The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-31
DlSGRAcEFUL EPISODE AT THE
FUNERAL OF CHIEF RABBI 10.
SEPT IN NEW YORK
WORKMEN GIVE WHOLE
PROCESSION A WETTlNG
Hebrews Retaliate and Every Pane of
Glass in the Vicinity Is Broken-Po-
lice Take a Hand and Many People
Are Injured - Mourning Carriages
Run Over Citizens.

NEW YORK, July 3o.-The funeral
Of Chief Rabbi Jacob joseph. head Of
the orthodox hebrews of the United
states, which was held here today, was
the occasion Of one of the most re-
markable demonstrations ever wit
messed in this citX1and led to a colli-
sion between the masses Of Jewish
mourners and the police. The streets
were packed with thousands of He
brews, the stores were generally closed
ana every point of vantage along the
route taken by the funeral procession
to the different synagogues was crowd
ed.
Directly in front Of the house where
the body had lain in state for the last
few days over 100 patrolmen kept the
crowd from the entrance with consid-
eraple d1f1eulty. After the services at
the house the body was taken to each
u the SIX synagogueS on the East
side, where brief services were held.
When the procession was passing the
printing press factory of r. Hoe & Co..
on Grand street, on its way to the
cemetery in Brooklynj employees of the
factory emptied pals of water from
the windows OF an upper floor onto the
spectators massed upon the sidewalk.
Pall after pail, it was said, was emp
tied upon the throng, which shouted
ana struggled and stampeded in vain
TO escape. Then oyeralls and clothing
soaked in water came down from
! above, and even TOOLS, scraps of steel,
bolts and dead cat.
Natural Retaliation.
The angry pepulace, most of whom
were Hebrews reta1iated by throwing
back into the factory window the mis-
sizes that fell on them. They also gath
efed up stones and sticks and in a, few
minutes there was scarcely a whole
pane OF glass on the Grand street side
OF the factory. Then some one in the
factory turned on a hose and played it
lndlscrlminately all over the funeral
procession. AT one time as manv as
nve streams were playing on the crowd
Drivers of mourning carriages whipped
up their horses, trampling over citi-
zens, and the stronger men trampIed
women and children under foot in their
efforts to escape.
The police in the meantime had tat.
en- hand in the trouble and were
clubbing the people right and left.
They were, however, unable to cone
with the crowds and the reserves of half
dozen precincts were dispatched to
the scene. It was more than half an
hour before order was restored ard the
streets in the vicinity Of the factory
cleared. A number Of arrests were
made, among them being several en-
pIoyes 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 injured
Several policemen also were injured.
receiving cuts and bruises. Two men
were taken to the hospital. One Of
them had sustained internal injuries
and contusions and the other a sprain-
ed leg. Later in the day the persons
arrested We're arraigned in the police
court and fines Of SIS and $40 were i'm
posed In several instances. Bad feel
Ing is said to exist between some of
the employees Of the Hoe company and
the Hebrews residing in the neighbor-
mood, and this is said to have been
the cause Of the trouble.