New-York tribune., 1917-06-12
Anarchist Meeting Raided,
Prisoners Held in
Cellar
One Presents False
Registration Card
Deputy Marshal, Police and
Soldiers Round Up
Slackers

II. period Of leniency for men be
.r,.n the ages of twenty-one and
.s,-.y.one who failed to register for
=. war last Tuesday ended last night.
Provost Marshal General Crowder, at
Warrington. sent to the Governors Of
N the states a message asking them
go ;rspgurate a vigorous. aggressive
ana effective enforcement of the penal
dance OF the selective service law
..,irst an who have by their failure
= register brought themselves under
these provisions"
United States Marshal Thomas d.
Mccarthy Of the Manhattan District
received orders directing him TO arrest
.v,rv man Of draft age who could not
.,o,g registration card after 9 o'clock
last night.
Accordingly, shortly after 9, the mar
,ssl accompanied by deputies, police
v,.ioral Guardsmen, sailors and Naval
ylitiamen. TO say nothing Of members
I,be Home Defence League, surround
"A Royal Lyceum Hall, at 10 West
ultb Street. where the Collegiate
r,srue for Peace and Democracy was
hiding forth on the evils Of the draft
Mccarthy Makes Final Address
The inspiring tones of Emma Gold
r,, high priestess Of anarchy, and
Leon Samson, the war eagle OF the
Dac.fsts. who has gift for changing
meetings into riots, had aroused the
four hundred persons who had man
aged 20 jam their way into the hall
into q state Of lively excitement against
compulsory military service. The final
address Of the evening was less to their
liking. This was delivered by Marshal
-r-T-aTthy. who inserted himself un-
tremendously into the programme.
There isn't d single man IN here be-
tween twenty-one and thirty-one,"
ovotl he. "who is going 10 get out un-
less ne shows his registration card.
In the vivid quarter Of an hour that
iolowcd this statement thirty-one per-
cons were cantured by deputies and
Cuardsmen. Two of them told United
S.stes Assistant District Attorney Har-
td c. Content. who was present, that
,hey would not register. They are
Louis Woskow. Of 12S Second Avenue,
md Philip Lavine, Of % Division Street.
Twentv-eicht others were without
ngis.ration cards, but explained that
thew had left them at home. AT
hte hour they were still herded IN the
Mseuent Of the hall. There they Will
nnain. Mccarthy swears, until some
one brings them their cards.
Hvmau Bessner, of 1862 Southern
Boulevard. was also arrested. He pre-
erted what looked like a certlhcate
o. registration. On closer Inspection
nvss proved 10 be a counterfeit. lie
US held Tor further examination by
he Federal authorities.
Samson Among Detained
Among The twenty-eight who waited
n the basement for the blue cards that
,sey had "mislaid.' was Leon samson
himself. who d short time before hao
;een chairman Of the meeting.
In the excitement which followed
Marshal NcCarthy's announcement, the
yogng war eagle became so ratified that
se forgot his own age. He told one
Deputy that ne was nineteen. 10 an
o'aer he said that he was twenty. A
i,iFd claims that Leon later admitted
hat be was twenty-one.
There were only four hundred pa =
ISIS in the aall, but in the street out
ace 25O00 sympatniZers and specta-
,ers milled about. shepherded by 800
reserves under Chief Inspector Schmitt-
,sFger, 200 National Guardsmen, many
stnbers Of the Home Defence, sailors
BON nearby recruiting stations, and
s.sgation Of naval reserves.
The force, which could have made
@pecta5le showing against German
sYasion, began 20 gather by o'clock.
~ this time the tiny hall was filled
aid The doors were closed.
shortly thereafter Sergeant Silver
nan, Of the sta Coast Defence com
nahd, arrived - the head Of twenty
men armed with bayoncts and clubs,
ana sought adm ion 20 the hall. lie
vas refused by Inspector Schmittber-
ssf' although he claimed that Mr. Con-
leii had ordered him 20 20 inside and
preserve order.
Gets Permission 10 Enter
when the Federal Official arrived ne
so'@inec permission for Silverman and
i'.r men % enter.
me only Intervention OF authority
-hica marfed the first part Of the
st,lhg cane during Emma Goldman's
J an glad there are no soldiers
..ssfe'' she began. perfectly obliy.ous of
s general showing o. khaki among
audience. There will be no in
.-.lng ~ girls a. this meeting. a.
- va a. the last when they were
eeYeTsl hotheaded Cuardsmen were
.|P,sa 20 this point % yell Liar"
~. Aas Goldman coldly ignored them
"fAt m W-f1 her address.
H'isf elections had been held 20
sf 1e.egate 20 the W0rkmen's and
,.'ert' Council which. Miss Goldman
-, f gong ~ do for the United
49, ~ta' tte im Iiar body has done
i, n-'sia. Leon Samson and j. Kabin-
we're announced al the choice of
- meftnY
-i. aamton then fsit called upon 20
- and began an address filed with
1Aq tD4nd Hc NaE jumping up and
~ on tne platform. yelling "The
iiy LDau faIlurci" when a
.-tifessise deputy marthal walked
sageif an1 atled him:
nae Jpl registered p"
81 .,tt''ff me speakef could think of
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