New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
Mounted Men Charge Re-
peatedly, and Weld
Clubs Without Mercy.
WOMAN LEADS IN
IMPROMPTU PARADE
"UnempIoyed' Find Meet
ing Place in Possession of J
G. F. u. or Arrival.
NINE MEN ARRESTEul
Mckay and Grifenhagen See
Patrolmen Drive Rabble Up
Fourth Avenue.
NINE MEN ARRESTEul

Two riots, during which mounted po-t
lice charged the crowds, while their
and badly beat up one Of the leaders,
marked an I. w. W. gathering Of un-
employed in Union Square yesterday |,
afternoon.
A mass meeting announced for
o'clock was called off when it was dis
covered that the Central Federated /
Union had obtained a prior permit. \ I
crowd had assembled, however, and /
when wild Joe" O'Carroll undertook |
to lead them away at about 4 o'clock. /
the most serious trouble. occurred.
Joseph Cannon, Of the Western Fed /
Grafton of Miners, was addressing tho
crowd on the striking copper workers
in Michigan when O'Carroll, Becky"
Addison and Carlo Tresca started
through the park and down Fourth
avenue. followed by several hundred.
Police Charge the Crowd.
Red cards announcing the postpone
ment Of the meeting to next Saturday
had been distributed by Alexander
Berkman, kid" Griffo, a one time
pugilist, and others. These cards
O'Carroll ordered his followers to stick
in their hats.
Detectives Gildea and Gegan and
score Of policemen trailed after the
men. AS the crowd neared 18th street
it grew rapidly in size, and LieN,tepant
Gildea ordered the police to close in
on it.
Then the police charged and the
crowd fed pell-mel. The mounted
men rode their horses into the gather
ing. The footmen waded in with
drawn clubs and used them.
O'Carroll was arrested by DetectiveSi
Dawson and McGannon. They looked
for Tresca, but he had slipped away.
AS OCarroll was being arrested Miss
Addison fought the police and tried 10
drag O'CarrolI away, crying Don't
you arrest him."
The crowd retreated up Fourth ave-
nue.. Dawson and McGannon turned
O'Carroll over TO two policemen, who
started up Fourth avenue with him.
At 10Th street the crowd surged in on
the policemen. some crying Kill tho
tools Of the capitalists" or XIII the
cops!"
The mounted police went 70 their
rescue, end in the battle which ensued
O'Carroll received terrible beating
Blood poured from his head, saturating
his clothing. In this encounter FIVE
more men were arrested. All were more
or less beaten up, one. Arthur Caron.
receiving a blow that raised a large.
welt under his right eye.
Grifenhagen to the Rescue.
The police turned into 10th street
with their prisoners, and ar Irvlng(
Place encountered Sheriff Grlfenhagenl
with eight deputies. O'Carroll and
Caron. who were in need OF medical
tention, were rushed 10 the East
street station in Grifenhagen's az
mobile, the others following on ID
At the station house O'Carroll was
tended by DR.. Meyers, of Bellevue Hos
ptal, who took five stitches in his hea,
Caron refused medical attention.
O'Carroll was charged with leading
parade without permit. He was
leased from prison last Tuesday, nd
ing tried two weeks ago to break upV
Socialist meeting in Cooper Union. Az
he was being booked he turned to the
reporters and said: Treat me fair.
boys. | was only trying to leave the
meeting peaceably."
The charge against Caron was inter-
fering with an officer in the perform
ance of his duty. He said he was an
engineer and had no home. Adolf
Wolff, who was arrested and charged
with threatening two detectives. has
been prominent in the Industrial Work
ers Of the World movement from the
start. He is a native OF Belgium. lives
at No. 1891 Broadway and says he is
sculptor. He is an anarchist and the
author of a book of poems entitled
Songs, Sighs and Curses"
Philip Novik, merchant of No. IL
East 1Ooth street, was arrested at 18th
street and Fourth avenue on a charge
Of interfering with policeman. Jo-
seph La Ricia. shoemaker Of No. %
Kenmare street, and Vincenzo Min
nella, OF No. 100 Christie street, were
charged with disorderly conduct.
First Outbreak Sensational.
The first Of the outbreaks, which oc-
Cured at 3 o'clock, was wilder and
more spectacular than the second. al
though only two arrests were made
Albert Turner and John j. Cans,
dustrial Workers of the World worker'
appeared. carrying two huge red ban
ners. one bearing the words. "rannen