New-York tribune., 1908-11-16
JEWS SWEEP By POLICE
IAN EAST SIDE STREET.
Three Thousand Fight at Opening OF
Mount Noriah Hospital.

Three thousand East Side Jews gave dozen
-olicernea from the Fifth street station busy
hour YESTERDAY al the formal opening OF the
Mount Moriah Hospital at No l2e to 14o g
street Il was 3 rushing. pushing crowd that
gathered in front Of the building trying to gam
admission. The three thousand men. women anu
children were confined IN a narrow space oi the
narrow street but inch by inch they Won grouho
s-orn The police until the foremost were pushing
the guards up the narrow stairway TO the hos
uital entrance when Sergeant Daniel Fogarty' IN
charge og the police. teIephoned for reserves
The exercises were scheduled for o'clock. AT
thar hour the crowd that had gathered gave no
reason 10 uresage the Subsequent happenings
There were perhaps one thousand there. waiting
.r orderly rnisformation and easily manageable
r. the police who kept the sidewalk clear and a
space e. either side OF the entrance But the
ceremonies in front Of the building were late in
starting and At 3 o'clock. when Jacob h Schlff,
Patrick 2 MCGOWAN. president Of the Board OF
Aldermen and Edward Lauterbach arrived, the
crowd had grown 10 three thousand. and il was
with difficulty that the police cleared a way for
thern- The guests mounted the steps and waited
1o7 quiet before beginning the speeches.
When those in the rear OF the crowd learned
that the exercises were 10 start they surged for
ward. The police. with the assistance Of a few
citizens and members of the committee. restored
s. semblance of order After Mr.. Schif and Nj
MCGOWAN had finished speaking and entered the
hospital there was q general scramble toward
rhe entrance. The police he'd their ground
vaIiantly rs long as they could While this was
going on the Rev. Dr.. J. L. Magnes. Deputy Col
hector Phillips ana other invited guests arrived
They xot TO the outskirts Of the crowd and then
retreated The committee decided 10 admit
sbcu1 fifty a. q time. and then the cTowdins be
came worse Old men, old women and children
were pushed helplessly about. The women
shrieked and the children cried.
one woman wearing q knitted shawl. had all
kinds Of trouble because the shawl insisted on
getting caught on the buttons Of other peoples
clothing At one tine sne was tightly fastened
- -wo policemen When Sergeant Fogarty :
men had exhausted every trick known to the
football g-idiron and 3 few known only 10 the
police 70 repeI the crowd. but without success
there vas hurry call the 9Th street sta
non for reserves Ten men. II charge Of In
specto- Russell. came in answer 70 the call and
they. after scme effort and the eXPending q
considerable muscular force, brought order out
q tf2e chaotic situation
4 few r7olicernen drew thei- clubs IN doing
this but Inspector Russell made them replace
them Immediately When the street was cleared
srd tbs people formed in a line a Policeman
nizhtsticl was found in the muddy street Cap
President MCGOWAN, who represented Mayor
Mcclellan congratulated the East Side on the
es-a ablisrrnen- Of new hospital and said that II
was bv such institutions the mortality rate Of
rhe CITY v-as kept down. These private institu-
tions he added. also kept the city from bank
rur,tcy-
Jacob n Schif. holding 8 large gold key
about q foot in length. opened" the hospital.
The speech OF Edward Lauterbach revealed
-he fact that the new institution has had trouble
II obtaining charter from the State Board OF
CfsariJes and that This was due 10 the objection
a. the directors u the Beth Israel Hospital. at
Sheriff and Jefferson streets The complaint Of
1ne latter has been that the Mount Moriah Hos
pital would interfere in their field AIr Lauter-
bach said that the Beth Israel Hospital had 10
turn away LOO patients last year He promised
TO represent the Mount Moriah Hospital before
rhe committee of the State Board Of Charities in
charge of the matter
Tha institution viii be non-sectarisu. free 10
the poor Of the neighborhood. and there viii be
: diEpeusaTv for the outdoor patients Il viii
have nine1y-t7ro beds.
There viii be no ambulance service. Among
the directors are Jacob Fl Prefer. Reuben Auer-
bach. Bernard Senel. president Of the hospital
hoard and a. H Behren. A. Storch. a. FTshmau.
- Kette1plsn. A. H yogel. 7. Salpeter :. Bin
der n - tsruber. .. Bee-msn- u Ranpaport
END @ AltenErerE
The medical staff includes Dr. H Weinberg.
Dr. T Tilton. DT. N. Wair- Or. a Adams. Dr.
& S1eigitz Dr. c. Rosenberg. Dr. {. Neuman.
I}- J Franl=l I,r. / Gottesman. Dr.. D. TogeI
snd d. B Bitter
The renovation and fitting up OF the hospital
cost Sfoa0p0