Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-31
RIOTlNC STOPS A FUN ERAL
ksurnSrs Of Late Rabbi JACOB Joseph
Resent Acts Of Mechanics,
WATER is TURNED ON THE PROCESSION
Angry POpuIace RetaIiates by HuFl-
inE Back Missiles and windows OF
Hoe Printing Press Establish y
ment Are Smashed.

NEW YORK, July 30,-The funeral OF the
late Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph, head Of
the orthodox Hebrews OF the United States,
which was held here today, was the oc-
casion Of one Of the most remarkable dem
onstrations ever witnessed In this city and
led to g collision between the masses Of
Jewish mourners and the police. The
streets we're packed with thousands Of He
brews, the stores we're 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 the entrance with considerable difh-
Guilty. After the services at the house the
body was taken to each Of the six syna-
gogues on the east side. where brief serv-
ices were held.
When the procession was passing the
printing press factory of r. Hoe 4 Co.. on
Grand street, on its way to the cemetery
in Brooklyn, the employees Of the factory
emptied pals OF water from the windows
Of an upper floor onto the spectators
massed upon the sidewalk. Pail after pail,
II was said, was emptied on the throng,
which shouted and struggled and stampeded
in vain to escape. Then Overalls and cloth
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and even tools, scraps Of steel, bolts and a
dead cat.
The angry populace, most Of whom were
Hebrews. retallated by throwing back into
the factory windows the missiles that fell
on them. They also gathered 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 someone
in the factory turned on a hose and played
1t Unfortunately at the funeral process
sion. At one time as many as Ave streams
were playing on the crowd. Drivers OF
mourning carriages whipped up their
horses, trampling over. citizens and the
stronger men trampled women and chill
dren under foot in their efforts to escape
Police Take a Hand
The police In the meantime had taken a
hand in the trouble and we're clubbing the
people right and. left. They were, row.
ever, unable to cope with the crowd and
reserves Of half a dozen precincts were dis
patched 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 several employees
Of the Hoe company.
Many persons were found about the
streets bleeding from wounds or their
heads and other parts Of their bodies. Am
balances had been summoned In the mean
time and three responded. The surgeons
were kept busy for SOM lime dressing
the wounds OF the injured. Several police
men were also injured, receiving cuts and
bruises. two men were taken to the hos
pital. One of them had sustained internal
injuries and COMMISSIONS and the other a
s~prained leg.
Later in the day the persons arrested
were arraigned in police court and fines Of
IS and $40 were imposed In several in
stances. Bad feeling is said to exist be-
tween some OF the employees Of the Hoe
company and the Hebrews residing In the
neighborhood, and this is said to have been
the cause Of the trouble. Herbert Hoe. Of
the printing press company, made a state
ment after the trouble was over In which
he says fighting was going on In the ranks
Of the procession as It passed the factory;
that some OF those attacked were forced to
the door OF the once and there the hight
ing continued, while missiles thrown by
the crowd broke many windows Of the fac
tory. Then. 1t was. says Mr.. Hoe. that his
employees tried to drive the assailants back
by hurting missiles at them and finally
turning water on the crowd. He added
that boys working in the factory had been
In the habit Of ieering at the Hebrews
and he had tried everything in HE power to
have the practice stopped, even diseharging
boys Of whom complaint was made.
After the riot had been quelled the flu
neral procession proceeded to Brooklyn,
where the body Of Rabbi Joseph was In
TERED.
The funeral procession did not reach the
cemetery, however. without incident. As
It passed through a Brooklyn street some
one threw a heavy block OF wood from the
roof Of a building into the line Of mourn
ers. 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 services At
the grave.