New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
SHOWMEN FEEL UNEASY
TEST CASES At ISLAND.
TEN H-arrants for Sunday TioLation'
Dispei idea of Security.

-be feeling of relief which pervaded Coney Island
sunday when it became evident that the police
sis moi rlar wholesale closing OF the amusement
-1s.es was changed TO one OF apprehension and
fvfe,v Yesterday morning when Magistrate nghe
.sued ten warrants for violation of the Sunday ia
:, application Of Police Captain Palmer.
IRE warrants cover practically every kind OF
-rusenlent in operation the island on Sunday
rsntRin Palmer applied for seventy-f1ye wsrrants.
-, afrer considering the evidence which had been
,rec+ed by the police Sunday the Court de
tss that the ten warrants would be CROUCH to
.eyve as test cases to thrash out the question Of
Sunday obsery ance there
The. amusement men got some consolation out Of
she fact that Magistrate Tighe discharged FIVE
.,-srs who had been arrested Sunday for serv
.r drinks without sandwiches The magistrate
pei5 that in the rush Of Sunday trade the waiter
u.as justified in assuming that customers intended
N order sandwiches
Commissioner Bingham and Mayor Mcclellan had
& conference at the City Hall YESTERDAY morning
sf.er which the Mayor said that he was satisfied
rat the police had made good record in keeping
lsu and order the island Sunday From
--7st hear he said, 1t seems hare been one
NJ tbe most orderly days they've hal in some
time The Mayor said that he had given no in
-uctions to make for violations Of the law
an Sunday but said that he was satisfied that i
evidence OF violations obtained ~ the police
arrests would be made. There is intention 10
so anything spectacular he added
Commissioner Bingham denied tha- he had been
called of by the Mayor in his Sundsy crusade and
described all the talk Of last week about a blue
Sunday as a tempest in q teapot All the trou-
he he said. had been stirred up by some news
rapers There was victory. hackdown. no
oppression. lid Of. no change II all on
tie part Of the Police Department"
senator McCarren. who made his usual weekly
rail on the Mayo- yesterday morning, said they
,slked over the Coney Island question "casuaIy.'
The Senator said that Mayor Mcclellan had told
Fin that ali he wanted 10 have a clean and
orderly SUNDAY a the island, and was not seeking
70 interfere ~ innocent and lawful amusement
senator McCaren said that he knew Of no infu-
snce heing brought bear the Mayor or politics
IN the question
saul + Rogers. Of Rogers 8 Rogers. who repre-
SER many OF the proprietors OF shows at Coney
Island said that he had not heard that warrants
had been served any % his clients "Of course
he said. If the warrants are Tor violations. wei
have 1o examine the evidence before finding out
7hat ue can do
Il the Mayor should persist in his plan issue
only six-day licenses 10 the owners Of moving pict
ure shows. carrouses and the other shows the
owners. il is said, pfn fight the issue until the
question is finally settled by the courts
The hand Of the law came down with unpleasant
snG unexpected heaviness in Essex Market court
yesterday morning. when Magistrate Herbert held
for trial fifteen out Of twenty men arrested for
excise violations on Sunday. The police on the
East Side active ia getting evidence Of viola
lions on Sunday. Patrolman Arrlich. Of the FL
dridge street station. who failed to present suff-
dent evidence Tor an arrest got severe repri-
man5 from the magistrate
Louis Sobel and Louis Steppel Contended THAI the
tickets for dance al the Grand Palace Music Hall
& No - Allen street were given only 10 members
Of lodges Of the Independent Order OF Birth Abra-
ham ana that the tickets entitled holders TO beer
and sandwiches. The detectives who made the ar
reSt said that they bought tickets, but received
only vhiskey and saw no sandwiches in the hall.
sohel and Steppel were held in 800 bail each FOR
trial
Three roofers and two painters who we're al work
O. : house being built in Onville avenue in The
Bronx we're fined IS each by Magistrate OConnor.
n tbs Mo-risania court