Evening star., 1901-07-13

thong binds them hand and foot. Not
alone are they required to take orders
from their sGperiors, but in the very act
OF performing their duty they have to toe
the mark apd hupilia,s themselves in the
presence OF law-breakng rufhans con-
nected with the Tammany outfit They
even have to stand for the insults OF the
mlscreant sons OF the Tammany men.
lew nights ago drunken youth was
making a nuisance of himself on Broad
way. lie was In that stage of inebriety
which caused him TO imagine that his an
tlcs we're amusing to the great stream OF
passers-by. and he carried on In a fashion
mat would have been scandalous even on
the Bowery. He insulted passing men and
women with impunity on account Of his
great size and athletic build. and ne whoop-
ed like an Ogalalla doing the sun dance
lie dragged hanson cab driver from his
seat and rolled him in the mud and he
Knocked together the heads OF a pair OF
| weakened newsboys.
After he had kept this up for quite a
while one Of the Broadway squad went uD
TO him and told him that he was under
arrest.
am. hey?" erowled the ruffian. sud-
dehly abandoning his funny manner show
ing his teeth. and sticking his face within
an inch % that of the policeman Don't
youse believe it! If I'm pinched. youse
60 10 IN goats. tsee?"-"going to the
goats being the phrase emnloysd when
New York policeman attached 20 one
OF the good central New York stations is
transferred up to Morrisania or down to
a.a'en ga island. or some place equally of
the eafth and away from the fieshpots
just at this point a man who appar-
sntis knew the policeman stepped up be-
nlhu hlm and whispered in his ear that
,ie placksuard was the son of one of the
lea1lns iammany officials of New York,
anu tntt ne was consequently I'm a position
10 ri tuihll mis- promise to the goats
Inc policeman turned about and walked
hal
many whelp continued to make himself
me me broadway storm center until he got
ns .ssa, nor was ne again approached by an
olllcer, for they had been tipped off ali I'M
ana down the line
killing the Goose
The enthusiasm of New Workers of other
years Tor the roof gardens seems to hava
! idpsed. Several of the showiest of tbeSa
aerial amusement enterprises have been
compelled thus early in the season to- close
| on account of lack Of patronage. and those
mat still remain open are slimly attended
IL is mot unlikely that the hoggishness of
the manasements of these places In tbair
anxiety to dispense drinks has baan larc.
| Iy responsible for the decreased interest in
the roof gardens. High as the pricas or
ADMISSION have always been for most of
the roof gardens the managers of them
| nave looked to the traffic in drinks 10 even
| exceed the receipts at the dors The wait
ers' doubtless acting under Instructions
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| in their virtual demands that the patrons
| or the roofs eNpend their substance for
beverages. They would lean on the tables
! and poke their countenances into those of
ncn-drinking patrons and almost sneeringly
| inquire OF them. often twenty times a night
| if they wanted anything in the drinking
! line, and when they received negative
| replies they went off muttering and MAX
! ing cultural Teutonic remarks Of an un-
| complimentary nature. They were just as
| insistent and insulting on the so-called
| high-grade roofs as the walters of the
| palm gardens of the Bowery have ever
| been, and there isn't a doubt in life that
| they have been largely instrumental in
Keeping patrons away from the roofs this
! year.
Sandwich Mems Union
Two manifestations of unusual interest
in the world of labor were observed hero
| last week. The first of these was a queer
| illustration of the gradually gaining pas
| sion for organization. The despised sand
wich men, those castaways upon the
shores of time who wearily plod the main
business thoroughfares with advertising
! signs their backs got together and
formed the Sandwich Mems Union. with
constitution, bylaws and all the rest of IT.
They no sooner formed their organization
than they struck for an increase of from
% to 40 cents a day for their monotonous
pedestrianism, and they made their point
stick without a bit of trouble The addi-
tlonal - cents per diem tackled onto the in
comes of the several hundreds of sandwich
men who patrol the streets of New York
ought TO be of great benefit to the barrel
| houses which offer "a fine, large glass of
pure Kentucky bourbon whisky for 3
cents"
The other manifestation was the opposi-
tion manifested by members of most of the
tradesmen's unions to the manual training
schools which have attained such important
proportions in the educational scheme of
New York. The mechanics are setting up
the claim that the manual training schools
turning out, as they do, hundreds of mere
boys every year competent to take posi-
lions In all of the trades are hurting the
chances of skilled adult tradesmen in their
ngnt Tor employment, and there is already
talk of putting the extinguisher upon The
puphc Industrial schools of New York
q. L. c.