Evening star., 1911-01-30
HOIST THE RED FLAG
Mob of 1000 Parade in Broad
way, New York City.
DEFIANCE OF THE POLICE
Cry of kill the japanese" in Babel
of Tongues-Anarchy Finally
Suppressed.

| NEW YORK, January 30-A crowd oi
one thousand excited men and women
shouting Kill the Japanese!" and led by
a man waving a large red flag. marched
down Broadway from 18th street last
night
They had been holding a meeting in
Webster Hall i'm East nth street, where
resolutions had been passed condemnins
the executions last Tuesday of the twelve
Japanese found guilty of conspirins
against the life of the emperor, and vow
ing to avenge the deaths. Bayard Boye.
sen, an instructor at Columbia University.
presided. Speeches were made by Alex
| ander Berkman, James Schlossberg, H
Janowski and other revolutionaries
At White street the head Of the parade
| ran into Policeman Reilly Of the Leonard
street station. The crowd was marching
in the middle Of Broadway, headed fol
the Japanese consulate, at No. 60 Wal
street, to nail copy of the resolutions or
the door.
Reilly stepped into the street and stop.
ped Benjamin Weinstein, q tailor, of No
12i Wallabout street, Brooklyn, who was
| carrying the red flag, six feet long and
four feet wide.
Circulars Printed in Italian.
OTHERS were passing out circulars print
ed in italian, and nearly every one was
cheering or shouting, xiii the Japa-
nese!" AS the crowd was made up of a
dozen or moro nationalities. there was a
babel Of tongues.
Have you a permit to parade?" de-
manded Reilly.
without replying Weinstein tossed the
banner to another parader and lodged
into the crowd. Reilly went after him.
knocking the marchers right and left.
and saw him enter the doorway of No. 335
Broadway. Here the policeman caught
his man.
In an instant Weinstein's friends sur
| rounded the policeman and his prisoner.
Abuse was heaped upon the patrolman
and threatening gestures were made.
Reilly drew his revolver, still holding
Weinstein by the collar.
"I'll shoot the first man or woman
who comes in here he said, and the
crowd knew enough English to under
stand that.
Heroism Of Small Boy.
A boy about fourteen years old ran
out of the crowd and came to the door
way.
III help you. Mr.. Reilly" he said.
What can I do?'
Good kidd" said Reilly. Get my whis-
tie out of my hip pocket and blow
like -.
The boy obeyed orders and in a minute
PatroImen Eisman and Pollock Of the
Eliza beth street station and Hagan and
Loewentha1 of the Leonard street station
pushed their way through the crowd to
Reilly's side.
Just as they reached there Tilly Ches-
man. a dressmaker. of No. 40 East 9th
street, who is known as the East Side
Joan Of Arc" sprang out OF the crowd
and tried to pull Weinstein away. Reilly
grabbed her and handed her over to Ha-
gan
The other policemen dashed into the
crowd with clubs drawn and dragged
back to the doorway Dominick Calantino,
a silversmith, of No. 222 East 41st street;
Victor Flasseur. a cook. No. 449 7th ave-
nue. and Simon Fireman, hair goods
worker, of No. 129 East 10Th street.
In the meantime, David Barry, super
intendent of the building, had called up
police headquarters and said there was a
riot going on in Broadway. The Leonard
street station was notified, and all the re-
serves. twenty in number, started for the
scene