New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-01

which he looked about for and found easier
berth.
The fact remains however that there much
real even cruel police brutality in this city yester-
day Perhaps the hardest point for the police was
at Twenty-Five! st and Fifth-ave, where at times
the crowd 50 dense that all the police clubs IN
New-York could not. II they had been employed.
have prevented the people from occupying the
middle Of the street But at this point the police
mans club was numerically used At spot just
south Of Twenty third-st. IN Fifth-ave. the most
fragrant violations OF the code Of kindness and per
suasion took place for two hours before the head
Of the procession approached and in the greater
part ~ the time the procession vas passing To
AFFORD an idea OF the crow ri this spot II IL only
necessary ~ state that within half an hour five
people tainted and had To he taken away in am
balances At the same place one little girl was
practically being squeezed 20 pieces. when tall
man put his under hers and litted her above
his head. from which position she WAS taken by
people. on r. street stand And there the little girl
who was too much exhausted to tell her name
WAS carefully attended hy Kind hands until her
mother who had been in the same crowd but
forcihly separated from her. finally saw her ana
worked her way to the stand.
Bur fh. police Mounted police tried steepie-
chasing through the crowd Just mentioned They
actually drove their horses onto the sidewalks right
I'D to the stands and then they drove them back
acain II was an assinne performance that ac-
complshod nothing. but which frightened many
women and children. injured many feet ana nat
urally exasperatol horses that usually are so
docile and polite. At first the police had no clubs
At least they ga not show them Finally how
eyer clubs began 10 appear. Not pleased with the
work Of hts club one gentle hearted bluecoat
smashed long box (which he had taken from a
small boy, and fashioned for himself a narrow. fiat
club with which he could reach far over front
heads 10 back heads And he certainly reached
the heads u the rear Hats. perhaps many VI
them bought for the occasion. were moulded by the
noiceman's improv!scl stan into fantastic shapes
and things Of srotesQue appearance.
Hats however. were not the only things that
suffered II was whack here and whack there
and AL the time the pushing process went on.
%ot satisfied with the progress making in some
directions several mounted police used their horses
,c 10y o th' sdSwaiks and the people were
backed ID the street stands Every now and then
prove mat he could club when Of his horse as
well as when ON, Il mounted Policeman Woulu liS-
fcring and physically reduced man. maui nm ,0ut
20 mo- NOV on accusing him at the same time Of all
the crimes on the calendar And when the much
abused citizen thus hauled ana tod TO move
he only found that his last state was much worse
than his first. There was no pace 70 go TO- no
place whore he would find "A cheerful welcome
Women were treated about a. badly as the men
were treated one woman IN particular al wehH
Accidentally she was showed against "A ponceman :
horse. For fraction OF "a second she nrIi nrr
grievous sin the policeman gaNe'her such rap
on the offending member that she screamed OUT N
main. Several elderly men were roughly handle!
Tor no reason i'm the world save that they hap
ucned 20 be- near the police man. who thought mat
Inc public interest demanded some active exhibition
Of the poilceman's power.
Everybody who had his own private soap box
erandstand In the neighborhood OF Twenty-third-
~ and Flfth-ave was II discovered forced 10
hand II over 20 the police. VINO I'm turn. handed IL
over 10 the street Cleaning Department which then
gave IL 10 the Bureau Of membranes. or some
thing NJ that sort. certain holder OF one OF these
boxes was ordered 10 throw II out INTO the street
smashed one WOman's back hair and hat At an
other point a barrel owner was ordered 20 give up
his stand and he quietly rolled IL on top 81 the
he'd Of the rows IN front Of him until n reached
the street
In front ~ the Waldorf mounted policeman took
one man by the neck and whipped up the horse the
result OF which was bitter and painful experience
for the Victim Slaps in the face were common
occurrences And the people who were hit. pushed
s.apped charged by horses. pounded by CLUBS ana
sticks never said word.
In on Riverside Drive. near One-hundred- and
twe.fth-st police captain by the name OF Moynl-
han whose precinct is Upper Goatville was in com
mand He distinguished himself by positively re-
fusing ia honor the passes issued to newspaper men
bv CHIEF Devery Just before the parade began ne
had half a dozen reporters corraIed who were WORK
ing along no the line the start
What does pass bearer within the ponce Hneas.
mean If I can't walk along here to ge' the news
asked one eXasperaicd victim go, -
That names We 90 across the INES IKE any
ordinary citizen but ye can't parade up ana doWn
here IKE a dommed drum major. replied TINS mode,
OF an officer and gentleman ana as there WI" ia ~
way OF getting word 10 the Inspector tha' ih'e'-
uretntiOn went