The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-08-01
Caused Demo nstratIo n
In New York.
WATER ON MOURNERS
From Fire Hoses--WhiIe Rabbi
Jacob Joseph Was Borne to
Grave Trouble Was
Started.

New YORK, July 31.-The funeral OF
the late Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph,
head of the orthodox Hebrews of the
United States, held here yesterday af-
ternooon led to collision between
the masses Of Jewish mourners and
the police. The streets were packed
with thousands Of Hebrews, the stores
were generally closed and every point
of vantage along the route taken by
the funeral procession to the different
synagogues was crowded.
Directly in front of the house where
the body has lain in state for the last
few days over 100 patrolmen kept the
crowd from entrance with consider
able difficulty. After the services at
the house the body was taken to each
of the six synagogues on the east side
where brief services we're held.
When the procession was passing
the printing press factory of r. Hoe
& Co. on Grand street, on it's way to
the cemetery in Brooklyn, several EN-.
ployes of the factory emptied pals Of
water from the windows Of an upper
floor onto the spectators massed upon
the sidewalk. Pail after pail. 1t was
said, was emptied on the throng which
shouted and struggled and stampeded
in vain to escape. Then overalls and
clothing soaked in water came down
from above, and even tools, scraps of
STEEL bolts and dead cat.
The angry populace, most OF whom
were Hebrews, retaliated by throwing
back into the factory window the mis-
siles that fell on them. They also
gathered up stones and sticks and in
few minutes there was scarcely a
whole pane of glass on the Grand
street side of the factory.
Then some one in the factory turn
ed on hose and played 1t indiscrimi-
nately all over the funeral procession.
At cne time as many as five streams
were playing on the crowd. Drivers
of mourning carriages whipped up
their horses, trampling over citizens
and the strong men trampled women
and children under foot in their ef-
forts to escape. - - LeG
The police had in the meantime
taken 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 dozen precincts were dispatched
to the scene. 1t was more than half
an hour before order was restored and
the streets in the vicinity Of the fac
tory cleared. A number of arrests
were made, among them being sew
eral employees of the Hoe company.
Many persons were found about the
streets bleeding from wounds on their
heads and other parts Of their bodies.
Ambulances had been summoned In
the meantime and three responded.
The surgeons were kept busy for some
time dressing the wounds of the in
jured. Several policemen also were in
jured, receiving cuts and bruises. Two
men were taken to the hospital. One
of them had sustained internal in
juries and contusions and the other a
sprained leg.
Later in the day the persons ar
rested were arraigned in police court
and fines Of IS and $40 were imposed
in several instances. Bad feeling Is
said to exist between some of the en-
ployes OF the Hoe company and the
Hebrews residing in the neighborhood,
and this Is said to have been the cause
OF the trouble.