The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-01

New York, July 30-The funeral OF
the late Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph.
head of the Orthodox Hebrews of the
United States, hiCh was held here to-
day, was the occasion of one of the
most remarkable demonstrations ever
witnessed in this city and led to a col
lision between tie mo uses of Jewish
mourners and the police. The streets
were packed with thousands of He
brews, the stores were generally closed
and every point OF vantage along the
route k by the fureral procession
to he different synagogues was crowd
ed.
Directly in front Of the house where
the body has lailI in state for the
last few days over 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 ON
the east side where brief services were
held.
When the procession was passing the
printing press factory of r. Hoe and
company, on Grand street. on its way
10 the cemetery in BROOKLYN. several
employees of the factory emptied pals
of water from the windows Of an upper
floor on the spectators massed upon
the sidewalks. Pail after pail. it was
said, was emptled on the throng which
shouted and struggled and stampeded
In vain to escape. Then overalls and
clothing soaked IN water came from
above, and even tools, scraps of steel.
bolts and a lea cat.
The angry p%opulace, most of whom
were Hebrews, ~retaliated by throwing
back into the factory window the mis-
sizes that fell on them. They also gath
cred up stones and sticks and in a few
minutes there was scarcely a whole
pane of glass or the Grand street side
of the factory. Then some one In the
factory turned on a hose and played it
indiscriminately all over the funeral
procession. AT one time as many as
five streams We're played on the crowd.
Drivers of mourning carriages whipped
up their horses, trampling over citi-
zens, and the stronger men trampled
women and children under foot in their
efforts to escape.
The police had in the meantime taken
a han in he trouble and were club
Ding the people right and left. They
were, however, unable to cop with the
crowd and the reserves of half a 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 factory cleared. A
number of arrests were made, among
them being several employees of the
Hoe Company.
Many persons were found about the
streets, bleeding flom wounds on their
heads and other parts of their bodies.
Ambulances had been m in the
meantime and three responded. The
surgeons were kept busy for some time
dressing the DUN of the injured.
Several policemen also were injured,
receiving cuts and bruises. Two men
were taken to the hospital. The per-
sons arrested were arraigned in the
police court and fines of S. and $40 were
imposed in severaI instances. Bad feel
ing is a to exist between some of
the employees Of the Hoe Company
and the Hebrews residing in the neigh
borhood and this is said to have been
the cause of the trouble.
Robert Hoe of the printing press com.
pany, made a statement after the
trouble was over II which he says
lighting was goIng on in the
ranks of the PROCESSION as il passed
the factory; that some of those attack
ed were forced to the door of the office
and there abe fighting continued, while
missiles thrown by the crowd broke
many windows of the factory. Then it
was, says Mr.. Hoe. that his employees
tried to drive the assailants back by
hurting missiles Al them anG finally
turning water on the crowd. He added
that boys working III the factory had
been in the habit Of jeering at Hebrews
and he had tried everything in his pow
er to have the practice stopped, yea
~discharging boys of whom COMPLAINT
was made.
After the riot had been cuelled the
funeral procession proceeded to Brook
Ign where the BODY of tabb Joseph was
inferred.