The Washington herald., 1917-06-05
FOES OF DRAFT
in Three RIOTS
New York Guar dsme n
Charge Mob of 10000
with Drawn Guns.
CBy International New seryIee.)

my International News SerVIce.D
New York. June l-Greater New
York broke out tonight in wild riot
Gus demonstrations against the Sc
lective draft act which will be en-
forced tomorrow. In mass meetings
on the public streets, anti-conscrip-
ton agitators voiced their protest
against the government act compell-
ing registration.
The tirst riot occurred in the Bronx
speakers told their hearers not to
register.
The second took place in New York s
lower East Side-the Ghetto-cul-
nI,inatinS, at the very steps Of the
The third riot occurred in the
Brow1sville-the Jewish section Of
Brooklyn.
Police ard soldiers were called up
on to quell the rioters. Many per
rested when their friends tried to
rescue them from the authorities.
But in the end the officials gained
the Win hand.
ScreaTtng women and shouting
men. driven from an anti-drlft meet
ing in Rutgers Square Park, flock
cd to the City Han. Squads OF po-
lice met the excited mob at the edge
o. the park and tried to turn II ba ok.
Hundreds refused to obey the police
orders. They rushed the lines. Night
sticks were used, but only to thrust
back the struggling throngS
Women Defy Police.
in defying the police. Many Of them,
Struggling and screeching. had to De
ALMOST carried across tie sJrecS be-
fore they abandoned their purpose Of
reaching City Hall. All Of them were
Don't register tomorrow. We don't
-J"Let the people- that want wa- 20
II they draft our men we viii u
lefto starve."
we have a right to say we cont
want CoasCription and war
We want to see the mayor
! Agsin and again the crowd was
started moving in a mass. back along
Park Row, the way II had come, hIt
only to break up into groups which
swung around the police lines or
Don't register, screamed the
women.
we won't register" shouted the
men.
Scores of children. some under s
years OF age, followed their mothers
INTO the crush Several fell in the
scramble. No one was seriously hurt.
The hysteria OF the woman increased
from moment to moment after the
frst clash with the police. The mob
started 2,O0O strong. 1t was double
that number before il reached City
Hall Park. Women shcok their fTsts
ct the police. II was nearly mid
night before tie police restored order.
Hooted BY Mob.
Jeered and hooted by a mob OF 1000
that had been uabFe 10 jam their way
into HuGt's Point Palace, tho Bronz,
where anarchists. Socialists, and paci-
fists were agitatinZ rouconscription,
q detachment of National Guards
men and members of the Home De-
fense League charged the crowd with
drawn guns ard uplifted clubs.
\ few minutes later. score OF men
and women had been arrested. Fifteen
OF them had their heads stitched up at
the station or hospital. Half a hun-
dred others limped away nursing
bruises. Several soldiers received
bites and scratches from the women.
Alexander. BorkInsn. Emma Gold
man. and other radicals had aroused
those in the hall to the point OF
frenzy. More than 10 boys in khakiwcTe
in the gallery. The soldiers were the
especial target of the. speakers. The
crowd tormcnted the speakers. Mis-
siles were hurled al them. Bo-kman's
tormentors wer particularly bold.