The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-31
MISSILES RAIN UPON IT
Horses Whipped Up and People
Trampled UnderfoOt.
ARlor ENsUss. RESERVES CALLED OUT
Order Finally Restored The Procession Accom-
panied lhe Remains Of The Chief Rabbi
Jacob Joseph. Attacked by
Employees of Hos Co.
(By the Associated Press.)


New York, Juy SO.-The funeral of the
late Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph, head of
| the orthodox Hebrews of the United
State, which was held here today was
the occasion of one of the most remark
able demonstrations ever witnessed in
| this city and led to a collision between
the masses of Jewish mourners and the
police. The streets were packed with
| thousands of Hebrews, the stores were
generally closed and every point of van
| tage along the route taken by the fun
eral procession to the different syna-
gogues was crowded.
Directly in front of the house where the
body has lain in state for the last few
| days over one hundred patrolmen kept
the crowd from entrance with considera-
Bile difficulty After the services at the
house the body was taken to each of the
six synagogues on the east side, where
brief services were held.
When the procession was passing the
Printing Press factory of R. Hoe & Com
pany, on Grand street, on its way to the
cemetery in Brooklyn, several employees
of the factory emptied pals of water
from the windows of an upper floor on
to the spectators massed upon the side
walk Pail after pail, it was said was
emptied on the throng, which shouted
and struggled and stampeded in vain to
| escape. Then overalls and clothing
| soaked in water came down from above,
and even tools, scraps Of steel, bolts and
dead cat.
The angry populace, most of whom
were Hebrews, retaliated by throwing
back into the factory window the missiles
| that fell on them. They also gathered
| up stones and sticks and in a few min
utes there was scarcely a whole pane of
glass on the Grand street side of the
factory.
Then some one in the factory turned on
hose and played it Unfortunately all
over the funeral procession. At one time
as many as five streams were played on
the crowd. Drivers of mourning car
riages whipped up their horses tramp
ling over citizens and the stronger men
trampled women and children under foot
in their efforts to escape.
The police had in the meantime taken
a hand in the trouble and were clubbing
the people right and left. They were,
however, unable to cope 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 num-
ber of arrests were made, among them
being several employees of the Hoe Com
pany.
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 sur
geons were kept busy for some time
dressing the wounds of the injured. Sew
eral policemen also were injured receiv-
ing cuts and bruises. Two men were
taken to the hospital. One of them had
sustained internal injuries and contusions
and the other sprained Leg Later in
the day the persons arrested were ar
raigned in police court and fines of IS
and $40 were imposed in several in
stances.
Bad feeling is said to eist 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.
A STATEMENT BY HOE.
Robert Hoe, of the printing press com
pany, made a statement 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 office and there the fighting con-
tinued while missiles thrown by the
crowd broke many windows of the fac
tory. Then it was, says Mr. Hoe, that
his employees tried to drive the assaiI-
ants back by hurting missiles at them
and finally turning water on the crowd
He added that boys working in the fac
tory had been in the habit of jeering
at Hebrews and he had tried everything
III his power to have the practice stopped,
even discharging boys of whom complaint
was made.
After the riot had been quelled the
funeral procession proceeded to Brooklyn
where the body of Rabbi Joseph was in
tered.