The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-13
MOONEY PARADERS'
FLAG CAUSES RIOT
Soldiers and Sailors Mob
Marchers Bearing Red En-
blem Up 5th Avenue.
8 KNOCKED sENsELEss
"BOlsheviki" Flee Into. Car
negie Hall and Hold Rally
Under Police Guard.

rtOt III winch AT ieHbt tHIee pcTsV"a
were beaten unconscious ragged last
night in Fifth avenue and along Fifty
seventh street to Carnegie Hall. where
the Mooney Defence League held meet
Ing In behalf Of Tom Mooney the Cali
fornia labor leader now under sentence
Of death for his participation In the San
Francisco preparedness parade bomb
outrage.
Tho Mooney sympathizers were at
tackled by an Infatuated mob of soldiers
pailors and marines. According to the
testimony Of bystanders. commissioned
officers Joined in the rioting. ]. Edward
Morgan OF San Francisco, who has made
several tours of the country in the in
terest OF Mooney, was knocked senseless
u was fifteen minutes before he re-
GAINED consciousness.
Socialist Accuses Civilian.
August Classens, Socialist Assembly
man from the Seventeenth district
caused the arrest of an unidentified
Alexander unconscious in the rioting in
front Of Carnegie Hall. The prisoner
was taken to the East Fffty-frst street
station. According to the police he ad-
United striking the woman and said that
y naval officer standing at Forty-third
Rtreet and Fifth avenue as the parade
marched up town on its way to the
hall had told him to follow the marchers
and start some trouble"
The mob of service men sought to
tight their way into the auditorium
IA hat nrtc
reserves from the East Fife-frst stree,
ttation barred their way. A pitched
battle was imminent for a time. but the
military desisted when 1t saw that the
police stood firm.
The gathering in support of Mooney
WAS wen advertised, Early last evening
600 members of the Mooney Defence
League started the march up Fifth ave
nue.. They carried an American fiae
with red one fiuttering beside II. The
sight aroused indignation among the mer
in uniform on the sidewalks and soor
fully 900 of them fell in behind the
paraders hooting and jeering.
The first sign Of trouble came at Fifth
avenue and Fffty-seventh street. wher
Morris Schuman of as East Fifty-third
street was knocked senseless.
A deep roar greeted the man as he
struck the pavement. BY this time 2.00t
street and in Seventh avenue as the head
OF the procession approached Carnegie
Hall and passed inside.
MORGAN IL Knocked Down.
As Morgan crossed the sidewalk some
ono struck him. The blood spurted from
bis nose and he went down. Blows and
kicks were rained upon him from al
quarters. There was a sharp fight for
n few seconds as his companions formed
a ring about him. lifted his limp body
from the fasstones and carried him intt
the hall. 1t was a quarter of an houi
before she regained consciousness ant
could take his seat on the stage. where
the blood was washed from hts face by
two young women in sight OF the audi
ence. His clothing was badly torn AND
1t was believed that his nose was broken
In the meantime a gigantic marine
mounted TIE seat OF an automobile
standing beside the curb in front o.
Carnegie Hall and began to shout to the
throng.
I'VE want to go in and bust up thi.
Bolshevik neeting!'' he screamed
Were not going 10 stand by and SEE
the red flag uufurled above the Ameri
ran flag. II they want to be Boishevik
Jet 'em go back to Europe. Are yoi
with me?"
"Yesr roared the crowd.
Come on. them" the marine cried
and he clambered down from the motor
car and led the advance toward tn,
doors, which had been locked by the po
lice. who stood stohdly before them.
Nobody can march in here now" de
clared the police lieutenant in charge.
Rush the cops!' yelled the big ma
rins.
Woman Gets Crowd Laughing.
The policemen drew their clubs, an,
perhaps the battle would have be.sui
then had 1t not been for n diversion b!
an excited woman. who forced her wa,
into the very front rank Of angry men.
"The cops won't let anybody in be
cause II is Socialist meeting! - sh
cried In a shrill falsetto.
Somebody laughed. and the tension
snapped for the moment
Morgan. who has made several, tour
about the country in Moneys behalf
has encountered trouble on the sam
score before. At FL Santo, Cal, som
months ago he was kidnapped by tn
Vigilantes and taken fifty miles into tn
desert. where he was later rescued h
soldiers. He was found TO have letter
from Col. r. NJ House and Josep
Tumulty, secretary to the President.
The interior of the hall was a seeth
ing mass OF people with American flag
nnd red banners about equally in evi
'ence. The list OF speakers as an
nounced included Charles W. Erwin. edj
tor Of the Can and one time Socialis
candidate for Governor: Ludwig Lore
associate editor of the Tolks zeitun0. IN
German Socialist daily Representativ
Meyer London. Abraham Cahan. edito
OF the Jewish daily ForUdrd, and Judg
Jacob Pankin of the Municipal Court.
The crowd outside the hall increa Sc
steadily and Capt. Mckinney Of tn
Vest Forty-seventh street station urge
ihe managers Of the meeting to as
Pankin. the first speaker. to "cut
snort and 10 do away entirely wit
The other speeches. So threatening wa
the situation that he sent in a hurry ca
for $50 more reserves, who arrived 1
patrol wagons and took up posts at tn
various entrances.
Quotes Wilson'S Speeches,
As Judge Pankin stepped to the fror
NJ the stage there was wild waving G
flags and it was some moments befor
Ne could make himself heard above III
hproar He began by quoting excerpt
Som President Wilson's various wa
papers. all nj which were cheered
Bear in mind that President wilso
said VIC have no quarrel with the Gel
man people, shouted Pankin AT thl
moment. comrades, the German peopI
>ule and, thank God. We have no quar-,
with them 1t was three minutes befoi
the applause diminished sufficiently II
Tim TO continue.
Remember" he went on, 1.-THE al