New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-25
CITIZENS UP IN ARMS.
DR. PARKHURST ADDRESSES RESIDENTS
OF THIRTY-NINTH-ST

CAPTAIN PRICE UNMERCIFCLLY sCoREp-Hls
I porBLE-DEALrNG WITH DGsoRDERIY HOUSES
IL THE srREET-AN uPRooTiNG OF
THE POLICE System THE
ONLY REMEDY
The Rev. Dr. Charles II. Parkhurst was the cher
speaker last evening at meeting called by the O'N
Vigilance League in the Second REFORMED FreSo!
terrain Church. in West Thrty-ninth-st Many res
DENTS of the street who have been complah!hS
about the "a ure Of the police close up disordery
houses there lately were present at the meeting
ard the church well filed The Kew pr' ~ VI
Sommervle the pastor. sat near Dr. far"hurs' "'
| tho platform. but took no part IN the speah'IS'
| Thomas L. McClintock. who presided ana n o.
man Smith C. E. Gawton and Or. william r. IAN
u,r rho made sneeches are members of the City
Vigilance League d. J. Osgood. who lives IN the
street made a speech, recitinS some OF the EFFORTS
which had been made by property-owners ID urNT
out disordery persons from some o, the houses anu
inviting the prOperty-owners to fcrh an aSsocl''o
for the protection Of their property Dr. PdrKhurs'
| was apn.audei warmly when he was introduced he
hogan by asking M Osgood if Police Captain Price
| vas nrese,t Mr. Osgood replied that he thought
| not.
| A WAR GOT AGAINST DISORDERLY HOUSES
| 81 an, going 10 make some auson to him further
| an said Or Parkhurst "and | thought would
| feel more free II he wasn't here" daughter
| Then he said in part:
| know something OF your troubles mere IN lh'r.5
| n{nth-st because the agents Of the Society lot
| the Prevention Of Crime have done some work IL
| the vicinity They doing some WORK rs'e
| only last week and that is why | inquired aoou'
| your beloved captain Price. d|aighterJ lhele -
nothing i'm i:< visit here. however. that IS calculator
| 20 bring distress to the occupants Of any houses
| in Thrty-ninth-st. There is no use cleaning "p
| netghborhooi II that is to be the end of it. | am
making no direct warfare against gambling -houSes
| against places In which the Excise law II Vioa'su
ar against houses which tabernacle the social eNI
] T, has been often asked why | have taken th'
| neld in the fight against the Police Department.
| and will tell you. | was was porn III the oo"n
| try and when | came to this city 70 preac" l
| knew nothing about city life and us tenpti''o"'
7 was deeply Interested in some Of the young men
| 4, No church and was shocked when learned
| NJ some Of the temptations BY which they were
| surrounded Perhaps ! ought not 20 nave been 80
! innocent: but was When SET about d9lns sJn i
hing to Gi Was the the Police Department made
mn my mind 10 try 10 secure hdICt i, a.
@ ,.iie1i,icd or against the social evil but 70
strike the root ana 10 max wa The Sffcinls and
/ Inc persons who were violating the Jaw W. h1 t.
got a. wnntsd to demonstrate our position. That
Us The on.y reason for proceeding against suC'
houses.
DOWN WITH TAMMANY MISRt LIE
ha %
make their warfare against the police ana asaihs'
,h .,,v Government Don't allow your passions To
~, v.,s,cd on the owners OF some disorderly houses
"A crv of "Amen.'D There is no way put 10 S'a'
a, the heart of the city government Tn',n IL
- ~" rarger revenue The Police Commissioners cap
tain Price and al their dirty gang to me eontrats
have had warm place in my mari loi ~ s,r ~
fortunate women whoy they hung INTO ne sr 'ya
in the snow Of last winter and dil WIZ ~ = 'o"''
10 reform them and provide shelter ior mem Loo, ~,
Dr Parkhurs' made appeal FOR union aga u,
Tammany at the coming lection r Tban H. mem
toned the awlessness in the city the last week al
r. snperintendent Byrnes would step to The iron
and say he was trying to enforce the 1aW. ana am, u
-, nuhi'sh the fact 10 the community. and II th'
community thought he meant what NJ Tns mr. ,n G
.pone would be thrilling But II =. '.rS .Uu -
that pretty soon he Will have lost his opportunity
'Npp'auS' PLAIN WORDS FOR PRICE ,.
You police captain IN tbs preS we h IN ~ som
society has taken soWr ' h- on h 9th inst
and I an going 70 give names .u. ,'I az ~
house 30 80 Yves, Thirty ninth st b., rather Z
give some notion Of the shreVi methoIi.at ""'
darnably hypocritical methods OF your cap,a;.
Dr Parkh,irst read a report by the deteSiNts :
the effect that they had been invited INTO '' mo ~
by . woman living on the hrtt moor ai ILL.,, vi =
sioop m the time was a policeman IN uniform !,
the house they hal several drink ne pom ~
was invited neo the flat 20 rink WIN mn IN 81, ~
tried 10 conceal his number by holding ms hat oV
his shell 5 Su' p r at The house by saving
There was a complaint to the captain about som
OF the houses. ana we h'il 10 LIN, ~ ,be neoule'
There was loud laughter when Ir. IArhhurSI "a
flushed reading the report of the DETECTIVES any a.
ssid. well friends there IL a funny SIDE TO tn,S
hut Tho fact that you and have 10 he traWp'i .
the dirty heels Of such a nasty cap'tih' Hidnes III
blood boil , -. .,,,,i FOR IN
He closed his address with another appear Tor "a
union of all Of the ant-Tammany forces a' '"e 0o''
Ing election.
n SEEKS ADVICE FROM MAYOR SCHlEKhN.
MAYOR Sch.cren received letter from Dr. far"
! hurst Yesterday. asking him IN regard to me "o'
: = women in the reform campaign in Brooklyn Las
Z | fail The letter is IA follows.
The matter OF women in this town taking nan
in the fight which is now being waGet aSa-n'' an
many Hall IS being earnestly conS!derei IN som
quarters VIII you tel. whether iheS W-re
r., service IN the Brooklyn campaign year dso
l. | NV befr tod that they were. In case ma W
j. so viii you tell in what way they MAJ, 'i h.
| influence feI,r Nsw-Ycrk il perhaps concerted %.
sbn il willing in these matters. AT any rae 70 81.
,bc Zee, OF Brooklyn who has set Us sun r'g 1