The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-02
HEARST'S FRIENDS
 TEAR UP BANNER Exciting Scenes Witnessed on
 New York Streets MCCLELLAN IS DISPLEASEO Hearst's Picture Is Flung to the Freezes With Accompanying Red
 Flag-Stars and Stripes
 Adorn Mcclellan.
MCCLELLAN IS DISPLEASED

New York November IA crowd num-
 bering a thousand or more persons at
 tackled and tore down an anti-Hearst
 banner in Union square today. The ban
 ner was similar to the one put up in
 Park Row yesterday and which was taken
 down last night by orders of Mayor Me
 Clelan after a demonstration had been
 made by a large crowd at the city hall
 Today's crowd gathered shortly after F
 O clock and soon began an attack, seek ing to tear down a red flag supported by
 hand labelled Hearst They succeeded
 in doing this.
 Along with the red flag the crowd pull
 ed down another flag, the stars and stripes, supported by a hand marked Me Clellan." The red flag was cut to pieces with a piece of tailors shears and the
 remnants ground into the pavement. The
 American flag was carefully preserved and guarded until the police arrived and took possession of it. The police made no arrests Underneath the two flags were
 the words under which flag
 Another Exciting Scene.
 There was another and more exciting
 scene at Fourth street and Broadway, where a similar banner had been placed The red flag attracted little attention during the morning, but when the lunch hour arrived, several thousand employees from the nearby dry goods stores gather
 ed around the offending political display. One young man who declared that ne was Hearst sympathizer made speech expressing indignation that the American flag had been placed on a level With the flag of anarchy. The young man de- nounced Tammany hall for perpetratlns such an outrage, as he called 1t. Me Clellans name and Tammany's were hiss ed. while cheers were given for Hearst. another young man pushed ms way through the crowd towards the poles sup
 porting the banner shouting I'll do 1t! i'll cut 1t down. We will get rid Of that flag of anarchy" There was a cheer from the crowd
 which was heard for blocks and lane was made for the young man who made his way for one of the poles and climbed if He cut the cord that held the nag and both fell to the street. on the slde
 of the street on which the American nag fell many in the crowd uncovered and | the national emblem was picked up ana carefully folded. The fed nag, hoWeNer' was trampled in the mud. and hnaliy was torn to pieces. By this time an | extra force of police had arrived from a | nearby station house and the young man ! who had cut down the flags was arrested | charged with disorderly conduct. He was 1 followed to the station house by crowd | of several hundred persons who Jeered and denounced the police for making the arrest.
 Mcclellan Expresses Disapproval. | Mayor Mcclellan today expressed dis , approval of the use of the red flag on I some of the Tammany banners and also l directed that the speakers supporting him must not be guilty of personal abuse of any of the opposing candidates. Charles l F. Murphy leader of Tammany hall, said | today that Tammany had nothing to do with the erection of the political displays l on which the American flag and the red ! flag were placed side by side. I've have nothing to do with them'' said MT. Mur- phy Those flags were put up by business men,"
 Prevent Further Disturbances. | Police Commissioner MeAdoo said that | he intended to communicate today with | the persons responsible for hanging the red flags and that he would take meas | ures to prevent further disturbances over ] them.
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