The sun., 1900-11-19
Mayer YIELDED TO DIVES.
HARRISON or CHICaGO FORCED TO RE-
YRiCT Az ORDER RESTRICTING THEN.
Ordered Certain Vie Places to G lose at Mid
night on Saturday bath House John
and "IIInky Dnk" Stormed the Mayor and
Made Him Come Down wild orgies Result.

CHICAGO, Nov is Mayor Harrison through
Chief Of Police Kirley issued an order at
o'clock yesterday afterno Don closing all saloons
freuuented 10y women in the Harrison street
police district at midnight. At O'Clock. Just
two hours after the original order was issued
a second order was sent out CouhtefinandinS
the first decree This sudden change In tie
attitude Of May or Harrison was caused by the
vigorous objections raised by the keepers Of
the dives affected by the order. As soon "a
the word was passed that they would have to
close IA dozen eyco politicians rushed To the
Mayor'- office, and without ado told his
Honor that the order must not 60 When they
GOT through siying their side OF the case the
order was sheved and the dive keepers were
pacited
The recent crusade against the dow Nnt0wn
dives has been god~end of fortune to the keep
ers 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 aipns state
street on the l'yee proper.
These saloons have been crowded beyond
their sIgl capacity since their owntown rivals
have iGlsn into dlstavuT and IN Cun-epuenco
the hee,yr5 have been roapiUg "a golden harvest.
There are 800 saloons ia the Twenty second
precinct police district and out Of TINS number
eUO are all-nisht places, which Hre irequcnl"d
bv thousands of women whose hVeinoods arc
gained by robhing the uuNary,
Every dive keeper in this district j. a polit-
cal hcnchmanof Bath House john and -IIinky
Dlnk" K.uni. These politicians have certain
privileges which even the Mayor may not med
die with They received the order first with
knowing vlnks and comprehensive smiles.
but when they were told that the Mayor meant
bu-ines, their humor changed and they en-
phatica'ly told the police that Mayor Harrison
would hear from them. Delegations of the
dive keepers waited upon the Bath House" and
"H.uhy Dink" and howl of protest went up
which gave indications that the order must
not he enforced. Coughlin and keuna were
tod to 60 10 the MAJ or and put stop TO tie
decree.
Both the Bath House" and "Hinky pink
are noted iDr having one sur as,ing virtue
, that OF being faithful to their iIiends and
they lost no time In obcyinG the wishes of their
constituents They went To the city Han IN
all haste and had an audience with the Ma! OF.
The Interview was stormy and short
The Bath House told hS Honor that 1T
would never do and y ecdily brought tire
Mayor to hi- way Of thinking Chic: Nj ley
was sent for again and was told 20 laes ont ne
tip that tie first order had only been intended
for a little scare ana that -1Iuoh- toGId Keep
ouen the same a. usual. The Harrison street
police we're directed to distribute his Honor ,
Tin" with all possible iced and shortly a!ler
o clcck the dive deerers had their own way.
After midnight, the effect OF this
second order was plainly visible on the
leyee, The noise and shouting OF drunken
men and women Wa, louder than ever before.
4 conservative estimate placed the number
o! women on the leyee last night at +.tcO. In
TucAhorl.s saloon at Van Barren and state
streets there were 2 0 women sitting at the
tables drinking at | o'clock IN the morning
Most OF these women are well known To the
police, as they have been arrested scores OF
time, for roubcr, and other crimes
This pla.r ., a thousand times worse than
even Paris with all IT, vice. said police officer
who has visited rearIv every larg" city Ia tho
world why, in Paris. he continued, the
authorities wculd not countenauCc such opou
dehauChery right in the heart Of the city =
main thoroushflrrs where thousands Of rs-
spectahe peou.e are forced 10 pass hourly day
and rt.tt 10 get to their places of business.
New York's Tcnderlon is not a marker 10 It.
but. then is none of NV business. 50 | guess
l won't kick about II.
The shaho-up IA The Police Department eT-
pected TO result from the reign Of terror in
Chicago was partly realized last night when
the, Central Station detectives we're informed
IL, no uncertain language that they would be
cyr,ected 20 do a lot Of hard work IN the thief
catching line IN the future and 100 policemen
were transferred from the Central detail u
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