New-York tribune., 1920-11-26

women WITH thoSe VINO entereu tno
building, and mast say they fought
we'll. saw one Of them hit a member
Of the club on the jaw"
Arthur Weekes, chairman OF the
house committee. said that when he
arrived and learned what had happened
Re consulted with J. Frederick Tams
and Charles K. Beekman. club secre
taTy, both members of the same COM
mittee, and it was decided to have the
flag displayed again. To guard against
further trouble the police were sum,
sent fifty reserves from the East
Thirty-fifth and East Fifty-frst Street
stations.
s. When the congregation came out of
tho cathedral at 1:15 p. m. It did not
disperse. The whisper ran through the
crowd that the British flag was flying
again from the club windows on Fifth
Avenue. The whisper grew to a men
acing cry The voices of women were
heard, screaming out against the flag
and the nation it represented. AS if
toward the club, where the fifty re-
serves were drawn UP outside
Crowd in Fighting Mood
It was plain that the crowd was in
lighting mood. Men in the rear ran to
new building which is under CON
struction on Fifty-frst Street and am
muntion began to arrive in the form
Of stones and bricks These were rained
upon the clubhouse. Three windows on
the Fifth Avenue side were smashed ana
two on the Fifty-hrst Street side went
next Jingling glass in the basement
told that some small windows below
had been broken
Riot calls were sent to every Man
hatten precinct. and within fifteen min
utes 200 patrolmen were on the scene,
augmented by mounted police and
score of motorcycle policemen.
The fifty officers who held back the
crowd until the other reserves arrived
put in what they freely declare to be
the most strenuous fifteen minutes OF
their official lives. The police began the
slow work Of forcing the crowd back
from the building, and it was then that
The nightSticks came into play.
Hats and umbrellas were smashed,
md men who were particularly violent
were dubbed over the head and
stretched on the pavement. More
policemen began to arrive, and an occa
sional stone throw = was arrested and
hustled to the Fiftv-frst Street sta
ton, generally followed by an ofshoot
from the crowd hooting the men who
we're making the arrest.
Fights were started at various points
and more than once it looked as if the
crowd was going to break through, but
reserves within the circle were pushed
10 the points that were threatened. AS
.he circle widened, motion picture
photographers and camera men from
the newspapers took commanding posi-
"a - Il 1+1
Seeing that the situation was getting
desperate. Monsignor Lavellc made his
way TO the front of the cathedral, and,
standng on the steps, raised his voice
and at last commanded the attention
Of the crowd.
"I hive Just talked with you inside
the Cathedral said Monsignor Lavelle.
- ash you to dispcrse and 90 home;
otherwisc The police will arrive ia
force and the Ere Department viii
probably come and water Will be turned
upon YOU, and no one can be certain
that shots Will not be fired. For the
love Of ireland, for your own honor, the
credit OF the Church, as a token OF 10y
atty TO the American flag, go home'"
Demand Flag Come Down
Voices in the crowd were heard
shouting: Let that flag come down
and we'll % home" Many crowded
around Monsignor Lavello and shook
hands with him, but said:
Let us get that flag down."
Not waiting to see whether his
words had had any effect on the crowd,
though it was apparent that after his
speech the police had less difficulty in
forcing their way ahead. Monsignor La
velle went TO tnc Onion Club, where
re had q conference with the house
committee. He asked them TO take
t,gnn the Objectionable emblem, saying
they would have nothing to lose by so
doing and would cease infuriating the
multitude, and that they would only be
STOPPING to conquer and would be glad
1f IT,
Tie committee members, both accord
ing 10 their own account and to Mon
signor I.avellc's, stood on their legal
rights IN the matter The flag was not
taker down until sunset.
When Mcnsignor Lavele emerged
're-7 tho club building the police, great
lv augmented, had driven the crowd
weN bacl, from the clubhouse into the
~de streets and at 2:30 O'Clock traffic
sn Fifth Avenue was resumed A
heavy detail of mon was kept about the
district for the remainder Of the after
noon. and tea men guarded the club
house last night.
Four Men Are Arrested
The men arrested are;
3lu@h O'Rourke twenty-six wears old,
Of t6l West Nth Street, laboror
William Donlon, thirty-two years
old, II Walcott Street. Brooklyn,
laborer.
Michael Kennedy, twcnty~eight years
old, 100 Vandeventcr Avenue. steam
filter
William Hoffman, twenty-five years
old. of 80 West Fifty-first Street. clerk.
The quartet was later bailed out.
Hoffman was arrested on a charge of
carrying Il sword cane. the others be-
ing charged with throwing stones. The
charge against Kennedy was preferred
by Major Edward j Hynes. OF the
Union Club, who said he had seen Ken
aedy throw stone through as S10O
plate glass window.
Hoffman is n Harvard man and son
OF William Hoffman, member of the
club. 1t was said by members Of the
family that he had carried the sword
cane merely as q memento of COLLEGE
days, and was on his way to anothe,
church when his attention was attracted
by the riot. He made the remark that
no was ready for trouble, as he carried
sword cane, and two detectives. who
heard him, Immediately put him under
arrest
MIR. Weekes said in answer to a cues.
ton last night that the British fas
would be put out on any occasion which
the club considered as warrantine
such display Other officials saie
Mr. eekes was backed by the club ii