The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-24
IEW YORK. WOMEN
STILL ON RAMPAGE
1Jooting and Disorder Characterize
Hysterical and Probably Political
Food strike.
PERKINS TO THE RESCUE.
CUsIlers Rice Market In Consumers
Interests and Tells Everybody to
hut At Not More Than Five or Six
Gents,

New York. Feb, 2s.--Looting be
New York city. Again the metro
pciitan policeman struggled with his
most unreasoning enemy. the angry
housewife.
The disorder today produced moro
broken windows than broken heads.
But Its extent daily is growing both
IN territory and In the number of
persons involved.
Moes Of foreign women, aproned
and hatless, marched from open-air
meetings on the East Side. the Bronx.
Brownsville and williamsburg to raid
stcrea, break windows in offending
chops, steal milk from doorsteps and
tsrrorixe. and. in some cases. attack
other women who sought to buy.
Sixty arrests were made. according
to the Anti-High Price league.
Counsel was supplied by this organ
ixAtion and bail was provided where
possible. peaceable methods were
urged
Sweeps Market Clear.
potatoes and onions swept markets
clear of these foods. Butchers univer-
sally refused to kill poultry and hardly
pound OF meat was sold during the
day. Fruits were the only articles
sold on pushcarts.
In the Bronx women in carts deco
rated with American flags called upon
the crowds at the markets to maintain
the boycott Mother Jones at n
meeting In Webster hall told the moth
ers not TO be driven away from their
picket lines. Heavy police patrols
guarded every point
The Anti-High Price league. the
largest agitating faction. announced
that organization comprising 60o,o
members had allied themselves with
the movement and would meet in CON
ference within four days. These in
clude the Amalsamated Clothing work
ers, the United Hebrew trades the In
ternational Ladies' Garment workers,
the Workmen's circle. the Socialist
Consumers league. the Brooklyn
Housewives league and two Irish
American organizations. Abraham Plot
kin. on behalf of the executive COM
mittee. said:
1~~--~.'Arrangements have been COM
pfEted for d dem onstration OF 500. 900
- 0oA1lsSSa S4uAEes0fr1s Union square
t$morrow, We haYe chosen two
places, as neither square would hold
the crowd, Committees will be sent
to Albany and Washington this week.
while a mass meeting will be held
ut the Stuyvesant high school on Sun
day evening
All Eurcpss.orranized.
u Mrs. Ida HarftrrS pvesident Of the
Mothers' Vigilance league. the second
faction, distributed 1000 circulars In
Italian quarters asking for co-opera-
ton in her work. She said that at
2 o'clock tomorrow morning she would
lead the women TO Washington mar
ket. headed with a starvation" ban
ner, TO appeal to farmers and whole
saiers.
The radical party. headed by Marie
CAM. waited in ominous silence for
new developments. Miss CAM pre-
dicted something like the French
revolution" should the board OF esti-
mates delay relief measures She ex-
pressed the intention Of accompany
ing Mayor Mitchell to Albany. Re-
serves from the Fifth street station
were at hand when she addressed
1000 women in Rutgers Square.
Julis II. Mohr, president OF the
Mercantile exchange. was suhponaed
when the district attorney began an
Investigation OF alleged price fixing to-
day. Data has been secured to show
that great quantities of food are be-
ing held to create an artificial short
age Freight agents OF every railroad
will be called to testify on the number
OF food cars being held.
Il. Reinforced police patrols and a
quiet surveillance of leading agitators
was instituted by Chief Police Inspec-
tor Schmittberger. He said that no
objection would be raised to open-a!r
meetings. provided incendiary speech
es were not made. He instructed Of
lcers to deal gently with the hungry
women,