The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-30
Two Officers Stabbed and Number of Strikers
 Clubbed
LEADER CAPTURED;
 IS LATER RELEASED
Clash Came Quite Unexpectedly When Police Attempted to Stop Parade to Graves of Victims of Strike
 in January

Lawrence. Mass. September 29.-A battle with knives and clubs between Industrial Workers of the World and the police in which two officers were stabbed. one severely beaten and sew eral rioters injured occupied one of
 the principal business streets of Law
 renee today. Tho fight began whom
 the police tried to stop an informal parade of textile operatives preceding a demonstration in honor of Anna Lo- pizzo and John Ramy, who were killed during the strike riots last winter More trouble is feared by the police tomorrow when the order for a general
 strike of 24 hours, which has been called by the Industrial Workers, goes into effect. It is intended as a protest against the Imprisonment of Joseph J. ISttor. Arturo Gioyannlttl. L W. w.
 Leaders and Joseph Caruso. mill
 worker. These men will be placed on
 trial in Salem tomorrow in connection
 with Miss I.opizzo's death. Tomorrows general strike order Is ' expected by the Industrial Workers 1 leaders to have d widespread effect.
 In many other New England manufac- turing communities, leaders of the organ- ization say they are waiting for Law renee workers to go out William D.
 Haywood, one Of the national organ izers issued an appeal on Boston Com mon two weeks ago for workers alt over the world to stop work as a mark of protest Telegrams are said to have been received from various parts of the country promising to answer the call 
 Lawrence, Mass. September 29.-Polics and Industrial Workers of the World pa raders fought with knives and clubs to- day. Two officers were stabbed, a nuta- Der of demonstrators were cubbed and an q. w. w." leader captured after hard fight and then freed. Only two | arrests were made, One shot was fined from the ranks of the paraders.
 CeHt. sresc4l of. p.ftshisr2y ~ z fsts',fr 5 who is an organizer Of the Industrial Workers. was in custody. but gained his freedom q minute or two later Persons
 who saw Trescas arrest said he was rescued by comrades Tresca with a smile said the police let him go. All of
 the police professcd to be ignorant of the occurrence.
 Clash Quite Unexpected The clash was quite unexpected. More than 200O0 operatives met at the railroad station to welcome FOO members of tho Industrial Workers of the World who
 had come from Boston to participate in a parade to the graves of Anna Lopizzo and John Ramy, who were killed during the strike riots last January. After the visitors had detrained an impromptu pa rade was started, turning finally into Es- sex street, the main business thorough fare of the city.
 The parade was informal and no ap- plieation had been made for parade permit. The police, nostied that the oper- ators were marching attempted to end the demonstration. A squad of 20 officers was sent to Essex and Lawrence street. l Here they threw line across Essex | street and awaited arrival of the proces- | sion.
 1 Two large banners were carried by the | marchers. One was inscribed, The Only
 Justice--Freedom for Ettor and Giovan- ! nitti." The other bore the words "Po-
 lice and Militia" and below, Who Killed Anna and John?'
 Trouble Begins ! When the head of the parade reached the line of officers 1t halted and an ar gument began. The police notified the | marchers that they must disperse because l they had no permit. Those fin the front
 rank were endeavoring to fan back when l suddenly the marehers in the rear pressed 1 forward and the mill workers tried to i pass the police.
 They struck right and left at the of heers, who responded by swinging their | clubs. Many paraders were knocked | bleeding to the ground In some instances ' the marchers robbed the officers of their
 clubs and beat the police. The latter
 were forced to retreat Into Lawrence l street It was here that Tresca was seized by officers, who started with him
 toward the police station nearby. Leader Given Liberty
 fingered by the arrest of their leader. I the crowd made a rush for the officers. The police apepared to be fighting to hold 1 the prisoner, but a moment or two later
 Tresoa was at liberty.
 | During the fight two Italians. Sebas- | tiano De Mano and Vito Loncasterta. | were arrested and taken to the station : house. As they were being taken through
 the door of the station revolver shot was heard It appeared to have been | fired by some one m the crowd, but the operatives cried out that the police were shooting,
 Later the crowd was driven through Lawrence and to the common, where pa raders dispersed.
 1 Policeman Thomas McCarty was cut
 on the head with some blunt instrument and also received a slight stab behind
 the ear. Another policeman whose name was withheld received two slight stab wounds in the back.
 ! The widely heralded demonstration of ! the afternoon, the parade in honor if | Anna Lopizzo and John Ramy. brought 1 out about 5000 fnarchers. This parade ' was orderly throughout A drzzling rain i drenched the paraders, but did not damp- 1 en their ardor.
 Women Among Marchers
 Many women were among the march
 CTS Some issi children by the hand
 and others carried infants in their arms | Music was furnished by several bands. | .erhe Marseillaise and "L'Interna- ! tional'' were the most popular selec- I tions Fifteen hundred marchers came from other cities. Scores of red flags | with the letters 'I. w. w were car kried One of the banners read, 'rwen- tieth century civilization. For the pro- 1 gress of the human race we have jals.
 gaiiows, euillotnes and electric chairs for the people who pay to keep soldiers to | kill them when they revolt against wood and ezars of capitalism. Arise, slaves of l