The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
GAMBLERS SHUT Up SHOP.
"TH" SENT tRDtND 10 Every RE.
SoRT avn NSriNTLr OBEYED

wv '"'' IAp"r"
say Less Ih"n ID b'd business After
Receipt of the Warning Gambling
Houses Run Under C,yer-ni.,ri,, A..
,orn.,,, s,,a u,,,,,. a., ma, ..
" INV '""''"''
Through underground channels, from q
source which is ut the mos, only \ matter for
speculation. n mysterious order went gu, yes.
terlay. IL started arr.rcnty about noon and
travelled swiftly Oud surely until i, hal reached
nearly every poolroum, policy shop and gam.
hing hoa-e from The Battery to Harlem. aud In
al it, effect WAS instantaneous. The order 10
the proprirtor- of such Places meant either
'c.osc np'or go Slow, 10 ant It was obeyed in
such a MaLucr that the patrons 81 the I.aces
rubbed the 7 eye, 20 be sure that they were not
dreaming, Not IN a long time has n tip" OF
such i'm port gone about 50 widely through the
city, AMI hot IN a iong time has an order been
50 imrIlrltly obcyed
The order was received In most OF tho places
with chagrin ii not sU.ptise, money paid for
protection in the past mna, NO more difference
than Oh Influence" Ia face Of the order. Ia
only a few cas- lid II mean 80 SLOW" Most
81 the houses s.mpiy shu. ~ and did no bust.
ness. Mist of HE puOlrcums IN the city bpd
IN, or.,,i c,r ,,si'oas ,,Lo, a.. ,,s,,.,".
-. u" W. ""S'"Vss we" '"' w went
'oI'h, la them was the usual crowd oi early
ratrCns scanniny the no,.I ~ thn Nrs, roca
Tha dav h.Inv Sa,nrI,r ,ha,n - ,tna,n
49, y" 'n'"'.'' 'n'ie was '!'h,yo
money IN S'eht ih'hF' iht'ma'Ion mat tho
=. NM, M - u., -
y" wv nv ""m VII "'''n ''E'h turning
Lace alrea Is, the watchers usually said at first.
Soon {, ya. uhr.,.r.i ,h,, "sou ibi,,uo.
n.'" ~ was "n'',I'u '""' som. 'n'ns was
WI Ih"n me gambler already inside began
com ibJ ,ut u,,I ,t, raj siupfuoatnn Of uri,t
had h,r,,,at ha,o. :, I'm, ~ H. .h,
n", nal'e nei oe@o' - d"W" On 'h'Ne VINO
From some poolroom. the fr.oucnters cams
out in gronp. So as NAT to ,,t.oo, ,,,o,,""n
Tut from others Their" Wa, a genera exodus.
the meaning ~ which WAS uulIspuis, Tina
.tln" haJ CON. around n. ,o,n, 49, 49,, anI
and everybody unqucstuungly Oh-yel. The
cmplC, eos were uroumuuIcAtiy wtnu nskei
what was wrong. or how long 1t" wonii last.
Out 'iey Iet X u" Known that it was gem
orally considered to be- only temporary. BY
. o''.,N IN 'h' l't''n1'" there wa'n' a pool
room doing business lovn town, Along Park
row. NASSAU and william streets. viii ~, plenty
o, nooIrnnn,. ,r. rnnyn - oy" mar wi,h
"a poo'roon'> are KNOWN 70 exist, men win
money 10 let on the races walked vainly
u'i''t" Ioo'ro'Hh7 "hI'h Tor months nave
lourished unmo'1-tei AMI which have
DlSGp l through s'BF nv tIulps hplPra withnuk
,ronhl, :, -. alo.al -, ,',h. ","I
'roaoIo =" Ie eIpseu ut usht' l"u couIdh
even fnd out II there was any one inside. Al
one nlsce in part rnv vtor. , n,orroor, ,a.
~ runnu,, 49,. 80 .I'
pt'H running IoI years uhni Tested through
successive waves OF reform thrr. was no sign
Of life. Al Hno,her ne,r tha 3rilus ,ha s,orv
mo-, ,ha.a ,.,
was 'he same ABOUT thrce hundred men had
gathered in this room for the ilrst race when
the I'D arrived II came in tho form n, a warn.
a. 90
ihR 'hat every one ha' ''teen mlnntes 70 get
out A; other places no time Rad been given
n. nh
FROM uoNhV'Wn the men VINO N1ntel TO bee
hurried uptown t. tho Ten lrrlOin Only 10 be
iurneJ away from tina rloo.s ,ba,o INA num-
'' '." ~, -" Nv i"c""m-
! er o r'o,roons in Manhattan has Leen esti-
mated al at'ut three hundred. and 1t was tho
o,,,ior ~, me-, ,-ho ,,1. 10 ,u,J, a.. -.
o''u'" :. me" VINO maui 'ne rouhus 'ha' not
tII''lF al the humber were open, Those who
ma1s these assertions based Them on the fact
tina, ,,,es .,,ar nr,c, wbicb VIA lno,n o. \.
~" """ ""O"" ~
III WHa' - kh"Wh as me ring were closed.
The discovery lent color to rumor tina, tbe
ora,r - oL,s. hal oo,,o t,o,, a.. ,o,1n,..-
Wv Wv ~ ,""no I''n '"o "'nnIuar'eS
or TINS ring. which controls all OF the pool.
rooms bu' A very few.
RI. Elm -. no. oora,o, .o
W. NV N'""'u j" WV"
T 1oms Earlier m tn day most ~ the gam.
bLipy honses which me d"yotees OF faro. red
an back. and rod, attr nave for months played
Ill nnnN tlsI N.Nn IN A - ' a ann mt M . ANA