New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-02
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THE ANNUAL RIOT OF LARGER PROPORTIONS
THAN USUAL - SEVERAL PERSONS

-f@ AN'oAb RIOT OF LARGER PROPoNIlONe
THAN USUAL SEVERAL PERSONS
HURT BY STONES.
Although the rainfall yesterday was practically
ceaseless, the spirits of at least excursion party
"ere not dampened a whit. The thirteenth annual
ou'ing gvon by John H. starn TO the nowsboys and
Doololacks OF the city bowling success" from
He point OF view OF the boys but perhaps the num-
Dor thirteen Will prove uucky for thom after all, for
they succeeded IN clearing the boat OF everything
movable, and provoking a small riot at Yonkers 50
Tar exceeding their customary disorder that Mr..
eta1ns forbearance may have been strained 10 the
breaking point this time
AT 0 a. m. Westst In front of Pier No. IS, held
yelling, scufiing mob of 700 or 500 boys. few
minutes later tho word given TO let them come
aboard and the whole swarm Of shout
Ing youngsters rushed pemell down the long pier.
Arrived on board tho doube-dccked barge Nelson,
a bag containing sandwich, whole pie and piece
OF cake was given each boy. Then the customary
pelting began The boys did not spare one another,
and every spectator within range was made target
The lemon pies were the principal and most effective
missiles. 1t was As o'clock when the tug Levy and
It's convoy left the pier The smooth water between
tho piers looked like lake OF pond lilies, hundreds
Of round wooden pic plates floating everywhere upon
It, towline 100 feet in length separated the tug
from the barge. For the first two hours OF the
journey up the Hudson the boys preserved tolerabe
order, contenting themselves with shrckng at every
passing vessel and train, and Waiting and scu'hing
around on the deck. German band OF ten pieces
played certain ume-honored airs, but their sweet
strains wero stilled for the day, ten pied
pipers' fleeing for refuge TO the stern, followed by
all tho Children who did not, however as In the
legend, follow the MINISTRIES through the gate'
The captain had been instructed not to mako land
Ing. When he had got nearly to Hastings, the boys
set up the cry, "Glve us something to eat' Dinner
time had not yet arrived however, and the mob de-
cded to hasten It. over the side went one OF the long
wooden benches. followed by another and then third
The captain of the tugboat made for tho first BENCH
which taken aboard The boys raised howl OF
delight, and set to work with Will making hotsam
Bench after bench went and IN three minutes fully
twenty. five Of them, with the two wserbarres, were
bobbing up and down the water. The captain ot
tho barge shouted TO the tugboat, Wo can't 90 any
thing with these fellows. Make landing at lonRers
ard we viii put some Of them ashore" so the ooats
were promptly headed downstream again. Then the
boys got their second meal, which kept them out OF
mischief for awhile. On reaching YonRers landing
made at the city pier. Hardly had The Oafgo
bumped against the pier when half the boys we've
ashore and hustng off their clothes for swim
Many were padding around in the water when lone
policeman hove in sight and directed has stops " o
swimming ground. There was great scralllonne
when the alarm was raised, and many or the boys,
with their garments under their arms, scutted away
for the barge while others crawled into some Dig
iron sewer-pipes lying on the per- oil"
Law hidden there until the officer mad gone
Reinforc,ments soon appeared in the form OF anoher
policeman. Soon another relay arrived, consisting ol
third officer and the chief of police, in light wagon
Tho last officer jumped out, and quickly hisueu oacA
10 the wagon and of to the lookup terror-strcAch
and numbering little boy, who kept protesting mat ho
had done nothing but had simply been trying 10 get
hack ON tho barge Witnesses said that the ohlcer
dubbed the boy on the head before aIrcstlns h'l'
Meanwhile Captain swcatman, of the Nehson' ha"'
elegranhed for the police boat Patrol ana aler u9
small prisoner had been captured IL was oec'uou
10 start again down the river. $500 A eor
On the per was large pile OF broken STONES uscu 20
,rakIng mac adamzed roads As the barge moNIu 49,
one of the officers hurled one OF these Stocs al s
( large crowd of men and boys hah been a,rao'rc
IN The dock and they followed the ofcers eAaiIPlo'
scrdnc a rafting voey into the barge Inc p9 o.
sonn i,tIrned the compliment, and a not cross-ulc
So returned several were hurt on both sizes, inc
most seriously injured being John Dempsey age
io,t ,Nrelvc OF No 81 East Twenty six thst', VINO
rcceived deep wound in the right tempe " nSu
IL toat reached New York he was taLcn 10 the
Gbamhers Street Hospital. where the cut was sewer
nm ON the wa from lOnkers to New ork tnv w;
Gtnvertej themselves by throwing overoodiu all thg
n,ain,nc benches and the cangpanls. and tore on
noarI~ III the canvas that enclosed inc dechS I'M
patrol dld not appear. and at 80 ococA inc napRS
,nrrirS were landed I'm safety. The persons chleuy
90 ibe for the disorder wcrc youths rom clEnrI
20 uentv ono years old, who were apparently heiihcr
neWSbOvS nor bOOtb!acAS