The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-24
POLICE BRING EXCURSION IN.
1000 ABOARD THREE BARGES
AND A FREE FIGHT RAGING.

Woman Sent to Hosplt al and IL Men to Cells
bar Receipts Had Vanished I'm the
Scuifle-Fusiliadc Of Beer Glasses
Meets the Rescuing Cruiser Patrol.
The Manhattan Benevolent Associations
excursion, which took 1000 men, women
and children, yesterday, to Forest View
Grove, a resort opposite Yonkers, returned
last night under escort Of the police boat
Patrol, which, loaded down with reserves
from the downtown precincts. was hustled
out to quell row aboard the barges,
One woman was taken to Roosevelt Hos
pital when the excursion reached Manhat-
tan, and twelve arrests were made The
cash box. containing about 3l2O in bar
receipts. had vanished in the scutfle and
could not be found.
While the steamer Laura M. Starin was
coming back down the North River last
night towing the three barges crowded
with excursionists, a crowd of roughs on
the Starina, one Of the barges, practically
the other passengers.
Soon after leaving the grove lot Of
toughs, who had been drinking beer and
playing craps most of the day, surrounded
the bar on the Starina and demanded beer
without paying for it.
Michael O'Neill, one of the men in charge
of the outing, tried to quiet the disturbers
by telling them that there was nothing to
eat or drink left on board. The rowdies
only greeted his pleas for quiet with derisive
yells and oaths.
Then they began an attack on the cash
box, containing about Sl20, and the bar
tenders were powerless to prevent their
getting it.
fight ragged about the bar and the
women and children on the barge We're
in a panic. Beer glasses, chairs and every
thing else within reach were used az weap-
ons and riot, in which about fifteen men
We're the ringleaders, was on all over the
bargeS deck
While the riot was at its worst the Starina's
captain saw the tugboat Vanderbilt not far
of and signalling to her asked her captain
TO go ashore and notify the police to sen
help, Capt. Anthony got to 1nwood az
soon as he could make the distance and
sent ii telephone message to headquarters.
The message reached there about 10
O'Clock and orders were sent to the Patrol
to start up the river.
The police boat met the barges opposite
l25th street. When she drew alongside
the excursion boats the row was still raging
The ponce were met with fuSlIlade OF
beer glasses and other missiles from the
barges, but they leaped aboard and spot
ting the leaders quickly subdued them
and put them under arrest.
The barGes came in at the foot of West
Fiftieth street and a dozen prisoners were
put on board the Patrol, taken to the Bat
terry and thence to the Church street sta
ton, where they were locked up.
One of the bartenders said that the
trouble was started by q number OF the
toughs, who had lost their money playing
craps and wanted free beer.
He said that among other things the
gang built fire In the middle Of tho Star
mas deck and that they ran on board the
other two barges and spread terror there
also Four or five or the bartenders. he
said, were more or less hurt by beer glasses
and chairs.
He said that on the trip up the river in
the morning a boys eye had been kicked
out by n crap player. The boy, he said f.,
was sent ashore at 125th street.