The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-19
REVOKED THE dive ORDER
Mayor Harrison Suddenly Changes
His Attitude.
ChicngO's Vice Crusade Abruptly
Ended by the Protests of Lcvce
Politicians - Women Allowed To
Crowd the Drinking Places After
MiLnight-Pitralls for the Unwary.

CHICAGO. Nov. 1s.-Mayor Harrison.
through Chief Ripley. issued an order at
o'clock yesterday afternoon closing all
saloons frequented by women in the Har-
rfson Street police district at midnight.
AT O'Clock. just two hours after the
original order was issued. a second order
was sent out countermanding the first.
This sudden change in the attitude Of
Mayor Harrison was caused by the vigor-
Gus objections raised by the keepers of
the dives affected by the order. AS soon
as the word was passed that they would
have to close, dozen levee politicians
rushed to the mayors office and without
ado stated to his honor that the order
must not go. When they got through Civ
ing their side of the case the order was
shelved and the divekeepers were paci
fed
The recent crusade against the down.
town dives has been godsead to
keepers of saloons in the district south
OF Van Buren, Street. Hundreds of women
who have been driven from their usual
haunts have taken refuge after midnight
in the dives along State Street, on the
leree proper.
These saloons have been crowded be-
yond their usual capacity since their
downtown rivals have fallen into disre-
pute. and in consequence the keepers
have been reaping golden harvest
There are 800 saloons in the Twenty-sec-
ond precinct police district, and out of
this number 200 are all-night places,
which are freQuented by thousands of
women whose livelihoods are gained by
robbing the unwary.
Every dive-keeper is political hench-
man of Aldermen Bath House" John
Coughlin and "Hinkey Dink'' Kenna. and
they are allowed certain provinces which
even the mayor canrot NEEDLE with. They
received the order first with knowing winks
and comprehensive smiles but when they
were given plainly 10 understand that the
mayor meant business their humor changed
and they emphatically told the officers that
his honor would hear from them
Delegations Of the dive-keepers waited
upon Bath House and ''Hinkey Dink.'
and howl of protest went up which gave
indications that the order must not be en-
forced. Coughlin and Kenna were told to
go to the mayor and put a stop to the
decree. Both Bath House and "Hinkey
Dink" are noted for having one surprising
virtue, that of being faithful to their
friends-and they lost no time in obeying
the wishes of their constituents They went
to the city hall in all haste and were given
an audience with the mayor The inter-
view was stormy and short
Bath House" told his honor that il
would never do, and speedily brought the
mayor to his way of thinking. Chief Kip
ley was sent for again. and was told to pass
out the tip that the first order had only
been intended for little scare and that
saloons could keep open the same as usual
The Harrison Street police were directed
TO distribute Mayor Harrisons revocation
with all possible speed. and shortly ai.er
O'Clock the dive-kespers had been given
their own way.
After midnight the effect of .his second
order was plainly visible on the leyee
II anything. the noise and shouting of
drunken men and women were louder than
ever before. conservative estimate
placed the number of women on the leyee
last night at 1000. In Tuck Hcrn's sa-
loon at Van Buren, and State Streets
there were 200 women sitting at the
tables drinking at ! o'clock in the morn
ing. Most OF these women are we'll known
to the police, as they haze been arrested
scores of Zines for robbery and other
crimes.
This place is thousand times worse
than even Paris. with all its vice., sa d
police officer who has visited nearly
every large city in the world. why, in
Paris the authorities would not c1unte-
nance such open debauchery right in the
heart of the city's main thoroughfares,
where thousands of respectable people
are forced to pass hourly, day and night,
TO get to their places of business New
fork's Tenderloin is not a marker but
then it's none of my business, SO l guess
/ won't kick about it."
The shake-up in the police spartment,
expected to result from the reign of ter
ror in Chicago, was partly realized last
night when the Central station detectives
were informed in no uncertain Language
that they would be expected to do a lot
of hard work in the thief catching line in
the future. and 100 policemen were trans
ferred from the Central detail to outly-
ing stations