New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Mob Storms Big
Socialist Meeting
AT the Garden
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sailors, now nearly 1000 strong, and
gradually herded them into compact
mass, moving slowly but steadily tow
ard the open space of Madison Square
Without a soldier or sailor being
knocked out. so far as appeared late
in the evening, the mass that had been
bowling and fighting to get at the So
cialists inside the Garden were urged
into a solid group in the centre Of the
square, around which mounted patrol
men single-footed, their horses travel
ling always within few inches of the
toes of the outermost rim of humanity.
Man With Red Tie Seized
While the police rode hard on the
restive crowd in the park a man whose
overcoat gaped open to reveal to red
cravat strolIed past on the Broadway
side. With a wolf-like howl at sight of
this prey a couple of dozen sailors and
soldiers burst through the police cor
don and pounced upon the unfortunate
individual, whose protests that he never
heard of Money or Of the meeting in
the Garden went for naught.
They tore his overcoat and coat from
him, dashed his hat to the sidewalk and
trampled it under foot and had half
throttled him before he could convince
them he was not a member of the
Bolsheviki. Even then he was not per-
mitted to go his way until he had
stripped himself Of the offending tie.
Stump speakers in the crowd in the
square exhorted their fellows to charge
the police and wipe the Garden off the
face of the earth.
Many had supplied themselves for
this purpose with the heavy iron stand
dards, like immense PAYERS mauls
ordinarily used to outline safety zones
Inspector Daily called for reinforce
ments from all the West Side precincts
and summoned help from the Navy
Intelligence Bureau. the provost guard
and the military police. fearing what
the Garden tried to go home. The
crowd in the square was dispersed and
police lines established two blocks
away from the Garden on every side
with support lines closed in, and not a
man in army or navy uniform was
permitted to penetrate the zone thus
established. Even guests at the Prince
George and other hotels in the vicinity
found it hard to get through
When the meeting broke up no aid
had come from the military authorities
N'~ ~AAS PO''SS iHS- cry WG4C tOlu6 Iue
soldiers and sailors at distance OF 6
block or two from the Garden. There
they waited for possible victims.
The coats of both women and mer
were torn open by the men in blue and
olive drab in a rough search for Social.
isS emblems, nor were they particular
as to whether their victims came from
the direction of the Garden or not
They stopped everybody. Generally
the police were so late in interfering
as to permit considerable rude handling
of pedestrians.
Women's Escort Beaten
Harry Levine, of 10 West Ninety.
seventh Street, whose overcoat hid q
Socialist button, was walking across
Twenty-sixth Street with two women
one of whom was his sister, Sarah, who
wore a red Tam '-Shanter. At Lexing-
ton Avenue soldiers and cailors seizec
and separated the trio. Levine was pros
trate and almost unconscious from
kicks before two mounted patrolmen
intervened and scattered them.
Then they dragged Levine between
their horses for about half block
and flung him down in a recess beside
stoop. What happened to his sister
and her companion Levine did not
know, but lew minutes later another
mob of soldiers and sailors pouncec
upon him and beat him until the po.
lice tardiy came to his rescue.
All the way from Madison Square
to Thirtieth Street and as far east al
Second Avenue these assaults we're re.
peated time and again, and time and
again mounted police cantered off tc
give belated succor. After the Garden
had been completely emptied and only
these sporadic riots we're occurring
Inspector DAILY ordered his men back
from Lexington Avenue to the front
of the deserted building. giving the
soldiers and sailors free rain to the
east
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