Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-05
End Marches
 of Unemployed
POLICE ARREST fs1 CHURCH DTS.
 TURsERs.
WARNED NOT TO ENTER
Doors of EdiFce Looked and Folie~. CTS of I. w. w. Leader Ars Sooered in-incendiary Speech Delivered.

Now York, March fHSeveral hun
 dred men who under the leadership
 of the Industrial Workers of the World
 have been marching on church edihcss
 recently, were arrested tonight in St.
 Alphonsus Roman Catholic church on
 West Broadway after they had dis
 regarded warnings that if they enter
 ed the church it would be under peril
 of arrest.
 Church Doors Locked.
 AS the men neared the church, ds-
 tectives informed Frank Tannenbaum,
 who has headed the demonstrations
 made during the last few days, that
 if the men entered the building they
 would do so at their peril Tannen-
 baum, instead of needing the advice,
 called on the men to follow him. A Lenten service was in progress in the ch1lch when the men marched in. Women screamed when they saw the intruders, who paying little attention to this quickly occupied seats in front When the last of the men had entered the church the detectives ordered the doors locked.
 Wild Disorder in Church. Meanwhile the reserves from nearby police stations had been called out and patrol wagons from all over the city were rushing to the scene. The preliminary arrangements for this had been made at police headquarters during the day.
 When the policemen entered the church building, pander1onium ersned For half an hour there was widest disorder. due in 8 measure to the ef- forts of the police to separate the in- l truders from the worshippers. Rev.
 J. G. Schneider and several other l priests, who tried to pacify the men intentions useless.
 Tannenbaum Dsfss Police. The men were taken from the church l in twos and conveyed in patrol wagons to the nearest police stations. Later they were brought into the domestic relations court for a preliminary hear | ing.
 When Tannenbaum was told by the ! detectives that he and his followers
 were at liberty to enter the church but would have to take the conse- | duenoes. h6 replied that he cared | nothing about any results.
 I That the police would take action | against the demonstrators became
 known earlier in the day. It is m l deFstood that the course taken was | the result of conferences between | Mayor Mitchell and Police Commits | sioner Mckay, which was held this | aft teFnoen.
 "raeties of French Rsvetutis nisss.." | The Rutgers Square meeting which | preceded the visit to the church was a gathering of more than 1000 per-
 sons who listened to speeches which, | the police chargsd, ridiouled churches which hal sheltered tho unemployed on previous nights and urged that | drastic met hods be adopted to get what | the speakers claimed were the rights l of the needy, By order of Police Cozn- | missioner Mckay the speeches wera | taken dewn sIeHegraphicaliy, includ- ing, it was said, plea by Tanncn- baum for adoption of "the tactics If | the French Pevolutionists.' At the | conclusion of the speaking Tanncn- l baum, holding up his hand for silence | said:
 '.Sow wc are going for walk. I wish 70 warn you mel. not to do thing that may lead to your arrest.' | 1s1 In Custody. | Within a comparatively short time 1 afterWard 190 men and one woman of | the party that had started on the | march were in custody and shortly l after II o'clock the entire company | had been gathered in the domestic re- | lations court for a hearing. Tanncn- l baum, their leader, was charged with | melting to riot and held in $6,ooo bail | fer a hearing tomorrow, The arraiKn- l ment Of the other prisoners then was
 proceeded with as rapidly as the clerks | could make out the proper papers.