New-York tribune., 1907-06-24
NABS FORTY "SPIELERS."
Captain Lamgan GiUes Them a Les
son IN Gomez Island Manners.

The Ancient Order of Spielers at Coney Island Is
saddened and dsheartened. Captain Langan. in
his first Sunday at the Island, dealt heavy blow
TO the craft yesterday and rounded them up in the
station house-nearly forty of them-real Coney
Island 'spielers.' who date from the time when
/ John Y. Mckane was a power; actors resting
between seasons. deserters from Gallagher
! Navy and street men from Western fairs.
! The captain strolled along the Bowery early in
the afternoon. The sacred concerts" in all the
beer palaces were running full blast, but they did
not bother the captain until he stopped to light a
cigar IN front of one of them.
Look. Look yelled the "spieler." Look at
the man from Grand Rapids! He's a-comin' in.
Come in and what made Coney famous. Come
Follow the man from Oscaloosa. He may be
a farmer. but he knows where the good show is.
Captain Langan sent him over to the station
house and then went out with two or three OF his
men, and every "speler' who hailed him as the
wise guy from Painted POST followed the first
"spieler" When they were all rounded up the
captain made address:
You must not be rude or ungentlemanly." he
told them. You must not insinuate that anybody
came from Red Dog. If your shows good
shows. people win go in without you saving those
things. You must not spiel any more Sum
days either and only little bit on Saturdays and
other days. am going TO think over suggestion
just made me, and perhaps will have some nice
talks all written out for you-something that will
not offend anybody"
Then they departed Dr. Holthausen, OF the
Coney Island Reception Hospital, resuscitated one
man who had been in the water too long and had
been given up for dead. jeremiah Kasseevtch. Of
No. 1G5 Manhattan avenue, Brooklyn, was pulled
out Of the water unconscious, and DR.. Holthausen
had TO work more than an hour over him.
The physician worked for two hours Max
Bernstein OF No 217 Forsyth street, who had
been swimming off West 14th street, but was un-
able TO resuscitate him. Charles Slattery. life
guard on the beach, tried TO reach the in
time. but did not get near him until he was
drowned.
Frederick Downing. of No. 1872 Park avenue.
Brooklyn, in rowboat over toward Sleeps
head Bay with other when the boat
overturned. The other saved, but Down
ing drowned.
Four excise arrests and about score Of arrests
for climbing through windows were made.
The crowd unusually orderly a whole. al
though more than 10000 persons went to Coney
Island Dreamland Luna Park and the other re-
sorts enjoyed the most prosperous day of the
| season.
The nice warm weather caused a brand new
union TO bloom at Dreamland. The slaves and
dancing girls of King Belshazzar who feasts a
score of times day In Ellis's Orient, went on
strike because their overseer had been making
them work too hard when BILLY" Ellis was not
around The overseer stood off the girls all right
until the two sword fighters in the show came to
their assistance. He emerged from the scufiie a
sorley chastened man, but twenty OF the Slaves
had started for Broadway. Their places were taken
by the angels from THE End OF the World" nexr
door