Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-21
4 GENERAL RIOT
With Twenty Persons In
jured In Philadelphia.
About 1000 Foreigners Were
Marching to See Mayor.
Teams Break Through Ranks and
Trouble Speedily Follows.

Philadelphia, Feb. 20.--The march o.
| nearly 1000 foreigners upon the Cit.
| hall where they said they intended Il
make demands upon Mayor Reyburr
| for work, precipitated riot in Broat
| street in the heart of the city late to
day, in which 20 persons were injured
before the police by picturesque meth
DDS, dispersed the marchers and arrest
| ed IA of them.
The men, most Of whom were Italians
and Poles, came from the foreign set
tlement in the lower section Of the city
| They intended to call on the mayor al
| preliminary to a meeting they in
| tended to hold in hall tonight. Thu
| leaders and scores Of others in the line
carried red flags having a black Dor
| der. When they reached Broad street
a few blocks below the City hall, sew
| eral wagons attempted to pass through
the line and the drivers We're dragged
from their seats by the marchers and
badly beaten.
Policemen ran to the rescue of the
| drivers and a riot call was sent in
The motor-bicycle police went flying
through the city and rounded out the
ChtAhS iiiodhtNo PohNS s9uaO tAiC oA6
reserve street squad and all patrolmen
who were hurried to the scene in wag-
ons and automobiles, even private car
diageS that were standing in front OF
stores being pressed into service. The
reserve police force from the six CEN
trail districts were also hurried out.
A number Of persons who were
watching the paraders participated in
the first disturbance and when the big
reserve force of police hurried down
upon the marches, 4 general riot was
in progress.
Several of the marchers drew revol-
vers and began firing at the police,
and the mounted officers. riding into
the center of the fight, used their bat
tons right and left upon the heads of
the leaders. In the melee three police
men were shot and several were
wound and Charles Mum, who was
watching the fight, was struck in the
leg by a stray bullet. Reserve Officer
Pyott was beaten and is at a hospit-
al, IS is Policeman Smith. who frs,
went to the rescue of the drivers who
We're attacked.
Harry Druding, one of these was
beaten and nearly stripped OF MS
clothing, and IA participants in the
demonstration were badly dubbed by
the police so they also had to be sent
to a hospital These IA were either
foremost in the ranks or were flag
bearers, who were singled out by the
police and arrested when it was as
certained that the men had obtained
no permit from the city officials to pa
rade.
The clash with the police occurred
directly in front of one of the big ho-
tells on Broad street and for a few
minutes it looked as though the
marchers would sweep into the place.
Joseph Troi is declared by the po-
lice to have been the leader Of the pa
rade and Dominic Donnetti and Mi
chael Costello are said to have been
his assistants. Donnetti, according to
witnesses, is the man who shot one
Of the policemen and with the other
two he was locked up on a charge of
melting to riot and assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. The other pris-
oners are charged with melting to riot
Nearly all those arrested carried weap-
ons of some sort. They deny being
Anarchists.