St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-18
A RIOT IN NEW YORK.
OVER FIVE THOU AND UNEMPLOYED
ATTACK WALHALLA.
FLEECE FIGHT WITH POLICE
Many Bloody Heads Resulted
From the aders
of the Mob Arrested-Speaker
Harangue the Crowd and De-
nounce the Government for
Not Giving Them Work.


nounce the Government for
Not Giving Them Work.
New YORK, Aug. 1.-THE ferment-
ing unrest of the unemployed in this
city has at length burst bounds, and on
the East side today there was an eX-
ploslon. A riOtous mob possessed Them
selves of property which they had no
money to hire and to which they
had been forbidden an entry
by the owners. There is in
the city tonight no panic of
fear among the people, because abso-
lutte confidence is rep0Sed in the power
OF tile poIce to quell the restless
elements. But nevertheless, the sltua-
ton of otherwise helpless want among
the labOrlesS thousands is sharply
pressed upon public attention by the
occurrences of today. There is evident
ly, too, a plan OF campaign on
the part of these people. Ths was to-
day evidenced by the fact that the king
OF tile cioakmakerS, Joseph Barondess,
called at the mayors office today and
asked for permit to hold open air
meetings or workingmen in Union
Square. The mayor sent for the Secre-
tary of the park board, and, after con-
SuItation, told BarOndeSS he might, on
application to the park department,
have permits for meetings twice a
week. BarondeSS is also, as condition
of granting his request, to
Notify the Police
so that full force may be present to
preserve order. This brings the ferment-
ing forces and the officials OF the law
avowedly face to face. and the result
will be closely and anXiously watched.
And now to the riot OF Today. A crowd of
mole than 5000 men attacked W alfalfa,
4S, 81 and 81 Orchard street, because
admittance was denied them. They
smashed the plate glass windows to
atoms, forced i'll the door, which had
been turned against them, and forclbiy
took possession of the place. Several
persons were cut by the flying glass.
All sorts of missiles were used, and
finally the police reserves from
the Eldridge street station were ordered
to the scene. The success of the
spontaneous meeting OF the unem-
ployed and the parade held yesterday
was the signal for much larger gather
ing to-day. AS early as O'Clock
this morning men began to assemble i'll
the vicinity OF the International LABOR
exchange on East Tenth street. They
were mostly Russians, and represented
principally the ciothlng trade. There
were cutters. hatmakerS and clOakmak-
erS i'll the crowd. AT first they gath
cred in small groups of a dozen or more.
Then these welded themselves anu ELL
tered the building. At 8 O'Clock the
crowd. which was without a leader of
any kind, had grown to over thou
sand.
Every minute added to the number,
and at 9:3O at least
5000 Were There
When it began to rain the few who
had umbrellas raised them, but the ma
jOrity stood there, sulkily Indifferent to
the weather. When 10 clock arrived
the street in front of the exchange was
black with people. The large hall down
stairs was literally packed. SO were
the stairs and every one of the little
meeting rooms up stairs. Bartenders
stood ready i'll expectation OF doing a
rushing business, but not single drink
was purchased.
Finally voice cried out that the
place was too small, that even il meet
ing was intended it would he impossible
to hold one for want of space. The
same voice suggested Walhalla hall OH
Orchard street, and instantly the cry
was taken up: "Walhalla hail,u
"Walhalla hall" As If with one i'm
the march began up Tenth street to
First avenue and along to Allen street
to Grand, into Orchard, where Walhalla
hall stood only few doors away. The size
of the crowd can be imagined from the
fact that when the head of the line had
reached Allen street the others had not
ceased moving out of Tenth street a
mile away.
When passing the Fourteenth pre-
cnct station, on Fifth street, several
policemen put their heads out, and in
quiries resulted in the fact that the re-
serves were in readiness. The crowd
up to that time had been most orderly.
Word of the coming of the unemployed
had reached WalhalIa hall
Ahead OF the Crowd,
and in the absence of Fleigman, the
proprietor, his sons and daughters got
ready to defend the place. They first
barred the door, and then demanded
through the keyhole to know what the
crowd wanted. The reply came back
that they wanted to hold a meeting
in the hall, but had no money to pay
for its use. They were told that
they could not have it. Instantly
there was crash of breaking glass.
Paving stones had been seized from the
streets. where they had been lying
around loose. The moment the first
pane of glass was smashed every one
seemed to throw caution to the winds.
Pane after pane of plate glass went in,
and finally the door was also forced. Mr..
Fleigman's daughter, young girl of
eighteen years, tried to get in front of
the crowd as it swept in, but she was
thrown aside. The unemployed men
swept chairs and tables aside IN
their eagernesS to hold the meet
ing, and they had just about settled
down to business when word of the af-
fair was sent to the Edridge street
police station. The sergeant at the
station at once called out the reserve
section. The reserve, numbering about
fourteen men, with Roundsman Cotton
at its head, started on doublequick for
the scene of the disturbance. 1t was
then that
PandemOnfum Broke Lo ose.
The sons and daughter of the pro-