New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-26
RIOTING IN THE GHETIO'
A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE CAUSED BY AN
OPEN RESTAURANT


HANDLED BY A CROWD DETERMINED ~
MAINTAIN THE sANcrIrY OF YoM
KtpPuR-PoLIcE RESERVES
CALLED OUT.
East side Jews, at times FORMING '0
.,veraI thousand, thronged Rutgers SQUARE,
tho intersection Of Canal and DIVISION s's. '"''
night from 6 until 10 o'clock, ana ensaeeu "
noisy and turbulent demonstration against wv
natro - of a restaurant kept by HerricN De-
AZ No 141 Division-st. near the square
- was con,nosed for the most part of Boys
and Young men, with here and there a group "
alder persons. all shouting and shreking al .ne
49, % their voices and endeavorilg 20 lay
..,as o, the peopla inside the restaurant, "ho'
:, - soid wore recreant Jews who had no
rosroct for the traditions of Yom kippur' thS
aroot Ievish holiday Of the year. the ceieDre'''i
=. ,btcb enioins upon every Jew the uu'S u
,ostino twenty four hours. from sunset On "cp
,ember 81 until sunset on the following DAY.
Tho trouble has been brewing for severai ua' >.
The propretors Of the restaurant
ssveral days ago in the 'ForWarts po''''
religious pa ,er of the East Side, that they "ou'
keep open their restaurant on the eve Vi i'
Kippur and on the holiday itself. ms was co''.
trary to the custom Of other care ana restaui an
nroprietors catering to the JEWISH 'idue' INV
latter being kept closed for the t"ehty-iouf
hours that the holiday lasts
Tho restaurant was crowded yesterday ana no
demonstration was made up to O'CLOCK iast
night At that time a small crowd or boys ana
Youths gathered around the doors or the piace
and booted those within. Soon after ocioch
three men leaving the restaurant were at'acheu
NV tho crowd outside. and were roughly handled
ord ing n
horsecar From that time on the crowo III
creased every minute. augmented by worshippers
on their wav TO the synagogues. Policeman
Baker Of the Madison-st. station, VINO was OH
duty in the neighborhood. finding himself power
les to keep the crowd In order' telePhohe' ~
the police station for help.
Soon Acting Captain Braun, with the reserves
wos on the SPOT The captain ordered his men
IN use no unnecessary violence. but enough force
N keen the crowd moving Half dozen deter
mined rushes by the police drove the impetuous
relIgionists back into Rutgers Square, where
they gathered In groups. discussing the SITUATION
with much shouting and many gesticulations-
Whenever q luckless patron Of the restaurant
would emerge from It's doors however he was
Immediately surrounded and ne was fortunate
IL he escaped with whole skin. In several
recessary 10 rescue an Individual. Half dozen
policemen would force their way into the crowd
and selling the victim, would make rush
worthy OF a football team for the nearest horse
car. into which they would pitch the man head
foremost much to the establishment Of the other
passengers.
The women Of the Ghetto took no part In the
disturbance They cortented themselves with
looking on from the windows congregating
in the doorways. taking only a languid interest
In the affair. As the synagogues in East Broad
way Pike and Eldridge SITS. emptied after the
religious services opening Yom kippur, the mem
bers hurried 10 Rutgers Square 10 lend their
voices to the younger element already assem-
blcd. At O'Clock the din approached pande-
monium Patriarchs from Allen and Ludlow
SITS. business men from East Broadway and
dapper clerks from the millinery establishments
in Divsion-st. swelled the multitude. which at
times grew beyond the power OF the police TO
control. Still there was no clubbing. the rushes
OF the policemen being all that was necessary to
scatter the crowd
BY 10 o'clock the restaurant was emptied. and
only the proprietors were left within From this
hour the multitude gradually thinned and hav-
ing talked itself out. slowly dissolved An hour
later the squire deserted There were no
arrests. and. save n few bloody noses and black
eyes no injuries were reported.
4 prominent Jewish resident OF the neighbor-
hood said last night concerning the trouble:
This disturbance must not be confounded with
those Of seven or eight years ago, which were
forentcd by the devlltry or n certain Anarch-
istiC element among the Jews. VINO would pur-
posely hold high carnival on YOm Kppur. the
most sacred Of our holidays. As matter OF
fact. n great many orthodox Jews slyly disre-
gard the injunction to fast. but go TO places
where they will not be seen by their core
ligioniss. and thus avoid scandal. In this IN
stance however. there has been such fragrant
violation Of tradition and religious precept that
II caused the just indignation OF the Jews re-
siding In the Ghetto"
In expectation OF further trouble to-day. Act
Ing Captain Braun will station a large force OF
policemen around the restaurant though he
said last night that ne Thought the trouble vas
over.
CENTRAL LABOR UNIONS WAR PAINT on.