The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-07
Criminal Agitators Permitted
to Meet and Plot Treason in
New York
HAS BECOME
LICENSE IN AMERICA
May Day Was Celebrated as
Red Flag Day in Great City
By Alien Bolshevists.

4 YGrk'S radlcaiS came tonight win
mass meeting at Madison Square Car
den which adopted resolutions advo-
eating four general strikes. three OF
IKE days duration and fourth OF IN
definite length unless Ino11ias ..
Mooney and Warren K. Blilnss are
released from prison or granted ne"
trials before July 4.
The meeting tonight was the ohiy
one ola dozen planned for TO-DAY
which was not broken up by soldlers
and sailors, who demanded that the
American flag be displayed and the
star Spangled Banner" sung. 1t was
not the fault of the service men that
they did not clean up the Garden
ronight. They tried hard enough put
were overwhelmed by the police.
ss An army of 1,31s police, under COM
mane of Chief Inspector DAILY, guard
ed all approaches to the Garden and
held at bay more than 1000 men in
uniform, recently returned from
France.
Led by a Scotch Canadian soldier
and bugler who repeatedly sounded
sfhe assembly, the soldiers and sailors
charged the police lines again and
again hut only to be beaten back.
Back of the officers on foot with
night sticks held ready, were outposts
: OF: mounted men. They were rein
forced by a strong provost guard.
. Not only did the police repel from
fal attacks but they tried strategy
with success. Led by a platoon OF
mounted officers, several hundred pa
.trolmen on foot caught. a large num-
her of soldiers, sailors and marines
IN 2Sth Street between Fifth and
Madison Avenues. cutting off every
avenue of escape. The patrolnen
charged the crowo, using their night
sticks freely and dispersed it.
One mounted officer, chasing the
Canadian leader Of the crowd and an
American soldier pursued them on
horseback into the main entrance OF
the Hotel Latham where the Amen
can was felled by a blow from night
stick. The Canadian escaped through
the bar room. The police became
more enthusiastic in their work af-
ter. they had been pelted with show
er of bricks.
An American soldier, wounded in
France and on sick leave from a hos
pitaI IN this city, was knocked down
and trampled on by mounted police,
who charged the crowd, as he was
walking off. He was unconscious when
carried away in an ambulance.
While the police and service men
were battling in the rain outside, the
Mooney meeting was proceeding with
great enthusiasm but little disorder.
Agents of the department Of justice
were scattered through the huge hall
watching the proceedings and now and
then taking notes.
The strike resolutions, which were
adopted after reciting that every legal
obtaining justice or new trial. for
Mooney or Billings, called on organ
lied workers to,act as follows:
Unless new trials or freedom are
granted Mooney and Billings before
July 4, 1919, we viii go out on a
general strike to take effect for five
days. namely, July 4, 5, c, 7, and s.
Further, il justice is still denied IN
spite Of first protest we will join a
general strike to take effect again for
five days, beginning Labor day and be
in effect September l, 2, 8. and 5.
Again, if no relief is forthcoming,
we will go out on third period OF
general strike for FIVE days to take
effect beginning November 10, ami
versary of Moneys communication,
and be in effect November 10, 20, 81,
% and %.
Following third period, if Mooney
and Billings are still in jail we viii
join a general strike for an indefinite
period at given date
The soldiers and sailors began their
"anti-May day" activities early in the
afternoon and organized a parade with
more than 500 men in line. In the
course Of their march they spied what
they termed Bolshevist posters past
ed on the front of the building occu-
pied by the New York Call, Social
ist labor newspaper.
Responding to the orders of their
leader the service men charged the
building. They destroyed large
quantity of Socialist literature. stop
ping long enough TO eject from doors
and windows dozen employees OF
the paper who were forced to run the
gauntlet between two lines of men III
uniform who rained blows on them
us they fed. Four women were car
ried out of the building fainting.
The parade then was resumed One
OF the first places on the itinerary
was Madison Square Garden where
son,e reported a Bolshevist gathering.
Then they marched TO the Soldiers
and Sailors Protective Association on
East 23rd Street looking for Bolshe-
visit literature. Next the Rand School
of Socialist Sciences was called upon
and later the Offices Of Novy Myer,
official organ of the Russian Bolshe-
Wiki here.
At Madison Square Garden. where
May day was being celebrated by 10,-
600 workers of the Amalgamatcd
Clothing Workers Of America, the pa
rading soldiers and sailors were met