New-York tribune., 1915-03-14
Nv. w. Agitator, Just Out
of Jail, Addresses Idle
in Union Square.
CRIES "ORGANlZE
AND BE A MENACE"
Police Attend Meeting in Force,
but Crowd Is Orderly, Despite
Two Fiery Speeches.

,he grip, resumed MS N"tN VII" N"e
,,employed yesterday by telling 1000
,,rsons in Union Square that the $780,
400 PERSONS out of work in New York
should 90 on a rent strike.
"The wife Of the unemployed hus-
hand should refuse TO paw rent he de-
dared. until her husband has employ
-ept. Don't give what little money
con NAV have to the landlord; save it
.nd buy food. " work. no rent-let
tbst be your motto. Organize and
make Of yourselves a menace
Elaborate police preca ions we're
made TO handle the meeting. Chief
inspec,or Max Schmittberger was on
.hs scene early, and remained until the
crowd departed. With him yere In
snector Frank Morris and Captain Sex
ION. with reserves from several sta
lions and a large number of nlsin-
clothes men. The makeup of some OF
,lese was so deliberately simple that
they we're as conspicuous in the crowd
"a Booker T. Washington would be at
dinner st the Governors mansion in
Baton Rouge, La.
Deadly, but Legal.
There was absolutely nothing for the
rolice 10 DO, the nearest approach 10
noljce find being when Adolph Wolf,
he sculptor. was asked by Central
OHice man 'vhat a long package stick
ing out Of his pocket contained.
aOh. it's deadly. al right" said
Wolf. "but its within the law"
And he produced a cigar eighteen
inches long intended for use in some
private theatricals.
Next TO Tannenbaum. the star OF the
occasion Was Ed" Lewis. described as
The best mob leader in the movement"
regular soap boxer" He denounced
Almost everybody when Chairman
aTed" Fraser introduced him as the
first speaker. but he denounced most
Of sll the unemployed who go hungry.
The working classes" declared Tan
renbaum i'm his opening, "are lot OF
stupid, submissive slaves. lacking
courage TO fight for themselves. You
sre brave enough to fight for others;
you haven't the courage 10 fight for
yourselves.
This year the Mayor organized a
bundle day and his committee opened
sbops where YOU can work half a day
for 30 cents. And they called that
solving the problem OF the unem-
poyed.
The employed workers. many oil
them. belong 20 unions graft unions
where there is no solidarity. They're
organized unions of scabs. Every en-
Moved worker in New York ought to
strike for an eiRht-hour day. Ii they
cid there wouldn't be so much OF
rrobem OF the unemployed. Any man
who works more than eight hours day
Ha scab, and ] don't care how many
Union cards he has; he can have fifty
Of .hem and still be a scab.
"You unemployed have got TO tell the
administration and the employing class
that you are gong to eat whether you
work or not III eat If ! have TO go
10 jail for IT, I've been there once.
There are worse places. They at least
feed you there. Why, they give you
mush and milk in the morning. How
long since any of you had mush ana
milk for your breakfasts? As soon as
you show them that it is more proht-
able to give you work and let you 1ecd
yourselves than 70 have you 60 on as
You are, then YOU will have work.
No Work. No Rent.
Your wives can help" he declared,
bringing up the project OF rent strike.
why I've seen women foolish enough
TO pawn their babies underclothlng
10 get money for the landlord.
"lf all in New York should refuse
to pay rent what would they do? Ev4ct
you, put YOU into the street? And
then you would move TO the hrst pu'-
lie building, church or police statloi'
and II they refuse 20 allow you to sleep
there, sleep in the street. They "ou!d
not dare 10 let you stay there.
"0rganiZe, you Of the unemployed
organize and make menace OF your
selves Take up the propaganda o.
the eight-hour day and push II. Doh
be fooled by hypocrites and humbugs'
There's Gary, Gary Of the Mayors
committee, and the dominating lnnu-
ence Of the Steel Trust. He has 33,OOo
men working twelve hours day ana
thousands Of steel workers out OF work
II he was honest. if he was not a
hypocrite. he would change those
hours and really help solve the prob
lem OF the unemployed by furnishing
employment to thousands. g,
"Your city oTends. Why. in the jail
they have keepers working twelve
hours a day. An eiCht-hour day and
one-third more would be employed.
We hear too much of property rights
and the rights of the taxpayer.
These fine people don't want to
solve the problem. They want TO throw
bone to YOU. Mrs Astor and her ilk
give a great party for charity at
cost Of 100000. And charity gets
$500. They give you a meal at Christ
mas. Do you know what you should
90 with that meal? Hurl it back in
their faces. You don't want charity;
you want work
"Orgauizc, If you don't organize,
u you don't make il clear that you
won't staryc, if YOU don't defy every
institution, You'll get nothing"
Here Tannebaum's voice gave out
and tac meeting was over.
Taunts for the Hungry.
Lewis n his talk told the unem-
rloyed that he had no sympathy with
mem n they went hungry.
y WISH said he, that you had
nerve enough to give these cops here
chance to get busy. But YOU viii.
They've got a Mayors committee
mere because we started raiding res
laurants. Raid more restaurants, eat
more and you will have larger com
mlltee We sent S20,0000O0 to feed
Europe because the people there have
nerve enough TO fight. They let you
starye because you have not got enough
nerve TO fight. There's no law TO keep
lackas5 from eating.
Prove that you are at least on the
'eVel OF the beasts and eat; eat whether
you have money or not-eat! The man
VINO goes hungry because he's honest