Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-09-11
WILD OUTBREAK
OF ANARCHISTS
eERkMAN AND FOLLOWERS IN
TROUBLE ONCE MORE.
HE AND A GIRL ARRESTED
Attempt to Turn Meeting Of New
York's Unemployed Into LawIess
Demonstration Is Prevented
by the Police.

New York, Sept S.-An attempt
was made Monday to turn a meeting
of unemployed workingmen into an
anarchistic demonstration, and for half
an hour the big meeting hall in Cooper
Union, where the meeting took place,
was the scene Of wild excitement,
| during which red flags were raised,
the police denounced and incendiary
speeches made.
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist
who some years ago shot Henry C.
Prick, steel company official, during
the Homestead strike in Pennsyl-
vanta was dragged from the hall by
the police and locked up. A young
woman who gave her name as Mary
Smith" and who stood by Berkman,
was also arrested, and Emma Gold.
man, recognized leader of the reds"
in this country. was made to leave
the hall.
Planned by J. Eads How.
]. Eads How of St. Louis, some
times alluded to as the millionaire
Hobo" planned the demonstration He
and other officers of the Unemployed
and Brotherhood Welfare association
had for some time been making ar
| rangements for monster parade and
meeting on Labor day. but when the
parade formed there were fewer than
| 1000 in line. The police say they
| recognized many anarchists In line,
among them some who attended the
| meeting In Union square last spring
| when bomb was thrown at the police
which killed a spectator and fatally
wounded the bomb-thrower himself.
'MarseilIaise" Starts Trouble.
AS the parade drew up in front of
Cooper Union a well dressed man
stepped to the side of Mr.. How and
asked him to have the band play the
Marseillaise. Mr.. How referred the
man to the leader of the band. AS the
French national air was not on the
program the man gave the band leader
a dollar to play it.
1t was the playing of this air, identi-
| fed in past times with so much
bloodshed, that started the trouble.
AS soon as the crowd had gathered in
the hall the band began to play the
Marseillaise and In an instant nearly
| everyone present jumped to his feet,
cheering and stamping on the floor.
Red flags appeared but the police
| quickly made the holders of these put
them away.
| Alexander Berkman and Emma
Goldman entered the hall at this juno
ture and took seats near the plat
form. DR.. Ben Reitman, who calls
himself king of the Hoboes and who
was one of the first speakers, an
nounced that his speech had been
written by Emma Goldman. This
brought forth cheering
Reitman Breaks Loose.
DR.. Reitman was on the program
for speech on the Care of the I'm
employed" but it was not noticed
that he had anything to say on this
subject DR.. Reitman urged the un-
employed to cease submitting to labor.
He denounced public institutions and
then said:
Listen! This is anarchy, but tell
you there should be fewer thousands
expended in the maintenance Of
churches and the police, and the
money should be expended in caring
for the unemployed such as you, and
not spent in keeping up such super
stitions."
At this point Charles Oberwager, a
former president of the Central Fed
Grated union, was introduced. He de-
nounced the preceding speaker, de-
claring DR.. Reitman had preached the
doctrines of anarchy. This caused an
outburst anG during the excitement
Berkman sprang to his feet and de-
manded to be allowed to take the plat
form to defend the anarchistic doc
trines In which he believes.
Police Take a Hand.
Policemen sWarmed through the hall
and ordered the disturbers to be quiet,
while several bluecoats surrounded
Berkman. Emma Goldman tried to
reach his side, but she was stopped
and told to leave the hall or she would
be arrested. She obeyed. Then the
young woman who said her name was
Mary Smith" fought her way to Berk-
mans side and urged him to take the
platform Berkman tried to do this
and was arrested The crowd closed
in about the policemen and for mo-
ment it looked as though rescue
might be attempted, but Berkman re-
manned calm and said nothing to urge
| his followers on. Other policemen
took Mary Smith" into custody and
the two were taken to police station,
where they were locked up charged
with disorderly conduct and melting
| riot