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by band. but no one sang It. and the
applause at the end was faint and
scattered. They did stand up for II,
however.
For several hours in the after
noon police reserves and Provost
Guards rushed hither and thither
In efforts to control the uniformed
men who were bent upon wreck
ing everything appertaining to the Boil
sheviki. who broke up meetings, throw
ing the audiences forcibly into the street,
and who scattered the sidewalks with
torn bits OF anarchistic and sociallstic
pamphlets.
The soldiers and sailors gathered first
before Madison Square Garden, where
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Of
America were holding an afternoon
meeting. Police on guard before the
door heard the notes of a bugle blowing
Call to Arms" and a few seconds later
saw the band of service men. about 200
strong, come charging into Madison
avenue for the front door Of the big
auditorium.
Capt. d. c. Mills, u. 8. A., with fifty
Provost Guards, met the crowd. Police
Capt James II. Post with reserves fror,
the East Twenty-frst street police sta
ton barred the doorway. The soldiers and
sailors were led by a civilian street ora
tor who has long been a familiar figure
in the downtown business district They
told the officers that they were deter
mined to put a quietus on the meeting
at once II there was any disloyalty con-
nected with 1t.
The programme OF the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers affair reeked with
abuse of the Government and fiery ad-
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May Day Greetings" on the programmes
contained the statements: I'VE greet
Russia" I'VE greet Germany, redeemed
Germany" I'VE must especially raise
our voice In protest against all attempts
to militarize our country"
But radicalism withdrew into its dug
out. SO to speak. upon the appearance
OF the service men. All talks were called
Off. and 1t was announced that only
musical concert with Anna Fitziu, Max
Rosen and the Volpe Symphony Orches-
ira on the programme would be given.
The sailors tried to rush the door
way and surged back and forth in strug-
giles with the guards until notes OF THE
Star Spapgled Banner" were heard
within. They then marched to the near
by park
Attack on Rand school.
A few minutes later the call to
arms" was sounded before the Rand
School. and the same mob with the
same leaders attacked the door in
massed formation. hurting two police
men from their path and swarming into
the hall
Here meeting was being held be-
hind locked doors and Alderman Alger-
non Lee and other radicals were de-
nouncing as a frame up" the newly
barred plot to assassinate men Of prom
inence by means Of bombs sent through
the mails
The invaders did not enter the meet
ing hall, but rushed the Office of the
school. smashing typewriters and tear
ing up a mass of paper documents. One
collar and told him that the entire
building would be wrecked IL the Amer
lean flag were not hung out in front at
once. In terror the reds obeyed
This and the arrival Of a large force
OF provost guards saved them from fur
Their trouble and they went on assailing
the Government as the mob of soldiers
and sailors swept toward Union Square.
The Rand School of Social Science. one
of the objects Of attack by the anti
Bolshevist mob. has long been famous
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Originally situated on East Nineteenth
street, 1t has been run on an endowment
fund provided by the will Of Mrs. E. B.
Rand. radical leader OF a few years
ago. Morris Hillquit was named as
trustee in the will. The other trustee
named was the decedents daughter,
Carrie Rand. who married" DR.. George
D. Heron after the latter had deserted
his wife and children. The present build
ing. I East Fifteenth street, contains
lecture rooms and Offices, where every
thing from Democratic Socialism TO Boil
shevism has fiourished during the last
few years.
Nesting Place for Agitators.
The names of Arturo Glovannitti, Car
los Tresca. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn of
the /. w. w. and many other agitators
have been Identified with It in various
ways. Under the dictatorship OF Alder
man Lee It became headquarters for
pacifists. and after the passage OF the
conscription law for conscientious OBJ
Jectors"
Soldiers and sailors invaded the place
last month when an agitator took refuge
behind the doors after verbal street
attack upon the army and navy. At
that time no damage was done to any OF
the property at the place.
The anti Bolshevist rioters now found
their numbers considerably augmented
by volunteers and they were determined
to pursue the thing further. At Unbn
Square they came upon a May Day
parade and they forced the procession
to halt. while a small band heading 1t
was compelled to Nrender THE Star
Spangled Banner" One bystander
failed to take of his hat for the an
them and was chased down side
street and pelted with bottles.
The civilian orator then called upon
the body to sack the Russian Peoples
House at 1873 East Fifteenth street, and
they promptly did 80. At this address
they found no occupants excepting the
jan.tor. but they broke into the build
ing and marched through every room,
tearing Gown every poster that they
found and carrying into the street
mass of supposed Bolshevik literature,
which they tore UP and scattered to the
winds.
The next object of attack was Web
ster Hall. at 1ls East Eleventh street,
where the Russian Bolshevist publica-
tion, the NeU World, has Its OH es
This place was quickly demolished, the
STAFF OF the Russian paper saving them
selves from violence by flight.
200 Radicals Kicked Out.
The mob then massed for what was to
be the biggest affair Of the afternoon, the
attack upon the building of the New
York Call. The Socialist newspaper had
not moved into the new Offices on Fourth
avenue as yet, but the civilian leader
told the soldiers that the staff of the
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