New-York tribune., 1902-04-21
EAST SIDE SHOPS OPEN.
POLICE OBEY MAYOR'S HINT
ABOUT Blue LAWS.
SALOONS AND RAINES HOTELS, HOW
STATUTES-JEWISH CELEBRATION

STATUTES-JEWTSH CELEBRATION
The icy fetters that have bound the city for
the last few Sundays relaxed a little yesterday
in the genial glow Of Mayor. Lows pronuncia-
rnento on the subject Of blue laws. This cir
cunstance and the further interesting detail
that several of those officers whose diligence
suited in the capture of large number of East
Side shopkeepers q week ago pastorally
occupied in the region Of Goatville, contributed
much to general toning down of police zeal
II was not that there a general opening;
such was not the case, but here and there along
particularly parched highways a saloon
opened its doors and closed its windows-and did
il safely.
The courts reflected the changed condition.
In the Essex Market Court where many
Sabbath breakers have recently appeared on
Sunday mornings, a single case of excise
violation tried. James B. Reynolds, who
is accustomed each Sunday morning &c saun-
ter down TO the court and watch the interests Of
his Citizens Union constituents, was present,
and Assistant District Attorney Kressel was
with him, but their visit was without incident
The centre Of interest in the Sunday question
was the East Side. The Jewish holidays, now
beginning, lent particular interest to the situa-
ton. Thanks to Mayor Lows expressed desires,
the inhabitants Of this quarter We're unnolested.
The butcher shops were open. almost for the
first time this year; the clothing stores N Grand
and Canal sts were doing big business: even
the pushcart man. the most tirlid and fearful Of
all traders, who scuds before the wind at the
slightest sign Of danger. was forth and early
engage ), a thriving trade a week ago the
only = open were the undertaking estab-
ushment and the police station; yesterday at
least one Of these doing no business
DID such A PISNESs."
Hester-st-, Pitt and Ridge, in fact all the mar
ket centres of the pushcart trade. were crowded
throughout the day. and everybody appeared to
be doing what is described in those regions as
such & pisness" This is the season when the
Inhabitants OF the Ghetto change their house
keeping utensils No cooking pots or dishes that
are used during the rest CT the year may be
used during the holidays and the volume of
trade st this time is tremendous Great crowds
swarmed around the carts and pushed and
crowded to get near the vendors. Through this
crowd sulky bluecoats moved aimlessly, their
countenances revealing their disappointment at
their inability to interfere
In the italian district around the Bend" the
"hokey pokey man" was also reaPing harvest
as a result Of the changed conditions. Indeed,
the only unhappy member Of society in the lower
city was the gallant revolving policeman, VINO
was forced to stand idly by while untold oppor-
tunities to turn easy f not m honest penny
slipped by him. Among the East Side store
keepers Mayor Low changed from a prosecuting
foe to a protecting friend in the space Of few
hours.
There was one precinct in the city where, on
Sunday morning at least the saloons We're wide
open: that was Captain Foody's, the scene Of the
recent rnelodramatic revolt. Whatever forces
may have contributed to this sudden relapse
from strenuous virtue were not apparent. but
certain 1t is that the much vaunted 45Q was not
a potent force yesterday.
Still, It should not be concluded that the city
was in any sense open, for it was not. The ef-
feet OF two rigidly legal Sundays could not be
so easily dissipated. For the most part the
saloons closed and their bars were exposed In
the Bowery all the various resorts began to
serve soft drinks promptly at midnight Satur-
day and even the Raines law hotels trans
ferred their business to the back rooms. Sand
witches also made their appearance with the
Sabbath, the same unpalatable, unwholesome
and unnviting sandwiches that have appeared
so frequently Of late that the Bowery wags
have united in calling the present aonllnlslra-
ton a sandwich gang.
THE TENDERLOIN GLOOMY.
The Tenderloin was gloomy The hotels did
business quietly. Many saloons were closed
The Bohemia Cairo and other resorts OF that
kind that have earned tor q part OF tue Aehuei
loin the name of the white Light" district
were closed tight. From the sign of the Hay
market there was faint green glare placaro
announced that Gospel meeting was 10 os
held there at s o'clock Up to . p. m there Hdo
been only two arrests in the Tenoerloln III VIZ
latioa Of the excise law.
The Police Headquarters record OF excise VIZ
1ations from a m. yesterday was as loiio"S
Church-st-, /: Oak-st-, =; Madlson-st., q
Charles-st-, 2: Macdougal-st, j; fHth-st-' 3
West Thrtieth-st, /; West Thirty
g. West Forty-seventf-st, D; East t1fty- -nrst-
ST. l. West Sixty-eighth-st, L; East One-hun-
dred- nd-fourth-st, /; fremont l. broohlyli'
Total arrests, 26. Last Sunday there were II
-.
Only one prisoner charged with V1olatlon VI "
the excise law was arraigned before Mag az
Hogan in the jefferson Market court Inc IN
fortunate exception TO the general ruie OF m III
rnunity was Martin Potter, barteiioef ei
ployed at No. II SeVenth-ave. On the tesi
mony Of the policemen making the arrest tha a.
they had found q crowd of men drinking peer IN ~
the small hours of the Sabbath, Potter was
held in $500 bail for trial in Special sessions
The friends of a liberal enforcement oL as az
laws requiring Sunday closing were sahsheu
with yesterdays proceedings 49,,
THE police and Tammany people have peer, n
said a prominent East Side friend of the present
city government to a reporter. They have oeeh
trying hard and last week when Walshs mel
began TO in the storekeepers II looked as ~ y
they had succeeded. But the Mayors letter
stopped that and helped him whole heap OH
the East Side