The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-05
PRICE TWO CENTS
POLICE CIRCLES ALL ASTIR
AND an DTSORDBRLY HOUsES IN
Tine TENDERLOTN CLOSED.
tomotc- Turned into the stree, and swsr--

donates Turned Into the Street and swnrr-
ing In Broadway-A Conference st PoIics
Headquarters that May Bc Followed bv
toe Transfer OF ~ Dozen OF the Captains.
Police Commissioners Martin. Sheehan and
McClave and Superintendent BYrnes had =
long talk together in Commissioners McClave's
office yesterday afternoon about the general
condition Of the department. and considered
the advlsnbilty OF transferring several Cap
tains. perhaps dozen. The meeting was in-
formal and unprecedented, and nothing
defnate was done.
1t was conference about the general disci-
pine and condition ot the department. II has
been the custom Uf the Com I'm issioners at
about this time OF the year TO look into such
matters and to see II any Of the Captains have
got into ruts which they are better out
OF. 1t was with view OF accomplish
Ing just such an end. so It il said.
that the question OF transferring some
OF the precinct commanders camo up. No
conclusion was arrived at however. and nons
could have been owing to the absence of Cone
missioner Maclean. 1t is probable that ans
other conference will be held to. morrow be-
fore the regular meeting OF the Board. Should
Commissioned Mac can be present some deii-
liza change is deemed advisable 1t will prob
ably effect ten or twelve Captains, because to
make one transfer necessitates another. ono
reason against any change at present Ia TINT
many OF the public and some members Of the
force might elieve that 1t would he the result
Of the attacks ON the department mad" by DIR.
Inrkhurst.
The Commissioners also discussed Mt some
length what would PROBABLY be- the result Of
the recent order romandinR all corporation
every patroiinan responsibls Tor the conditi"n
OF his post. The original object in detail-
Ing man in , each precinct for that duty
compelled to go to court on three or four dit;
ferent occasions in an ordinance case. and
n Ina A N "A ann
ago. the Commissioners believed 1t was much
better to have one man attend to al such mat
rapgement is practicable or not is u question
that can be decided only by a !air trial. :,
Avoy. Capts. Sleyin, Doherty. O'COnnor. Dew
erv. Reilly. and Pickett and Sergeant Mccoy.
were in consultation with superintenlent
Byrnes; but Tor what purpose could not us
%Re may be i tpans ss could nds Ss
learned. but some OF them are, among
There was singular state oi affairs in the
Tender on precinct last night. The doors OF
closed their lights were out. and quiet reigned
within.
IL il said. wore warned by somebody yesterday
afternoon that their places must close and
that the inmates must be compelled to seek
The order, seems to have been generally
oheyed. an! BROADWAY was thronxc last
marily turned upon the street.
Many OF them were without means 10 secure
a place to sleep and they walked up and down
accosting men and conducting themselves in
n manner hitherto uncommon with women OF
their class i'll New \ Ork. some oi them simply
hegged for money to get lodgings. Later in
the night the number OF them seen In the
streets decreased.
In West ThIrty-frst street the following
houses were closed: 100 to l2O. 100. and III.
were closed: 10 and III, and l3j to lot
Other placed closed IL and Is West
Twenty-fourth street, O3 West Twenty eighth.
ll9 West Twenty-niutb. and "a West Thirty
slArp street.
The .h1uses at 40 and 49, West Thirty
second stfee are kept by sisters. and II ~ said
that W lille other houses in this neighborhood
have boon frequently closed they have not
Last night they too were closed.
Most OF the women who were turned out OF
the houses were ordered to take their trunks
their belongings behind until they could Sc
cure other quarters.
Many of tho houses. which were furnished
completely devoid OF furniture last night
Soon after the order was passed around big
vans backed up in front OF the doors and the
one OF the stories aioat was that tho Park
hurst Society had got the names OF the owners,
agents. and lessees OF the houses and notified
them that they, would be indicted II they did
not get rid OF their tenants.
This was not credited however. for DIR. Park
hurst has SAID that his fight IS against the
police. not against the social evil.
Police Sergeant Lane who was In charge In
the Thirtieth street police station. said that
tho report Of the closing OF these houses was
news 10 him. Capt. Common was not around.
There was a report in tho Tenderloin pro-
cinct that the houses in other precincts had
The police Of the West Forty seventh street.
Eidrdse Street '' Stations said they hadnt
heard OF IL. There was raid on one house By
the Fifth street police.