The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27
CONCERT HALL MEN UNHURT
NO LICENSES REVOKED At THE
sEIHCE WIN THE Police hoard.
Board Abuses the Magistrates and Decides
to 60 On Considering" the sunday


| board Abuses the Magistrates and Decides
to 60 On " Considering" the sunday
Concert Question 49, The Concert Hall
Men Take Mr. York's Thunder calmly.
The Police Board recently summoned the
concert hall proprietors to Mulberry street to
show cause why their licenses should not be
revoked for defying the police. They won't
there yesterday. apparently undaunted. and
after soms laundering the board did nothing
worse than to SCOT Mt the Police Magistrates
The concert hall men were not hurt
There were sixteen OF them. about half coma
ing from Coney Island. These Inter were
represented by Counsellor Rldgway, who used
to be District Attorney Of Kings. He appealed
to the board to 90 easy. since the mater was
now in the courts and could only be prejudiced
by action OF the board. He repelled with a
show OF Indignation the charge that mis- clients
had entered into conspiracy to throw every
thing wide open and maliciousy defy the po-
lice" Nothing OF tho kind had ever entered
their mnds. he said. They were law abiding
,itizsns President York said that he was glad
to hear 1t. lie had no wish to antagonize law
abiding citizens. but he wanted 1t understood
that the police were not powerless. He was
going to show them that. His men had made
sixteen arrests on the island on the Sunday
before last. That seemed to suggest that
there was something wrong.
Yes. but arrests are not evidence Of guilt"
said Mr.. Ridgway suavely. and Mr.. York said
no. perhaps not. Then the LAWYER spoke OF
vested rights. OF great capital. of contracts
made for music and such which held tho pro-
prietors and would ruin them II they were not
all owed to do business ON the days and at the
times when alone they could EXPECT paying
patronage
DO YOU mean that the courts might decide
that your pe2one can violate the law on sun
lnu bad NNrh ~, nahr -nf1 rNrta
Mr.. Ridgway said he did not mean that ex-
ty That nv vas po PuttHS i Sr9 fSd The
was clear enough for anybody. No court could
make 1t clearer. nor was II a hardship to re-
apire Of the concert hail men that they should
o oS:y t., Furthermore" he s''d' you shall
Mr.. Rldgway absolutely pned to obey. a law.
lice Board. But he objected TO having the
question Of what was sacred and whatiwas secu-
mir. York waived any such right. He would
70 QUESTION q periormers. .hSyeysr. he
thought his policemen com petent. That suited
Mr. Ridgwny. and the matter won't no further
The Manhattan music hall men had no coun,
need one. Never did a more rightsous lot OF
men go to Mulberry street; They were abso-
mate. They sold IiV nothing out soft stufr on
Bal Magistrates had led them astray. MIR.
and the boulevard had kent shut seven Sun,
DAYS running until the Magistrate clared that
he might keep Open SO long as he had hotel
license. Then he onened.
50 it comes to this inquired Com missioner
Tying the law on the warrant ofthsMaRi.trates."
The concert men said they were. Tho Com
missoners sported. President York declared
to Manager Ledersr Of the New York Theatre
hat such decisions were worth the paner they
were written on and no more. Mr.. Lederer
was sorry. He didn't wish to fight the police.
The board said that It didn't wish to fight the
music hall men, either. II would considerthe
matter and let them know what came OF Il.
censeS were revoked.