| Show White rte Slaves Say Say Denizens Ruined nine Neighborhood Say Neighborhood Say W West Side Property Owners The Movement to Move the District from Commercial Street to the Location Location Loca- Loca tion u the Tracks Receives a Few Bricks JiT WJ- WJ 1 r The climax to the tho moving of t the be re red red- light district came in a meeting last i. i W Di night ht of the residents of the tho west nest side fide y Inci Incidentally tho the west aro are not a n bit less in favor avor of tho the moving than are arc q the residents of Commercial street The rho I latter say say- that the proposition is to tomake make mako them white nhit slaves of Bello Loudon Lou Lon London don who investigation U indicates is is one I of tho unpopular of I of this character Also every every- everybody I I body bod is waiting for the next man to tow w move mow The chief of police c says it is up to the mayor The lie mat or Imn-or mayor or is sidestepping in in favor of the council l and the council is is not Dot anxious to act Everybody E seems to be in in favor of moving the thc red light district somewhere someWhere some some- seine seine- where but the west nest side lido proposition is is bein being han handed cd a i few fe bricks as af aft the tho t p proper place for it to bo ho moved mond to Tho The first 6 selection I of bricks were tere heaven or hoven ho or td ho at a meeting held last T night by certain citizens resident ent of the neighborhood into which it is proposed to move o tho district Tho The meeting was held at t the e fifteenth ward chapel hapel First South and Eighth West streets Fri Friday ay night and preliminary preparation were pre made to r resist in the courts courts the proposed removal remo of the re Ted red light district from its present re nt location lo- lo cation to that proposed d. Fourth West Between Between First and a Second r S o r streets the ht meeting was not largely largel attended only about half a hundred rJ were pros pros- eat but Lut there was some MInD plain speaking 5 The net result of the tho JIl meeting however was the appointment of nf tho the following executive oxe uti c committee t to raise raille funds and employ counsel if necessary to combat the tho removal al of the district district- y Tames Tames F. F S en Joseph ph J. J Myer l r Tames James W W. Ure UTe E. E T. T Ashton James Jamest t i Tian ford Cord Alice Butterworth and Mrs S S. S J. J Olson Olsen Joseph J J. J who waited upon t. t the th mayor told told ol oi the rite interview nod and 1 j also alM also p of somo some additional experiences r You You YO need not look for any c comfort irom rom tho council paid Fair t lit hp In I n the thc first place some porno of them say Y it is nono none J of their Business business and another cro crowd crowal II a ays ays If it comes conics up in the council we wall wi w ll 1 fight fi ht it and still another crowd i ays as It t will never como come up in io in tho the t council Mr 11 Myer J then went ont into another phase of or the i interviewing business I t had nail a talk with orio one of the said he lie just just to sec N if they thov tho wore were all going goin ing to sign up with Mrs rl or Belle J. J London of or O Ogden dell and she eho sat said l she she w would ul not move moe mo ej she thc would go o out of o business fi first He lie asked the tho madame what the av av- sera crago ra o income would hc bet bei rind find she replied A Well you ou can all easily y reckon it t There are aro to bo be cribs at t 2 i the tho night II t. t or orf f the mouth month and then n tf hi big bou rs will vil make another f 1100 more morr a month This ThiN does docs not include th the liquor Mr r. r Carter had said it was it-was was not a question of making mon money be said aid it was tel td elevate the morals of f tho underworld The final cou conclusion of the meeting f was that the only course to pursue was wa under the tIle law by o prosecuting tho those thoo o who ho owned Downed the tho houses housel and lIntl who occupied them if ahem if they were ever or opened or JI be- be fore forc that if that action was wan deemed advisable ad- ad and aud fur for this purpose e the ti jive tive committee committee- was waR named Chief Chief Pitt utterly declines to lo fool with ith the matter at all He says lIa I 1 get gel 0 rn my orders from tho the may mayor r. r In this thin matter I haven't an any orders I am waiting for them There isn't any au danger of 01 the matter mattor mat mat- tor ter being hurriedly acted d upon In the meantime tb the attitude of th the proprietresses o of tho the Commercial street has a lL vein of interest of The They say fay a th that t at al present they are arc a necessary evil 11 that th they thoy y arc are now paying rent to twenty three c different landlords ds sad and property owners owner and that iu in in thA event e of removal to tho the WOE WOE-t. site they will nil be he dealing ealin with witha a monopoly with ith ono one particular landlord land Tand lord or rather landlady Iy t One of lr them paid nid tins thus morning It Itis is is a proposition to 10 syndicate ti tho the redi red rc-d Ji i ht of ofa a city il Thus This ha has hM been en tried in 5 of other cities and Iet has s resulted Y badly We expect to become white slaves of Belle Bollo London Vo We 6 dont don't look forward to it A number o of tho girls say say- that they will ilI refuse to move in lino line with tho the statement of Mr tr Myers Ivers to the meeting Members of or the police department Sit say that all that refuse to move C to wherever wherever ever er they the are aro given Ji orders to move moc will be sent Bent out of town |
