The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-03
COPS BLACKJACK
WQA.1EN, Chill DREN
Ar CIT Y HAL |
Thousands Hiss Attack
at Jobless Protest

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Women, approached to present their
protest and demands to Mayor
Walker.
More than a hundred police, scat
tered thickly around that part of
The City Hall Park, started a rush
FOR them, beating and kicking with
the greatest brutality. The demon
strators fought back when they
o0uld, rescued each other from po-
lice clutches and refused to leave.
Olga Gold, director of women's
work in the New York district of
the Communist Party attempted to
speak from the city hall steps. Two
policemen grabbed and dubbed her,
while others beat her up. She was
then thrown out of the public park.
Thousands Hiss Police.
Over 10000 gathered in a great
crowd when they saw the police
mercilessly clubbing down the young
children, and many booed and Kissed
the police, and tried to come to the
rescue Of their victims. The mount
ed cops rode down the crowd, scat
tered it, and piled their clubs.
AS has happened before at City
Hall Park, the demonstrators and
large masses of recruits from work
ers who witnessed the assault on
them, returned again and again, not
leaving the park until 2:30.
New Demonstration Starts.
One strong demonstration was led
by Frieda Ashenazy and Sonia Mar
COILS, after Gold was struck down.
Police detectives seeing the two girls
reforming the ranks Of the demon
strators, called in uniformed police.
and led vicious attack with billies
against them. They were badly
beaten over the backs and necks.
The crowd itself was brutally as
saulted with kicks and blows, men,
women and children being kicked
bodily down the subway entrances.
at was beastly," said Askenazy.
"There was no discrimination about
women or children, young or DID,"
A favorite trick of the police was
for several of them to single out
some child or woman, chase him or
her for yards, and then kick the vic
tim repeatedly all the way along
the sidewalk. Several children were
knocked unconscious with blackjacl1s
welded by Whalen's heroes.
In the first attack Ben Goldberg
and few others were so badly beat
en- that they were taken away. Even
after the police had slugged Gold.
berg, they attacked the group taking
him out of the park.
Hospital Refuses Treatment.
Perry Blumkin, Pioneer was at
tackled by three police, and while
women and children fought to de-
fend him he was badly beaten. He
was taken to the st. Marks Hospital
where admission was refused when
they learned that he was Pioneer.
Beatrice Deem, age IS, was knock
ed down, and a mounted policeman
rod back and forth across her. She
was badly bruised by the horses
hooves.
Frank Pogano, age IS, a Pioneer,
was held by two policemen while
another tried for several minutes to
knock out his eye. Frieda Feltman
Of the Communist Party was kicked
by plain clothesmen. Gussie Gold
berg was held by two police who
jerked in opposite directions on her,
while another kicked her in the back.
Rose Kaplan, of the Communist
Party, was choked, struck in the
head, and kicked in the ankles.
Arrested and charged with "dis-
orderly conduct" are: Fay Caller, 16
years old; Rosetta Scheck, IA; Ida
Birnbaum, 81, dressmaker; Fannie
Losoff, 27 a dressmaker; Freda
Emasky, 35, waitress and Loren
Reynolds, %, seaman.
Communist Statement.
The Bureau of New York District
of the Communist Party issued a