The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
AN OLD-F4SHIONED CITIZEN.
HIS observations on the streets or New
York and lis 4 exclusions From Them.

To THE EDITOR OF The SCN-!Sir. / don I
go out quite so much as some people do. be-
cause I'm old-fashioDed and don't live in a
fiat prefer to pay more for rent and less
for car-fare; though say this in no grudg-
Ing sense as regards the trolley car COM
panies. They earn their nickels-if any
class in the community does. Still prefer
stationary life. even if | do pay more rent
TO hiring couple of rooms for six or eight in
family. and trying to live rent free at the ex-
pense of the car companies. who are not or
ganized for philanthropy but for business.
So. | stay home good deal and read the
papers some. and | notice there il great talk
Of "lynching" negroes. for instance. No
doubt some of them deserve the full rigors Of
the law, but so do some others. especially
those who engage in "lynching"
But that is not the point Only do go out
occasionally. and should ina CINE that all
motormen and trolley conductors are negroes
and are to be lynched almost on sight.
The other day in the Bowery there was an
infant Of some two years old allowed by her
parent, who stood on the sidewalk and wit
messed the occurrence. to cross the street in
front OF swiftly approaching trolley car.
The inevitable happened. DO you suppose
the parent went 10 the assistance of his child
and risked his life to save her? No. indeed
He didn't bulge. Even after the car was
stopped, it was n stranger, Who unaided
tried to lift the car from the body of the poor
little one. The remainder of the perverse
mob present were bent on "lynching"--w whom?
The unnatural parent. who seemed purposely
to have enticed the poor innocent to cross in
front OF the adv dncing trolley? No, but tho
conductor and motorman who had done all
they could TO avert the sad occurrence, but
were pOweress TO do SO.
A few weeks ago. on Il cross-town line, a
SIM lar accident happened. In this case the
mother was on stocP and the child, crossed
in front of the car. This child was older and
rolled out of the way. so that she was not
killed, but only hurt. A bystander-not a
"lyncher carried her to a drug store, where
she was attended. The mother followed In
rounded the drug store: An employee going
out with a broom to drive them away was
seihed upon, as the crowd was intent upon
"lynching some one Only the swift arrival
Of the police saved the druggists porter from
being roughly dealt with. Some of the crowd
when demonstrated with. tried to explain
that they thought IL was this man who had
know what was the matter. but had followed
the ringlcaders.
In every such crowd there il always some
who start such cries. These should be looked
after, and their occupation made very UNI
popular The organized fomentng of riot
on the least occasion. has got 70 be a regular
profession in some centres. We hear COM
plants OF II from far Russia from Paris. and
we see something OF it's workings lately In
these trolley accident disturbances
II the parents of every child under 3 years
OF age found crossing II car track unacCom-
panied We're arrested and fined, there would
soon be very few trolley accidents.
OF the Pro-Bono-Publico Club.
NEw YORK July 30