New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-06
RiOtOus Scenes Attend First
Speech Here Of Hun
garian Visitor.
THOUSANDS WANT
TO HEAR HIS TALK
Central Opera House Filled and
Howling Mob Crowds the
Street Outside.

Count Mikaly Karolyi. leader ~ the
OPPOSITION party in the Austro-Hun-
garlian Parliament. had TO fight bis
way through a riotous mob and wiz
ness the clubbing of citizens by the po-
lice to get into the Central opera House
last night to deliver his lecture on
Universal Suffrage
When the count, with a party n six
members Of the Hungarian Legislature
drove from the 81. Regis Hotel 30 the
Central opera House, in East 61tn
street. between Second and Third ave
nues. he found crowd Of 5000 persons
struggling in front Of the house
The police were unable to clear
path for his motor car to the door. so
it was Stopped on the west side of
Third avenue. and. with policema n
at either side, he was pushed through
the crowd and into the opera house.
The trouble at the theatre began al :
O'Clock. when officials OF Knights of
Pythias lodge sought entrance 10 the
building to attend dance. Their way
was blocked by mob trying TO get N
10 the lecture. The theatre has a ca
pacity Of 1000 but the police say fuzzy
200 were in the hall and 1000 outside.
The lodge officials called for help. ana
Detective Sergeants Gallagher. Skelley
and Gargan and ten uniformed men
from the East 9th street station re-
sponded. The police tried 10 set the
crowd back from the entrance. but
those in front would not bulge.
The police resorted to niGhtstlcNs.
and soon many were bleeding or nurS-
ing bruises. one man was arrested.
He was Alexander Nicolescu, of No. 100
East Dist street. Peter McAvey, a spe-
cial policeman. had him locked mp for
refusing TO move.
In the night court. Nicholson. who
had been badly beaten. was discharged
and Magistrate Freschi ordered him 10
make complaint against McAvey for
assault. McAvey was held in $500 bail
The situa ton had become so acute
before the counts arrival that Captain
William Sullivan had been called. He
had his men drive the mob from Third
10 Second avenue. and then sent police
oh ftf 'ns.
count. By the time the crowd had been
pushed 10 Second avenue the police
were called back 10 Third avenue, driv-
Ing hundreds Of yelling men and
women IN front Of them. At this
juncture Count Karolyi arrived and
was delivered TO the reception commit
tee of the United Hungarian Social So
Cieties.
Within the theatre were representa-
tives of forty-fye Hungarian societies,
Socialstic. Jewish and ant-Semtic.
The gathering was typical Of the mo-
tive which brings the count TO the
United States-to unite Hungarians for
Hungarian liberty and the universal
franchise-and his appearance was a
guarantee that petty iealouses were
forgotten.
Count karolyi refused 10 be The guest
Of any one faction or 10 be introduced
as such. He confined his speech TO a
few remarks. eXpla ming the purpose Of
his visit and complimeutiug the United
States on the spirit in which Louis
Kossuth had been received.
Zador Sza bodos, leader ~ the So
cialist party Of Budapest, made a
fiery speech. denouncing the landed and
wealthy classes. who alone are repre-
sented in the government Of Hungary.
More than two million acres of our
land" he cried. belong TO the Church
and the nobility,
And how many acres pay rental 10
Count Mikaly Karolyi?" shouted some
one IN the rear of the hall.
Immediately there was an uproar.
Those who had been lucky enough to
ind seats jumped 10 their feet. All
turned toward the interrupter with
shouts Of shame" Put him OUT"
II was several minutes before quiet
was restored.
EhID r. DDEMED II