New-York tribune., 1907-08-05
" DOLPHIN" In DEBATE
OTIGLEY HIS OPPONENT
"Uhen Does Life PreserJer Button
Up the BackP

While running with A stiff food tide on s.,r-
dav Honest Bill Quigley. the Battery boatrnan
brought his whitehall UP with "A bang against
half submerged log and ripped in the bow a ho.
as big as his derby. He baIed for while and
would have had to let go and cling TO the keel had
he not been picked up by the tugboat Timmins.
The bostmsu never talks much about reiiEio,
but he confessed yesterday that il sure did, ru-s
his conscience A lit repair the boat on tbs
Sabbath
After he had put in plankins. however and
hraccd a split rib he consoIed himself with III.
argument that it was well TO fulfil ones CONTRACTS
also il had been written to do unto others as
you never hope TO he done by or be did He was
packing into the seams an extra layer of oakrm
when the Battery Dolphin came over to the
basin if could help out
NO. You ought have got here four hours sso
if you wanted to come in on this Jackpot" said
.FfIr, in response to the "Dophfn's'' dIerv n ~
could be of any ''insistance-'
The Jobs done now he continued "and I'm
glad you didn't break the Sabbath, cause you'va
got enough TO answer for now that you're mar
red.'
QuigIey put the palms of both hands Just abor.
his hips and. remarkins that the job had tired
him plumb out Hnnped over To a box and ssr
down He looked over toward Pier A. where tbs
Coney Island boats take their second install
ment Of passengers. and saw more than four hun
dred persons watching an outgoing steamboat On
which admission By the customs inspectors had
been denied them
"Sav. Dolphin said the boatmsn what do
YOU think Of the way Matt Coneys Is thinnin out
the crowds the excursion boars?
Pretty cheesey.'' replied the Dolphin rolling
a cigarette and pursuing his red brows- "Coneys Is
q scrapper and he's warped in pretty on his first
dockfu' but IL amt square deal on the guys and
gals what's done out OF a days outin
Are YOU sure Of that?' asked Quigley- Have
o,, be.r, copan,untng with the sea COW or Is your
tin crooked againE There's Dig bunch Of
guys and gals that never ought TO go 70 Coney.
amt making any direct personal KNOCKS, OUT
have in me mind a lad not a fathOm away from
here now that would have a few more dollars "a
his pocket IL he kept away from the island
- .4lff "a lrT
phn'' continued his diatribe against Matt COneys
enforcement OF the steamboat regulations Th4
there stunt of Coneys on tne Jug NaSei'ue 'hat @
hired from Fred Il. Dazell Is regular itnon 100
that takes all day and don't do no good Somebodg
said the tug throwed scare into the nshin boats
but take it from me they amt nothln TO II Any
way. il amt fair To the felieTs dat want 70 naAs
a DAY Of il on the Island
You've got to prove that to my satisfaction. IL
terrupted the boatman. "OT I'll send toneFs over
to see you and have him tell you a thing or two
about what's what. You're S@ttin close 70 oein
what they call anarchist They PICK them 1el-
Isrs I'D I'm a hurry and take care ot en- AZ heatn
resort on the Hudson called sing Sing why amt
Ccnevs JOB the Vaseline fair
II can't just impress meself on me- meaniu. ex-
rIaiuad the Dolphin but 7 csn feel il in me
brains that il amt square deal cause they don't
ketch very6ody. sneak-d aboard the Naseihs
on one Of her trips last week. and V2'ched en-
do the trick from the fO'C'Sle- We passed oy ID H.
Hai-y1nan'S private yot and a yot b|Gngin 70 +
T Rogers of the StsrbOard OIL concern and taeg
didn't rubber into them boats To 500 u 'n"E was
need aboard
..Chuck that argument said Qui=ey- It don't
hold water. Them boats don't come 'Under the iaS
Besides. you kin depend upon il they ain neVer
oyer,rowted and they've got more tuan enough
equipment In the Hfesavin Hne IN ease OF dccF
dent Anyway. they amt public boats
Coruered by the boatman- the "Do1pnio nut
tered something about being rich and having a pun
and cited instances Of hshlns Noat i''i-ugs
that bt didn't call exactly far Whsn We was o.
t,,sh-s docks 80 ne argued. the Easelinc Aeid up
the so-foot power boat County Waterford. % o"he1
by Jimmy Corrigan. Of South BROOKLYN He had
a license for twenty people ana NJ hdo io1-'-1
NOR, and six kids on board. FIe had the rS1t NUM-
her os people all right. but they pincaed nin D
carsa h. couldn't produce only thirteen NE pre-
.Sotbfn. wrong with that said Qglsley-
Who said they WIZ snapped the Do'P-i--
"Give a chance 70 improve me point pom, ,cfst
y million pardOnS. Lord DoIphih ~ eS~,r
,b b,afr,ar Il trust your IortS3lip will overio'N
me intrtIdin' on your pie-crust JiIn''Nh ,Np'S
tion of tha case Proceed. GlIssia- proceed.
I-bs .sI1nIphin,s'- scarlet counteHa0re took on
deeper hue his nose and chin neirl- meeting o. -
his wide mouth warped crescent IKE "'-' ~
might possibly be called a smile
To r,~0raglte me position further he eonjllls'"
attending TO initiate Quiglsys fancy |ie@ la.H
called the Sh0oIuIn Aleker1- "hat ortonSei
Moses Epstein. Of Ell Basin Ang'ed t, TN ~.
/ kuowad Corrigan. Of the COUNTY NdtrItoi'i -
I kept cut o. sight. cause got an ldea - q W
r,s 70 swing NE DRAG vid Coneys- and they Nu@
rothiu- doi1- in that business fur me wen. ID
stei,.- Isnrh was only allowed 10 have thirty
peopes but she carried sixteen men ''ii .a'--
aard a5rbr Kids Coneys hauled him W and Made
hin, sb1V G.s papers Then he counted -F ~
o,,tdt and told Epstein he'd have 70 pih'h tH7
bunch cause thN- four more passengers t4a-
the license allowed Epstein did the same WOE,
Isttin that Corrisan did. but he talked a ot aGd
cot aNav with il. He told Coueys that the 60.
Kids naif half rate tickets and that because te!
usre r,rdar six years old the whole eight ot tl
ONLY counted for four Cull-sizerS thtt' y -
/ made an even thirty for all on board
Foxy Epsteia.- remarked Qu.SeI ap2Tsclt@,.-- -
f,I1,- the rlse Of the ShOClum Al'kEli ; ffduS.
| skinner But C'oneys didn't let him 80. no ~
lie sure did" replied the Dolphin ne -H
spectors counted tho preserves and t'ahd - -
was only thirty CcneyS told hinl pr - -
mr. serves short on the law. but Epstein pulled '.
four nf ON that held together ny buttons "a "a
the middle He said that each hdli OF tAr - -
e,uId be exceperated and would Keep tne s's-
Kids afoat for a week Coneys lauShed Al iel '-'
Yiddish skipper go - ,,.,ss :.
An. that's where you kick ABOUT d'l
it, asked Quigley- - f,i-
sure" replied the Dolphin 1t vas as "a, Ia,'
70 nfnch Epstein as it wuz CorriSan. bHt tne i'1-
s:isher gave them argument an beat H.
An. YOU saw all this from the 10 sic en-
4 Il sure did. .,r .,,
where YOU can see it all AZ once or hire % - -
,-,ur own You talk about unfaiTnSSs W.7u =. :.
1-ison i limited by circle Of p"rtho 81 -,
amt to be expected that you can see O." '"'
well. what told you is the sures' thns ''-
know ,, n,.,, sitting
| Ouiglay rose from the box he had n'ell ,rfiIv
ON Stretched his arms and then laughing s..srv
at tba ..DoIphin.'' said: II was on tHe tha
wall when two inspectors brought t'IlIe' =. tbe
YidIish captain and their power ood,S ~ f,orsvs
Barge Office under arrsSt VHnA "
| to drop in and see YOU
, xror HOTELF