The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
Two PAUADES OF SOCIALISTS
A GOOD ulNT non NTOWN, BUT
Nor MANY UPTOWA.

socialist UnioRs Make a netIrs showing
man ths plain Socialists One Little
Hitrh over earn ing Rrd FlaEs t.nds
n Mass NeetlnE IN lnion square.
Nh''e he aHgTe gate number % marchera
IN ths paTades Of the socialist party and
the 2ocialist ahiOus yesterday vas larger
than for many years Il tel a good deal
below the figures gwen ont ny the leaders
81 the two parades. The downtown
parade was by far the bigger. The parade
leaders asserted that there we're D.OlO
m the downtown line IN this parade.
but SoWO would he nearer the mark,
There were not over 500 uptown.
The permit Tor the two paratss pro
videi that there should bs no red iags,
that v hags with plain r~d field without
any reliai. b,n The Russian labor party
appeared Fastening 10 Rutgers SQUARE,
where the parade Was To start, carrying
red Hags q little hefore tho parade moved.
There were but tfty IN this paTty but
they began To wave their red flags in a way
that attracted general attention.
Inspector Hogan had 100 policemen
scattered around IN charge Of eight lieu-
ts,iants The Russians were nearing
seward Park when they were 0. dered to
stand still II they wanted 10 JOIN in the
pirade Thar leader refused and when
the men we're told 10 fIri their red flags
they became defiant. The crowd surEed
around expecting tight 4 detail Of
fifteen policemen WAS snnt 20 assist the
po,,cs lieutenant and the rcd faGs were
furlad Then the Russians took their
places 10 the column
shortly after the mar'h was under wSy
there was a hig "unmotion over a charge
hv a man nan,ed Man Rahinovitch. who
ran with hrs fac. bleeding. shouting for
Rrastanca Ne said that Isador German
had knncked him down Rabnovitch
found this mans hand m his pocket, he
said. and turning seiked Germans wrist.
The latter knocked Rahinovitch down
AZ soOn A. Rabinoyiich nonted 10
Gorman ~ hs assaillnt the crowd men
and women. made for the latter German
IVES finally arrested and taken 90 the
Madison street station on the charge Of ,
assault
Ie parade started ~ i.3o 4. NJ. and
went hv the following route 70 Union .
way 20 anal street 10 ludlow street, 90
prnone street Ia Pitt street. 10 Rivingtou
Ntreei "a SUFFOLK street 'O Houston street
10 Fl-St street o. Bowery, to Bleecker ,
otreei. 70 Greene street. 20 BruOne street
- WOg>tpr II r,-et 70 University plare
a. Tenth street. % Fifth avenue. 70 Twenty
seCond street. Ia Fourth ayenue TO seven
lesn'h street; g. Union square plaza. .
The and marshal " the parafe vas
Airal,am Miller and there were about I.
tweniv division marshals
The waistmakars' union made he h
hir .howing line women wore nd.
VII e. aud hlrle saShes and white cans with
red hands The cloakmaksTs' union was
the next largest followed hv the unions
IN h. diAerent branches Of mems ClothiRg.
The building and miscellaneous trades
followed and then came the United He
braS Trades and . number Of Socialist
loCals
4 picture ~ President sam Compers
Of tho American Federation Of Labor
vas carried aloft. below which were the
words Truth and progress can never
b.. stopped by prison bars. There were
great numbers Of bakers 10 the parade
wearing white duck sllits
The uptOwn parade started a little after
aP " lrUm Sixtieth street and Madison
avenue II was 70 start NJ half past
but at that hour there was NO sign ol a
parade cxceDt q helated hand and IsO
poliCemen under Inspector Titus The ,
firat instalment ~ the parade came In
The form VI a number % men and boys.
Who had Co wait for the grand marshal.
John . Wall. 10 startit OfBcialy Part
~ the delay was caused by the unions .
and branChe= II the SOCIALIST party. who
held a meeting tir-g IN the Labor Temple :
kighty-fOurth street and second avenue
The grand marshal finally appeared and
gave the signal % march The assistant
marshal VA 4 VI Casill BY the time !
Dir Wall appeared several other organiza-
tons arrived with bands playing the
sMar-eillaise. and others arrived ~ the
parade started IA move
u wa headed by several Socialist
bodies and then came the broom brigade,
consisting II a number II young men each
ehouldering "A New broom and carving
the mottOe Sweep your city clean with
the socialist vote The Womeu'- social
iHf Club carried this motto along wish
other Take uzout 81 'ho factories an a
Into the schools Then followed the
Inter High School Socialist League young
men and women who carried a large
American flag with their other flags and
banner Another Socialist organization
o. young people had also an American
Gag
IN the line Was an Old man with a bu-hv p
beard IN a pushCar' which wa pushed
along by two Young men over hi head
we're the gOrCi- I'm worker. This j.
my automobile The Irish Socialist Fed b.
Grafton, which followed. had green ~
Gag bearing the harp without the crown
And the wori- -FauRh a Ballagh- lclear
the Wavi Many Of the nottOe- related
h. the Milwaukee victory Il the Social
pts One read. -He-hs-h-. Milwaukee A,
fhat's the beginning ~ il.rty n
The march wa down Fifth avenue % Z
Union square plaza. which Wa filed from y
end ~ end when the JOINT mas meet
lng began. Ia about half an hour the =
audienCe began o. dwiudle DOWN A let q,
YER was read from Mayor Emil Saidel Of p
Milwaukee expressing he good wishes
Tor the New York SoriGi-t- and the meet I,
ng wac then formally ut-ned ~ ROlart
irlere ~ chairman. Sp'-nChes Wer- made 4,
ey Lucian SaniEl, Frank Bohn. Mu-ri- q
Hillquit. Ml-- Carrie " Allan and other- ~