The morning call., 1893-09-15
GOT INTO COURT.
Members of the Mohawk
Club Disagree.
DEBTS AND THEIR RESULTS.
Deiinquents Who Would Not Pay.
Rooms Cleared of Furniture.
A New Organization.
DEBTS AND THEIR RESULTS

The Mohawk Club, made up OF leading
spirits of the Democracy of North Beach.
has been having much trouble lately. and
even figured i'll proceeding before Police
Judge Conlan yesterday.
The club was victorious, however.
This semi-pOlitcal, semi-social orgsniZa-
ton was formed over a year ago and has
enjoyed very pleasant quarters at 1907
Powell street. Senator John Fay of the
Twenty-tifth District, l.. V. Merle, Otto
Keeper, Charles Mehan and Louis Cole
man became the most conspicuous mem
bers. For one reason and another the club
has finally become torn with dssensions
and split up into factions.
The Morrow Club, Republican organi-
zation, was flOurishing at the time the Mo-
hawks gathered under one chief and there
were those who were i'll natured enough to
say that the latter formed a club more out
of envy of their Republican competitors
for local prestige than out of any real re-
gard for their party.
AT any rate, the powerful old Confidence
Club having long before disbanded, the
Mohawk Club came into existence as the
glorious GENERALIZATION Of the Democratic
dreams OF several years, and 1t has had
fairly successful career in It's way. Now,
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integration which is deplorabIe.
All the trouble has been caused by
delinquent members. Some fell into
arrears, amounting all the way from Sc to
$40. and petty chickering's we're the result.
/ Various were the eXpedients suggested by
such members as desired to hold the club
together without forcing the delinQuents
out OF Il. Not long ago BerSagiieri Hall
was proposed as being more economical
/ quarters, and monthly meetings were ad-
! vlsed as being cheaper than weekly ones.
| 1t was fODdly hoped that such radical
| changes would bridge the club over until
the next campaign, and that the delinquent
members would then pay up.
! And even better proposition still was
made at the last Tuesday-aght meeting.
A resolution was offered 10 have all the
! arrears Cancelled by stroke of the pen,
| but that did not avail to keep the club
from the wrath and strife that ultimately
| came.
Last Friday night some members went
to the clubs elegant rooms and took out
the furniture and records, tore up the car
| pets and left the place almost desOlate.
The effects were hauled away in express
wagons, and have been concealed In a
/ place unknown to the general public.
There were tai BILE and some chairs in
the basement of the building, and j.
Catania, who. besides being a fish
| dealer, has a lessee's right there, and as
niture. refused TO allow those articles to
! be taken away. A search warrant was
procured, and proceedings were begun
| which eliminated in the matter reaching
the Police Court.
Catania sometimes acts in the capacity
of caterer. and at recent banquet of the
club. which was to cost about $50 all told
/ CataDla added champagneS and high
priced liquids to his bill. swelling the in
debtedness of the club more than it cou d
we'll stand. Judge COulan yesterday de-
cided that there were other ways in which
the caterer could collect his debt than by
hanging on to the clubs belongings, one
| of " which was to sue through the court OF a
| Justice OF the Peace.
There have been some promiscuous
threats about arrests" but the episode Of
yesterday will probably dispense with the
necessity of any such drastic measures.
| unless the MonawkS now fail to fighting
among themselves over the furniture.
Perhaps the whole difficulty NAV I've
considered settled by the formation by the
of new club night before last at tile old
! quarters. linen temporary organization
was effected by the election of o. NJ. Col
daracena as chairman and ID. f. Supple as
| secretary.
The leaders of the reorganization mo We
ment are c. w. Pope. Mr.. Goldaracena, j.
+. Winter, Dr. ii: X. Morton, j. j. Walsh,
A. Coleman and y. S. Farley.
There was a great deal of discussion
about the territory from which Democrats
should be eligible to membership, some
advising the admission of ali living north
of California street, aud the matter is left
with a committee on bylaws to report later
on. 1t was also suggested that the club be
limited to a purely political organization
and that only the party workers be allowed
to come in. That matter will be deter
mined also at the next meeting.
The selection of a name was at first
rather difficult to decide. but after various
Indian names had been mentioned "Chero-
kee" in particular, and even the name of
''Fammany" had been proposed, Il resolu-
ton by n. 5. Farley was adopted by which
the new organization was yclept the Car
lisle," in honor of the Secretary of the
Treasury, so that from now on the Carlisle
Club will occupy the rooms at 1707 Powell
street.