Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-09-08
Police BREAK
Up ANARCHIST
MEETING
NOTORIOUS BERKMANN
SEIZED WITH WOMAN
Attempt of Reds to Capture
Demonstration of UnempIOy-
ed in New York SternIy Sup
pressed by BIuecoatS.

lBy Morning Journal special Leassd WIEsI
New York, Sept. Am attempt was
made today to turn a meeting of un-
employed workingmen into an anar-
| chist demonstration and for hall an
hour the big meeting hall In Cooper
Union, where the meeting took place,
was the scene of wild excitement, dur
ing which red flags were raised, the
police denounced and incendiary
| speeches made. Alexander Berkmann,
the anarchist, who some years ago
shot Henry G. Frick. steel company
official, during the Homestead strike
in Pennsylvania, 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
! Berkmann was also arrested and
Emma Goldman, recognized leader Of
the reds in this country. was made
to leave the hall.
| Only the stern measures adopted by
the police saved the meeting from be.
coming an out and out anarchlstic af-
fair, although the unemployed and
| Brotherhood Walfare association
| which planned the meeting had no
other intention than TO present its
claim that there are thousands of idle
workers here.
j. Eads Howe, of st. Louis, some
times alluded to as "the millionaire
hobo" planned the demonstration. He
and other officers of the Brotherhood
Waifare association have for some
time been making arrangements for d
monster parade and meeting on Labor
day but when the parade formed to-
day there were less than one thou
sand in line The police say they
recognized many anarchists in line.
among them some who attended the
meeting in Union Square last spring
when a bomb wns thrown at the po-
| lice. which killed q spectator and fa-
tally wounded the bomb thr0wer him
! self
As the parade drew up In front hf
Cooper Union a well dressed man
stepped to the side OF Mr. Howe and
asked him to have the band play the
| NdIStltllSt+ MI. N1nNt ffttIEtu tue
man to the leader of the band.
AS soon as the crowd had gathered
in the hall the band began To play
/ the "Marseillase" and in an instant
nearly everyone present jumped to
their feet cheering and stamping on
the floor. Red flags appeared but the
! police quickly made the holders of
these put them away. Alexander
Berkmann and Emma Goldman enter
ed the hall at this juncture and took
seats near the platform. Dr. Ben Reit-
man. who calls himself king of the
| hobOes," announced that his speech
had been written By Emma Goldman.
This brought forth cheering He de-
nounced 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 superstltlons"
At that point Charles Oberwager, 4
former president of the Central Fed
Grated Union, denounced Dr. Reltman.
This caused an outburst and during
the excitement Berkmann sprang to
his feet and demanded to be allowed
to take the platform to defend the
anarchistic doctrines. Several blue
coats surrounded Berkmann. Emma
Goldman tried to reach his side but
\ she was told to leave the hall or she
would be arrested She 0beyed. Then
the young woman who said her name
was MARY Smith" fought her way to
Berkmann's side and urged him to
take the platform. Berkmann tried to
do this and was arrested The crowd
closed In about the policemen and for
a minute 1t loked as though a rescue
might be attempted but oth"r . li@e-
men took MARY Smith" Into custody
and the two were taken TO a police
station where they were locked up,
charged with disorderly conduct and
melting riot