The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-01
BIGGESTCF NEW YEAR MODS.
ACRks Or HEADS AND TEN 1HoUsATD
Tin H0RSs GREET GILMORE

Tin HORNS GREET GILMORE
n HIsshsA - One Tee - n the DssA Wss,A
- wssckeA As.sast the Hscks or the
CITY spail-FasnsaAg wsnea DRAGGED Out
~ Fsrce-Ga.ss or Rushers Try tho Tae-
sses thst CssseA tho Brooklyn nrsase
Dssasser Awful Jan o. The Elevated
Reaas-Trtaity's Ususi CrowA Noshins
IL Ce.passse~ with the New One.
Twenty thousand mon. women and children
jammed into the smallost possible space.
CITY Hall full OF people. besides jam
that extended from the Post Once over tho
rark to within twenty feet Of the City
Hall steps. and from Broadway across the
park to Park Row and far up and down each
street. bowling. footing. pushing. manling
mass Of humanity fainting women and men
with soro bones that was Patrick SArsfield
Giimoros audience this morning at New York's
welcome oil tho new year.
Never before was such crowd gathered In
30 small space In Now York. and 12o police
men. with the park policemen MANAGED 1t. or
tried TO. n,began gathering at 10 o CLOCK. At
IL o'clock Nsxtcnded almost TO tho limits Of
the mark. At midnight It can hardly be de-
scribed. Tho CIV Hall was filed with poo
pls who were fortunate enough to know an
Alderman or some other city official.
Tho tluccoats were ranged In q semicirclo
nround and in front OF tho front steps Of the
Han. Within the semicircle was . clear space
and q rope rail held up on saw horses. The
music stands were in the centre and directly
atthc foot OF the steps.
Gilmore and his men arrived just before IL
o'clo l.. At 1880 the crowd was simply toot-
Ing md shouting. and then . swaying move
mont began In the centre OF 1t in front Of the
City Hall Back and back the people went,
foot By foot until those in the middle we're of
their feet and thoso in front were leaning at
IN angle Of forty-Ave degrees on their next
neighbors. Then the forward movement
began. It took the police by surprise. In
an instant the front OF the row had
straiyhtenGd up nnd werc being pushed
forward with an almost irresistible force
Thoy pushed back. The police fell for
ward on them. and pushed as they had
never pushed before. It did not seem as II
they could withstand the mighty pressure
But they did. Slowly the movement was
checked until the mighty crowd was mo-
tionless
Thcn the move back began again. Back,
back they went until the front OF tho line
again leaned back at an angle. 1t was Ike n
mighty spring being bent backward and for.
ward. The angle OF As degrees showed BY the
front OF the line was its limit, and then 1t
sprung forward. One Of these motions took at
least two minutes.
The crowd swayed thus till midnight. Up to
TINT time the space between tho hal! and tho
tSere . policeman ssso way in wIthstspd ing
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front OF tho lin. and essayed to strike with
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the ar .ud tho first notes Of F" Hail Columbia
Sat eS PARK row no no. " .E Columbia" epn I'D
tIp Iorn III. Toward .ro sway h was not fin.
last ,ptes Of the piece, o were =, sounded ..
a. SG more s Ws1rs hunsnty set into
the circle TO push and mail those already
ThS front rows Ct the s crowd we're being y,
Tnsrs we hers and
back movement. the whole line OF police re-
+ sa them the e 9a sxbt to
and their hair down and waving in the Wind.
Then in that same backward movement
coward shs Stops. as had been ems squeezssd into
Two eli: zsns carried little girl out. she.
too had L.rn overcome. Gilmore fired hA
S!:tGpl . asaln aud the baud began his Ameri'
The swayinc continued. The footing nu!
shnu!ing .ont,na.d; and men T. tn q, crowd W
tbs ot CROWD r" .Sayul eS Now and tMcn boz or
On one Of ths ossasi"ns when ;hs outer edge
vig"r and then recoi.d, il lett Gu tie asphai,
i n. two nE Nh, FIRE. r. oHs sa cir
ssss III . sss iii IT, tI Y $s Called
ofihs orpo,tanity t" follow | nsm OIL u" rls;,
psstsS dozen II ! !I., tsua'y tho Victim was
Nsar tho east end OF the City Hall. where
tho police station T.. handsomely dressed
and before those nearest her snuii
W st the Trouble wss number ., uresns HHd
steprcd on her. cry ii alarm from tho
men. Who picked her up and carried her into
the police station.
young woman was probably never seen befor.
kle y0c0vcYed her sellser In lew ininut"-
and tbs iirst thing she did was 10 PUT her ban,
toAer hssd 70 see her l,st wa. "n GatnTagh,
women were pic xsd up vii over ~ the edges oi
tbs crowd and dragged to q clshr space. wh"r.
they were permitted ia recover themseIvfs ~
IA(sure.
street sn,tuinsd = Po,tr fracture 81 thu ankl.
tss e. e, ,! e fss and she wac .1''
The Eres.ure thai there was aud th'
mlsery ihst tho.s in, front N tie ism
90. Ns west oi h. ball 90 inch pnS
from s , ''Sn s s...l ' ~ s S' s ,'r /. *.
Iorner Pt the step Z, the main VAN. ~ 81.