New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-02
R0WDIES ANNOY JEWS.
USE STONES And FISTS.
Second Day of TsraeIitish Nesc Year
Mdrred by Riots.

Another instance OF police ineffciency or IN
difference vas yesterday given the East
side. where orthodox Jews. in the observance of
the New Year ceremony. Tishra. were assault
ed and rocked by gangs OF rufians along the
river front
Although the Jew batting and intermittent
riots continued from . O'Clock until nearly sun
down. the blotter of the Tth Precinct police sta
ton in Nadson-st.. showed only three arrests.
or these t7vo were effected by a special officer.
Not only were the police precautions entirely
Inadequate but the few policemen who were
assigned TO the work OF protecting the thousands
Of Jews in the observance Of the day refused on
several occasions to make arrests.
Yesterday was the second day Of the Jewish
New Year and Of nine days Of prayer. which
viii terminate at sundown next Monday. From
Saturday night to Monday night the Jews cele-
brste Yom Kippur. or the Day of Atonenent,
when they abstain from food and water for
twenty four hours.
There not s hall the East Side that
was not crowded yesterday 10 its capacity by
devout Jews. orthodox and reformed
The many synasogues are altogether TOO few
70 admit one-half Of the great Jewish popula-
ton Of the Ghetto. Even restaurants were util-
ICED for the holding of services
Two thousand tickets had been distributed
gratis by the Educational Alliance 10 those who
we're too poor TO pay for a chair in the usual
places Of worship and services were held for
them on the first floor Of Alliance Building on
East Broadway. In the auditorium Of the same
building were 100 OF the more prosperous Jews.
who paid FOR their seats The stage was turned
into an altar
The T1shra ceremony at the river front fol-
lowed the services IN the synagogues, which
terminated with the blowing Of the shofar;
the rams horn. None Of the syrbolical ritualism
Of Rosh Hashonah is more interesting than
Tishra. The Jews, from now until Yom Kip
pur prepare for the forgiveness OF their sins /
Yesterdays ceremony in this connection con- /
sisted Of casting their sins into the sea Many
OF them carry with them crumbs. with which /
70 feed the fishes. and throw these out IN token /
OF the unloading Of their sins into the water.
From early afternoon until evening there was
an incessant flow Of the devout sons of Israel /
TO points along the water front
Thousands Of them were along The docks from /
the Brooklyn Bridge to Houston-st-. while many
performed their religious duties on the two East /
River bridges. The even more than congested (
condition Of the East Side streets caused by this /
great outpouring Of vorshippers made them al /
most impossible.
Il was during this part OF the observance Of I
the Jewish ritual that the Jewbaiting occurred. /
Most Of the trouble took place at Pixies slip. I
where members Of the Cherry Hill gang pulled /
the boards Of the vrorshippers and in other /
WAYS rnaltreated them. Other rIff7ans from the /
trestIe used in extending the Delancey-st- ap- /
proach 70 the Williamsburg Bridge pelted the /
men. women and children with stones.
Several of them were injured. There were I
several fist fights. and several OF the policemen /
who were on duty refused 70 make arrests when /
appealed TO-
While the Hotirg vas At its worst Special I
Officer Henry Revowitz. who was passing on a /
belt line car. heard cries for help and rushed .
into the crowd He was set upon by the thugs. /
whom he beat of with his club,
He arrested two Italian laborers who were
charged by Harris Brown. Of No. 24s Cherry-st
with assault, Brown bled profusely from a
wound the arm. having been. apparantlv
struck with a club.
The prisoners were turned over to Detectives
Wuchner and Delaney, who appeared after the /
arrest At the MadiEon-st. station they said they
were Frank Katso, twenty years old. of 146th- /
st and 8th-ave., and Salvatore Mongabaro. thir-
ty-four years old of No ~ Oak-st
Brown was treated by DR.. Smith Of Couven-
eur Hospital.
Shortly after the arrest Of these two men, Jo-
seph Rich, Of No. 240 DeIancey-st. who was
returning 70 his home from the river. front was
struck IN the right eye at Madison and Market
sts, by a stone thrown by Of three young
rufnans, who ran away. PaTrolman Louis Levy
chased the trio. but caught only one of them,
who at the station said he was Louis Russo an /
Dr. LohmIller, Of the CIouveDeur Hospital, /
dressed RiCh's eye, which was badly confused.
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