New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-10
mIE MOB ATTACKS
ALL SAINTS CHURCH
". W. Crowd, Once Led
nv Girl, Driven Off
Twice by Police.
THOUGHT THEY
WERE INVITED
pastor Willing to Help Needy, but
Not l. W. Wong Meeting
in Rutgers Square.

Al saints Church. Scanned and Henry
ots was the objective point OF a ma
-, NJ the ] W. ". idlers after their
tin, pm Rutgers Square last night.
.., attacks were made. one urdcr the
,.,aership of "a Young girl. but i'm both
- the police drove the crowd off with
little difficulty.
,f,or n few ukcvarm speeches IN Rut-
SQUARE last night Frank Strong
,.,,ilton announced that an invitation
t,3 beer received % 80 10 An Saints
',.,-.b where one hundred men would
-, dinner. sleeping quarters and break
,st Under tine leadership of Ralph
S,,on and Albert Turner. the men set
~, for the church. accompanied by nu-
...r,,,s detectives and strong battalion
n sehtseers.
Tho church proved only short distance
..,,, the SQUARE On their arrival Lieu
..,ort GHdea ordered the gates locked
,,4 rut men on Suard. Then he and Ser
mi Ccean soueht out the Rev. Robert
T. Nasterson and laid the case before
hin.
rho T. Vs. Vs. mon are here they
said do you want them inc
why. certainly not replied Mr. Mas
isrson.
They say you invited them
81 have not invited the /. w. ". 10
,oma 70 ms church" Vas the answer,
and never shall This afternoon a gen
temsn of 81 Marks Church telephoned
snd inouired il could feed about seventy
men this evening I told him that ]
would be sl3d 10 DO so.
81 had no idea. however, that it was the
w W. 20 whom he referred ] am de
cisedlv out Of sympathy with their ideas
lfneedv men CONS TO this church as indi-
v,duals I shall take care Of them. and.
indeed. we take care Of many, But shall
have nothing 10 do with a body Of men
organized bv the I. W. ".
Lieutenant Gildea communicated this to
one Of tho leaders. VINO sOrrOwfully an
bounced it to his crowd. There was some
rrumbling. but tho men returned to Isut-
gers SQUARE. where the meeting had been
continued 10y Frank Hamilton.
an went well for five minutes and then
some one noticed that men were quietly
slipping away The detectives were in
formed and hastcned 20 catch up with the
crowd, then A block or more distant.
Leading the men they found Bertha Levy,
a girl. less than five feet in height and
not more than seventeen years old.
1t was apparent that the girl was lead
i.c the men back To- the church. and tho
rolice hurried ahead, and when they ar
rived the crowd was driven back. For
MALT an hour or so tho men hung around
and then struggled away, most Of them
returning 70 the meeting.
Later in the evening little Miss Levy
was seen scurrylng through Canal street.
You'd better hurry" some one warned
beg. the police are looking for YOU"
"Aw. sNan," was the answer What
do I care? Let en- come and get me-
At various restaurants in East Broad
way and Grand street nearly two hun
dred OF the men were fed. About ono
hundred were lodged for the night in
Mariners Temple, Chatham Square, and
tho women OF ST. Marks Church provided
lodging for as many more.
Tie Rev. John Haynes Holmes, OF the
Church OF the Messiah. and the Rev. Ed
ward Judson, of the Judson Memorial
Church, contributed money TO feed and
lodge about $50 Miss Florence Greer. %
81 Marks Socialist Fellowship, saw TO
il that about nifty more had dinner.
With provender provided nightly. some
Or the men are beginning 10 wax particv-
hr
Hero, YOU" one called 10 waiter last
night I've given my order four times
and haven't got anything. What's the
matter
Take away this fish,, called another
o,e Il aIwa1e bccin win ovsters."