The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-23
BEER FREE AND DITTO HASH.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL PICNIC OF
SILvER DOLLAR SMITHS.

Eleven Hundred or the Boys and Not . Ret~
ticost-Faro and sweat Between Drinks-
Seventy Policemen Barney Rourkes
Guests-A Sheer from Rrodsky's Side.
When Sam Engel and Johnny Brodsky looked
out Of q window yesterday morni ng and saw
800 men. with red badges. marching behind
Silver-Dolsr Smith. Barney Rourke. and a
brass band. EnRel said:
They've hired tho hull district at 50 apiece
to go on their picnic"
Nonsense" said Brodsky: they've adver-
| tised free beer"
| Come around after it's all over" said Engel
to a reporter. IAN I'll give you a list Of the
| thieves in that line out there"
| That picnic Of the Charles Smith Coterie"
| came of yesterday. Everybody in do Ate knew
about 1t, and so everybody turned out to see do
boys of. Grand street was full OF curious peo-
pie, and so was Broome street There was
mob at the dock through which the boys forced
| their way aboard the ferryboat Chancellor with
| difficulty. The mob was largely made up OF
reg'lars." who came down to see what sort OF
| a show Rourke and Smith could get up without
the aid OF Brodsky.
Whatever the Brodsksy people thought OF IT,
the remnants Of the John ]. O'Bien Associa-
ton were amply satisfied. They had free beer
| and whiskey aboard the boat and breakfast
| and dinner at Whitestone Landing. They also
| saw some boxing and ran races for prizes. and
| from beginning to end had unlimited oppor-
| tunities to gamble There was nothing lack
| ing. except, as Congressman Tim Campbell re-
marked. sentimentally. tho presence Of the
ladies'.
Congressman Campbell was a distinguished
guest He wore seven diamonds in his shirt
front and drank champagne with Senator
| Roesch. Assemblyman Wissig, Judge Ehrlich.
and other distinguished guests on the after
deck on tho trip up. while Charley Smith
played host and general manager in striped
flannel shirt. Barney Rourko leaned against
the rail and listened to political wisdom from
Judge Ehrlich. He wore pink rosette and
ssI,angcs oyer his red badge and answered
"Humph" to all questions.
AS for de boys, every man sought the free
fs era w:4 and wt fsp 1ssss fss
u l Of wheels & fortune. one faro dealer.
beore hs left the doeR every
spec91l,ato9.r" ABOARD d. had more business than
HSs5 is% W.
played i Heme swest Home "A"' '''' D"Au
1n hy hd nanddd bSYs s.a b %h
UP his hotel. front and rear. so that it was i'm
through a narrow gate in the front A police;
determined faces keld this eats Foied in It's
| attempt to storm the hotel. the crowd waited
sax sweat
boards under the trees and helped pass the
That Silver Dollar. owned the crowd was
aRGarent when breakfast was announced ,It He
"Git out o dc way. You u -
f Sa tSsrs Wh2 was S5oa
"Rsmn your uSy %ass. srisd the General
.ns hssS fur goun so Hebrew sand
he had lost his breakfast ticket
boar hsn as h hi
Sloppy K6oHre my friend lem see' Don't
walked OF satisfied but hungry sH1A' s''' anu
sS %sre
cry and at, the waters were SLOW There Vas al,
Of men stood up at once and Selied Tor bread,
meat coffee. and whatever else they wanted at
ns hsSaS robbery e 81 waters passing des
tween tables with dishes. Some Of the Walters
were pugpaacipus at first. and disputed the poe
s NON they sSy xa a ' and
% sreskfas e II the ws Sat sars
brought pickles first. dc boys ate them as q
AS soon as breakfast was lover there was
f s ns kFs
business. There were eleven pokeEparties IN
HThe on2 q Has S inclined gentlemen
present who did not enjoy the day were the
S & sa n eH
Coneey Island and Park row. They We're ex-
hsse %srs all n day by. oy dS
good many grns though and many
fall 20 ~
tink Yer gon' ter ketch any, iy boy in de AteT
The thimbleriggers went home early,
FIST ReTe four tn or e
bouts with gloves;
matd h on as s5s he 1es
Sfs" sss dus IT. Dick Collins m fSSS s%
Ch9llie Smith got busted. however. and Sill
D9s to tSer eb sR f Pay both
Shoes oe Which Acknowledgment @isse and Ad aerr
were afteen OF twenty ~ who IL !" ram hundred
yards to this pile Of shoes and leaped upon it
d nxn e sSnes men TIE pss To to so
back T sh a 5s point with feet
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Sat a s12D Ct 1T U %bs BstHFs
boards sf By Ssa i wiz 6s
iiRs haii az hour 70 get ths crowd ,aaist, To
risht Ana left ty WIN his %eIshty hand. and *.
emiRtlyman Wissg used his can