Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1907-06-28
ITALIAN PICNIC.
A Good AttendanCe-Red Flag Agi-
tatorS MARI the Days Pleasure.


dependence-whioh is usually held on
the first Sunday in June, but was
originally set this year for the 10th,
and on account of unfavorable
weather was postponed to the Odd
came off on the latter date according
to programme. The day was every
thing that could be desired, just an
ideal day for an outing. The attend
ance was large; many thought it was
fully up to the average of recent
years, notwithstanding that the
change of date, in the opinion of
some, might have worked prejudicial-
ly. 1t was roughly estimated that
from 1900 to 1900 were on the grounds
during the festivities.
The procession arrived on the
grounds the FuIlen grove, just be-
yond Martell station about nine
O'Clock, accompanied by the Suffer
brass band. all under the marshalship
of q. PeterIin, with M. Santo as aid.
Reaching the grand stand. VIM.
lam, as president of the day, made
short address of welcome. After
music by the band, j. Fugazi of San
Francisco, was introduced as the
listened to by those conversant with
that language. w. Il. Snyder then
addressed the assembly in English,
making a terse and appropriate
speech
AT the close of his address an inter-
ruption took place, not On the pro-
gram, which tended to throw a
damper upon the days pleasure.
Chas DeMoIIi, the socialist agitator,
with the badge of his creed in the
shape of a red necktle, was there,
with from ten to fifteen of his
followers, all wearing the same Grim
son colored insignia. As soon as the
regular speaking was concluded De-
MolIi jumped on the platform, with
out asking permission of any one, and
commenced a wild harangue in
Italian. He was much excited, and
started off with denouncing the pre-
vious speakers as belonging to or sid
Ing with the capitalist class; that not
word had been said for the poor
down trodden men who risked their
lives in the mines.
AS soon as the drift of his talk was
understood, there was a commotion,
Fugazi told him in mild way that
the exercises were through. Others
spoke up, telling him he had no right
appealed to the chairman. W. lam,
for permission to address the crowd.
The presiding officer, however, would
have none of it, and told him bluntly
that he must not talk, at the same
time inst1ucting the band to play the
closing piece. This ended the social
ist interruption at that time. De-
MolII stated that he had Travelled 157
miles purposeJy to address them. The
injection of his crazy quilt creed into
the proceedings angered all the pro-
motors of the picnic. and the resent
ment continued throughout the day.
The socialists were not satisfied
with this first rebuff. They withdrew
from the platform, and bunch OF
them gathered in front of the bar
h0in ~
After brief consultation among
themselves, drygoods box was pro-
cured, and placed under the shade of
the canvas. DeMolli mounted this
and again started to tongue lash the
crowd. He did not get far. however
the opposition was intensified by this
mony OF the day. He was requested
to desist IN language that could not
be mistaken. A small riot seemed
imminent for a while. Finally A.
Ginocchio stepped up to the agitator
and told him to quit. He thereupon
gave up the notion of talking at that
time, but stated be would address
them in the evening.
No effort was made to arrest the
disturber. A. Laverone was the only
peace officer on the ground at the
time. 1t was not in his township and
nothing was done beyond informing
him that he had better change his
tactics.
The amusement program in the
afternoon consisted of dancing on
the spacious platform, baseball
game between the Jackson athletic
club team and the Volcano nine,
and the blue rock shooting, for
several prizes. The spectators and
patrons were fairly divided between
these attractions. The baseball game
resulted in a victory for jackson
with score of II to IA. The number
of the runs made indicated inditfer-
ent playing. The score was as
follows:
Volcano alb bh SD pc a g
Kaufman, c 3 4 2 2
Brignoli, I'd b : 5 3 2 4 2 0
Bradshaw, SIS 5 l p 0 l
Lagomarsino, p D 3 i o 9 o
Giannini, C f 5 o l o 2 o l
Woolfork, RI 5 0 0 o 2 0 0
BOrO Sd b < 9