Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-05
JOBLESS ARMY
NOW LODGED IN
q PRISONS OF CITY
100 Arrested as They Invade N.
Y. ChurCh-Leader's Bail
Fixed at $4,000.

NEW YORK, March 5.-A majority
/. Oh the members of the army of unem-
pioyed that has been demanding food
and shelter in raids on churches every
night for the past week are today the
F, guests of the city in several down
town jails. Each of the 100 men and
sone woman is held in $1,000 bail for
. hearings late today on charges of dis
orderly conduct. Frank Tannenbaum.
the youthful leader of the army, faces
a charge of melting to riot, which is n
felony. His bail was fixed at $4,000,
and, being unable to furnish 1t, he,
too. is a prisoner
The arrest of Tannenbaum and the
greater part of his army, organized
under the auspices of the Industrial
{ Workers of the World. was made in
st. Alphonsus's Roman Catholic
Church, in West Broadway, where
z Father John G. Schneider refused the
demand for food and ordered the in
vadere to leave, If they had not come
; 10 worship.
Police Commissioner There.
Douglas I. Mckay, police commits
sioner, ordered the arrests on his own
Initiative. He hurried to the church
with two deputies and superintended
the arrests. The commissioner said
he would brook no repetition of riot
ing in churches.
II was present at the time he said.
Il saw that the law was being vio-
lated and caused the arrests. Previ-
Gus to this, however, they were
warned that if they entered a church
where service was going on they
would be arrested. They Ignored the
warning"
Miss Jane Est, one of the two
women exhorters, weakened when
told that she would probably be sent
TO prison for six months. She begged
to be allowed to go and slipped
through the crowd when released by
a detective. Gussie Miller, however,
insisted that she be arrested. Her
demand was granted.
After the army had been led from
the church, the police declared that
blackjacks, knives, razors and pieces
of iron were found in the vacated
pews.
Bill Haywood Not Surprised.
William D. Haywood, head of the
Industrial Workers of the World, said
after the arrest of Tannenbaum and
his followers, that he was not sur
prised at the action of the police.
1.-THE police followed the advice
said. land that was to be expected.
The result will be that the public VIII
learn that the problem of the unem-
ployed is not myth.
Before going to the church last
night Tannenbaum announced that
the Industrial Workers of the World
were behind him, and this declaration
was borne out in Night Court when
an attorney appeared for all who We're
arrested.
in a statement made public today,
the Rev w Montague Geer, vicar of
St Pauls Chapel, who acted as host
to Tamenbaum's army on Tuesday
night, defended his action and de-
clared that he might invite the unem-
ployed men to be his guests again.
DR. Geer complimented the mems con-
duct, laying especial stress on their
action in appointing five of their num-
Der to put the chapel in order after
the army departed. .a-
Additional patches of prisoners were
brought into court within the next
hour after the first were arraigned
The entire 100 were held on identical
charges with $1,000 bail fixed in each
c2se Eight police automobiles were
drawn up outside the court building
and the men were placed in these and
distributed among the various city
prisons.
3. The rank and file of the prisoners
we're charged with disorderly con-
Duct.
invaders storm Church.
The scene as the throng under Tan
nenbaum's leadership entered ST. AL
phonsus Church, where they were ar
rested. was an extraordinary one.
After Tannenbaum had been warned
of what would follow if he and his
band entered the church he faced
about and addressed the men, asking
them if they were willing to behave
themselves if they entered the church.
When the crowd shouted Eyes" he
advised them to march in quietly and
take seats. "Be orderly" he warned
them.
Two elderly women were kneeling
near the door when the army entered.
The women screamed in unison and
fed across the church, which con-
tanned at the time about two score
worshippers, among whom Father
Schneider was walking about from
group to group. The priest allayed
the fears of the women parishioners
and then went to the front of the
church near which the invading army
tad seated itself. A eolloquy between