New-York tribune., 1900-03-04

- I'd Hamilton Fish and General Rob
! KAY or of Fort Sumter fame> The in
eTt A1 LII At that dinner resulted III the nom
,,sdon Of Grant anu 'ne Gam
I@ '.5 from the hotel.
WAR NEWS CENTRE.
.-,,y tie war it was the New-fork news
- and the men who were conspicuous in
-.irgt,n or in the Army went there when
came to New-York. Lincoln. Seward,
~ ~. stanton. Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens and
,+her leading men Of the time patronized the
20 and what they said and what they
.,,t about matters of public interest came to
~ aao,le by way Of the amen corner" which
IN in those days was the congregaung place OF
newspaper men
v-k took place in front OF the hotel' ana was
,,-ossea by prominent citizen Of Pittsfeld.
&c and the regiments that marched TO
H'" o1v-avs received the most enthusiastic
80 from the crowds around the hotel. When
en- Massachusetts, marched through New
u ., its way 10 Washington it was halted in
of the hotel where coffee and bite were
: 10 served to the men. 1t was about breakfast
- and when the news reached the dining
- Guests arose from the tables and insisted
.sa+ the troops should sit down. AS many as
MD find room occupied the tables and all were
ia H., tn guests. The next day the regi-
ut vas fred upon in Baltimore.
:, those DAYS there was a telegraph office on
- side Of the lobby and a bulletin board on
50 otber side and around these two places
-. vvas always crowd. On the day when the
= ~ the Bull Run disaster reached New
IL, the lobby was the scene OF wild uproar.
ro-aI Mcclellan was a guest in the house at
g. time on one side OF the lobby men ha-
..,gued the crowd pointing out the fact that
=, Union forces were unable to cope with the
.o1e slanderirg Mcdowell and his generals
"a on the ther side of the hall men We're
.oraIlv loud in their patriotic utterances urging
.rustment and predicting the ultimate success
a tha Union forces.
. DEMONSTRATION IN THE DRAFT RIOTS.
A, the time of the Draft Riots the ''nigger
bunters" made . riotous demonstration in front
:, the hotel and threatened to force their way
,n and get at the negro servants General
Woods headquarters were at the St Nicholas
Votel but he was unable 10 furnish any troops.
Matters looked desperate, .Then Colonels Keyes
and Marcy Of McCIelIan's staff. appeared the
haCanE.
had troops behind them. and left the hotel.
At that time and ali through the Civil War the
business cf the Stock Exchange was transacted
ST tha Fifth Avenue Hotel after the doors Of the
Wai-st headquarters were closed in the after
noon Stocks and gold were bought and sold
in great quantities. and although the i'm
nroyised Board which made the lobby of the
hotel echo with the same calls and cries as one
sxpected to hear on Change had no actual or
legal standing, contracts were considered bind
ing and the business which transacted
there long after the regular business hours
was ratified and made good when the Ex-
change opened the next day. When Black Fri
tay brought financial ruin to thousands of peo-
pie in New-York the crowds naturally drifted
from the business part OF the city to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. and there the echoes of the Wall
Street crash Were heard again.
FAMOUS GUESTS OF THE HOUSE.
Lincoln went from the Fifth Avenue Hotel to
Cooper Union when he made his famous ad-
dress there and was escorted back to the hotel
rom the meeting, and, like nearly all his sue