Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-23
MEAT RIOTS.
Exciting Times in Parts of
Boston, on Thursday.
Police Stoned, Windows Smashed and
the Mobs Very Ugly.
Numerous Arrests of Rioters-No One
Very Badly Hurt.

Boston, May 22-The Kosher meat
disturbances Whith have taken place
in the North En.l during the past few
days were transferred to the West End
section of the -ity, today. About
o'clock, 900 Hebrews, men, women and
children, assembled i'll front Of the
meat store conducted by Isaac Leib-
man, on Brighton street, and COM
mcnccd Il fusilale Of rotten eggs and
fruit on the store ana its occupants.
All the windows were smashed. Half
hundred police interfered and ar
rested two women and one men who
were the ring leaders.
customer of I.iebman was leaving
the store with Il piece Of meat which
he had purchased, in his hand, when
he was stopped by Sarah GoIdstein.
who took the meat from him and
struck him several times in the face
with it. The crowd cheered the woman
and the customer who was badly
frightened ran away before his name
could be obtained. Miss Goldstein was
arrested by an officer and taken to the
police station. The crowd headed by
Harry Getting tu ned its attention to
the destruction Of the store and its
contents. \ large plate glass window
was demolished by a fusilade of stones.
the broken glass and stones falling all
over the stock.
At this time a force of four sergeant5
and 50 policemen came upon the scene
and the crowd was dispersed. Ida Cohen
refused to move when the officers tod
her and was arrested on the charge of
lettering
Later the crowds went to the North
End and attacked 8 kosher meat store
at the corner of Minot and Wall street.
The windows were soon demolished and
the contents of the store We're sspoiled oY
a liberal sprinklng Of kcrosenet oil which
the mob threw through the broken swin-
dows.
Daring the struggle with the mob and
the police, Mrs. Jennie Smith of RoXbury.
who was passing down brighton street.
was knocked down and tranpIed on re
ceiVing severe injuries.
y turbulent crowd of Hebrews assem-
bled on Harrison avenue, South End. this
forenoon, at new Kosher meat store.
which had been opened by Solumont. the
wholesale butcher The union biItchc, s.
who have closed up their places of busi-
ness for the past two weeks owing TO the
hiSh price OF meat. assembled near the
store and made addresses in 1iddish. The
excitement became SO intense that Solo
mont began to fear bodily harm ana t le-
phoncd for assistance, which speedily
answered by wagon full of policemen.
Later a butcher, whose name could not
be learned, and who got away during the
excitement, entered the shop with a two
gallon can of kerosene oil. and spilled
the stuff over the meats that were lying
in the window
Additional outbreaks which resulted in
a riot at the corner of Chambers ana
Brighton streets took place. tonight
growing out of the troubles that had oc-
CURED during the day in various parts Cf
the city, ana for the first time since the
disorders commenced the crowds dehcd
the police. They stoned them, smashed
windows and Great d general disorder I'M
I'll the police, in addition to handling the
crowd roughly. made II arrests.
rive thousand people yelled and hootCd
at the officers as they went about Their
work and escorted their prisoners to tie
station house on JOY street. The latter
were all haicd out within an hour
The trouble did not assume a threaten
ing aspect till after . o'clock, when the
thrce officers who mad been detailed for
duty realized that vigorous measures
must be taken against the steadily in-
creasing crowds about the corner. and rc-
Inducements were sent them.
Al the police were subjected to in
suits and many of them were made tar
gets for decayed vegetables, brickbats ard
stones, though none were seriously hurt
The crowd collected at the corner of
wall and MinOt streets, where one OF
Solomont IL Sons three retail meat shops
was reported to be doing business. Here
a fusilade Of brickbats was directed
against Soiomonts shop, windows were
and a volley of epithets hurled
at young Solomont who was in charge
The police again charged the crowds and
drove them into the side streets.
In Solomonts shop was q boy who
wished to carry some meat to his home
on Allen street. and one officer was dc
tailed to escort HIM there. crowd Of
100 or 500 followed them and peltcd them
with stones, but the lad finally was land
ed without bodily injury. The shop was
then closed and young Solomont was es-
corted to his home.
The excitement subsided until cry
was raised that Solomont q Son had
opened another shop on Brighton street
and the mob rushed there to see about it,
A big crowd was already there but the
place was closed and the crowd that had
followed young Solomont home joined
them, angry at not being able to get at
him.
1t was at this iuncture that Sergeant
Mullen, in charge of the police detail
sent for reinforcements and started in 20
clear the streets, which he did after be
ing peited with volley after vOIley Of
brickbats. 1t. was also at this time that
the arrests were made.
1t was nearly IL o'clock before the
streets had assumed their ordinary ap-