Evening journal., 1893-09-01
EMMA GOLDMAN ARRESTED
THE WOMAN ANARCHIST FOUGHT
LIKE A TlGRESS.

She and Two Companions Landed Be
hind the Bars at the Central Station.
She is Opposed to All Law and Pre-
diets Great Social Revolution.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-Just as she
was about to set foot in Carpenters Hall,
at Eighth and Callow Hill streets, last
night, where several hundred Russian
Jews and German Anarchists were wait
ing to be infamed by her oratory, Emma
Goldman suddenly found herself in the
clutches of the police. She fought like
a tigress. The street was soon filed
with a riotous mob, and the police -four
ished their clubs and revolvers There
was no bloodshed, and the woman was
landed, with two companions, behind the
bars at the Central Station.
She was arrested as fugitive from
New York, where she is wanted on the
charge of melting a riot and where one
Of her male confederates and fellow ora
tors is now held in $40, 900 bail. The circu-
lar for last nights meeting, met the eye
of Chief Detective Miller, and before
sunset detectives and policemen in civ.
ilian dress began to wander up and down
the streets in the neighborhood Of the
place Of meeting.
The audience gathered early, and
shortly before 2 80 o'clock a short thin
little woman dressed in black, with a
pair of sharp eyes behind gold trimmed
| spectacles, approached the door clinging
to the arm of young Prussian escort.
Detective Moss instantly gave the sig.
nal. 1t was Emma Goldman. She had
hardly stepped one foot within the door
way when half dozen hands descended
upon the shoulders of the pair
MRS. Goldman, I'm glad to see you,
said Detective Bond. "You are wanted
at the City Hall.
Emma gave a startled shrek and tried
to squirm from the hands Of the police
Her companion sought to repel the
captors and aid In her release. He
grappled with the detectives, while
Emma struggled furiously.
The Anarchists in the hall sprang L
their feet with one accord. The Rus
sian Jews swore and the women screamed
A lot of the men rushed down the marrow
stairs.
The sbirmish at the foot of the fighf
was ending IN defeat for the woman anC
her escort, but at the sight of many
sympathizers from the hall she pluckeC
up fresh courage and cried out:
"Unhand me. You'll never captur,
me- You'll never take me out OF this
crowd.
The crowd shouted, but kept at
/ respectful distance from the police
The woman was dragged away still
struggling, while detectives menaceS
: the crowd and cooled their ardor
Her escort, Albert Hanson, was ar
e rested and also Otto Leible, who has
yelled murder in the hall.
, AS soon as she was seated in Captain
Miller's office, Emma Goldman proceede,
to hold a reception for the reporters.
"pm willing to 60 to New York,
I she declared. 81 was going back Their
speak the truth. / waive all counse
and all requisitiOn papers,
why didn't you appear at the meet
p ing last night" Captain Miller asked
Il would have been there II had ha
q proper notice." she replied.
/ what did you do in New York;
! "What was to do here. l merel
. suggested the right of the poor to hav
r bread. | am opposed to all law and prediC
D great social revolution"
o Never mind IL l am arrested she e.
claimed, as she was put into cell.
have laid all my plans here. But If
o had got into that crowd they new
I would have got me out" The woma
q was taken TO New York to day.