New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
Pupils in Twelve Schools
Riot Against Gary System
Windows Broken and Police Defed in Demonstrations by
Ten Thousand Chldren--Six Buildings in Man
haitian and Six in Brooklyn Affected

Six schools in the lower East Side
and six in Brooklyn were thrown into
disorder yesterday by continued strikes
of pupils against the Gary system. AS
in demonstrations last week. boys,
some accompanied by their parents,
formed themselves into riotous pa
rades. carried placards Down with the
Gary system!" and broke the windows
of school buildings with volleys Of
stones.
In Brooklyn the police estimated
10000 pupils remained away from
schools. while in Manhattan about half
that number engaged in street demon
STATIONS.
While these disorders were in prog
ress it was disclosed just how inter.
ests opposed TO The reelection OIL
Mayor Mitchell have been systemati-
cally melting violent opposition to the
Gary plan. Thousands of circulars
which denounced "the school with a
Steel Trust name" and ask, "Mr Voter.
what are you going TO do about it,
have been distributed in the districts
where the strikes have occurred.
Schools Affected by Strikes
The schools affected by yesterdays
strikes in Manhattan were No. 20.
Fifth Street, between First and Sec
ond avenues; No. So, Fourth Street.
between First Avenue and Avenue A;
No. 70, First Street, between First and
Second avenues; No. 81. Stanton and
FORSYTH streets; No. 81, Msngin and
Stanton streets; No. Is, Essex and
Houston streets.
In Brooklyn the schools affected were
IVA. Dumont and Alabama avenues.
where only 900 out of the 5000 pupils
were reported in their classrooms; So,
Osborne Street and Suffer Avenue,
where 1000 pupils out of $500 reported;
Glenmore Avenue and Watkins Street.
where only 500 pupils attended; 10,
Blake and Hopkinson avenues. where
500 out of $500 attended; 81, Hoyt and
President streets, where about 400 out
of 1000 attended, and 167, Schenectady
Avenue and Eastern Parkway, where
z. 500 pupils assembled in front of the
building.
Expectation of an outbreak of trou-
BILE among pupils in the lower East
Side led Captain Sweeney, of the Flfth
Street station, to have details OF police
at each building before school opened.
II had become known that East Side
boys had been quietly organizing for a
strike in emulation OF those last week
in The Bronx, Yorkville, the East Side
Of Harlem and in Brooklyn.
Just before the school bell rang the
boys began pouring out of alleys and
haA
semblinC. The streets in front OF each
school swarmed with yelling young
sters, some of whom were pounding on
tin cans 70 augment the din. Some Of
the more daring strikers began to
throw stones, and there soon was a
cataract of falling glass.
In front of School GO Lieutenant
Walsh started 20 chase group of boys
when he stumbled, and, in falling, in
jured his forehead.
SO violent was the demonstration in
front of School 81 that police reserves
were called. A man who said he was
David Frankel, 1872 East Houston
Street, was arrested. The police re-
ceived a complaint that he had been
cxhorting the women 10 keep their
children away from the schools.
AT the station Frankel said: 81 am
a Socialist. hate the Mitchell admin
istration because it is in favor of the
money powers"
Two hundred boys from School 25
formed themselves into a committee TO
visit all the schools in the district and
induce the girls to join the strike. The
girls sent word they would remain in
their classroom
Twenty boys were taken into custody
by Captain Sweeney. When he ques-
toned them many of them admitted
they did not krow what the Gary sys-
TEN was, but had been told by their
parents that sit was very bad thing"
In Brooklyn the demonstrations, al
though involving more pupils than in
Manhattan, were less violent. In most
instances the protests took the form
Of quiet gatherings in trent Of school