The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-25
BARRED FROM HALL,
|. W. WIS START RIOT
Owner Won't Permit Meeting
When He Learns It's
Nature.
POLICEMEN ARREST TWO
Jose Rubio Mounts Garbage
Can and Delivers Speech
in Street.
POLICEMEN ARREST TWO

Alexander Berkman. Rebecca Edeisohn,
Pietro allegro and others OF the anarchist
and I. w. w. icreeds hired Floral Garden,
hall at "a East Fourth street. for
meeting yesterday afternoon. When the
owner. Nathan Hirsch. discovered the ma
ture of the meeting he barred them out.
Many things began to happen right of.
Hirsch thought he was going to be killed
and screamed for the police Becky Edel
sohn told the police that they were
grafters and back OF Hirsch. The riot
halted n young woman on her way up
stairs to be married.
jose Rubio, bred in Oviedo. Province Of
the Asturias. roared curses at tho police
from under his enormous mustaches and
led the way to the Second avenue corner.
While Becky Edclsohn was polishing of
her denunciation OF the police Jose
gan two hours meeting.
What embittered Berkman and his
friends was Hirsch's plea that the police
had intimated TO him that they didn't
want the meeting held. Berkman said
that the matter would be placed In tho
hands OF the Free Speech League at once
and suit brought against Hirsch. The agi-
tators showed a written agreement. by the
terms Of which tho hall was hired simply
for "a meeting" Nothing was said about
the nature OF II. Three dollars of the ~
hire had been deposited.
Maurice Rudome and vincenzo Fab
brocino showed up at tho hall at
o'clock. Hirsch told them the meeting was
al They nroteSte1 htit and
kept out by the police .Sext came Rubio.
lie has a huge voice and his protest drew
several hundred persons.
But IL you don't let us have this hall
on account OF the police YOU are the
devil 70 he beloved. Hirsch was unrelent-
ing. Becky Edelsohn grasped the situation
In two minutes and said TO Hirsch.
"If you're afraid to let us meet here for
fear the police will take away your license
you probably deserve to ioso IL and we'll
see to It that you do. Well boycott your
hall. Well get all the labor unions and
working people-your customers--to boy
colt you"
Berlman arrived, called UP the police
| station and came back with word that
| the police said Hirsch was wrong In put
| ting responsibility on them. Hlrsch
| couldn't counter and In a tiffy he was the
centre OF an angry dozen whose words
| and actions made him clutch his throat
| and turn white as death
you will murder me, will your" he
| cried. you'll kill me? Help! Police-
| men! Come inside and drive these people
| away before they kill me-"
Just at that moment Russian we'd
ding party which had chartered rooms
upstairs drove up. A passage was made
for the bride. Perhaps that was why no
blow was struck.
Frank Gazzola OF $50 Spring street
Westheld. N. j.. a surveyor. 81 years old,
was arrested In the street crowd by Police
man O'Rourke for curslng. drawing a
crowd and refusing 10 move on. At the
Second avenue corner Frank Mallatzo. 20
years old IA tailor of 329 East Eleventh
street picked up three pieces OF granite
paving block and threw them at O'Rourke.
They just missed the policeman's head.
Mallatzo was caught and taken to the
| station house too. A cry of Gunner -
arose and the crowd fled in panic al other
policemen chased stray revolutionists
down the street, clubs In hand.
Rubio started his meeting on the corner
| a moment later. An audience formed and
the vast reserves OF latent energy were
discharged thereafter In words. Becky
Edelsohn from the upturned garbage can
told the crowd that the owner Of that
hall was forced to close by a police lieu
| tenant who Is a CRATER and thinks he is
a little American car. II they want
secret nihilist organizations In New York
the police need only to continue their
petty persecution. Look at Becker. II
we could only put our enemies out OF the
way as the police do theirs"