The evening world., 1891-05-22
TO Face plNKERTON CLUBS.
Will the Public Be Outraged Again
To-Day at GraVeSend Races?
People Illegally Detained, Arrested,
Searched and Clubbod by
Dwycr's Orders.

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The measures adopted by Mr.. Dwyer and the
on1ciais Of the Brooklyn Jockey Cluo to pre-
vent news OF the races Al Gravssend from be-
ing transmitted to evening papers bid fair to
be provocative of very serious troubei for the
public, whose riRhu and privileges are unwar-
sn.soy meeniy ana otu'ay ln'erieIe'
WIN VIII 'ef! hkeiy MAKE 'nns' eAcoeo-
,usv unpeHssn' io' 'he D"'eFS anu NV"
hreu rinker'ous'
en 'houeano poop'e Jes'ero"y sho"eu
rreS'ueh' Fh'hpo. DWyer anu 'oroo oi RINK
ei'on no" W "oiu 'henl pisoueIs ''r uio'e
thsn three hours az the Brooklyn Jockey Ciuo
race Track
There was single execution. ana he was
hen'ucS'an' lie demehoeu tnsl ne 90 h'o"eu
10 leave the track, and when MS request was
refused ne produced an ugiy-'ookihg revo'er'
and the Pihkertonians melted away from It's
irowning muzzle like snow banks under July
sun.
ouch hRh-hdhoeu proceeoihRs nave ho'ei
oeen nearh OF before IN 'he V'oinaRe Oh Nc"
iork. lne people had 70 submit 10 the mug
nifty. hthey had tried to force their way out
they would nave been ciuooeo, as was one un-
fortunate fellow who was III and insisted on
Ihis remaFKable order oy fres'deht D"yer
was Issued shortly atter O'CLOCK In the AFTER
noon. The PinSer'on men we're then d'strio-
uted around the ent're course insiue ana OUT
side, win inStructlons 10 prevent any one
from chmo,ng 'he renee 10 regain MS hper"'
Al least dozen OF these rumans, the oigges'
and strongest OF the hiegai ana rrespon-
sible force, were clustered around the central
| DfeDaFet ENFORCE
cnlel OF oil MI. D"yer
Asmany more were outs'de the oig IRON
gate, ready to deal with any daring individual
VINO upuertook 10 leap tne gaze.
Along the road, ON the outside OF the central
entrance, there were TWO doseh Pinkerton
men, ready to stop and dethn any one VINO
they chanced 10 think looked suspicious 1roH
the DWyer point OF view.
In short there were Pinkerton men all over
the place. One was fairly AFRAID TO speak Ms
mlnd' TOT rear OF oe'ng oVernearu ano oea'ol
BY these irregular police.
The alleged reason ior all 'hese e1HAofoi'
nary prooeedings' was tnat DWyer was deter
mined that the pooi-rooms ehouia mol get an,
news from tne track.
= the western Union Teiegrapn company nae
estaoished AZ once Id An oio ho'ei aujo'ninR'
/ which the races ooulo DC viewed.
q The telegraph company sent large ioroe o
men to the track equipped win hollow "oodei
balls, which they were TO throw over the fenc'
, to other employees on the outside. the I'm
formation desired oy tne pooi-rooms was IN
closed In these wooden spheres.
With the beginning Of the races . series o
the most outrageous proceedings occurred
Every man who passed or went anywhere nea
& the Western Unions once on the road wa
, seized by the Pinkerton men and actuali!
robbed. Men were held up and searched, an
II their pockets contained any reports OF tn
: races the Pinkertons tore 1t out and then q,
o . rested the bearer.
= They took at least q dozen Western Unio
men to jail. They could hot make a charge
: of course, as there was no ground on which Il
r base II. No crime had been committed; NJ
q disorder had been caused except by the Pin
I | kertOna themselyeA. and the prisoners ha
0 been wronafully arrested. As q matter O
a course they were released as soon as DwJer'
1, object had been accumulated