The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-15
RED FLAG WAVED
BY WORKERS
Police clashed With i. w w. Mem
bers During Demonstration for
the Lawrence Strike
Leaders.
BEN R1ETMANN THERE
American Banners Placed in the Rea,
While Some Fiery Speeches
Were Made to the
Crowd.
!, BEN RIETMANN THERE

Hunted Press Leased Wire Service |
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.--Serious |
clashes between the police and thous-
ands of members Of, and sympathizers
with the Industrial Workers of the
World, were narrowly averted during
the big demonstration of protest
against the further imprisonment of
Ettor and Giovannitti, the Lawrence,
! Mass, labor leaders, held here tonight
AS it was, red bag, carried by Fred
Consiglio, was wrested from him by
Ipolice under the command of Captain
Daley, and the marchers were so
! Threatening that the police at Fifth
Iavenue and Nghty-third street had
their revolvers and riot sticks ready
for use.
The demonstration In Union Square
was preceded by double parade, one
division starting from the Labor
Temple in East Eighty-fourth street
and marching down Fifth avenue and
: the other starting from Seward Park
and Canal street and marching up
!, town. The two divisions united at
:, Union Square where the paraders
! were addressed by VIM. D. Haywood,
, Ben. Reitmann, Miss Mary Dreier,
!, and others All Of the speeches were
cf the most bitter character and open
!, threats Of reprisal were made if Et-
!, tor, and ,,.l GisovanHitti are not given 9
1 speedy trial.
!. Although the paraders carried Amer.
: fcan flags as well as red flags draped
with black, when they reached Union
! Square, Reitmann had all the Ameri-
!, can flags gathered UP and relegated to
the rear, while he ordered the men
with the crimson standards to mass in
! front of the speakers stand. When
demonstrated with for this action
;, : Reitmann, who was tarred and feath
cred and branded with the insignia
! a. w. W. at San Diego, shouted:
The American flag has beer con
!. demned by everyone who stands fol-
= justice. In San Diego they made me
: kiss that flag and branded me on my
! bare back. Our red and black flag
: now stands for all that the American
!. flag once did
q Miss Dreier, who was one of the
n progressive delegates at large from
\. New York to the recent Chicago con
vention and is one of the best known
II workers in the cause of unionism fol
n women, in her speech referred to the
4 growth of unionism among the won
i. en- workers and then said
n '.You people are of that spirit o
justice that fought our first revolution
n This demonstration is one form o
% that spirit. Every man, woman ant
,s child in America should have justice
,e Ettor and Giovannitti are innocen
r. men, charged with having murderet
d. one OF their sisters. They have beel
ID held in Jail eight months. We mus
rt let the people of Massachusetts know
to that we are watching this case and II
4 tend to see that justice Is DONE
d. Haywood in his speech declare
It. that although the laws of Masss
ic chusetts provide that no person az
cused of crime shall be held longe
,f- than six months without trial, tha
tn the two Lawrence labor leaders hav
IS now been in Jail eight months with n
ee promise that they will soon be relea
lis ed. He then said:
to These men committed no Grim
hut they did commit an offens
ed against capitalism. They forced cal
10, ;tal +o nav h0o0 O00 additional,
IN the workers of New England and I
ar give decent working conditions an
shorter hours to the workers. "
ge plead guilty to that. and declare thi
a capital-hired tools carried dynamite
is a crowded district. and planted
RS. among women and children The
had done it before, but this time v
to- got the goods on them
es "If Ettor and Giovannitti die, the,
will be more work for the underta
err but 1t will not be among the wor
ers remember that You have save
nv. my life and you will save the liv'
ra- of these men If you will only star
,Id shoulder to shoulder in this fight
10 Among the banners carried we
ost some with the following inscription
av. Remember San Diego
,be "A liberty loving people will not
ing iauor ieaue p 40 - "
ad trio chair
40 Capitalism would make a strike
80 crime