The sun., 1900-10-07
ROWDYISM ON THE DRIVE.
UPPER WEST SIDE RESIDENTS WANT
1T STOPPED.
-Four Young Fellows Arrested There for Ms.
orderly Conduct Get 0n This Tlmc with ,
Warning, but All Concernsd Intend tn or.
That 1Onditions There Are improved

orderly Conduct Get on This Timc Win ,
Warning. but All Concerned Intend tu see
That Conditions There Are Improved
The problem Of purifying Riverside prlyo
was presented TO MAGISTRATE Meade In tl,
West Side court Yesterday. -Four young men.
all well dressed and Of apparently rcspectauIs
families. were arrayped on the charge OF dis
orderly conduct They described themselves
as Louis Casanova, 2i years old, Of IS West
lOjth street; Philip Straus Il years, Of go West
End avenue Stewart Huntington. Fl years, ~
1893 West End avenue. and Harry Douglas, 10
years. Of las West Eghty-lrst street,
With them appeared Policeman Sornev,
their captor. and AGAINST them a. complaining
witnesses appeared Goa. I.gDert l.. Iieie aAd
Arthur ii. EN. a lawyer AZ 80 Wall street, who
livcs AZ $40 West Eighty-sixth street, and is the
brother of the Misses Ely, tho proprictors OF u
school for young ladies at i3i Riverside Drive.
Policeman Nerney lined up tho four young
prisoners and thea started in on his story. lie
had arrested the four yuuug i1cn, he said at
Eighty-seyonth street and Riverside Drive at
0A5 O'Clock Friday night.
What were they doing?" asked Magistrate
Meade
They were in a crowd Of perhaps ten or
twelve young fellows who were SINGING and
laughing 30 loud as to annoy people Ia tho
neighbOrhuOd," Nerney replied.
What have you got To say to thatY" said
the Maeisrdl". looking at the first OF the tour
Two Of them admitted they had been in the
crowd, but they said they didn't think they
were IA lshng iold enough to disturb the pea, Q
tncr bad teit their houses and jU.ncl tho crowd
- 7ur what va, the matter Then, they sutu,
,.lr roIi, ."tI hckod them up. The Magi4-
tIa,c ASKED tae pu!Ccmon il hc could swear
that any Oi the iuir lad been snity OF an overt
aCt.
Well. no. 1 couldn't" replied Nerney. But
they were in the crowd IVA, standing some
distance away Win another POLICEMAN ana a
Alr ;,ot oi l4j Riverside Dlrye. Mr. scott
heard JIo noise and said Nov. officer, sou
hear thaty Wen, 4 shuId NIu6 IL was tue
for you 70 do sometllng.' lhen 1 went and
arrested these four.
MI. lily slId
"Wo have had lots of trouble with these
=, With these particular young men?" asked
No, | can.t say who they were" replied
Mr. Ely Il don't know what these young
men we're doing, but can testify az to the
gen y al conditions ol things up there on River
SIDE Drive. My sisters conduct Il school for
girls at Eighty-nith street, and they have been
annoyed very much On some nights last spring
there were rom ten to tW enty young fellows
ilhel up m front oI the piazza OF the school.
blowing Cigar and cigarette smoke across
the piazza und through the windows into the
rooms. A young lady couldn't appear at tie
window without seeing "A crowd Of young tel-
lows outside. As soon "a a young lady ap-
peared the young fellows would throw kisses
at her and say sweet and foolish things School
has Just opened again and tho same thing
has happened this week.
At this the young men smiled guiltlly Gen.
Wee then took MIR Eiys place and began In
loud tone:
Your Honor, Itiversidp Drive used TO be
most desirable place In the evenings, but IL Is
fast becoming somewhat undesirable through
the actions or young mon who 60 there In the
evening in crowds and stand or walk in groups.
blocking up the sidewalks and annoying people
who wish TO walk there. 1t ussl to be possible
Tor the ladies' n - OG' and walk around without
their hats with as much freedom as IN ;hcir own
yards, but that Is becoming impossible.
don't know any Of these young men aud didn't
SEQ them last night, but can testify as TO the
general condition OF things there. j don't
thing like IT, but they are silly and foolish.
They ought TO be punished at home, Yes,
they ought TO be punished, and this condition OF
affairs should be changed Immediately"
Meade, but don'tknow what we can do here.
We're these Young men locked up over pightr'
Mc sSS SdS s5ns sgrv t5fy n . TG sS.m ban M,
names here now and II YOU, ever get them In
some overt act which is disorderlv and can
prove It will punish them. We hnve their
I will punish them. They can 60 with this
Tf.yw and Gen. viele gave them a tongue
lashinc all the way downstairs from the court
Police CAPTAIN schmlttberger. when seen
Mt ule West Tooth street station. said that tho
crowds. OF young men on Elyersid de Drive had
Scott had called up Police headquarters on
the telephone only few nights ago and COM
planned about II. and Ncrnev had been stationed
captain said he " was ' roinr to do dover everything
in his power to keep the Drive quiet and all
persons there orderly.