Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-02
RiOtOus SCeneSin
 Socialist Parade
WAS IN THE NATURE OF PEACE
 DEMONSTRATION AT BOSTON
BANNERS TRAMPLED ON
The Ranks of the Marchers Were Broken Up by Self f-Organized Squads of Uniformed Soldiers and Sailors Many Arrests Were Made.

Boston, July 1.-Riotous scenes at tended a socialist parade today which was announced as a peace demOnStra- Lon- The ranks of the rnarchers were broken up by self-organiZed squads of uniformed soldiers and sailors, red flags and banners bearing socialistic mottoes were trampIed on. and Htera- ture and furnishings in the socialist headquarters in Park Square were thrown into the street and burned. Police reserves stopped the riotinS after 1t had been in progress an hour and half. Many arrests were made.
 Hundreds of Fist Fights.
 The police took into custody some of the participants in hundreds of fist fights which were waged on the Common and in the Iine of parade on Fremont street while agents of the federal department of justice under the direction of Assistant District At torney Goldberg arrested in the crowG a number of persons who were alleged to have made unpatriotic remarks in the heat of conflict None of the sol diers and sailors who figured in the disturbance were arrested.
 Marchers Carried Peace Flags.
 The procession, which consisted of hundreds of men and women, many of whom carried babies, formed in Park Square and passing through 1liot street. marched along Fremont street.
  grounds on the Common where a meeting had been arranged, and an ether proceeding to Scollay Square. Most Of the marchers carried small red flags with white centers, emblem attic of the peace demonstration. and there were large banners bearing in scriptions, some Of which read Russia has a six hour day, why not Ameri- ca ?' and Liberty loan first mort gage Of labor A large American flag was at the head or the procession.
 Resulted in Street Fight.
 Half a hundred men fn the uniform of naval reservists, national guards men, marines and Canadian '1xilties" who had watched the formation of the parade marched across the Common in a double column and intercepted the procession the corner of West and Fremont streets and again at the cor ner of Winter and Fremont streets. Tn both instances the contact resulted in and flags were snatched from the hands of the marchers while women in the line screamed in fright
 Cheers for American Flag.
 At Scollay Square there was simi- lar scene. The American flag at the head of the line was seized by the attacking party and the band. which some interruptions, was forced to play The Star Spangled Banner. while cheers were given for the flag
 Police Reserves Called Out.
 The police had just succeeded in quieting this disturbance when the reserves were called out to quen near-riOt at the meeting place on the Common. The first of the peace" speakers had barely begun his re- marks when the reserves arrived. They formed circle in the crowd with the police wagon as center in front of Dn os1lr eto ,of their presence there were scores of individual fights in the big gathering. To restore quiet, Superintendent Crowley. an acting police cOmmis- speaking and the meeting was called off.
 Socialist Headouarters Rarsacked
 Meanwhile the socialist headquarters in Park Square had been ransacked and it's contents destroyed in bon fire. The American flag taken from the paraders was placed over a statue of Lincoln the EmancipatOr'' near the scene of the bonfire.
 Peace Demonstration Organized.
 The peace demonstration was or ganfzed at a conference of socialist branches. labor unions and Workmen's benefit societies of the metropolitan district, acting under the name of the council in imitation of the council of wOrkmen and soldiers Uf Russia It was announced that the represented 10000 work | ingmen and that it's programme would l include the peace terms of the Rus sian workmen, no forcible annexa- 1 tions, no punitive indemnities and free 1 development of all nations.
 Among the speakers who were an | as on the programme for the | meeting on the Common were James | H. Maurer, president of the PennsyI- | vania Federation of Labor: J. Ed i ward Morgan of San Francisco, repre- | senting the Mooney defense move | nent; James O'NeiI, state secretary of | the socialist party, and Joseph Mur- |