The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02


paper was holding a May Day party at
the place and that Prof. Scott Nearing
and many others OF his stripe were due
to be there.
The mob found no police at the place,
as no trouble had been anticipated, and
they rushed the stairway In the building,
throwing themselves in suddenly upon
about 200 radical men and women. One
big sailor shouted, Don't hurt the
women - and the force at once fell upon
the male radicals. Fists few people
screamed and cursed and there was a
wild scramble of reds for the windows.
Many of the men jumped out on the fire
| escapes and ran to places of refuge In
the back yard and on the roof
Soon out into Fourth avenue passed a
stream of radicals, forcibly propelled by
strong arms. Sailors from the Grace
Church unit OF the War Camp Commu-
nifty Service at 9s Fourth avenue Joined
in the combat Each emerging red was
pummelled and kicked about Articles
Of clothing and torn pamphlets were
strewn over the street. Bolshevists took
to flight as soon as they could make
their way to the outside of the crowd, in
many cases leaving their hats coats and
vests behind them. Scott Nearing, It
was said later. escaped a severe beating
by his failure to appear at the meeting
Carrying with them a score OF bat
tered civilian hats as trophies of tnU
raid. the soldiers and sailors then
marched through Broadway and UP to
the Victory Arch at Madison Square.
Here their leaders mounted the Altar Of
Liberty.
The army and navy forever !" shout
ed a Canadian Highlander, who hap
pened to be the same Highlander that
| In hra
Of the German concert at Yorkville Ca
sino last Sunday.
| Three cheers for every man who
wears the uniform" shouted the sailor
bugler who had accompanied the party
on all OF its raids.
The street orator then took Off his hat
and shouted at the crowd. Boys, we
started something to-day, and We An
| ished II, too"
| Wild cheers greeted this remark Tho
| band then sang THE Star Spangled
Banner and dispersed.
| May Day demonstrations in the
streets and in halls to which paraders
were driven by the rain yesterday
were more exciting than those Of
other years. The city governments pro-
hibition against display OF the red flag
was observed generally. though few Of
| the celebrants 30 far demeaned them
I
carnations, hatbands, ribbons and neck
ties satisfied the appetite for color. At
most of the meetings the Red orators
| probably aware that Government
stenographers were taking notes. ap-
peared to keep well within the law in
their defamation. There vera two
small riots in The Bronx and few
arrests were made. Police reserves were
out in great numbers
| The biggest parade was that of about
| 5000 Socialists, I. w VS.. strikers and
supers through Brownsville and East
New York. The banners they carried
were duplicated in rallies in other parts
| Of the city, and from the slogans printed
thereon the spectator got an idea OF the
immediate object OF the protest" The
slogans were:
I'VE demand freedom Of our comrade,
Eugene v. Debs": I'VE demand free
| dom OF our comrade. Tom Mooney: :
American youth demands the freedom
OF Kate O'Hare." Socialist Consumers
League protests against high rents"
I'VE demand the liberation of all politi
cal prisoners" "Join the Tenants
League" Down with profteering land
lords" and I'VE demand 10 per cent.
| decrease in rents
| Speeches in Italian ana German.
The parade started and ended at the
Labor Lyceum in Sackman street. An
! other crowd gathered in the Brooklyn
| Labor Lyceum, Myrtle and Willoughby
avenues. One of the speakers, Pietro
Allegro, talked in italian, and before
starting pinned across his breast a wide
red ribbon lettered in English, Free all
political prisoners. Allegro was loudly
cheered for p!nning this decoration on
himself. Two other speakers made their
ad In nrlx nnA
English.
One of the rows in The Bronx was
caused by the refusal of the proprietor
| of the National Wet Wash Laundry.
1471 Wilkins avenue. TO shut UP shop
! for the day. as a group OF wet washers
who toured the borough in truck
| thought he ought to do The men from
the truck started beating Sylvan Cash
man. a relative OF the offending pro-
| prietor. eastman ran and got the po-
| lice. who made twelve arrests on charg, s
| OF disorderly conduct.
| Workhouse sentences OF ten days to
| three months were imposed.
| A baker with the good old Purita n
name OF Joseph Tomzeyk and a red band
| around his hat calling TO- the release
OF all political prisoners insisted that
! he had q permit TO make a speech at
| 149th street and Third avenue. busiest
corner IN Inc bTOnN. An undermined
man tore the label from Tomzeyks hist
! and slugged him in the jaw This start
ed go as you please tourney with fists
between Tomzeyks thirty disciples and
the sidewalk crowd. The police waded
in and arrested Tomzeyk. They said he
| had no permit. In his pocket was
| pamphlet published by the Workers De-
| fence League. 405 East Fifteenth street,
called Free Your Fellow Workers" In
! the rumpus every red band was snatched
away from its owner. Tomzeyk was
! held In $500 bail for a hearing this
morning.
The publishers OF the Call issued
statement last night from their Duane
street office in which they asserted that
the attack upon their building was in
| spired by Guy Empey's Treat 'em
| Rough"
The contents of Treat EN- Rough
was called to the attention of the legal
authorities many days ago" the state
ment declares. land they were notified
that unless direct incitation to violence
that might result in murder were put to
an end. condition of affairs would re-
| suit that would be a disgrace to any
community posing as civilized. The au-
thorities listened, and as usual. did
nothing"
The publishers declared thai the peo-
pie attacked by the soldiers and sailors
had committed no offence, ana were
merely visiting the new offices of the
paper when the trouble occurred.