The sun., 1918-11-26
POLICE ARREST
7 FOR WAVING
THE RED FLAG
Offenders Rounded Up at
Wild Socialist Meeting in
Madison Square Garden.
BIG SHOW FOR MOONEY
Soldiers and Sailors Break
Into Jamboree and Are
Charged by Cops.
BIG SHOW FOR MOONEY

ison square Garden last night would
have been much wilder Il most OF the
1900 protegtants against the hanging
OF Tom Mooney and celebrators of rev.
olution in Europe had not needed the
appeals of their leaders and abstained
from waving the red flag.
AS It was. what with n turkey red
banner Haunted occasionally by some
shrieking zea.ot, with police followed
by soldiers and sailors bounding hither
and thither to snatch the bits Of fiery
bunting and arrest the offender; with
the booIng Of 1900 voices inspired by
every arrest. with agents OF the Gov
ernment and the city trying to listen
20 the speakers, with stenographers Of
the Army Intelligence Bureau and the
District Attorneys office taking notes
OF speeches which. though blazing.
were apparently within the law. and
with soldiers and sailors outside the
Garden charging UP and down with
bricks and clubs and pieces OF lead
pipe looking for the red flag. and
breaking windows on the south side OF
the building until they were them
selves charged by police reserves and
then by mounted cops, the evening
was sufficiently de.irious anyway.
seven Taken to Court.
Seven persons were arrested. All
were born in Russia. Four OF them
confessed that they could not read or
write. All were taken to the night
court for the first legal test Of the
Hylar Enright order against public
display OF the red flag in New York
city.
The Garden inside and out. was po-
Iced TO the limit. Inspector John Daily,
from temporary headquarters In the
8. p. C. A. building. across Twenty
sixth street. had $50 uniformed men In
and about the building. Another hun
dred police IN plain clothes were scat
tered around.
In the Garden reserves swarmed as
we'll as the regulars and firemen. In
the basement. where the circus
menaserie is quartered on more
peaceful occasions, were twenty-five
mounted policemen. They galloped
forth into Twenty-slxth street when
the pedestrian reserves found that the
yelling crowd OF young soldiers and
sailors-the latter mostly from the
Pelham Bay training station--were too
much for them.
Filled with Curiosity.
The men OF the army and navy, who
have a chronic distaste for the red
flag. and who were shocked by the
scarcity OF such symbols among the
crowds entering the Garden, suddenly
DECIDED that they must get inside to
see'if The Star Spengled Banner" was
being sung.
They had been shunted away by the
police, except those who had the 10
cent tickets of admission. About SEQ
Of them marched up Madison avenue,
gathering recruits. then swept back TO
the Garden and into Twenty sixth
street. They marched quietly, but sud
denly broke ranks and plunged for a
Twenty-siXth street door. This was
locked. The police smashed into them.
|. In the jamboree several windows
were broken and the glass spattered
over the sidewalk. II was then that
the cavalry charge from the menag-
cries home took place, disruptinS the
assembled military and naval force Of
the United States. The soldiers and
sailors were driven into Madison
Square Park and walled in by a solid
line Of police on the north side. They
could 60 south, or east through Twen-
ty-ffth street.
Some ran through Twenty fifth
street 10 Fourth avenue. a Sun re-
porter In Fourth avenue saw n soldier
with half n brick poised for a throw
rs the Garden disgorged Its contents
but complaining that the sport was
very poor, as the Bolshevists had
taken II sudden notion TO leave theiE
red flags at home.
Others, according to the police, had
better luck. Several persons were at
tackled, but none hurt so as to re-
quire hospital attention.
Police Are Upheld.
The Socialist management had ap-
parently done all It could to discourage
display OF the red nag on this occa-
sion. Whenever one was shown in the
Garden. whoever happened to be
speaking "bawled out" the flag car
riers as the real d!sturbers OF the
meeting and said that the police were
doing their duty.
There were no decorations at all in
! the Garden except the Stars and
Stripes draped across the front OF the
speakers stand. Aside from flags there
was plenty OF red. Many Socialist
men wore red neckties. many women
red shirtwaists. Red carnations and
roses were sold by vendors In the
streets
! The Socialist leaders had promised
the police there would be no trouble
but no chances were taken either by
Mr.. Enright's men or the Department
of Justice, which had a lot OF agents
on the scene. Marshal Mccarthy ap.