Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-21
RIOT UNDER RED FLAG
Unemployed Foreigners Fire on
Police In Philadelphia.
TWENTY PERSONS WOUNDED

March Of 1000 Idle Men to Deman,
Work of Mayor Ends In Fierc,
Battle With Police Force In Hear
Of City.
Philadelphia, Feb. 21.--The marchin.
Of nearly thousand foreigners upor
the city hall. where they said they In
tended to make demands upon Mayol
Reyburn for work, caused riot il
Broad street, in the center of the city
in which twenty persons were injurel
before the police by picturesque anG
heroic methods dispersed the marcher.
and arrested fourteen Of them.
The men. most Of whom were Ital
ians and Poles, marched from the for
eign settlement. They intended to cal
on the mayor preliminary to a meeting
which they intended to hold in hall
The leaders and a score of others In
the line carried red flags having black
border.
Drivers Badly Beaten.
When they reached Broad street. q
few blocks below the city hall. several
wagons attempted to pass through the
line. and the drivers were dragged
from their seats by the marchers and
badly beaten.
Policemen ran to the rescue of the
drivers, and riot call was sent in
The motor cycle police were sent flying
through the center Of the city and
rounded up the entire mounted police
squad, the big reserve street squad
and all patrolmen, who We're hurried
to the scene in wagons and automo
biles. Even private carriages standing
In the front of stores were pressed into
service. The reserve police force from
six central districts were also hurried
out.
- Open Fire on Police.
A number of persons who We're
watching the paraders got into the first
disturbance. and when the big reserve
force of police hurried down upon the
marchers general riot was in prog.
ress.
Some Of the marchers drew revolv'
ers and began firing at the police, and
the mounted officers. riding into the
center of the fight. used their batons
right and left upon the heads of the
leaders. In the melee three policemen
were shot and slightly wounded, and
Charles Mum, who was watching the
fight, was struck in the leg by stray
bullet. ..-
Reserve Officer Pyott was beaten un.
mercifully and is in hospital, as is
Policeman Smith. who first went to the
rescue Of the drivers who We're at
tackled. Harry Druding, driver. was
beaten and nearly stripped of his cloth
ing. and fourteen participants in the
demonstration were so severely dubbed
by the police that they also had to be
sent to hospital. K.
These fourteen were either foremost
in the ranks of the marchers or were
flag carriers. who were singled out by
the police and arrested when it was
no permit from the city officials tc
parade.
Riot In Front Of Big Hotel.
The clash with the police occurred
directly in front of one of the big no.
tells in Broad street and for few
ii looked as though the
would sweep into the place.
Joseph Troi is declared by the polics
to have been the leader of the march |
ers. while Dominic Donnetti and Mi
chael Costello were assistants. Don.
netti. according to witnesses. Is the
man who shot one Of the policemen
and with the two others he was locked
up on charges Of melting to riot and
assault and battery with intent TO kill
The eleven other prisoners are charged /
with melting TO riot.
Nearly all those arrested carried
Weanons of some sort They deny