis left to see if he could
secure Clarendon hall. Besides the
excited men who thronged Walhalla
hall, there were 1000 others at
Covenant hall, Sc Orchard street, few
doors away. A speech was made from
the curbstone by one OF the unemployed
men in which he said that unless the
three men were liberated from Jail to-
day the Essex market police court and
Jail would be stormed. At Wall
halla hall, series of resolutions
were passed condeGning the police
for their conduct this morning. The
resolutions set forth that the men are
peaceably disposed: that they want
work and must have it. and working
men are warned to prepare themselves
in future for a repetition of such
conduct on the part of the po-
lice. The three prisoners were later
arraigned before Justice Voorhes. in
court. Manager Fleigman refused to
make complaint. He said that the
men would boycott him if he pressed
the complaint and he preferred stand
ing the damage to losing their custom.
Fleigman was also afraid that prosecu-
tion of the charge would involve serious
injury or
Death to Himself
There was nothing else for Justice
Voorhes to but DISCHARGE the prisoners.
He took occasion, however, to denounce
the manager for his cowardice. While
this scene was being enacted in Essex
market court, the police were
moving with reserves, in two
parties, swept down upon Cove
nant and Walhalla halls at about
the same moment. Many bruised and
bloody head resulted from the encoun-
ter. Those driven from the two halls,
which are but forty or fifty foet apart,
gathered about the policemen. and the
more enthusiastic set up cries of "Stone
them!" Dynamite themn' There
was another rush, and the
men were tumbled into the
street cutters, and an alI-around
rough and tumble fight took place. The
enraged men struck right and left.
sometimes infiicting injuries on their
fellows in their blind rage. The police
men again used the club freely. scatter
ing the men III all directions. With
out leader and with pollcemen's
billies waving in every direc-
ton, the crowd when driven into
the street, knew not whibh way to
turn, Inch by inch they were forced;
away. Where the men will meet to-
morrow is prOblematical. Joseph Bar
ondess says that the men were under
the impression that Clarendon hail had
been engaged, but he found on inves- 4
tigation that such was not the case.
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