The evening world., 1912-11-11
TURKEY TROTTERS
LOSE TOPOl|CE IN
BATTLE OF CHAIRS
All Lower West Side ReSoundS
With Warfare in Club
Room Melee.
MANY MAKE ESCAPE.
But Five Men and Three ANA
IONS Are Taken Before
Night Court.

Night court.
Already they speak OF II as The
Battle OF the Chair" In the neighbour
hood OF Hudson and Christopher streets.
II was waged In clubrooms Of unsavory
repute at No. 4si Hudson street early
to-day. The police were victors and
captured ave male warriors and three
amaxons Of the enemy's forces. Many
beiligerents escaped.
The victorious police solemnly declare
Il was some battle. The hundreds who
stood IN the street below and heard
che CLASH OF arms and saw the chairs fly
through shattered windows corroboratc
the police. II further evidence is want
% the clubrooms speak for themselves.
To-day. in the sunlight, they look as
though a super-dreadnought with hydro
probia had invaded the place.
For half the night sweet peace re!gncd
In the clubrooms. The plano tinkied
mirthfully and numerous youthful
couples turkey-trotted the hours away
The trouble started when one young
woman and her escort got into an argu-
ment. The young woman. who had a
voice like a train announcer. dashed to
q front window, leened far out and
shouted, Police! Help! Murder! Fire"
That thrilling cry smote the ear Of
Policeman Diskln. He know. when he
noted whence the shout came. that II
was not q situation to tackle single
handed, % he dashed to q box and
called up the Charles street station.
Losut. Leonard. at the head Of his re-
ssrves. an instant later appeared on the
scene like Butcher at Waterloo.
MANY or THEM DANCED A
u TURKISH RETREAT.
Meanwhile . skirmisher for the
enemy within the clubrooms had latched
ne door and stout oak panels barred
the way Of the advancing police. This
IL Of strategy was not without IL use.
While the invading cops were batterins
10 the door many Of the dancers with
their fair companions. hobbis-skirted
lkeugA they were. beat . Turkish re-
6sat with more ceaerity than they had
Conc the turkey trot. ~
\ They made for the. roof and then to
ether buiidinss. where they dsscsnded
70 the street and safety. But others did
Dot have time to reach the roof. and
tssy lined up for the fray In the club
gooms y
N"whis! Bang" chair hurtled across
he room and struck the walls ~ . shell
expiodes just at the instant the police
made their sortie into the clubrooms.
Taat chair was followed by others
many of them. Some landed on police
mon. Some were splintercd against
walls. Some banged through the win.
dows and clattered upon the pavement.
two stories below.
Whoever was awake In the vicinity
Of Hudson and christopher streets
scurried to where the tumuit Of comba,
rang IN the quiet night. Whoever was
asleep woke UP and did likewise. Soon
the streets were choked with men and
Uomen.
Rattle! Chatter! Bang! Thud! whoop!
Wow! Wheel came the medley OF bat.
IL noises from the smashed windows.
rNollEYs GAVE " UP; THEY
COULDN'T PAssi
8ue upocthtoIb IN inc BtEcet, packeO
like sardines. looked upward with their
mouths open and their eyes shining
Tsolley cars changed franticaily. but the
masses standing on the tracks paid nc
attention. Soon the crews gave up and
let their cars stand without further
metallic protest till the Issue Of battle
should be decided.
There Is a disagreement on the cues
tson Of the time the combat lasted. Som.
say twenty minutes; some say thirt,
minutes: some say an hour.
But at last down came Lieut.. Leonard
and the battle-scarred reserves. leadin,
their bedrasgied and sorry looking pris
oners. The crowds were cleared on tn,
streets. The patrol wagons came. The,
away 10 Night Court.
Magistrate Breen was on the bench
He looked startled when he saw tn
crew that the doughty reserves arraye,
before hun. The prisoners said the,
were:
Tad Eagan. eighteen, teamster, Nc
~ Hudson street: Joe Donohue. eiEh
teen. errand boy. No. II West Slxty-fift
strsst: George Boylan, twenty, truck
man. No. II Leroy street; william Con
molly. nineteen. No. % Grove street; 10
MCDONALD. twenty. No. 80 West Six
tsenth street; Rose Csabo. eighteen, N,
NJ East Twelfth street; Pearl scheli
twenty-one. No. u Jackson street, an
Pearl sHetrick. eighteen. No. 10 Mont
gomery street
When Magistrate Breen heard I'm d.
tail the story OF the battle. he said: "
viii hold each of these prisoners In 81
bell until the landlord Of the buildin
has . chance to estimate the damas
doas 70 his property and to appear
this court"
Later Magistrate O'Connor gave IN
girls their freedom on six months pre-
baton The youths we're held In $50
bond to keep the peace with the a
tentative Of spending SIX months bs
hid the bars.
Street Car Costa Chile q Leg.
Harry Fishman. four years Cd. wa
run down by surface car In front {
his home. No. go Avenue A, this aftei
noon. His left leg was so badly smashe