New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
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yelled ~ the mob. but his command was
( greeted with cheers. and tho moe'"s
/ went on. enthusiastically.
send for the cops another SOCIALIST
advised.
"Wc have. but they won't come MI
| Cassidy said For a while one ponce
man had mixed in the fray. but he hhai'y
emerged. yantinG and grinn'ng.
Geo this is a Joke" he said, and went
pcaceably down from the speakers s'dhu
and reioined his companions who s'oou
ON the outer edge Of the mob laughing AT
the skull cracking contest
Mrs Macdonald was not the only nero
irc Mrs. Caroline Dexter. Just pam
socialist" she described herself saw 'iic
American flag lying trampled uhue' ioo'
where the standard bearer had lelt It,
! She dash in. hurting the still shou'i"s
anarchists right and left, and reJo'heu
her companions at the rear OF lhe po'0"
with the flag over her arm.
eft IS too good to wave over such
mob she said.
Then she saw a friend with oapE III
her arms and smothered it with NisseN
that is how self-possessed she was ai'e'
her dash for the colors.
While the anarchists. under the lead
ership of Edmond Rossonl, an organize
of the Industrial Workers of the World
continued to haranGue the cheerihs
mobs. the official socialist leaders whom
they had deposed made statements TO the
! reporters.
Anarchists Jumped Over Bars
These men do not represent social
! ism said Mr.. Cassidy they are art!
rotten element. that have crept into our
| celebration because we let down the oa'S
a little bit. The socialists VIII hoid
meeting and repudiate everything u'es
say here to-day. Il was frame-up 10
! take this meeting away from us
II have suffered to-day more than
have ever suffered In my life before
said Mrs. Macdonald. This is an out
rage
| This is indicative Of a very dangerous
| state" said Algernon ;. CrapseE' "i
| Rochester. who was 10 he one Of the
regular speakers. THE capitalists have
imnorted revolutionary elements from
Western Europe into this country ana II
means that there is going to he terrlple
upheayal. This terrible scene to-day Is
| only an Indication Of it,
I; was explained by another that the
whole thing had come about because the
narade this year had been opened mp
bit and a section in it granted to repre-
sentativcs Of the Industrial workers oI
the World. among them a number "t
men who had taken part in the Law
renee strike. None Of them was 10 he
nermitted 10 speak from the platform
| INIT anpoaIs were to be made in their
behalf by the cooler heads llsted among
the regular speakers.
So the anarchists-one Of their numoF
| said they were out-and-out ahaFChIS's
and would use dynamite If they thought
II WAS needed-jumped on the meeting
and took II into their own hands. They
held the stand until they had NeiIed
themselves hoarse and then about
o'clock they suffered the Socialists 10
take possession again But no eH"'l
! was made to replace the American nasS.
Came from Bronx and Battery.
This annual May Day celebration Of
the Socialist party began early I'm the
dav. From The Bronx came winding a
long. red serpent Of marchers. starting
AT 10 o'clock in the morning, ana at
o'clock in the afternoon another great
rcd serpent began 10 uncOil itself from.
the massed mobs about Rutgers Square
and 10 squirm up in a devious course
! through the narrow. choked streets OF
the lower East Side
! This part Of the parade had feverlSh
| time from the beginning. Hardly had 1t
got started, surging through the streets
about Rutgers Square, when two
| alarm fire at Cherry ard Rutgers streets
| brought the apparatus dashins among
| the marchers. sending their formation
| scattering IN all directions. Then thov
reOrganized and went on again. thread
| ing through the pressing Ghetto mobs
amid cheers and yells. The Industrial
| Workers of the World carried their ban
ners draped in mourning and walked TO
dead march. But the 'Marscllldise'
was the favorite tune OF the other bands.
The line Of march led the parade
| through Washington Place. past the
scene Of the Triangle shirtNaist factory
/ fire. Each band played Chopiu'E funeral
march here. The marchers went by
with barred heads, with e-oans and NUT
tered cries coming from their ranks.
From Washington Square the process
sion went up Fifth avenue to sd street
and then down 10 Union Square by
Fourth avenue. Delayed by their fight
with the usurping anarchists. the recji-
lar speakers did not cease until dusk
and hunger dispersed tho crowds.
| UNDERWOOD WINS GEORGIA