The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-08

crowd trampling and crushing
The police, apparently instructed
their beasts up against the or,
clubs.
AS the masses were being forced in
to the narrow lanes, fenced in by iron
railings, whicha lead out of the square,
the police on foot aided in the brutal
ity by clubbing and beating those who
were up by the dense masses.
Call for Gold.
After the crowd had listened to four
socialist party speakers the crowd be-
gan to call for Ben Gold to speak and
it was at that moment that the meet
ing began to take on the proportions
of an impromptu demonstration. AS
the calls for Cold increased in inten-
sity he was carried on the shoulders
of cheering workers and he made an
effort to mount the west speaking
J platform on which Abraham Weinberg
an officeholder in the socialist party
was acting as chairman. Weinberg
turned around and seeing Gold COM
ing up the rickety ladder which leads
to the speakers stand, kicked him in
the chest and set him down into the
arms of the crowd below.
Kicked by Claessens.
Not deferred by this evidence of
hooliganism, Gold made his way over
to the eastern platform on which Au-
gust Claessens, secretary of the So
cialist party, was holding forth. Here,
as tho the entire proceedings were
running on schedule, Claessens landed
his foot on Colds shoulder and sent
him down the ladder.
Infuriated at this act of cold-blood-
ed cruelty the crowd roared its re-
sentiment. eve want Gold"-"Give US
Cold" they shouted. By this time the
mounted cops were in full fury rid
ing their horses through the protest
ing masses.
AS the police went about their busi-
ness callously, the socialist speakers
and chairnen stood on their platforms
grinning quite visibly.
Socialist Nabbed.
AS the meeting was being broken
up by the police, Samuel H. Fried
man, one of the socialist speakers,
audibly said, eve would rather have
the meeting broken up than allow q
faker like Gold speak" Later when
Friedman was coming out of th-
square he was recognized by some
workers as one of the stoolpigeons who
aided in the breakup and they called
him "scab" and he was mobbed by the
outraged demonstrators.
The protest meeting was one of the
largest in the history of Union Square
and was composed largely of workers
who had repudiated those who were
monopolizing the speaking platforms.
Fully ninety per cent of these militant
workers composed the audience.
Dragged Into Bandstand.
Some Of those who had been beateA
up by the police were dragged to the
park bandstand, blood flowing freely
from them. They were hustled into
the office of the bandstand where
they were dubbed without mercy.
Among those brot up to the stand
was socialist whom the police had
hit and arrested by mistake. Seeing a
slight cut on his head, a woman re-
porter Indignantly asked members of
the bomb squad why he was hit. At
ter short time he was released.
Socialists As Informers.
A few minutes later August Claes-
sens, Edward Levinson, of the New
Leader and H. Nemser, henchman OF
Abraham Beckerman were allowed to
enter the bandstand and help the po-
lice in charge direct the routing Of
the thousands of assembled workers.
They gave suggestions to the inspec-
tor in charge and were listened to at
tentively.
When one of the workers was brot
on the stand, John j. Broderick, head
of the bomb squad, told his associates
to "beat up the bastards, we will show
them what they get for starting
trouble"
Olgin Addresses Workers.
When the workers had been driven
out of the park they reassembled in
front of the Jewish Daily Freiheit, &c