Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-08
Papers Against 1000 Have Been
Signed So Far.
MANY COMPROMISE
Yesterdays Storm Blocked Action of
the acknowledgements Meth
ods Open to the Tenants.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January S.-Thirty-two
eviction warrants were issued today in
the thirteenth municipal court at 264
Madison street. and to Marshal Levine
was int-usted the duty of serving them.
Nine tenants were to be evicted before
night from the tenement at 516-5oO East
18th street. These nine tenants took a
prominent part in the rent riots of last
Sunday and the houses were the scene
OF action.
The eviction takes in nearly one-ffth
of the occupants of these houses, which
had forty-eight tenants altogether. The
lower the rent from 81 to $50 and s.,
but that his terms had been refused.
Now the nine would be obliged to leave
whether they paid up or not. The rest
of the forty eight could stay, he said.
Some of the other tenements from
which tenants were to be evicted today
were at J44 East 10th street, where six
We're to be put out; 13S Monroe street,
two evictions; 40 Monroe street, one
eviction: :; Hester street. one eviction; 21
Essex street, four evictions; 1S9 Clinton
street, two evctions, and - Rutgers
street. one eviction
Justice Sanders, Hoffman and Roesch
said this morning that they had signed in
all about 1000 eviction warrants up to
date. According to the justices. of the
LOCO signed, probably not more than
10 per cent would be issued. Among
the reasons for that is that in many
cases either the landlord finds the ten
ant willing to go out of his own accord
without waiting to be put out, or else
the landlord pays the tenant $3 or 81 to
get out to avoid paying the marshal $6 or
81 for putting him out.
Some of the landlords on whose behalf
eviction warrants were issued today were
anxious to have them issued yesterday,
but the justices prevailed upon them to
wait until today on account of the misery
and suffering which would have been
caused had any one been evicted In the
bad weather which lasted throughout yes
terday.
Rain Blocks Rent War.
Threats of incendiarism in revenge for
eviction turned over to Capt. Schlottmar
of the Madison street police station by
several landlords. scattering evctions and
virtual admission that the great press
of dispossess cases had clogged the thir-
teenth district court marked the day in
the rent war yesterday. 1t rained much
too hard for any outdoor meetings.
In the municipal court yesterday JUS
tice Sanders put all dispossess cases over
until tomorrow. saying that no more war
rants would be issued until then. The
orders signed then will probably call for
evictionS Monday, as 1t has been rule
not to issue orders of any kind for exc
cution Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath.
This will give the marshals a chance to
clean up the eight hundred or more evic-
ton cases they have on their hands for
today, and they may be ready Monday
to take care of the new cases.
The marshals expect to have busy
time today in executing the warrants
Tenants can block the processes of the
law in many ways without actually Vlo-
lating it. They can fill their stoves until
they are red hot. They can be in bed
when the marshal comes and they must
be allowed a reasonable time to dress
They can hang the clothes out on the lines
to dry and they cannot be compelled to
take the things in themselves.
Landlords Getting Even.
Many tenants said yeste rday at socialist
he eadquarters in Grand street that land
lords were getting even with them fol
striking by turning off the water supply
Joseph Caplan said the health department
could and should stop this.
There were several cases of eviction
yesterday despite the rain. and one arrest
resulted from a clash between tenants and
marshals. Mrs. Jean Victoria was eyicted
from tenement at oo- Cnerry street. dnu
sympathetic fellow tenants began to carry
her belongings back to her rooms. Mar
shal Freeman called upon the police fol
help and in the resultant trouble BenJa-
min Solovechs was arrested. In the Es-
sex Market court Magistrate Breen bound
him over to keep the peace.
The advisory committee of the new land
lords association held Il meeting in the
afternoon, and decided to stand firm. Nc
tenants will be accepted by the members
who cannot show a receipt for rent at
thel- last dwelling place