New-York tribune., 1907-07-07
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
II White, Black and YelLo5U Club
Under Way-Echoes Of the Fourth.

In line with the organization in Brownsville that
seeks to advance the relations between Christians
and Jews by advocating ntermarriage and the
Italian society which recently formed TO COM
bat the methods of the Black Hand, with the
hope of making Italians more popular in Brooklyn,
organization has come to the fore. 1t is
the Cosmopolitan Society, and its membership is
composed of whites, blacks and yellow men, Some
members of the society, IL is said, believe in the
Intermarriage of the races but II would that
they in the minority. The real object OF the
organization is 10 do away with the bad and not
with the good results of natural racial instinct.
HI the society the members meet on social level,
and there are unfortunate distinctions to eXalt
some, the embarrassment of the others. In
speaking OF the society yesterday w w Passage,
manager Of the Funk Wagnalls publishing com
Pany and one Of the four organizers of the club,
said:
I'VE are entering on 4 campaign against the ex-
ploitaton of one race by another. We want equal
justice for all, equal chance commercially for
all the races and want to have the working
men placed equal footing with their en-
ployers We have a society made up of repre-
sentatives OF practically all the races and we Will
discuss and determine upon the best method Of
bringing them all together that the social and
commercial injustces will be eliminated"
The society holds its meetings q the negro Young
Mems Christian Association building. in Carlton
avenue. The head OF its board of directors is DIR.
Omen N Walker, a negro graduate OF oxford
University. While he is a minister, he is also a
physician and has his Office at No. 762 Herkilner
street
The views Of the magistrates Of the police courts
TO the contrary, the police officers and officials are
confident OF the patriotic enthusiasm of all tho
men and boys who were arrested-or should have
Deen-for carrying discharging revolvers
the Fourth. II is the opinion Of the police that
many people are shot purposely the Fourth.
Their assaiants, II caught, always have the eX-
cuse that they did not know that their revolvers
loaded Hith cartridges containing bullets. In
the midst Of the dozens OF prisoners who ac-
tually innocent the guilty cannot be identified.
and they escape with the rest Further, IL is
said il is easy thing for the guilty 10 escape
rest altogether. On the Fourth many OF the per-
injured by so-caIed stray bullets.
meaning that in the general noise and celebration
rhe persons discharging tls bullets could not be
picked out. In this way II is contended, the pres
noisy and bloody method of celebrating the
Fourth simply plays into the hands Of the crrli-
nally inclined
Another method Of celebrating the Fourth that
cannot be cIasseG among innocent amusements
much more than can he the ''accIdental' dis
charge Of cartridges loaded with bullets Is
the tossing Of trecrackers with lit fuses into
open trolley cars. Numerous complaints reached
the Offices Of the companies Thursday night
and Friday from women and men who had suf-
fered the result OF this pastme. The boys
were not the only ores who threw fireworks into
the cars. at night men. well as boys, took
pleasure IN sending balls Of fame from Roman
candles, rockets and bombs into the cars as they
passed Others set off their fireworks beside the
car tracks, that the explosions sent showers or
sparks anCng the passengers. Some OF the en-
1husiasts even boarded the cars and exploded blank
cartridges in the of the passengers, while
Others fastened Up pinwheels before departing. and
left the people 30 enjoy the showers OF sparks at
close range.