New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03
Many Resort ProprletorS
Ordered by Woods to
Rout FugitiveS.
"DON'T KNOW THEM
IS REPLY TO EDlCT
Economic aud Social Conditions
Pare Away Profits of City'S
Outlaw Bands.

lufu missioner ~ ouuN mas AtHl H'"
during the last three days, so Police
Headquarters gossip has it, that his
efforts 10 dispense the lawless gangs Of
the city have driven desperate charac-
tcrs from their old haunts. Those who
are not in jail have taken themselves
out of the channels followed by the
police
This information came TO the Com
missioner from the proprictors OF
places formerly frcquented by gang
stcrs Two weeks ago he sent dctec-
tivcs 20 make list of resorts where
the cooperation of the owner would
help i'm the determination TO end the
dcpredations Of the lawless.
As "a result he got list of 100 places.
lie began New Years Eve 20 invest
gate them personally and serve notice
on the proprictors that II they desired
go continue business they must rd
their places of disrcputable patrons,
who might be- using the resort rs
Headquarters for crime. He got this
unanimous reply:
we don't know these people 20
whom YOU refer Our customers are
not allowed 10 start any trouble. II
the police have information about some
Cf our patrons that requires action the
way is open
Hard Times for Gangsters.
Aside from arrests and police activ-
ties times are hard for Manhattan
gangsters. 1t is not only the falling of
"a score of leaders that has discouraged
the New York gunman, nor is IL the
licensed uightstick alone that is hold
ing him In check. Economic and So
cial conditions affect the gang, and
just now they are most unfavorable.
If times ere flush and gambling
houses and other resorts running fuIl
time. gangs flourish. 10 is when the
pickings are best that gang tights
gang, that feuds develop from the d.
vision Of the spells. and new gangs,
led by lieutenants of the old leaders
spring up overnight. Such were the
DAYS that came TO n close with the
murder of Herman Rosenthal
Not only is old line graft gone. but
the new graft which such leaders IS
big Jack" Zelig and "Dopey Benny
Fcin developed from East Side indus
trial troubles is waning fast. The IN
tcresting and profitable game OF play
ing the union against the shop owner
and the shop owner against the union
is not played to-day. There are indlca-
tions that it viii not be played to-mor-
row "a,
Like other games that the East Side
pangster developed the labor war trick
is suffering from forced growth. The
story that Niger Bonnie" Schneider
has told to the District Attorney and
that he is ready to tell TO the grand
d a
resentment against these methods
among employees and employers Is an
ether potent factor in its dissolution.
Whether these elements are now strong
enough 10 prevent the employment Of
gaugsters in strikes is a question that
cannot be put to the test, for there are
no strikes.
"Nigger Bonnie" has told how the
game was played. The gang leader, the
uan who could muster thugs about his
standard, was on the payroll OF the
union or of the employer Through
loans and favors, he kept his bench
men In line even when there was no
strike. When q strike was on the lead
er received Q certain sUm-S10 or SD
for each man he furnished. In add
ton he got a lump sum for each job
be undertook, the price varying with
the importance of the work ia hand.
The "hOofng," or putting out of an OBJ
stleperous scab, was worth consider
ably less than to wreck the business OF
q firm. Both were done-for a price.
Gunner Stir Labor Wars.
10 came to such a pass that employ
ors were using the gangs against bust
ness rivals and that labor leaders were
using them against rivals iu their own
organizations. To the first practise
the revelations in the Bah case will
probably nut stop. OF the second
the rank and tile of the labor unions
are showing their diSappr0val Within
the past few weeks several labor lead
crs on whom the suspicion OF using
gangsters TO further their own ends
rested heavily have been deposed, and
men of q different stamp elected in
their stead.
In the heyday of modern gang rule
the days of Jack Zelig, Louis the
Lump, Jack SiroccO. Jimmy Kelly,
Julie Norell and Kid Twist such sor-
did business as strike breaking and
strike making was seldom resOrted 10.
/ Politics and gambling were their main
stays Going back further yet, il was
almost entirely politics, gambling be-
ing a profession TO which the success
full ganCster might retire.
Josh Kinds gets the credit OF estab-
fishing the gunner as adjuncts TO
gambling. II was ten or twelve years
ago when reform began 10 be some
thing more than q name in politics.
From Grand 81 20 9Th So. Josh Kinds
secured the East Side Not a stuss
game escaped him. One after the
other, sometimes half a dozen in
night. he held them up. So painstak-
ing and successful was he in this work
that those who wished 10 run prof
table game split the proceeds with
some local gangster to protect them
from the assaults Of Josh Kinds. The
home guards were efficient, and after
a few battles the practice Of holding
up etuss games began 20 anguish.
With the time hanging heavy on
then hands, the gangster guards be
gan 20 organic. In different districts
leaders arose, and 10 them tribute was
ptld, at first +O- protection and later
as hlackmail g. the proprietor If
/ gam" refused % pay, the guards turned
raiders and soon convinced him that
he was in need Of protection.
ines were good The town was
vide open and. hand in hand. gambling
and Pangsters spread through the city.
No poker club, faro, crap or "klondikc
JOINT was complete without its gang.
! Chaos ensued Gamblers fighting for
control sent their gunner against 'heir
rivals. Gangs fought between them
selves for the plucking Of successful
gamblers. Feuds arose within the
gang over :he division of spoils: sub.
gangs under rebelllous lieutenants
split from the main organization and
fought 10 for control
u was under these conditions that