The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-30
ROWDYISM RULES
THE CARNIVAL
Scenes of Rioting at
..- Milwaukee.
Special Dispatch, to The Call.

MILWAUKEE,. June '29.-This city was
the scene tonight of such rioting and of
rowdyism Of such a peculiarly atrocious
nature that every Mifwaukeean will ever
after blush for shame when he hears or
thinks of il.
At midnight forty men had been gath
cred in by the police on a charge Of as
saulting women. BedIam reigns. and the
authorities. seem powerless to restore or
der. This was municipal day in the week
Of carnival.
All business was suspended that Mil
waukeeans might be free TO witness the
masque pageant during the afternoon.
and it is estimated that 200 900 strangers
came to swell the throng and join in the
fun.
During the progress Of the parade the
participants were pelted with confections
wrapped in brightly tinted papers and
with artificial flowers. 1t was pleasing
feature of the masque and was thor
oughly enjoyed by the pelters and peltees.
The throwing of confetti was innocent
enough and none objected TO it, but by
nightfall confetti was too tame for the
average hoodlums, and they substituted
dirt and dust from the street, bran,
-four, paint and water.
Women's costly gowns We're ruined,
mems hats smashed, and there was per
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police seemingly being unable to stop the
rowdyism.
Water was thrown in bucketfuls from
the roofs of tall buildings on Grand ave
nue. and Wisconsin street, and many car
nival costumes We're ruined.
battle of confetti. engaged in by q
number OF men in front of the First Ma
tional Bank building, resulted in an as
ssault on Alderman Greene. After ne had
tbeen covered with the dirt of the street
sSOme one on top of the building throw a
j. fUhfnl md -
-One else covered him with several pounds
sof flour. The city father was a mass Of
dough, bareheaded, and most forlorn
looking object.
! This was but one of the hundreds of
ceases. Even Mayor Rose did not escape
In passing the Hotel Phster he was spied
! by hundred young men, who proceeded
TO cover him with confetti This was
livery amusing TO the Chief Executive of
the city. and he passed on with his high
hat unframed until he entered the por-
tails of the hotel. where the man who al
ways oVerdoes the thing stood with a
! handful of dirt. This was thrown into
mature smile TO one of deep concern He
instructed the Police Department to
double the efforts to stop the rowdvism
and several arrests We're made.
AS night wore on the hoodlums became
seemingly frenZied. Bricks, stones and
paving blocks We're substituted for dirt
axle grease for water. Twenty women
We're brought into the emergency hospi-
tails blinded with pepper and other sub
stances thrown in their faces Women
seemed the special objects of the mis-
guided attentions Of the crazed rioters
They We're Rugged, kissed and torn
screaming from friends and dragged into
alleys: their clothing torn and their hats
like those of the. men I'm the crowds
smashed or torn off and thrown into the
street; gowns daubed with axle grease or
doused with ink or other filthy discolor-
ing. fluids shot at them from horse
syringes.
Late tonight Mayor Rose stated very
positively that he proposed making an cy-
ample. of the sixty or eighty men arrested
Tonight