The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-05
POLICE CLUB Big
ANARCHIST MOB


Continued from Fret Page
Easements of the hotels. ready to swoob
on marchers or to hurry TO any threatened
place near by In addition to these
preparations the Commissioner was ready
to launch i.0o0 armed men against the
red flag allies II they got beyond early
control. There was ono general order to
the police Break EN- up
At 80 +. NJ. Cahalane and Faurot
were in Union Square ready for trouble.
In the basement Of the pavilion at the
north OF the square nifty uniformed men
were concealed. over In the waterworks
construction shed near by were nifty more
Uniformed men stroiied along the square
boundaries and patroiied the walks, and
p!al nciothes men mingled carelessly with
the growing crowd
1000 Gather ,tW square.
A lttlt before . i. VI. there were 1000
rersons In he vicinity Of the pavilion
The POLICE kept these moving because
the G. r. L. meeting was not 20 bo called
until T. NJ AT that hour there was
some Irritation because 81 tho persistent
commands to move on, but no Indications
of trouble.
Spectators had begun 10 gather. Shop
pcrs from Fifth avenue and broadway.
citizens ldling on the Saturday half hoi-
day, park loafers. women In bright colcred
gowns OF the newest fashion, sailors from
the ba,tleship Texas and employees in the
district fingered on the fringe OF the
crowd. sensing excitement,
Three moving picture Operators planted
their tripods upon pile OF tltnbers which
commanded view OF the whole north
side OF the square and OF the pavilion.
The crowd increased steadily and the In
spectors kept adding more and more to
the patrols. Cahaiane. In q fuzzy over
coat and green hat, made his headquarters
on tho veranda OF the pavilion and used
plain clothes men for aides de camp.
The whole crowd heard the yells OF the
coming w. w and anarchist horde.
This was at 2 80 J.. NJ. and the dove
Of peace quit work for the day. The red
nag followers swarrned from all sides.
seeming to spring from the ground, ~
rapid was their approach.
riaunt Rea Flags.
They carried banners which Haunted in
the stiff breeze. In white letters on u red
field was ''Tannenbaum Must Re Free"
Upon another crimson banner was In
scribed Unemployed Defence Committee
The leaders were singing or shouting.
wo,n. the poet. was beating time for the
"Marseillalse."
On the north side Of the squar, Police
Commissioner Mckay. in his auto. was
observing the advance. Sheriff Grlfen-
hagen with two Of his deputies crulsed
up and down In another car. On the
skirts of tho crowd Lincoln Steffens,
socialls. and reformer. was on tiptoe
Cahalane at the pavilion and Faurot At
Fourteenth street gave the orders which
ioosed their men. In half . minute ten
separate police wedges were driving into
the crowd. At the start tho police worked
without severity. keeping their clubs aloft
and shouting orders. but that didn't last
long.
At the Seventeenth street corner OF the
square 400 OF the I. w. w. and anarch-
lists attempted TO organize for a march
UP Fifth avenue. They were In swinging
step when a police squad fell on them.
This time the clubs were not withheld
and you could hear the thud-thud ard
smack OF locust on heads
Al Turner seemed to be In command
of this detached force OF the reds but
Turner wrlggled loose and escaped arrest
or injury. His ragged and unkemp. fol
lowers clawed Mt the police or dropped
to the street to escape tho clubs.
Charge Into Mob.
The fighting was hot at that corner
when six mounted policemen galloped
along Seventeenth street. slowed their
horses to Il trot and drove right into the
mob Dozens OF men We're knocked right
and left and rolled to the curbings Some
yelled from fright or pain and hobbled
away. The rush OF the mounted men
ended the first engagement OF the after
noon Two men were arrested at that
corner Garbaldi Lapoia, the De Witt
Clinton High school teacher. and Joseph
Cans.
Alexander c. Berkman. the anarchist
who tried 10 kin Henry c. Prick years ago,
crawled from the mob and jumping to
the pavilion appealed to the reds TO give
way TO the Central Federated Union. but
few heard his appeal and none minded
II From away on In the crowd some
body yelled;
They're going to throw bomb
The yell expressed In way the tense
ness of the whole crowd. People STAN
peded Women onlookers who had pressed
too close were knocked down. The police
squads went charging right and left In
hullike rushes. There were whirlpUols
OF fighting. In which small squads OF
policemen engaged small companies of
the w. W. and anarchists all along the
north and east end Of the square.
This went on internationally for an
hour. At a quarter to I o'clock the police
seemed to have command Of the situation
appeared TO have given up the struggia
Tho c. r. Y. leaders and speakers APP
peared on tho pavilion and Thomas A.
Curtis opened the meeting with an ex-
PLANTATION of It's purpose,
O'CarrOIl starts Trouble.
There were 5000 persons listening when
ne started, but yeils from the direction OF
Fourteenth street melted his audience.
There was a rush southwark. Wild Joe
O'Carroll emerging unscathed from pre-
vlous fighting. had figured that he could
organize a march while the police were
occupied around the pavilion.
With Becky Edelsohn and other women
followers, Poet Woln and Joseph La Rica.
O'Carroll appeared In front OF the Union
Square Savings Rank and marshalled his
band In files OF four He had the column
under way when "A squad OF police under
Inspector Faurot came on the double quick
and went AT them.
Break 'em up" shouted Faurot
Twenty uniformed men slapped. rather
than struck. at the marchers. who gave
way and We're about 10 scatter when they
were rallied again by Becky Edelsohn
and wild Joe. The woman thrust herself