The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06
RIOTTN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
POLICE CHARGE AND CLUB ~
CROWD or 10000.
WSmen and Men BuMet~si. hat No Bleed
% shed-Gay TIu Negro CsPs CAVE
Cars sssaed- Many other CIashes
Mayer Expects VIoaeace To-saS.

HaNNsTNhs NNSaNNANN hs-NaaNs
PHILADELPHIi. March S.-High up IN
the belfry Of Indepondsncc Hall this
afternoon a he'll tolled the hour. Tho
sound rolled softly over a square dsdi-
Gated TO liberty. Few heard IL.
There were 5000 psople struggling with
policemen. There WAS a continuous
rumble Of angry voices. At times a vOiOs
started suddenly from this ugly chorus
the scream oG a woman or the harsh
yells of men cursing the police.
On all sides 81 the pleasant old square
there was a furious Gathering % hootN
Mounted men were driving their horses
savagely into the stubborn crowds. With
the hell Of Independence Hall still ring
ing in ones ears the chorus seemed an
ugly illusion. but il was viciOusly real 20
the eye
Automobile patrol wagons crammed
with heavily armed policemen raced
around the square stopping here and there.
while bluecoats sprang out and swung
their clubs right and left. On the far side
you saw a company Of mounted mon.
substitutes for the black hussars Of ths
state Constabulary. pause to breathe.
then reform. take the word &c command
and lunGe into the crowds.
You sGw men go spraying on their
! faces from the blow of a club or the ire
sistible shove Of a horse. You saw in one
fash women who were wearing cologu
Of spring shaking their fists at the police
riders their faces distorted with anger.
their tongues rioting in profanity. Next
instant these women were lost in a whiri
of bodies as the shock Of horses meeting
solid masses threw everything into con
fusion. Perhaps. a little later. you saw
women picking themselves up from
their hands and knees. their dresses torn.
their hats a shabby burlcsque u MILL
merry.
In spite of the r.otlng that came later
in the day, when cars were stoned in ths
heart Of IN" city. passengsrs injured by
showers of bricks and stones. policemen
dragged from their horses. and when the
police seemed unable to check or over
come the squads of strikers that marched
arrogantly in Walnut. Chestnut and other
principal streets. Philadelphia Is very
thankful that no blood was shed IN the
great crowd in Independence SQUARE.
HOLIDAY CROWD CONFRONT rHE PoIICK
The crowd assembled peacnably. II
i probable that in all the 5000 there
were not I,O0O &c the striking union labor
men Men and women who had read IN
the newspapers this morning that the
Mayor had forbidden the strikers To az
semble in the square tn listen ~ spesohss
in Independence Hall went to the neigh
borhood out Of curiosity. Il was a half
holiday. The day was extremely beauts-
full. Among the peoPle WERE women
carrying babie-. With the knOWledRe
that the police had orders In ride down
loiterers, Il gave one "A shiver TO SO them
shortly after noon the thousands began
to drift along Chestnut and Walnut sfrests
Fifth and Sixth streets and To enter the
square. The mood Of the citi1ens was
merry. 40 first the police shspherdcd
them easily. They otpeyed the shouted
orders or the menace of am uplifted club
rather gayly. hut presently the crowd
beCams 80 heavily entrenched in the
square that the policemen were unable
To impress their will.
Without doubt had the people bsen
left entirely alone they would have do
pars.d al length without disorder. be-
c.ItIs. the much advertised parade Of
strikers did not penetrate 10 Independence
square. IN. labor union bosses took
warning from RsybuTn's proclamation
and clay = warning that the police would
not waste tim. in arguing who owned the
streets
NEGRO PoLICEMEN CANE TIRsr
Al the Innst unCsVorable moment. tust
when the crowd was losing the edge Of
ii- god hUmor. an Automobile patrol
wagon swung INTO the square. rs gong
ianRling wildly Twenty negro pc,iics-
men wearing ney uniforms and swinging
clubs lsaT-d from the wagon. RrInning
widely.
FROM the other SIDE ~ the SaIlara
appeared two troops of mounted police
men capable looking fellows. on far
horses Tho troops wheeled and diveTRed.
ons trotting down the Chestnut street
slds. one taking the Walnut The crowd
eaped. laughed and threw jokes at thu
negro policemen.
CHAR INDEPESDESCE soraRE-
An order was given to clear the square
The foot T,atrolmen. most Of them new
UlfN avn uUN-f'l 10 ~ NNANtuuA
folks dslicatsly. spread out through the
crowd like th" ribs az a fan.
Just how IA" trouble began nobody
know y. hut in ~" minutes after the com
mand Was gwen ~ sweep IndsOendenc-
SQuArssthe PLAZA was sssthing. Mounted
policemen by twos and three- rode their
horses along the stone walks that border
the cradle IT liberty, driving men ana
women before them. When men aud
women did not drive swiftly clubs helped
their speed. Half a hundred boys yell
ing like imps. half GRAVY with the excite
Dent Of their own reckle-snes-. jesrsd
a squad Of mounted men. threw gravel
az them and suddenly turned tail and ran
for the brick arches between Indepcp.
dcncs Hall and Congress Hall. The
troopers dashed after them The slower
footed felt the weight of clubs on their
heads.
oRAToRY RUDELY soUELcHED.