The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-31
TROUBLE AT
A FUNERAL
Hose Turned Upon the
MOurnerS.
DEAD CAT AS A MISSILE
Police Called on to Suppress
the Disorder.
Employees Of Hoe q Co. Make As
saults on Hebrews Participant
ing in Funeral Procession Of
Rabbi Jacob Joseph.

New York, July 30.--The funeral of the
Chief Rabbi. Jacob Joseph, head of the
Orthodox Hebrews of the United States.
which was held here today. was the oc-
casion OF one OF the most remarkable
demonstrations ever witnessed in this
city and led to a collision between the
masses of Jewish mourners and the po-
lice. The streets were packed with
thousands of Hebrews, the stores were
generally closed. and every point Of van
tage along the route taken by the funeral
procession to the different synagogues
were crowded.
Directly in front of the house where
the body has lain In state for the last
few days, more than one hundred patrol
men kept the crowd from the entrance
with considerable difficulty.
After the services at the house, the
body was taken to each of the six syna-
Rogues on the East Side, where brief SER
vices were held.
When the procession was passing the
printing press factory of r. Hoe & Co..
on Grand Street, on Its way to the ceme-
terry IN Brooklyn. the employees of the
factory emptied pals of water from the
windows of an upper floor on the specta-
tors massed upon the sidewalks. Pail
and pail It was said. was emptied on the
throng, which shouted and struggled and
stampeded In vain to escape. Then over
ails and clothing soaked in water came
down from above. and even tools, scraps
of steel and a dead cat.
Mourners Retaliate.
The angry populace, most Of whom were
od NV fhr0NzrinU h1rk
into the factory windows the missiles
that fell on them. They also gathered
up stones and sticks and in few min
utes there was scarcely a whole pane of
glass on the Grand Street. side Of the fac
tory, Then some enc in the factory turn
ed on a hose and played It indiscrimin-
ateiy ali over the funeral procession. At
one time as many as Ave streams were
playing on the crowd. Drivers of MOURN
ing carriages whipped up their horses
trampling over citizens, and the stronger
men trampled women and children under
foot In their effort to escape.
The police, in the meantime. had taken
a hand in the trouble and were clubbing
the people right and left. They were,
however. unable to cope with the crowd,
and the reserves of half a dozen pre-
cincts were despatched to the scene. 1t
was more than half an hour before order
was restored and the streets in the Vicin-
ity of the factory cleared. Many arrests
were made. among them being several
employees of the Hoe Company.
Many persons were found about the
streets bleeding from wounds on their
heads and other parts of their bodies.
An1buIances had been summoned, In the
meantime, and three responded. Sur
geons were kept busy for some time
dressing the wounds of the injured. Sew
eraI policemen also were injured. re-
ceIving cuts and bruises Tive men were
taken to the hospital One of them had
sustained internal injuries and contu-
sions and the other a sprained leg.
Later in the day the persons arrested
were arraigned in police court, and fines
OF IS and so were imposed in several in
stances Bad feeling is said to exist be-
tween some of the employees of the Hoe
Company and the Hebrews residing in
the neighborhood, and this Is said to have
been the cause Of the trouble.