New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
!SCHOOLBOYS ATTACKED.
PITCHED BATTLES WITH THE ELEVENTH
AVENUE GANG"
THE AMERICAN GUARD OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO
g GETS \ TASTE or \ pIsAGREEARLE

THE AMERICAN GUARD or GRAMMAR SCHOOL 80
81 GETS 4 TASTE or pIsAGREEABLE
KIND OF WARFARE
The pupils % Grammar School 40. g. in Forty
sixth-st who belong to the battalion OF the Amer-
can Guard Of tina; school have been experiencing
a lite stronger taste of war lhan they 5argained
for when they enlisted in the battalion. When the
subject OF forming military adjunct 10 this pubic
school was first preached war ard rumors Of
war; nick il the air, and nothing but war
talk and war anecdotes cou,d be heard from the
would-be campagners The batta'o drills every
Friday afternoon In tho armOry o. the l2h Reg meat
and AS the schoolhousc is situated In Foriy-siXth-
St. Sixth-avc.. they have some little distance
to go for their weekly drills.
IT seems that the Eleventh-ave. gang OF hood
lums. which is considered by experienced no!ce
officials to be OF the worst in the city. was
not long in discovering that an American Guard
had sprung into existence in their quarter OF the
city. and they Immediately regarded Il as a sort
Of rival organization. They promptly set anout
taking measures to which to be master
in this particular section of the city. Discovering
that this battalion OF the American Guard was In
the habit of drilling every Friday afternoon in
the 18th Regiment Armory. the vanguard Of the
hoodlums three Fridays ago began smashing the
windows of the armory and saying impoite things
about the schoolboys. The matter was reported TO
the police station in Sixty-eghth-st.. but nothing
was done about it. although when the schoolboys
dispersed they taunted and stoned
On the following Friday a larger crowd of roughs
gathered around the armory and when the boys
came out they were greeted with a more formidable
shower Of stones and vegetable matter. This was
much for the battalion boys and, charging they
put the hoodlums completely to flight
Last Friday the toughs turned out IN full muster
and awaited the schooboys in grim silence. The
battalion consists of about go boys divided into
five companies These boys expected a battle. ana
determined TO preserve their organization on leav-
ing the armory and disband at the circle al Fifty
ninth-st and Eighth-ave. Scarcely had they left
the armory when a shower of stones and VcCe-
tables greeted them. company of the Ans rlcan
Guards charged the enemy. and for a time thci"
was the liveliest kind of scufie. in which the
honors seem to have been equally divided. The
several companies then took different routes horne
circle but 1t was attacked by strong division OF
the enemy and compelled to retreat toward the
most serious being Valentine Berndt, who lives
with his parents at Thrty-eghih-si ana E.ghlh-
ave. lie received bad cut on his head The ar
rival of the police put an end to the battle
stephen jenkins. teacher in the school was an
officer in the United States Navy. and has been
drilling these boys He was seen at his home NO.
$50 Coumbus-ave.. by Tribune reporter yester-
day, ard saida u think that the polce are much ,.
several Of these hoodums followed the boys into
the armory and began TO make a disturbance. J
had them put out. and then they began 10 smash
but Captain Gallagher seems to have paid no at
tenton to it. on the following Friday the hood-
lums appeared in even larger numbers and las
Friday they had assembled their full force. Last
"Wednesday DR.. Joseph Finch. the PRINCIPAL O. NE
eighth-st and asked for police protection. rs we eN-
peced trouble on the following Friday. No extra
force Of police was stationed near TIE armory so
coVsrdly attacks on our boys took place ! made
another complaint to the police. ana Cipia.n Cal
agher now promises that we Will have ample po-
lice protection"