New-York tribune., 1922-02-14
Police Find
.Jobless Too
Cold to Fight
City and Federal Guards Out
number Shivcring Unem.
ployed at Open Air Meet
ing as Demand for Work
No Attempt at Parade
Scaniy Audience May Ask
Hylan to Assist Them At.
ter His Return From South

ABOUT bUO perSons-policemen. detcc-
tives. agents of the Department Of
Justice. newspaper reporters. photog-
raphers, marine workers and men who
for the time were out Of work-attendcd
an open afr mass meeting Yesterday
afternoon in Cocnties Slip, outside the
Soamen's Church Institute. The meet
ing was under the auspices of the I'm
employment Council of New York and
had for its purpose the organization of
the unemployed. to the end that they
might demand and obtain work.
1t was cold standing by the water
front, with strong, chill wind blowing
out of the northwest. For two hours
speakers reviewed the unemployment
situation not only here, but In England
Russia and Ireland, and impressed upon
their listeners the information that
there was plenty of work if the
bosses" could only be made to give il
to them.
Police Await Outbreak
The police, reporters, and photor.
raphers stayed from beginning to
end. They had to. The idea had
some how grown that this meeting
might be productive of excitement,
that little club swinging might have
to be indulged in, and that ambulances
might have to be summoned
Under this impression the police au-
thorities had taken a few minor pre-
cautions. Twenty patrolmen, with
Captain Thomas Kenny of the Old
Slip police station, were assigned to
the meeting. The strong-arm squad
reported all present or accounted for.
Charley Scully, head of the "Red
Squad" of the Department of Justice,
brought every man in the Office with
-f&y- five,
parked themselves under cover of
Pier 10, East River. Inspector Thomas
V. underhll was there. And in
the old Slip police station 15O men
were Kept on reserve for the suspected
dlssurbance. Nothing happened.
out OF the whole shivering collection
OF men there were possibly $50 who
mad no Jobs. These men were without
overconts. Their clothes we're thin.
They looked tired and hungry and sar-
castle and kept their hands in their
pockets to nourish the little warmth
there was in them The rest Of the
marine contingent were better dressed
and promiscuous Interrogation of them
tended to show that they had jobs and
we're staying at the Seamcn's Church
until their ships went out
1t had been understood that there
was W be parade Among othe r
things the police were to prevent this.
AS soon as israel Amster, secretary
OF the Unemployment Council of New
ork' put in an appearance, however, ne
SAID that it never had been the inten-
tion to have a parade He looked over
the crowd. At every hand were the
police and detectives. my God" he
SAID, 81 never saw SO many bulls
What's all the cXcitement?"
No Drive for Free Food
Reporters explained to him that there
had been rumors that the unemployed
would seize food stores and that they
would enter restaurants, eat heartily
and then direct that the check be sent
to the Mayor.
and the reporters went on, "thc
police wont stand for that"
"No' said Mr.. Amstor. "1f thev
would. it wouldn't be necessary to have
the meeting"
Then he mounted d temporary plat
form and addressed the gathering.
After pointing out 10 the unem
ployed the necessity for organizing. he
ad1 ocated the passage of law by
Congress which would either provide
the unemployed with Jobs or would
rccompease them for their compulsory
ldleness by paying them trade union
wages
at wouldn't be long" he said "bc-
YOU then. There 5 work for you. and
they would provide it rather fhan nav
YOU for being idle :
ne suggested the mnn take thci,
troubles to tho Mayor The men
laughed
Plea 10 MAYOR Planned
u know said Mr.. Amstcr. that j,
sounds funny. But We ought TO make
the Mayor keep his election PLEDGES &c
Tho work'ngman. As soon a. he pets
through swimming at Pam Beach anc
goes hack to work We viii 60 to the
'1ty ltall aud ask that he do some
thing to feed and house the uncm
psoved.
Mr Amstor also said that tho man
slons on Fifth Avenue ought to b,
opened to the unemployed while thei,
o"ners were away for tn winter. II,
also urged that IN organizing the me,
refuse 10 "scab,' aad tha. orcsnjzc,
abor aud them in tholr quest for en-
ploNmeut.
The other speakers followed b,n,
"u' Wnether 1t was because Of the col,
'f lacb of interest the number o
he crowd diminished. One Of then
Goldman, advised the ,inemploye
70 icllov the example of tho yoi,n,
'a9erer who recenfly married wealth
widow
a the program drew 70 q close
sma'' lc'shnan started meeting o
nls own and announced thai he coul.
hex any Que of tho crowd. The effec
Of his utterances. however was weak
en"d somewhat by { ono eyed necr
who At that moment sought to sell Mn
ralncoat FOR sl15
There viii be another meeting 70
day at II Chrvstio street.
Day ignores Anderson
And Names Republican
Declines TO Reveal identity O
Appointee 10 Office of As.
sistant Dry Director