Republican farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1810-1920, 1918-05-24
charge Trolley CARS,
Pull DOWN SIGNS AND
insult C|TY'S MAYOR
YALE MEN IN NEW HAVEN TIE UP ALL
TRAFFIC CONCRETE MIXER WRECK
EDAND BENCHES BROKEN-POLICE
ARREST 10 OF THE RIOTERS.

New Haven, May 21-Town
Ind gown clSshed early today
liter Yale undergraduates,
most of them in military or
hawai- uniform, had swept
through the business streets in
a demonstration as turbulent
as any-inmany'years Ten stu
dents were under arrest after
defiance had been given to the
police who were with Mayor
Fitzgerald to quiet disturbance
at the Yale post Office.
The incident that led to the uproar
was not well defined at the time the
Lrrests were made, but the best ex-
PLANTATION. seemed to be that two
movingsp picture house. This was late
last night.
The senior gathered classmates
and they began to hustle freshmen
rs fast as they found them on the
street, and finally there was quite
large body OF students moving across
the central green toward the college
campus.
It also happened that Shef9eld
freshmen were having a parade
around their-own buildings in an af-
fair entirely their own. The echo
ot the Observation-Disclosures reached them
and some one fired a. revolver. This
brought accessions to the paraders
and soon the two groups were unit
ed.
A considerable crowd had assem-
bled and the students, instead of hav-
ing class differences, were joined in
one body and as such started a march
down, town 1t was an aimless par
ade with the~students linked arm in
arm and singing. The crowd grew
and spread over the sidewalks. Many
hands; began to rip off signs, to over
Eurn benches on the green, and to
interfere with persons and prop
erty. -r go.
Street car signs were taken and
trolley poles were drawn down.
Crews were hustled about and vehi-
cles were~stopped. The crowd, with
the Yale men in the center, reached
the state armory on Meadow street
without much more disturbance than
has often been Sthe@case when exuber-
ant students have undertaken a
street parade
~ Returning. however, the temper of
The crowd changed and as it rush.
ed through the streets the ripping
OFF of signONmd interruption of traf-
tic had an element of anger. At Elm
and Church streets concrete mixer
and wheeIbarrows were charged, and
the barrows were taken. This morn
ing there were benches and other
articles scattered about on sidewalks
hanging on fences or thrown on the
steps of the countryacourt house anC
the. library.
Mayor Fitzgerald, who was in his
city hall office, heard the disturb.
ance, and with several citizens follow.
ed the crowd to the&YaIe post office
He gave the police orders to cleaI
the streets. The students called fol
speech, and the mayor began a re-
Spouse, Gliding the men on their be
havior. @
Some one called out Louder, W,
can't hear you" This led to com
ment from the crowd, during which
it is charged James E. Mitchell,
freshman from Wellesley, Mass.
sneered and insulted the mayor, WIFI
ordered his arrest
The crowd began to jostle the of
ficers and several were seized ant
told that they were under arrest. A
the officers started for the centra
police station the Yale men were un
ruly and others were arrested. Tn
10 booked gave these names:
o. F. DAWSON, Dayton, o.; Thorn
as Denny, New York city; ]. h
French, New York city; Julian E
Rice, Washington. D. Cid. E. Mitch
ell, Wellesley, Mass; W. F. Jones
Allen Hubbard, Jr- Newton Center
Mass; c. W. decks, West Orange
N. j.; Sheriff. Kent, New Haven
Dana Cobb, Peoria. Ill