Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-02

New York, July 3l.-The funeral Of
the late Chief Rabbi jacob Joseph,
head OF the Orthodox Hebrews Of the
United States, which was held here
yesterday, was the occasion of one of
the most remarkable demonstrations
ever witnessed in this city and led to
a collision between the lnss Is Cf Jew
ish mourners and the police.
The streets We're packed with thou
sands Of Hebrews, stores were gcncr-
ally 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 whore
the body has lain IN state for the last
few days over 100 patrolmen kept the
surging crowd from the entrance with
considerable difficulty. After the ser
vices Mt the house The body was taken
to each of the six synngogues on the
east side. where brief services were
held.
When the procession was passing the
printing press factory of Il. Hoe x Co.,
on Grand street, on its way to the
cemetery in Brooklyn. employees Of the
factory emptied pals of water from
the windows of an upper floor onto the
spectators massed upon 'he sidewalk.
Pail after pail. 1t was said. was emp
tied upon the thr0ng. Then Overalls
and clothing soaked in water came
down from above.
The angry populace most of whom
were Hebrews. retaliatrd by throwing
stones. sticks and other missiles into
the factory windows, and in few
minutes there was scarcely q whole
pane of glass on the Grand street side
Of the factory. Then some one in the
factory turned OH Il hose and played it
indiscriminately all over the funeral
procession. At one time as many as
five streams were playing on the crowd.
Drivers Of mourning carriages whipped
up their horses. trimpling over cti-
zens. and the stronger men tramplcd
women and children under foot in their
efforts to escape.
The police had in the meantime taken
a hand in the trouble and were club
blng 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 'he factory
cleared. A number of arrests We're
made, among them being several EN-
ployes Of the Hoe company.
Three ambulanccs were summoned
and the surgeons were kept busy for
some time dressing the wounds of the
injured. Several policemen also were
injured.
Later In the dav the persons ar
and fines were imposed In several in
stances. Bad feeling is said to exist
between some of the employees of the
Hoe company and the Hebrews resid-
ing in the neighbOrhood. of whom there
are great number, and this is said to
have been the cause Of the trouble.
The funeral procession did not reach
the cemetery, however. without in
cident. AS 1t passed through Will
iamsburg BrOOklyn) street, someone
threw heavy block Of wood from the
roof Of building into the linz of
mOlwners The latter broke through
the police lines and tried to get into
the building. Threats Of clubbing by
the police finally restored order.
Forty thousand people were crowded
In and about the cemetery at Cypress
hills In an attempt to witness the ser
vices at the grave.