New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-07-13
STREET UROHINs ON THE HUDSON
MR. srARIws EXCURSION TO sEwsBoYs,

THEY GO WITH THEIR BROTHERS, TIE BOOT
BLACKS, TO ALPINE GROVE.
About 500 newsboys and bOOtblacks among
them the drtiest nosest and disreputabe OF tho
ganins who nfest PAX Row and City Hall Square took
sail yesterday to Alpine Grove and back at John Ii.
starins expense Mr. Sarn had prudcnty deciueu
that Glen Island offered too many temptations TOT so
rioous lot OF pleasure seekers, and landed the IL"
stead for few hours beach at the FOOT Oh
the Pi.ade, opposite Yonke wnere their destructive
energies were cheaply expended splashng about III
the discoored smashing the rocks ana slo"o'
and anothers heads. II would be nara 10 mae'n'
moro devi-may crowd OF youngsters thah lh"' VI
the Two decks OF Mr. stsrins big barge For pure "p
roar and abandonment they threw Alderman Div'e''
maturer picnic party into the deepest shade Inc oo'
too nothing bank but their natural spirits'
glass OF bce or two apiece wo1ld have made them per-
feet Yahoos As II was worth ones dignity anu
ones clothes 10 be ten minutes aboard.
Cakes pic. SAN and scraps Of meat New over
tue upper deck like mixture OF slush aud hail ono
unfortunate reporter who appeared In high white hat
became q shining target and in FIVE minutes WAS
wearing cheap straw ono purchased OF opo
OF the newsboya Tho two policemen from 'n'
Broadway squad. Officers Bolton and Warle hsh tue''
hands full in for share OF inc iush'uo
Officer Bolton had gotten black eye from contact with
IA stray ric-crust last years excursion. and cohnheu
his efforts stopping the throwing down stairs b"'
between the dancing yelling fghung and miscellaneous
devtry the stcxs oil the officers we're kept gong uh'
their own and the backs OF the ever-increhsing
culprts fairly ached. These diversions did not ie'e
the boys much time to enjoy the ride or tho scenery
along the Pallsades Most OF them seemed pima ana
deaf to sight and sounds without the boat Two OF the
less preoccupied youths up animated discussion
however, whether ice taken out OF the HUDSON
River In winter. older confident That ice
was an artificial product lilo said lie thought II was
made by machinery out OF some sort OF powder
0fir oh. Inf
some delay tug. aud 1t 10 O'Clock when the
excursion got fairly under way Before starting paper
handed around to all the boys who had
tickets Each bag had In 1t sandwich adOushhG"
cream cake and small triangular PIE Hut the coll
tents disappeared short order the other hai were
soon sire Tne band which arrIv ed
carly the first to suffer- Pie and doushnus slucN
on their clothes spattered against their INSTRUMENTS
and the policemen had to he called to the rescue.
bandmcn let oil BY the cake-t brewers niter
promising 10 play nothing but faysfite Fourth Maiu
ar- Then porters had their unhappy quarter OF
an hour II some relief when the tug pulled SLOWLY
out the and nealed up the river Inc pass
IN. excursion caught storm OF bread scraps ana
billing gate. soon the band started III ana Tue
small boys and large boys hogan 10 dance ana tuInpc
another ou the slippery deck Que Httle o'C"
hopped around by himself crncn aud single Irg'
lie ony one In crowd OF strlklng Characters.
"Jamesey McCdnc Oh NO. Az i'o'se'o,tS'S ha
dahcrrs an wresters lie wore shirt stamped al
over with zebra see MI 10 DO gctthg tnefc ~
,nnnt ryrrything from snootng cigar stuinps and
mDing soinor DRINKING pint OF water al one
heat OUT OF nIrrO H.ueciei beer bottle. lie met DIS
match however. " Mouse" Higgins. VINO threw
J,mesey twice for five cents fall JameseYs Httio
brother sylvester whose SHIRT was stamped win uos
collars the brightest and most popular boy on me
boat skates" McKrnna was another promising
youth Wnrn the boat lacked Tor the jersey shOe anu
then toward city again, ne went 10 ask inc
captain II picnic going around me
world and sail that In mat case he
wanted to get of risut away. Three coorod boys
were chrIstened jumbo" "GdmuO" and " BdnDo"
Tho boy who Dcddlr cigarettes 40 Two Tor cent was
jay Could" Among the otaer Leaders were
Jimmy Cuppepcrcy and ' OaHey Rhodes. Ihe Io!-
lowing notice passed around early on the trip
John and John Ryan will rasie four rouncs IN
Alpine Grove
heir partsans took at east forty rounds as pre-
reached about IL o'clocS aud Tie grove across from
Y0nKers Al about l. Little JACOB SuhIvan OF iialghsi
fell oil OF tue ladders shOrtly Dcioro ianu-
ing In lit, ana had 10 DO taken
over the river alter luncheon and lodged
In the Riverside Hospital Eleven more barrels OF the
ealIng Throwing. The boys gOt into the wafer
scattered the rOcAy slopes Of the grove Inc
had preceded II. however Down NJ
the where Mrs Fisher has RESTAURANT. the
vance Mr. Fisher had made his mind TO 20 nshing
yrsteriay. but wnen lie heard OF the newsboys and
bootbiacks about 10 descend Ia vast bunbeIs on the
he changed his mind and laid III a supply
OF cuDs and other warllko weapons Inc boys dld
not modest him. however, only lighting brush
lire TINS down the water anu bpthuhg
most time In swimming and personal encounters
Mcdonald wrestling match to the disgust OF the
Ryan The Iuucn having been ali catrD tntfe
was A auIe ter voyage home. Inc tux as III gong up
WAS clOnabiy and the barge didnot pui up
nj the Dcy-s per halfpas The boys scattered