The record-union., 1891-06-02
STILL IN IT.
Dive-keeper Yates Demonstrates That
He Has a Pull.
The Twin-Sisrer to the Rosebud VIII
Continue to Do Business at
the Old stand.

| The City Trustees yesterday had an
opportunity to cork up at least one of the
L-street hell-holes, but their spines gave
way under the slight strain and the cork
ing-up process did not work.
First came dive-keeper Charles Yates,
who filed petition asking leave to con-
tinue to conduct his saloon on L street,
between Third and Fourth as his license
expired yesterday. His petition was
signed by John White, A. B. Pierson, S.
Rinaldi, Thomas Burns, n. CALI, E.
Heinrich, C. B. Hill, T. Biewener, John
McMurray, William Harley, August
Rodegerdts, Alesandro Demartine, Law
renee Bennett, Philip Kendall, Robert
Devlin. j. w. Wilson and NJ. Cronin
signed as sureties in the sum of $500
At the suggestion of the Mayor the
granting of a license was deferred until
the Chief of Police should inform the
board as to the character of Yates place
c. Gibfried filed q petition to conduct
saloon on the southwest corner Of Sixth
and NJ streets. 1t was signed by c. q.
Simmeracher, J. n. Huolbut, J. Curran,
G.. Vania, L. ID. Gardner, Z. Diedreek, e.
Blaner, +. j. Peacock, j. J. Plunkett,
Edward Mills, !. \. Johnson, Thomas
Murphy, J. II. Middlenass, Robert Clos
sop, John Lyman, w. Love, w. II. Nor
ton, \. Stein, NJ. b. Newell, NJ. Z. Kelly,
d. NJ. Gushin, IL. d. Stegeman, Ed.
Lopez, L. Il. Stewart and J. Petralli.
The petition was referred to the Chief
of Police, as was also that Of j. H.
Schacht Il Co. to conduct a bar on the
premises located at the southwest corner
OF Second and NJ streets. The petition
was signed by Christopher Green, III.
Winters, w. j. Irvine, IL. Benham, Mrs.
j. Rice, Michael Dawes, II. j. Arnold,
John Sexton, Louis Phillips, 4. Schaden,
II. \. Schadt, estate OF A. Schaden. J. w.
Wilson, $. II. Garfield, o. n. Cronkite.
Later in the day Captain Lee was called
in and asked as to the character Of Yates
saloon on l. street. He said it was like
all the other saloons in that locality, a
rough and noisy place. There were
others just as bad as Yates and some
that were worse. No man is safe from
robbery who enters such places, espec-
tally If under the influence of liquor.
Chief OF Police Drew was also called.
de said there are many places, as Captain
Lee had said, that are not deserving of
licenses. He could not say that Yates
saloon had been particularly bad one of
! late.
G.G. Davis, on behalfof Yates, addressed
the board and said that Yates promised
he would observe all the laws, would
close his place at midnight and allow no
gambling nor music therein. He would
endeavor to conduct an orderly saloon.
Mayor Comstock remarked that he
supposed the tough element might as
| well be corraled on l. street as to have
| them all over the city.
Finally the board, without calling the
roll, granted all the applications except
that of G. Gibfried. which was laid over
until next week.
a stranger happening into the Trustees
room at the time the Yates dive was I'M
der consideration would never have
dreamed that the latter was the same in
which an officer was assaulted only a
couple of weeks ago, and where only the
lowest dregs of humanity resort Cap
tain Lee seemed to be the only one who
had resolution enough to class it with the
other L-street dives, wherein any man,
he said, is in danger of being robbed
Everybody knows what such dives as
Yates, the Rosebud" and the "Veto"
are run for, and if the Trustees do not il
would be very easy for them to find out.
But the squirt is over-the chin music has
died out-the deadfalls get their licenses
just the same as they did beforehand the
thugs and footpads viii be cared for as
usual by the proprietors, who will keep
them posted as to whom to select for
their victims when they want to play
a midnight tattoo with hammers on some
body's head.
Long live the dives, for their bosses are
a power in the land.