New-York tribune., 1905-08-10
POLICE CLUB STRIKERS.
THE EAST SIDE BOILING.
Fights Rage Al Day-Kosher
Bread Famine Acute.

Strikers or their syr1pa hizers wrecked the
hskeshop Of Philip Federman, at No 1S3
Orchard-st- early last night amid scenes Of the
most tumulfuous excitement Policemen smashed
heads right and left with their nightsticks after
svo Of their number had been roughly dealt
with by the mob. Two men We're arrested and
charged with melting 70 riot. assault and dis
orderly conduct. Bricks and bottles were
thrown down on the heads of the policemen
from houses in the neighborhood. The reserves
Of the Eldridge-st- station had their hands more
than full coping with the maddened crowd.
Word was passed 10 the headquarters Of the
strikers in Great Central Palace al No. 90 Clin-
ton-st.. shortly after O'Clock, that there was
2 rough house" in Federnen's bakery in
Orchard-st between Rivington and Stanton
sts- one of the most densely populated sections
Of the East Side. II had been runored that
Federr1an who usually had eight bakers
n his er7ploy. had set three men TO work in the
places Of the strikers.
Shouting sea bst' accompanied with unintelli-
BE naledictions on them, the crowd in the
Central Palace rushed pellmell to Federman's.
There they found the street filled with howl
ing mob which swayed hack and forth from
Sidewalk 10 sidewalk. shouting and beating each
other
Hsls-a hundred Of the frst of the ar
rivals piled or top Of Isi6or Bernstein, Of No.
i King-st. watchman for FederDan, and
lore down his burly form in spite of the vigor-
Gus way h played on their heads and shoulders
with his club. and four Of the crowd forced
their way 70 the basement bakery, where FEEDER
nan ard his three assistants covered in one
corner Dough filed the great mixing troughs
and furnished fine ammunition for the insurgent
quartet They threw it at the boss and his
thre4 men. and when tired Of that slashed it
ahout the floor and walls of The rooms. They
tired 10 destroy every implement they could lay
hands on and by the time their energy was
somewhat exhausted there was not pane Of
glass in The windows or any value left in the
material in The place.
POLICEMEN ATTACKED.
Attempting yainly TO follow the crowd that
sresmed from the Palace al the word Of the
dongs al Federman's. Patrolman Finley, of thu
Edridge-st station. fought his way through
ne mob 10 the head Of the steps leading TO the
basement. where he found Bernstein. the watch
man almost done for. Finley had sent in call
Tor the reserves when he saw the threatening
nature Of the crowd. When he got TO Bern
sten's side the crowd Immediately attacked him
He ? giant All of his efforts to ward off the
crowd without recourse TO violence were Of no
avail well directed brick sent him 10 the
street Then when he got 10 his feet he used
people must have suffered severely from the
blows Of .he poIicenen's clubs yet they fought
Ike tige-s.
So great was the press Of the crowd that the
patrol wagon bearing the reserves could not
force way through the denseiy packed bodies,
The horses brides were grabbed in spite OF
their rearing and plunging. and forward progress
was stopped Detectives Landers and Galligan,
sitting with their feet hanging out Of the tail
o. me wagon. were pulled out into the street
by their heels. Then the other policemen in the
Il wagon leaped cut and charged the crowd strlk-
ins rjght and left forward and back, with their
| nghlsiicka
Howls Of pain rose higher than the shouts
against the police. The police tore the crowd
apart and plunged into the basement Of the
bakery. where the trouble originated They
: pulled cut TWO men, Louis MandesieVer. OF NO
i -4s sroome-st- and Max Siegel, Of No. 50 Nor
| N1-st- born almost unrecognizable from the
e'ugh hat srneared their clothes and faces and
'''a bleeding from gsshes in their heads.
J SRlcks AND BOTTLES FROM WINDOWS.
vas impossible 70 get the patrol wagon
S'Slted when the two prisoners had been bundled
4 -9 H. Then the bricks and bottles began to
1 -sAoend from the windows. Patrolmen Hart and
4 sweeney forced their way into the houses and
searched for the throwers high and low, but In
l vain
/ me mob finally gave way. under repeated
~Sfgss by the police. and permitted the patrol
1egon 70 pass. Patroinan Finley was bruised
'a cut and mis- Uniform ruined from his being
/ .'"eo IN the mud. Bernstein was badly
/ -siel that he vas sent home IN care Of
4 @sseisn The mob gave way only bif by BIT
/ '1ef me repeated charges Of the police TO
1 sc me street and then retreated into the
Il 1'+st ooorUays. from which they hooted and
Il rec police snd bosses alike
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