The evening times., 1898-08-22
JACK TAR ASHORE
Tke HOST Popular Cifisen n New
York There naya

York These Days.
New York. Aug. z.-Jacky ashore was
welcomed yesterday wherever he went
Some Of the tars pleased the bowery
croHds by the manner In which they
handled rifles in. the shooting galleries.
The propfietors OF the galleries permit
ted them to use el,e rifles free.ef charge,
and fn.shis way managed to coax the or
dinary citizen to try his hand at target
practice at the rate Of three shots for
ten cents.
In the Bowery restaurants the walters
spent much of their time asking ques-
tions Of the saisQrmeh They wanted to
know just how Cervera's fleet had been
sunk. and got SOME OF the Oregon's men
into an argument over the subject with
some Of the jackies from the Massachu-
sets.
A group from the Iowa who assembled
In saloon near Chatham Square were
called upon. byot the crowd to give an ex-
hibition OF vigwagging. The crowd
furnished American flags. and after they
had wigwagged until their arms were
tired a man In the saloon wfgwagged
song for the amusement Of the sailors.
and the boss ief the saloon wigwagged
to the bartender toi send free drinks to
the jackies. Then the jackies wigwagged
themselves In various directions. some
of them goingi oIConey Island. where
they heard penxide blondes on the con-
cert hall stages sing songs about Uncle
Sam, Cuba and. the Maine.
A sailor with A.Texas on his cap ana
joyous consciousness of his condition OF
intoxication stood at. Twenty-third Street
and Eighth Avenue waiting for cross
town car. The car finally came, and
Jacky made a ludicrous attempt to get
on, but failed.
Hi, there" yelled the conductor. as he
reached for the bell strap. You're too
full to ride on this car
rs he, eh?" snapped a portly old man
on the front seat. You ring that bell
or I'll pitch you into the gutter. Come on
my boy Go the sailor). Well put you on
and see you through"
That's the stuff" said the crowd. and
three or four men jumped out and helped
Jacky to his seat. Jacky rode in triumph
to Fourth Avenue, ana the conductor
didn't even try to collect fare.
On the assumption that a good many
sailors of the North Atlantic fleet would
have ehore leave on Saturday night and
enjoy themselves In the Tenderloin, Police
Captain Price sent out an extra force Of
plain-elothes policemen to save the visit
ors from the she-thieves. AS a result Of
tidt piNShutoh ehc JuSAiSS hoN ho ~
berries TO complain Of and shirty-flve wo-
men were arraigned yesterday in the West
Fifty fourth Street police court. Thirty
one were fined so or S and four old Of
tenders were sent to the Island.
About two dozen of the Oregon's sail
ors escorted by four from the Texas took
In Prospect Park When they appeared
at the bandstand inclosure the crowd.
which was unusually large, rose up as
one man and gave cheer, which the tars
by Hitting their caps. There
was short wait for the concert TO begin,
and in the meantime the sailors were
hemmed In by a crowd about fifty deep
demanding detailed accounts of the bat
tie of Santiago and also handshakes.
After several numbers on the program,
a medley of the national airs was reach
ed and the sailors uncovered. The crowd
got up again and cheered until 1t was
hoarse
The appearance of 200 or more Jack
Tars and soldiers late in the afternoon
caused much enthusiasm a; Coney Island.
The sailors were from the Iowa. New
York, Indiana. Oregon and Brooklyn. A
number of Rough Riders also came to
take in the sights early in the evening.
Both the soldiers and sailors were greet
ed heartily wherever they went and had
their own way. No policemen
lnterfered with their sport