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Show I GREAT TIME WITH FLAGS JNJOTHAH Stars and stripes on Same Banner Ban-ner With the Ked Flag. INTENDED AS SEVERE STAB AT MR. HEARST People Tear Down the I n holy Combination Panics Almost Al-most Result. NEW York. Nor. l.-Two campaign Incidents which resulted In the tearing; dorcn nf tWO Sntl-HefUTSt hnnn'-rs and caused ex-teme.nt among; thousands nf Porl todnv occurred In two different sections of the city today during the noon hour. Tli hannra were similar to the oiim night f red rlar supported by n. hand labelled 'Hearst,' an American flag with lb" supporting hand niarkfi 'McClel-, 'McClel-, inn." and under them the (iierv, 1 ri der which fine" Tertr Down Rod Flap. h The first of todays demonstration B curre-d in Union square, whore a large H crowd ture down tic rsfl (lag The H removed the ,m ring The second Incident of similar origin V w nrvore exciting, several thousand peo- H ( pie witnessing It at Fourth street and iiii Broadway. One young man who de clared that he was not a Hearst symna- ihlzer, made a speech, expressing Indignation Indig-nation that the American flag hnd been plaoed on level with the Hap of ;i uarchy. Another young man pushed Ms way through the crowd toward the poles sup M porting the banner, shouting, "I'll do It, H I II rut It flown Wc will get rid of that 1 flag of anarchy.' There was s cheer from tho crowd b which was heard for block, and n lane H Has mnde for the vexing man. who made M his Way to one of the poles a n1 ellmhed H Me cut the cord that held the flags H and iioth frii to the street, On the side Ht of the street on which thi American flag fell many in the crowd uncovered ana H the Netlon.il emhlem whs picked up Hnd H carefully folded The red flag however, H a. is trampled In the mud and finally was H toi n to pieces. Police Make Arrest. Bv this time an extra foree of police had arrived from a near-by station-house, station-house, and the young man who hud cut down the flags was arrested, charged with disorderly conduct He was followed H to the station-house by a crowd of BSV eral hundred persons, who Jeered and I denounced the police for making the arrest. ar-rest. Mayor nfcClellan todaj expressed disapproval dis-approval of. the use of the red flag on some of the Tammany banners, and also directed that the speakers supporting hlin must not he guilty of personal abuse of any of the opposing candidates. Murphy Denies Responsibility. Charles F Hurph N ader of Tammany hall, said today that Tammany had rmtli-uig rmtli-uig to do with the direction of the iiiitlcHi displays on which the Ameri- im flag and the rc-d flag were placed -Ide by side. We have nothing to do with them." said Mr Murphy. "Those flags were put up by business men."' Police Commissioner ftfcAdoa said he m intended to communicate today with the persons responsible f"r hanging the red Mks. and that he would take u. ensures A to prevent further disturbances over H them. No Insult to Flag. a When Benjamin Flallel th mas ar rested at Fipurth street and Broadway, was HiTalgned hi Jeff ei son Market Police rourt Magistrate Whitman told him H that It was no Insult to the American (lag I ' I be hung on a banner w ith ; red Mag. He then added: H "If you continue tearing down flags- like this you will be classed as Hiiarchlst yourself It Is a mutter for the H courts' to decide whether the American m Hag Is subject to insult In such a fashion. H Hal let was then reprimanded und aJ- Hj lowed to go free H A third red flag on a Tammany banner Was attaeked by a crowd at Broadway Hr and Park avenui today, but th-- police H arrived In time to stop a man whom the H i rowd was boosting up a pole to cut H down the banner. One arrest wuh made H This ted flag, which was near the post- H Office, was the subject of many com-plHlnts com-plHlnts made u Post rna -iti-r Wilcox He H replied that as the banner did not touch H the Government property H was out of H his jurisdiction. |