New-York tribune., 1918-07-02
Police Take Sixty five
Work Slackers. ON
First Day
Long Lines Stand
Hours Before Bureaus
C;lded Youths "On Vaca-
,;ons" Will Not Evade
Law, Says Swami

Greater New 1oEh uiSPioyeo S~'~A
s.v some 1900 to $4,000 men with
out iobs-displayed them in long lines
before employment Offices where every
soav that wished could look at them
u was the first day of the Federal
uror, or fight" order. The state anti
,o.sng act went into effect simultane-
,us,v Police and other officials, with
badges on their chests from the offices
- the Sheriff and the District Attor-
wore abroad early and late look
ing for idlsrs.
The day began with raids on cafes,
hath houses and other places where
ding is known to be practised. pro-
.nodsd with wholesale registrations OF
wan without work, and ended with SOL
.mn pledges from public officials that
inside of few days everybody or
working age in New York oity "ouio
s;ther be at work or In jail.
During the Gay and untll ia,c las'
,;rht SQUADS Of police conducted raids
mnor m,s~' ooforjors "hangouts" of the job
less, Their haul up to midnight amount,
81 "a siXty-hve persons. tNtty-one of
tsess were taken in Manhattan, thir-
teen in Brooklyn ard one in Queens.
Mast Of these Will be arrlgned in court
this morning.
mont Bureeu. in % East Twenty-sec-
ond Street. opened at 8 o'clock yester-
dav morning double line of men
waiting to be registered for work
reached from the office door, in the
middle OF the block. over to Broadway,
whilo a small army was banked on the
nortb side of the street, facing the job
headquarters.
Al the thirteen other Federal en-
ployment stations scattered over
ereater New York we're lines of men
shorter. but similar in general appear
ance At eaen registration place inc
police kept the applicants ironed out
in single or double lines. Otherwise
the employment bureaus would have
been Stampeded.
Stand in Line for Hours
The lob seekers increased in num-
ber as the day advanced. and some
stood in line for hours before they
gained admittance. The lines were
broken only when the rain started in
the forenoon, and the thousands wait
ing in front OF the main bureau, in
East Twenty Street, scurrled
for cover in doorways. The jam in
front of the employment office became
packed so tightly that the door was
broken off its hinges.
When the main bureau closed, at
4:3O o'clock, it was announced that
about 5000 men had been registered
there, but no figures were available
from the branch Offices
The Federal employment officers an
nounced that New York City was either
overstocked with men OF working age
ora month was not long enough time
for a person to find job, or that a
good share of the men in line were
actually industrial slackers.
BEGINNING with the roundup of some
12O men who were caught by the po-
lice under the leadership of Assistant
District Attorney Smith early yester-
day morning. there were sporadic raids
men captured by MIR. Smith and his
assistants were found in Chinatown
and in Broadway resorts soon after
midnight. None of them had their
registration cards "handy," 50 they
were summoned to appear at the Dis
trlct Attorneys Office for further ex-
animation.
Inspector William ]. Lahey sum
m oned all the precinct commanders
before him, with about fifty members
Of the "strong- arm" squad of dctec-
yves. to give them final instructions IN
deallng with idlers and suspicious look
ing individuals. A few minutes after
ne dismissed his men, Detectives Ca
sassa and Muege arrested three men
and brought them to Police Headouar-
'ers, where they were charged with
violating the state anti-loafirg act.
The men said they were Nicola Visco,
,,wenty-eight years old, Jane street,
hanhattan. n laborcr; Frank Wilson,
iorty-two, 269 West Twelfth street, an
sse sstor' and Philip McManus. thirty: nine,
h0 Adelphi street, Brooklyn. McManus
sad he was clerk. out Of Job at
Present, but looking for q position. He
said he had registered in the Twenty
second Street bureau, but Detective
Iasassa learned over the telephone
shat there was no record Of his applica-
lion for work.
When the three men were being
booked two others appeared to assist
tne accused. One Of them, tall young
man with big cigar, offered to furnish
pail. The other said he was a former
assistant District Attorney.
Seems to me | have seen you be-
ore said Detective Casassa to the
man with the big cigar
SHOULDN'T be a bit surprised" re-
pned the visitor, who had come to offer
'ssl Tor the three alleged idlcrs.
idlers' Friend Held
We We'll I'm Just going to pinch you
@ "..h your friends" Detective Casassa
saounced. He was detained and gave
aus name as Samuel Frankel, but re-
'usso sr, TO give his address.
This Is an outr ..e," he told the
rulee officers. am a respectable work
paa ps man ! am employed down on the
'c,wefy selling United States flags "
a. Inc police found in Frankel', pock-
s.s number of memoranda pads with
no'es, which, they said, looked like
aeihg entries, also zone pass. He
others. ~'"rse as Tue
Soon after these four men had been
byosed, Detectives Finn and Gaynon
VIM yiOaghs in three others, Morris lie.
tssr,., tr, ,'nlirty-seven, a peGler, 3G17 Fif-
GoIasn Ghsn Street, Brooklyn; Israel Joscph
hoa'ei9, tifty-hve, pedler. with ma
srhs address, and Abe Shernfy, fftv-
w;,h'' VIZ io4 Suffolk Street, al! CHARGED
IN violation OF the anti-loa6ne act