New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
1lGyor Buck Tells
" hat Caused Him TO
Prepare for Trouble
.SfGf COrtcs p0ndoncl

.>tG0 correspondence
BUFFALO, March 1l.-Despite no.
ticcs to New York City National Guard
regiments to be ready to suppress en-
uprising Of unemployed, Buffalo to-
day has been quicter than at any time
during the past month More than
that and you may take Mayor George
S. Bucks words for this-it will re
main Quiet.
1--WE have not needed troops here.
we do not need them, We do not cx-
pect 30 need thcm,' he declared this
afternoon. "But il we do need them
we will have all We need on short no
tice, II was to arrange that we should
have them that 'phoncd Governor
Smith on Sunday. wanted to be
ready. | suppose the reason Adiutant
General Berry notified New FORK City
Guardsmen 10 stand by for duty
call is that he too proposed TO be
ready.
"1hc trouble You arc ready Cor
seldom comes. When it does come il
is rarely scrous,' the Mayor continued.
"Vhcrcforc, when we we're told that
an attempt would be made here TO
duplicate Seattle, ! decided to be pre-
pared to smother any trouble before
1T started, and without cracking
head, but to be ready # we had to
crack heads.
w Hdl happened. SUlV INC NdvOr,
lis simply this. There was n threat og
trouble and prepared to meet it,
Ever since the armisticc. radical agita-
tors have been trying to make capital
out Of the unemployed. It is the same
crowd which was pacifst when not
ro-Gcrman before we went to war
and antiwar, anti-dYaft and about
everything else while We were at war
These have been talking or organizing
soViets and all that sort OF thing IT'S
the same old crowd working under new
! names
"Last Tuesday an attempt was made
to stage demonstration of the un-
employed. Martin b. Hcislor, sal
arcd Socialist organizer, collected
some 200 0, 500 mon. women and chill
dren in the Black Rock district-a
marched thcm to the Mckinley monu-
ment in Niagara Square that is tho
crowd marched and Hcisler rode in
an auto. A Niagara Square the DO
lice were waiting and kept the crowd
moving. Then Heslcr led it to this
Office.
"Charlcs B. lIcald. finance commits
sioncr, was in charge. Of him Hcislor
demanded work for the unemployed.
The Crowd Soon Dispersed
"Heald told them the city council
was fully aware that there is unem-
ploymcnt here, that it is doing all
possible to relieve it. and that / was
at the moment in Washington attend
lrg the Presidents conference on the
subject. The crowd dispersed and that
wRs he end of it,
On Friday Heisler notified us that
On Monday the workers., soldiers. sail
ors and farmers council of Buffalo was
arranging mass m Getting at the Nc
kln'ey monument for Monday morning
with 1t came a demand for the free
use of the Auditorium and declara-
uon of the intention to issue 2 nation
wide call for all workers to unite for
tho socia hzation oil all American in
duStries
lie was notified that he could hold
no parade and that if Commissioner
Malone gave him the use Of the Audi
torium all the speeches would have to
be in English. Mr. Malone refused the
use Of the hall and that settled matters
for the moment
& Saturday word came to US that the
word was being passed, meet and
parade Monday, Mayor or no Mayor
With this were threat of the big
things that would be done The or
ganizations, secretly formed. were to
be the much about which the uncm-
pioyed were to gather for dreful
things
Riot Guns Received
'lt so happened that on Saturday an
order of riot shotguns placed some
t'me ago was received and turned over
10 the police
Sunday vc had more threats of
trouble and purely as n matter Of pro
caution ! telcphoncd Governor Smith.
told him FRANKLY that ! feared an
attempt might be made to make Ruf
falo another Seattle; that believed
the police could handle any situation.
but ] wanted to be in position to
get troops at once should the situa-
ton get ont of bounds.
Tho Governor told me Adiutant Gen
cral Berry would be here Monday to
look over the ground and make any
arrangements that might be necessary.
"Monday squad OF police with the
riot guns were in Niagara square. An
other group was on duty here at CITY
llnll. There was nothing for them
TO do.
General Berry came here ycster-
day, looked over tho field. and. after
seeing Colonel Turgcon. Of the 74th.
the local regiment, told me to call on
him if needed. Colonel Turgcon, he
said, could have his men on duty in
two hours In twcnty-four hours. he
sbid, 5 900 men would be in hare 70