Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-10-22
GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAH.
How the Metropolis Went Base.
ball Mad and Recovered.
Violence Growing out of Tnxicsb
Strikc.-scrvians stirred O.e-
Balkan Situntion.-Hctty Green
In HobOken.

| New York. oct 16.-Since the days Of
the draft riots this city has been never
nearer to mob rule and violence than
1t stands to-day while feeble efforts
are being made TO crush the deadly
outbreaks of tho taxlcab strike. Bombs.
pistol shots and the inccndarys torch
have terrorlzed the public each day Of
the last week in every part Of this island
| md now II has become A constant danger
! to walk the streets anywhere within hail
| of tho many motor stations besicged by
the r'jffans who lately manned their
wheels. Squads Of detectives armed and
active arc to-day lining the curhs and
entrances OF every hotel and restaurant
in town in tie hope Of quelling tho hourly
attacks of the strikers who have already
left their mark on lifc, limb and prop
| ertv everywhere. That c"en these cmer-
Rcncy measures on tho part 81 the police
have failed 10 check this widespread vio-
lence Is regarded as serious nen-
ace TO law and ordc7 in the metropolis
II IS many a wear since Gotham hes
been made to look like a raw mining
camp. and everyone Is heartily ashamed
of this public exhibition Of her sad lack
OF evidence of civilization.
SERV1ANs STIRRED.
To raise a regiment Of stout servians
from the colony Of Slavonians who for
years has thiclily populated their own
quarter in this cosmopolitan city Is be-
ing seriously begun. Leaders a.
monE these swarthy compatrots have
come to helie,A that the hour is near
when their country will need their blows
and blood on it's side Of the difficulty
With Austria and no time is being lost
IN actively enlistlng volunteers for real
fighting across the ocean. Already a
hundred Of the Servian colony are said
to be drafted and drilling for war. and
hundreds more of these fiery patriots
are. to-day holding a rally FOR recruits.
No spot on the globe can he effected, II
would seem. without strong reflex action
upon this city Of all nations.
CAMPAIGN IN COURT.
Right in the heart Of the grim old
criminal court building, whore hundreds
of souls are daily turned to prison terms
or liberty. there has penetrated to-day
the most vital interest that n campaign
Of the outside state has ever reused a.
mong the officials and subjects of the
law. To thousands Of the court employ
ees and the poor who must seek Justice
here, the memory Of young Chanler and
his years Of championing the frendless
plaintiffs al the bar has kept fresh The
veteran newspaper men who still seek
, stories from the daily grind Of the courts
I are talking to-day OF the palmy DAYS
when the voluntary representation OF
ragged unfortunates by this youthful
| counsel was always good for the best
I OF human interest yarns. To see the
vigorous Mr.. Chandler strip of his fur
clan thu ~
, shivering subject for whom he had won
r Justice in court was worth all the other
sights and sounds OF the gloomy old
building, they declare. I.ife and death
and liberty are usually the prime inter
ests in this castle for sentence and ac
qulttal. and It is seldom that the support
Of other causes enters IN 80 warmly.
HEROES OF THE HORSEHIDE.
Feting and feasting the members OF ita
, near-championshp baseball team all
, sporting and theatrical New York is to-
day holding high carnival in their honor
along tho Great White Way. To man.
every citizen OF Gotham believes that
that the Giants won the pennant with
bat and bail n not with technicalities
and lawyers and their loss Of the profits
OF a place In the worlds championship
series is being made UP to them in a
tar gible as we'll as pleasant way. Before
the next week is over each member OF
tho unfortunate nine will receive more
than thousand dollars from benefits
which have been arranged to-day as
financial balm. The whole public here
has never taken TO It's heart any OF It's
representatives more closely and warmly
than It has this plucky band that fought
against odds to the last ditch. II will
be many a generation before the base
ball battle of 1908 Is forgotten In iris
4 town,
e HETTY IN HOBOKEN.
No one was surprised TO learn to-day
t that Hoboken instead OF Fifth avenue Is
e to house Hetty Green, the frugal Hnan-
= cier this coming winter. Back to the
region where the humble caVe-dveller
pays less than a dollar a day for his
living niche In waste OF cheap struc-
ture the lady magnate Is to-day bend
: ing her steps In a close search for cheap
Z quarters. To everyone who interv!ewe
Mrs Green. as she tried to endure the
: luxury OF hotel life In Gotham last season
! II was made plain that she was sorely
distressed at her wild extravagence.
Owning some OF the most pretentious
hotel and apartment structures in the
9 country this keen woman investor mas
y sought peace and personal pleasure on
the cheap outskirts OF Hohoken; and
4 New York is not greatly piqued thereby.
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