Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-05
|N[N YORK JOBESS
INVADE CHURCHES
ARMY or UNEMPLOYED ROUNDED
UP ~ POLICE AFTER Dis.
TuRsiNa LENrEN sERv,cx
LEADER AND 200 OTHERS
SPEND NIGHT IN JAMS
Frank Tannsnbaun,, Youthful Leads~
Of Ragged Foross, Leads Hungry
Band on Churches. Under Banner ee
Industrial Worksrs-Polios Recognise
Old Offenders.

New York, March 5.--Unshaven ana
defiant Frank Tannenbaum. erstSghiio
walter but now leader Of the army
OF unemployed, which under the BAN
ner Of the Industrial Workers Of tho
World. storned Now York churches
nightly until the police interfered, was
brought into Jefferson Market police
court today for arraignment on
charge Of inciting riot. Two hundred
OF his followers held during the night
In three separate prisons, were sent
to tho Tombs. farther down town. All
were charged with disorderly conduct.
Iannenoaum was represented by
Justice Sheffield. n lawyer retained by
the Industrial Workers OF the World.
This Is only the start" said Tan.
nenbaum. Tho I. w. w. is behind
every man arrested. II necessary we
will bring 800 axitators into the city
within the next two days. Tho rs.sSs:..
so many mon are unemployed is that
the factories are working their hands
from twelve 10 fourteen hours I day.
We arc going 70 send men into these
factories and demand that the hours b
reduced to eight"
Followers Crowded Into Cslls.
Tannerbaum had q cell by himself
during the night but his followers did
not fare SO we'll. Their number. made
II imperative that Ave or six be
placed In a cell and under these condi-
tions sleep were out OF the question.
Thruout the night yelis and cheers
kept the other prisoners awake.
They had been arrested because oe
their raid on st. Alphonsus Roman
Catholic church last night. n
The whole affair Is frame up,''
declared William Haywood. OF tho orr
ganizatlon, who came here recently to
attend o meeting OF tho American
Working Mems Dissent Association.
| Haywood Attacks chruet,ss.
Police Commissioner Mckay could
have rounded up any OF the unem.
! ployed two days ago II he had wanted
to. but he waited until the mayor
| returned and gave him authority. Now
they are after Tannenbaum's blood.
can't SEQ that ne had done any
| thing to be arrested for. II is not the
men who are on trial but the Mitchell
administration and tho churches"
Frank Tannenbaum. the leader. who
| celebrated his 21st birthday yesterday.
| and the other young leaders were
charged with melting to riot. All the
| others we're charged with disorderly
conduct and unlawful entry.
invade Church Despite Warnlna.
The unemployed. more than 500
strong. had marched TO the church
from Rutgers square and from Union
square. and. tho they were warned by
the police not to enter without permts-
sion. they swarmed into the church.
breaking In on tho Lenten medItations
| OF few men and women-all OF them
| old. gray haired. and sorrowful look.
ing.
Women screamed when they saw the
intruders. who, paying little attention
to this, quickly occupied sedts well In
front. Tho invaders refused to leave
when ordered to do so by Father G.. j..
! Schneider. who was shocked by the de :
mnnd of the men that they should be
permitted to sleep in the presence OF
| the sacrament.
When the policemen entered the
church building pandemonium ensued.
For half an hour there was widest
disorder. due in a measure TO the ef-
| forts OF the police to separate the In
truders from the worshipers. Father
| Schneider and several other priestx
| who tried to pacfy the mon by talking
:" them found their good Intentions
| useless.
Police Recognize Old Offenders.
The character OF many OF the So
called unemployed was disclosed by
tho brief investigation OF the police
Detectives said they recognized among
the motley throng that was carted to
the police station many men who have
always refused TO work. They found
in the church slung shots. a razor, Q
pair OF shears that had been dropped
by the men when they were surround.
ed by eighty police reserves from four
different stations and dozen de-
tectives and informed they were un-
der arrest. Pieces Of iron also were
found
Says "Church Looks Good"
Tannenbaum said he had entered tho
church simply because 1t looked good
to him and he wanted to give the
Catholics a chance to feed them after
the protestant churches had cared for
J them for three nights.
Homeless Jane Raulston. secretary Of
tho mixed locals OF tHe l. w. W., Salu
she was Tessta;- &c Furnish LOCO ball for
Tannenbaum II the authorities would
reduce his bond to that amount. Miss
J Rautton canc here several years ago
from San Francisco.
| Firkslstein Pleads Innocence.
The most woe bo-Eone OF the rris.
oners was Hyman Finkelstein. who.
when arrested in the church last night
had $3.50 In his possession. Finkel-
stein said he had no idea OF the nature
OF the demonstration in which he was
participating
u II was watching the meeting in Rut-
gers SQUARE: he said. when somebody
said, come an, we're all going to eat.
So / followed the crowd" sss
F1nketsteln refused to give his ad-
dress for fear he said, that he would
b robbed after he returned home. i