The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-30
FOUGHT DOWN THE POLICE.
ExCURSTONTSTS oTERPOWER TIM
MHITESTONE SnEAD.

WIN t"' h"f" Vit hVUWtNH ~
stimmci's wharf but Were Bcntcn ArtcT
mn Hours isnttIc-NInn knoCLed Oycrbonrd.
WHiTEsToNE, L. l., Aug. 29.-Onc of tho Wiz
laRe ordinances prohibits the landing OF cxcur4
sion parties in tho village on Sundays. md the
police have received orders from Sidell Tilgh-
man, President OF the village, s]trictlyto enforce
the law in this respect. when II was learned
this morning that nm excursion was expected to
land at John StimmCi's picuic park, on the
shore, Police Captain Richard \. Hickman and
four men went to the shore to prevent 1t.
The party did not come until 3:i5 o'clock this
afternoon, when the towboat Volunteer. with
two loaded barecs, hove In sight around White
stone Point. Capt. Hickman went out in the
river In a small boat and warned the Captain OF
tho towboat not to land the harges under
penalty ofarrcst for violating the law.
When Stimmcl had similar trouble with The
village trustees several years nGo he erected .
private pier vt his picnic park. He vowed to-
day that IL the police entered his property they
would do so ut their peril. lie stationed him
self on his pier with n crowd of his employees
and a large number OF friends 10 assist
tho boats in landing. He had locked
and barred all tho doors and gates leading to his
grounds and pier. The Captain of the towboat
paid no attention to the Police Captains warm
ing and proceeded to land the barges. Capt.
Hickman ordered the four policemen under him
to draw their clubs. and, marching ut the head
of them, he broke down the high fence ipclosin0
Stinmcl's grounds and entered.
III spite of the efforts OF Stlmmel and his Gun
ployecs tho police made their way out on the
pier. Stimmel ran up 20 the police Captain and
grabbed him by the shoulders in an attempt to
force him off the pier. Hickman took Stimmel
by the coat collar and gave him a shove 10 one
side. which upset HIM, and >t.mncl gave up
trying TO put the Captain overheard. The barges
were nearing the dock and the occupants were
shouting:
Throw tho cops overheard. Brain them.
Kill them"
The crowd on the pier pressed around the po-
liccncn and mado violent threats. but the pc.
licemcn held their stand on the str!nRpieCc Of
the d0Sk, warning The party not to make a land.
n rope was thrown on tho pier. but Capt. Hick-
man cast It int the water: .
lie and his trionds made several rushcs at tho
police, but each time they were driven back.
Time after time the rope was thrown from tho
bsrges. and each timo the police struggled
with the crowd for, possession OF it. FL
drilled arc aroun ntdi's so that 0fiJJ almost ' touched
JUMPED OIL. they helped 10 swell the crowd on
Sttmmeis wharf to fight The officers. In tho
exgursionists. including women. The crowd on
StiinnoIs pier kept Increasing until The police
were hcnlined in by a howiing mob who threat
Cncd 10 push them overheard.
1t was only the detGrmtngt Of Capt Hick'
Each time inst the TSe rope from SG ihe Jsrr sons siqS ueRf ibc
pier cheers went up from the excursionists and
when the line was cast over by The police the
cheers were changed to curses AMI Kissing.
Once tho tic rope landed on the mari and was
caught by the mob. which rushed up the pier
with II. The police were powcricss to pull tho
rope from the hands OF the crowd, hut they
raised their clubs and ran along the line club
session of it and threw it overheard.
stimmei,s right hand was crippled by a blow
on tho head also. One of the women cooks in
Stimnlels employ was behind him through the
policemen.
The police succeeded in fighting of the party
sympath!zers got a small boat, and taking the
rope from the barges made it fast TO one OF the
work was done unooservcd by the police. and the
rope was so far out Of their reach that they
f i1 close not to e9 lS. it p of: T rEc tide ss sw a srt .he s sosS.
and The police used their clubs freely. In the
mic" "Heip! q n! Mar row Sv tafFS Tf5o E At ,S Sd " sasePri
women tainted: 1t was at first thought that
some of the policemen had been thrown over
who had answered the alarm picked, up a
pler' T ie WAS WAS s. fyissI of II 4!i 1nS %"a snd T h"a bt ses
ITylns when to ri the Dolce q ffsD TuEs ih"ak ,S on n ths a fXf IndTfoed
him Of the pier. He refused to give his name.
In the excitement many Of the pieSpickers
on the pier. The rush was so great that the
police were unable TO- stop III T. WAS nearly .
Ss.GS they wh jsef ths d Eai'T Tid inHlixd in the polf fea an
Then they re.embarked and started for homo,
No arrests were made.
The police c plain says he has been instructed
by the village President to go to New York and
arrest the Captain. OF the %towboat. His name Is
said 10 be Mclaughlin. A sign on the barges
announced that the cHCursionsiSis were MEM
hers OF the New York Turn NCrcin. 4 physician
was summoned to Stimmcl's pavilion during
the fracas to patch up the injuries OF several of
the men, including Proprietor Si.IHinei. and TO
care for a number OF women Who had tainted
and were suffering from shock. Stinlmel says
he will begin an action for Dc images against the
village.
Two years ago Stim,ncl was arrested by the
trustees for landing excursions without seCur-
ing "a permit. He WAS iinet $40. Then II" got a
TEMPORARY injunction restraining the trustees
from interfering with him. hut the Injunction
was vacated. Stimmel i proprietor of the Ger
mania Assembly Rooms on the Bowcry, New
York.