New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-19
PELHAM'S PEACE BROKEN.
ROWDIES FROM NEARBY PLa'ho Wv
THERE TO BREAK THE
LAW on SUNDAYS.

Tho residents OF Pelham. In Westminster county
are much exercised over the disorder ana nael",l'
,,oIatIon OF the law which prevail on ouiua!S ~
the southern end OF the village' where the on''
saIoon in the place Is situated. The sisnooarus ue
sor,ho IL az the Pelham Heights Hotel, but II Is
unoun 70 It's regular frequenters as the ""'e
Hotel Large crowds of the tough element rum
New-York Yonkcrs Mount vernon anu 80
nearby towns and villages gather there '"iua'
afternoons to play ball in the adjacent hc'Hs " "
witness the games, and incidentally 10 ul'"" Do
much beer or whiskcy the state Of their hhahces
,,,u ,erm,t Their shouts and profanity. when wax
louder and louder as the games become exciting ana
their rotations take effect are borne 10 inc ears VI
nersons living in the vicinity and force mem ~
leave their veranads and take reluse !" INC"
houses - g.. Anor
-, .ho westchester County towns along the
Ita-la,, branch of the New-York. New-Haven ana
hartford Railroad were included In New-iork Oi'y.
AT that time many places along the me ''a' 10.
been used as Sunday resorts were closed asanN.
noisy sports by the police Inc au'"oi I'e' -
Mount Vernon. Rochelle and fonkers WOMB
not nermit such sports and finally Pelham was
fixed upon by the ball players and their following
as a lace where they thought they could DO ABOUT
as the pleased. - ,,
Pelham which is one of the most beautifui niue
Villages In this State. is almost entirely lnhaoiteu
by New-York business men, who have erected
handsome dwellings and made their homes there
with a view to enjoying intervals OF rest and quiet
in contrast to the noise and hustle Of the city, ana
that their village should be so Invaded and us
peace destroyed naturally causes them much In
dgnation
THINGS WERE SLOW"
A reporter OF The Tribune. who visited the
White Hotel and It's environs yesterday, was told
by one Of the ball players that things were slow
to-day" There were only two games On, he said.
and one OF them was likely to prove hzzIe Inc
girls" had not appeared in sufficient numbers
either and he guessed there would not be much
dancing in the pavilion. He in error. however,
for az the afternoon on there was good deal
OF dancing in what he called the pavilion, alto
gether too much for the good of he young girls
At one end OF the pavilion rough frame struct,
flames in the recent IRE in the Bowery Coney
Island was the orchestra, consisting OF TWO men
Violin. while the other pounded upon asthmatlc
piano TO this music rough-looking young fellows
he pacr for only round dances were played
and at the end OF the dance treated TO drinks which
the railing H was lined with boys and young men
who freely INDUCED in comments mingled with pro-
family upon the looks and terpschorean pronclency
All this time the bar was doing rushing bust
drinks were sold in the open barroom OF the hotel
obliged to seat themselves at table outside upon
which a few scraps of bread and ham, and
il was rrmored about that the change was due to
the discovery of the presence Of an excise officer
who, II was feared. had been sent to get evidence
OF violation Of the law.
PROFANITY ON THE BALL FIELDS.
On the ball fields things did not go smoothly
On one field a team called the Blue Bells and
other nine from Yonkers. were playing. About the
third inning the ball was lost, and the army In
Flanders would have hidden Its collective head at
its certain failure to equal the volume Of profanity
which proceeded from players anG spectators over
the delay which ensued. During the playing which
followed the finding OF the ball the captains OF the
mines and others found II necessary in instructing
the base runners to employ profane vocabulary
which must have been most offensive TO those liv-
ing near by.
over in the other field a nine from Yonkers was
matched against scrub team calling themselves
the North Pelham Athletic club. 1t would be dim
cult TO determine whether or not they exceed the
other players blasphemers bu; the many res-
dents OF the heights adjacent TO the grounds were
doubtless quite sufficiently disguised by the pro-
family and obscenity which were waited up TO their
When the ball games the bar window
in the latter the young girls were In great demand
for dancing.
! The scene Of this Sunday disorder is at the main
entrance to Pelham and on the line OF the trolley
road which carries passengers from New-York and
Mount Vernon. The occurrences there are regarded
by the respectable element OF the inhabitants as A
blot upon the village and II is believed that Sheriff
! MollOy and Excise Commissioner Lyman Will soon
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