New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01
HowIing Throng Welcomes the
Acquitted Labor Leader on
His Arrival Here from
Lawrence.
SPEAKS AT UNION SQUARE
Thousands Surge Down Fifth
Ave, Nearly Blocking Traffic
i. w. W. Organizer
Credits Freedom TO
Women and Children.

la. IN J. EttCr. organizer OF l4' III -
dustrlaI Workers of the World, fresh
from his acquittal on a charge OF muir
der NJ Lawrence. Mass. got wild re-
..n,ion at the Grand Central Terminal
,es,erdav. a bowling mob u! labor
enthusiasts Of dozen different nation
,H,ies met him. Their unboundSd ad-
miration Of their hero found no real
,utlet until they got hold of him. hoin
non and women, and kissed him win
..sounding smacks. hugsed him until
.,i. ,ecLtie few around to the uack OF
bis head. Knocked his hat of, ard
6nally hoisted him on their shoulders
md lore him at The mead OF a two
land parade down Fifth avenue 90
Union Square.
Fttor gloried in ii. lie waded
through the struggling mob. smackins
his way manfully for a time. untii ne
could smack no more. Then he Simply
LET his head roll over on one shoulder
moving his lips open and shut IKE 1"
wsarv. round faced fish gasping Tor
breath. while the crowd did the smack
ing On any SPOT Of his adored features
they could reach.
The frst enthusiast 10 reach him "a
he stepped off the train was Rose l..
Lewis. secretary of the Lawrence De-
fence Conference. which raised the
furds for the defence of Ettor. Glo'
;annitti and Caruso and had charge ot
the reception yesterday. She delivered
The first kiss. Then Mrs. Alice Cas-
sidv and Effie Smith, also of the COM
mittee. got to him with good smacks'
followed in rapid succession by the
men. until William d. Haywood took
charge. He was chairman of the daE.
and finally got the hero lifted to ready
shoulders. and the parade was off.
Mob Surees Down Avenue.
Like A torrent of unloosed waters in
? spring freshet the mob swept out OF
The station. Led by the blaring bands
both banging out the strains OF the
"Marsellaise," they went through 4@d
street. and then flooded Fifth avenue
with their struggling ranks.
II was Just at the time that the
Saturday afternoon automobile parade
in Fifth avenue was at its height.
Through the becurtained windows OF
limousines naughty women in rich furs
peered out. startled at the mass or
ragged humanity swarming about their
cars. yelling at them, and shouting well
worn slogans against the capitalistic
class to which the occupants OF the
automobiles belonged.
These two parades, the limousines
and the proletariat, as they like best 10
call themselves, came into full collision
AT Fifth avenue and 42d street, and II
looked for a time as II there was no
way to straighten out the resulting
angle. The traffic police, however,
waded in. and finally settled ii by CIV
ing the automobiles the left side of the
av.nue. while the cohorts of labor were
driven TO the right, finally getting
themselves into something like SEM
blance Of a parade that bore Ettor tri-
umphantly down Fifth avenue to Union
Square. where the speeches were to be
delivered
At the head Of the procession were
borne the rags of anarchy and near an
archy, the banner Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. a black flag
with Demolition In red letters en-
blazoned across 1t in Italian, and an
other flag with the legend, also In Ital-
Continued on third page, fourth column.