Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-27
ITALIAN BEDLAM.
/ Mass lleetlng in San Francisco
Ends In Confusion.
no sYurArnEs ron FRANCE,


san IhANOlhaot Suue -is- -
italian mass meeting which nearly
ended In bloody riot was held In
ti,rbsiii hall last night for the purpose
efsrprtsslng regrets for the assassiua.
lion VI President Garnet.
gsfibaldi hall IL ia the heart Of tho
Italian quarters. II was packed long
I.nfe tie time set Tor the meeting.
The crowd was unruly aud there was
nslIefable shouting, whisIling and
pu,uIng. With the aivcnt OF the
,rc,kers Of the evening the trouble be.
g,pd. Joseph Caligaris, the chair.
,gru. b. enc VI the leading men VI the
Italian colony, aud N looked upon ~ q
lfUad, ialr and liberal minded man,
he took his place on the narrow plat.
iufm Al tho rear Of the hall, but Tor
acme time could not make himself
heard on account Of the hubub and the
shouts that came up from the mob IN
tue streets below.
Two policemen Ia uniform who were
IN the bouy OF the hall, moved UP IN
front Of the platform. Their action
aud tho cries OF "shamen and "ail-
encep from the few sobermiudod men
10 the hall had tho effect Of bringing
about comparative quiet. The chair.
man said the meeting had been called
lot the purpose Of giving the ltaliau
residents OF San Francisco an oppor.
tuuiiy Of expressing their sympathy
Tot the French people Ia their grief
because Of tho loss VI their PRECEDENT.
Then bedlam broke loose.
The crowd that for few moments
had been quiet was transformed IN n
moment into mob Of bowling,
screaming, hoOtiug maniacs. Those
behind pressed forward and the cru-h
near the platform was something
ihghtiul.
Shouts aud screams Of "D0wn with
the French" and "ltaiy Tor ever"
came from half n thousand thfoals ut
ones and the uptOar Was 20 great that
tue answering yvlls that came up from
tue streets below could not 10 heard.
10 was as n pAudemUnium had broken
loose anu the men had been Tor the
tins transformed Into yelling, gestiC-
ulatiDg demons.
SO great was he noise and 10 ttem.
ondouB was The press that the speaker
was forced OIL the platform. TINS was
the signal for those ia the rear aud hal
not the two policemen intoriefed ut
this critical moment n tragedy might
have been the result. A. II was the
two policemen, partly by their sem.
blanco Of authority, and partly Dy
their weight Of body prevented the
mob from crushing the speaker.
Never for a moment uid tho shouts
Ind curses cease.
The critical moment arrived whom
chairman Caligariu alteui pted ~ leave
tho hall. With u policeman In front
aud one behind him, a way was forced
through tbs excited mass Of men as lar
NJ tho doors. Tho two policemen
drew their clubs anu defended the
stair until CaligAfiH had reached tho
lower landing when they were them.
selves forced down by the prets from
within the hall.
When Caligaris reached the street he
vas still far away from safety. Tue
moi, reinforced by hundfeus of men
who lined tho streets, awelled the
chorus to n wild yell AMI without
knowing whom they were pursuing,
Joined IN n chase after CaligaTis.
twas wild scene. CAligaIis was
pale from fright as the throBg pressed
upon him In Jury. The pOllou made n
continuous tight. They placed their
Clubs, cracking many mead, and Kept
nm open circle about Caiigafis along
broadway to Now Montgomery street
anu until he had reached the shelter
OF the Commercial hotel. Even here
the man was not secure from tho mob,
Tor 100 OF tho rabble pressed their way
In and had 10 DO expelled by tho
police, who had no easy task.
Mr.. CAllgaris and his friends profess
to he unable TO account Tor the extra
ordinary action Of the mob. The IDEA
seemed TO DO, however, that the trouble
was due to a division Of tho Italian
community. The men comp0singl Ons
faction are laUoTvrs; IN the other fac.
ton aTu merchants anu capitalists.
Tho first faction IL opposed 10 the sec.
Ond on general principles, being indeed
peTmealsd TO some extent by the teach.
ings Of the Malta or ut least 10 1t was
openly charged. Chas. BofTeo, Hu
Italian resident spoke for the riotOus
element as follow:
"Ihe people vino assembled last
night at Tue meeting ielI that the pro.
test aud condemnation Of President
CarnOl'H assassination were out Of
place. Tho French made no protests
VI apologies when Cflspi was assaulted
by a FfenchmAn and they have made
no apologies for their treatment VI the
Italians at Lyons."