New-York tribune., 1900-08-02
HUNTING THE "REDS" HERE.
UNITED ITALIAN SOCIETIES ANXIOUS
TO RID THEIR COLONY OF THEM
DETECTIVES AT WORK.

Detectives Of this city are secretly al work in
the italian quarters the East and West sides
for the purpose Of apprehending the acconpEces
II any, Of King HCmbert's assassin The men
who have been detailed 70 this work have in their
possession the names Of various anarchistic lead
ers, and the situation Of their favortte haunts
No small amount Of inquiry is also being made in
Bleecker-st, which Is the rallying place Of Italians
OF all classes and beliefs. The conserva tive so
cietIes. which are combined into what is known as
the United Italian Societies. have their head
quarters a. No. lag BIeecker-st
prominent Italian, who is connected with this
organization, said to Tribune reporter yesterday
Since the assassination OF King Humbert q great
change has come over many OF colony here.
W9lch at nrst could not account for. These men
du ot join with the rest IN bewaling the death OF
ther former monarch OF II they did. they spoke in
q ma -t.eaI a. Lea way Many went even so faT as to
say Ih1t they were glad he was killed, and that all
tnose who have such power and wealth should
@ So!C enough 10 say that the tragedy Of last Sun
DAY was only one II chain, Of which the assas-
austria were links, and that the end Of the chain
@ @%or1o net come until mankind had been freed
ahere are two places near the elevated station al
ira 5s1tz e. 60 % "a " AZ - 80 -
OF OF Socialists and Oh the Monday night following
until deybreak I could see that this was true be-
cause the windows showed bright lights. as II a
eral groups Of drunken men. who I believe. were
newspapers. which we're mourning the King 5
deatn' and one boasted Of the fact that all the
compl.shed by members Of their own race 55f0f n
ba ne gsserouS % oehsVloT % shee "a men I, @ Wr
perfectly secure n crying down law and order. In
a conversation between two Of these mer one said
that they had made mistake IN openly rejoicing
was no danger In country Ike the Tnite9 states
No" said the other But you must remember %
19Tx they are n9L as 4nq 5a mere a+bfsts as teIt
greater security from Interference IN New-Jersey
was hatched there instead Of here.
Many facts which 7 now call 70 mind, however.
have made me think that there IS close af1iation
this city. Malatesta, the noted Anarchist who was
IN this country only three nouns ago. SI it5
King Humbert's death, frequented the Bleecker-st
more man man l9o9TI lI bsrd fea fJired man who spoke
iitte and thought much His most peculiar quality
was that Of swallowing huge quantities OF WhlsKey
without any perceptible effect upon his brain
Detecr,ve Petrosni OF the Central Once, is en-
poyed particularly in ferretng out the "a angeIous
The United Italian Societies viii await the resuit III
Of the work OF the ponce, II OllG W" ~ % yt5cb
our new home has become infected we will take II
into our own hands
The memorial mass meeting TO be held tonight
at Taumauy Hall by the United italian Societies
will be presided over by President F. P Cambria.
The speech of the evening IS to be delivered by
Giuseppi GuIlino. All the ceremonies will be IN
Italian After appropriate resolutions. a commit
Tee will be appointed 10 arrange for a memorial
service. ar which speeches by prominent men, both
Italian and American, will he delivered eulogizing
the dead Hunhert-
s Bonnani, secretary Of the United italian socte-
ties said that one reason why the settlement was
greatly stirred by the assassination OF King hum
bert was the fear that some member OF his race
might attempt to take the life of the President Of
the United States
I'VE feel responsible" he said. "for this an
archistic movement and will try 70 kill IL before
il has accomplished still more evil With this
class among US we feel very anxious for President
Mckinley. Some Of these men have even gone
so far as 10 say that the heads Of all govern
neuts should be killed and that there should be
instead an absolute absence Of law or authority.