The morning call., 1892-04-18
THEY Arb With GS.
Fhe People and the Press On the Great
Dire Evil.
THEY WHIT TIK CREH0RKE CLOSED.
II Should Be pOne and II Should Be Done Quickly.
C0mmMdatien for The Calls" Course
in This Matter.

The Crime Hatcheres of San Francisco
are In fair way to be closed. The Gre
rorne is bound TO go, because no respeeta-
. Bile citizen would again sign the petition to
the Police Commissioners asking that their
consent be given to the opening OF such
vile den
The public knows this, and all the prop
erty-owners on Halinan's block are
awakened to their duty. They will refuse
TO sign his recommendation again
Why should they sign?
Does il d % them any good to have Crime
Hatchery on their block? Does it not do
them much harmP
Hallinan's license will run out on the
28th of May. His Crime Hatchery will
have to close after that date.
Those of the property owners who 90 not
think that IHE Calls fight against the
dives is a popular one. and that it stands
alone in the matter, ought 10 peruSe the
scores OF letters that THE CALL is receiv-
ing from the people commencing its course.
Various societies have adopted resolutions
supporting The CALL in this move, and
the interior press comes out strongly In de-
nunciation of the Cremorne ard the ether
dives and strongly in favor OF the stand
taken by this journal.
II would take too much space to print all
of these good words, but here are some Of
them:
Il desire to congratulate the people OF
This city," writes Constant Reader, upon
the fact that this, one of our most widely
circulat ed journals, has become aroused to
the necessity of abolishing these sink-holes
Of iniqulty and crime that have so long dis
figured and dsgraced the thOroughfares of
San Francisco. All honor TO THE CALL
for its fearless courage in thus ignoring
gltterng generaiities and entering upon
this earnest and determined crusade. 1t
now remains only for the people who have
the coed Of the community a. heart TO CO.
operate with and aid in every way the pape r
which so nobly takes the Initiative in this
important step.
Ms Jennie NJ. Easton of the Stockton
Women's Christian Temperance Union
writes:
ALLOW me TO add my mite of thanks to
that Of the respectable people of California
for the noble and brave stand you have
taken ca the selling of cigarettes to our
boys and the vigorous fight you are waging
against the dives. | will more than ever
praise your PAPER in our society"
Henry Guillon, secretary Of the Pacific
Coast Laborers Union, Division 4. writes
under date Of April u:
Il. was unanimously adopted at a meet
ing CT this division held this evening that
Serd a vote IF thanks to YOU for your
acti in regard to exposing the dives in
e...5 city, and alsoin regard to cigar-dealers'
selling cigarettes to boys"
One who signs himself IAN Old Sub
serIbeI" writes as follows: Il have read
with much interest your exposure OF
some OF the vile resorts of the city and /
want 70 do what every good citizen ought to
DO at once-thank The CALL from the bot
tom OF my heart for its noble work in behalf
OF purifying our beautiful city"
Another subscriber writes as follows: q
feel that / am echOing the sentiments of
every good mother and sister in the city in
writing to thank you for the good work YOU
have begun in the columns of your valuable
paper N showing up the hidden vices of the
terrible dens of crime in this city. and espe-
claly that open haunting resort CT infamy.
The Cremorne Theater l hope your paper
VIII continue In the crusade uptil public
opinion compels them to close"
An anonymous correspondent fronl out of
town says: THE CALLS crusade against
the crime hatcheries is the grandest piece of
newspaper work that has been done in your
city for many years. 1t Will do more to
permanently benefit and purify San Fran
ciscos morals than hundreds OF sermo rs"
\. j. Ferguson of go Twentieth street
writes: You deserve the thanks of the
entire moral community of this city for your
crusade against the dives. The liberation
of them and other vile places is unaccount-
able on any other hypothesis than that
those who should lead the moral sentiment
OF the people are ignorant of the facts. 1t
is toe dreadful to think they are simply in
different Indifference TO such things is
only less shameful than the dives them
selves. Let the campaign against vice
and crime be pushed vigorously and Telent-
lessly, and may all good people rally to the
support of THE CALL"
at a meeting OF the Women's Christian
Temperance Union Of Oakland the follow
Ing resolution was unanimously passed:
WHEREAS, THE CALL OF San Francisco has
been most active in inaugurating a crusade
against the selling OK cigarettes to minors
therefore
RESOLVED. That the Womens Christian Tenn
rerauce Union OF Oakland extends TO THE CALL
lis most hearty approval OF its course In secur.
Ing The consent and signatures OF tobacco mrr-
chants against tile selling of cigarettes TO boys
under l6 years of age.
ADA VAN PELT, President.
MRS. S NJ. BARTLETT, Secretary
The Women's Baptist Home Mission So
eieiy Of theFirst Baptist Church at its regu-
lar monthly meeting on April II uuani.
mously voted an expression Of gratitude for
and appreciation of the crusade made by
IKE CALL against the dive saloons.