New-York tribune., 1906-06-28
EAST SIDE WOMEN RIOT.
STONE SCHOOLHOUSES.
Minor Operations on Children
Spread Rumors of Murder.

down on those buildings all over the lower East
side in great Fnobs yesterday. intent on rescuing
fheir children and companions. Excitable igno-
rant Jews. fearing Russian massacres here.
knowing nothing OF American sanitary ideas and
The supervision exercised school children by
The Health Board. outdid all previous resistance
10 vaccination They stoned the schoolhouses'
smashing windows and door panels. and. except
for the timely Intervention OF police reserves
from several precincts. would without doubt
have done serious injury 10 the frightened
women teachers.
As IL was the affair tempest In teapot
One or two minor arrests were made ana the
police had their hands full for couple of hours.
The serious rioting which would have become
dangerous If the men had had time TO join in
IL occurred lust before noon Teachers learn
ing what the trouble was dismissed their pupils.
and The sight OF the rhultitudes of unintured
children stilled the mothers wrath
The excitement lasted all the afternoon, now
ever Three or four patrolmen were kept on
duty al each schoolholse in the East side. ana
The doors and windows of each building were
closed. These guards adopted summary methods
for ouelling what excitement was left Almost
every one armed himself with a long. supple STAT
from one Of the numerous new buildings ali
,bro,,pb that section and when voluble Htddish
women Of luxuriant flesh chattering young
Hebrews formed a group before the schoolhouseS'
they were persuaded 10 depart by vigorous appil-
cation OF the Stats 10 the most convenient sec
iion of the nearest "YiGdisher-
There's goln' 10 be no spon' of these CHI
der" explained 4 patrolman who was ehGaseo
I'm this unusual occupation, TO a passerby We're
not sparin' the rod any. They want riot over
here all the time-bread riots. meat riots coal
,fots and now the wimmin and childer Is haNln
one for thimsilves They'll git it, he declared
r1ImIy as he set about Fastening the departure
of some half grown boys who had become op-
strepelous. They got it. soundy
The manic grew out of minor operations by
Health Board physicians on several OF the chl-
dren and A great deal Of vaccination among the
children IN preparation for the usual summer
disease endemic Such vaccination is always
accomplished only 10y force in the lower East
SIDE.
last week Miss A. L. Simpson, principal OF
public School 100, al Broome and Cannon streets,
found that many Of the children were suffering
from adenoids. a fungous growth at the bacR ol
Tie mouth and nasal passages, which can pe re-
moved by a simple operation Ihe consent OF
x,arents is necessary before physicians may per-
form such operation. Miss simpson Weeoeu
ont the cases and explained the SITUATION
telling them that If possible. their children
should go 10 private physicians or hospitals: oul
If not the Board Of Health physicians wouid 90
The work Most Of the parents probably mlsun-
oerstood but last Thursday public physicians
operated on many of the children.
a
slaughter of the innocents SURPRISING Herods
was in prospect This story several OF the
teachers suspect, has been augmented by the re-
ports of ignorant mischlef makers, ano possibly
l,v some Of the cheap fake physicians, of
whom the East Side has at least its share
The trouble came 10 a head in half an hour
Yesterday The rnobs of women descended on the
schools. crying out that their children were being
murdered and buried in the school yards. The
riot belt extended from Rivington street to
Grand. and from the BOwery TO the East
River. In the more easterly section the violence
r~a,,g.
OF the schoolhouscs were riddled with stones.
Some Of the schools attacked Public
School 1, No. 203 Rivington stree, Of which Miss
Lizzie +. Rector is principal: 10 at No. II CO.
lumhia street. NJ. r. Kennedy principal; ~. at
Rivington and Forsyth streets W. William
Smith principal; -, Hester and Ludlow streets
Harriet " r, Reid principal IS. No 800 RiVing-
ton street. Susan A. Griffin principal; o., No 154
Broome street, Annie +. Boyne principal; 120.
No. lS1 Broome street Ella Conway principal;
l31. Grand and Ludlow streets. Kate NJ
Stephens principal: TAO. No 1l6 Norfolk street
Anna NJ Atkinson principal: leo Rivington and
Suffolk streets. Charles r. Hartman principal:
l6l. No loa Ludlow street Lizzie F. Stefford
principal. Ia Attorney and Rivington streets
Elizabeth J. Hoher principal Several of them
are among the largest IA the city, having over
TWO thousand pupils each.
Captain Byrne of the Delaney street stat;c,,
IS soon As he learned Of the rioting sent out
81 ms reserves but the trouble by that time had
spread 10 50 many schools that he was forced IN
caA Tor help from several West Side precincts
The Essex Market police court. IN the heart Of
ne district. was closed for half an boIr ,bat
me court officers might help in oueliiue Tho riot
al school 81, Grand and Essex streets
physician connected with the Board NJ I,5,
oahoi Whie attempting 10 leave Public ScbooI
90 q Sih street and Avenue c was ser ,1r,or
og me ne mo moo gathered In front of the school
aho ms hat was knocked off He ran from ~,
from al sides 0'9 a MN
he, he ran aiI into drug store at Avenue and sth
street haiess and asked for protection agai,st
we crowd part OF which followed him fufo ~
store and repeated their threats ana bIou,e %,
tnolman Burke OF the Union Narlxat s,a.i.a-
forced his way through the crowd ana e,|t.s
the shop. where he found Max Scott ea,.aa,aor-
years olds or No o43 East 18th street boIdiD@
loaned revolver at the PHYSICIANS head ,vbilo
the latter stood with his hands above his bees
Burke drew his revolver and disar1neG 80
arrested Scott In the confusion tho ,t,,s;ei GU
got away without his name being tskar, ''t'
Captain Cooney Of the Union WarEe+ Co.,
M a,"ll, VINO sihsle handed tried 10 disperse The
angry crowd IN front Of Public School 1SS
81 Houston and Manhattan streets racei,.os -
nao beating from couple Of irate u3otbere r., a
captain al last managed 10 teleuhope Fcr = III ne
serves Of the Union Market stsfion 70 % ] Il.e Ie,
help him. All the reserves and detecti1-es b en-
ever were out at other schools DoorI71an iot
PA~ay went to the captains aid and The 49,
managed 20 keep the crowd I'm fair order ,,,,tt'
more assistance could reach them - U'I'lI
. sauch e1clieInent was caused the school AZ
attorney ana Stanton streets when eor Iyi,o
DrOshlAs aside women, children and nolican,a1
mace olive for the iron doors shou,ff,p iy Wa
oish mat his children were being rYurdered o,d
he must save them he had batta-aS t',s 90 anu
nam msensible before the patrolnen conl5 chaclt
MIN de was arrested for disorderiy conduct
women in the various mobs GOT "a 6b,in1
.L.onG themselves to get nearest n The Soors
ney tore out handfuls Of hair, and their dresses
usfo,oaTy e,., g were m little more open than is
i Ana then, as suddenly it had risen. the
"a -''.e , .ps5 its serious aspect. The teachers
'.-u ieatied us reason. and line after linz %
.ltiicren began marching out of the buiidinps
iit screaming, fighting mothers caught their
"N = progeny and hurried home helneS Lion ~.
.''IIiisat police reserves whose sleep had been
F4.'Hei- commencement exercises an rnany
-'iirt'is were postponed. No fatalities were -
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