, 1873-06-14
Three Employees Of Field, Letter & Co.,
Yoto as Jurors TO Convict 0
Saloon.Keepor.
The Firm Denounced Therefor, and
' German Families Warned Not
to Patronize tho Firm.
A. O. Hcsing an Applicant for
Membership in tho Union.

tho Chnir, hlr. Henry hlotH acting M hecrot&ry-
The Committee on Applications for Member
ship reported LIST Of applicants, among
whom Mr. A. Q. Ioaing, of tho Saats-
zei!un9 Afr, Zontaohock, Of tho Coaamittoe
on Law-suts, reported that In tho caso
against saloon-kocper namod Matthew'S
the jury could NOT agroo. The caso had boon
tiod fow days aEo, boforc Justice so,lly, and
although tho turymon from Fold, Leitor d Co.'s
tried thnir best to couYlut tho dsfondant, yot
thorc wcro somc ut loast independent mon in
tho Jury 10 Prevent the disgraco Of conviction.
upon business Of minor importance, Mr. Zoni-
scheck took tho floor mud made quito long
epcooh, in Which ho denounced tho FFeie
I'resso and tho notion Of Fold Loitor i Go. to-
zonIschok'p illusions, 1t is neeesBnry for. the
roador to know that an article appeared last
'Thuraday, In the Stats. zcitung, In which 1t MAS
etatcd that Field Letter & Co. not only permitted
IN tho Matthews caso, but that they also
instructed tllom to voto for conviction
OF the ealoon- -koopor. The ,Freie Presse, in vim
dcation Of tho nahgned firm, published, tho
porlora with Mossrs. Fold and Loitor, in which
It was given as the declaration OF those gontlo-
mon, that ulno Of thor employees wore not on
tho jury, only three, and that they did not pre-
duties as Jurors. Besides this interview tho
Ft.cio Tresse nlBo denounced tho assault OF
tho -Zeitung OIL Fold, Letter i Co. on tho
ground that such o warfare waa dlshonorablo.
Movement in tho oyos OF al1 respectable mon.
In regard to this controversy htr. Zenisoheok
said that ho supposed ovory one Of tho membsrs
present had read the above mentioned article OF
tho Freie Presse. It wns be who informed tho
Staats-Zettung Of Field, Letter i Co, and thoir
:. jury" rs ho tormod 1t. Ho know post
! savoly that the. jury vas TO be packed
by Field, Lcitcr = Co., with nine Of their en-
h,,& fotSr ~ Fror f3rait} Il 10
tho Jury box. Aftor the examination Of Wit
neaaea tho City Attorney gave his opinion, that
tho Jury would have to discharge the defendant
II they rolied upon tho Testimony presented.
havo to impose tho lghtest fine allowed by tho
ordinance. Aftcr two hours' doliboration
tho Jury requested to SOC Justice eoully, and
told lin that thoy could not agree -Four Of tho
upon fining tho I'd DutchInan" to the full OK
font Of the law, and to recommend the re- oca~
tion Of hia liconse Tho speaker was Bor that
tho s sa..n es,s - bag a. puSshs5 dd;s zna that
which had shown that it put full relisnco in tho
statements Of tho saloon-keepers, and had
printed tho Information conveyed by him. Now
tho people know that Fold, Leitor. & Co., who
could sparo nino Of their employees to convict
ono German Tho action Of the Frcio Press In
dcated .. hateful disposition. In the out,
Il Ind th' ho three ooan fssa sisa
united. Now tho Freio Presse disturbed the
harmony Ho would, therefore, moyo vote Of
thanks to tho Staats~ s~zeitung md to tho Uaton.
Mr. Zepisohek's closing ron,arks wero q con-
vindcation Of Capt. Lull, who waa bitterly at-
Iackod by tho }aats-zcitIng for alleged lack Of
courtesy towards Frank schwuchow aaloon-
kooper, arrested in Lull's district for selling
liquor without license, bis license having been
,eovokod By tho Mayor.
:. hIr Louis scllw1clow, proprietor Of tho bcer
saloon under tho Globo Theatre, VAS the next
speaker. He supported what tho preceding
K1r Schmidt read card aignel signed IA
6aloon-koopor OF tho North side," praiaing tho
Ffeie PRESS for an article in which that papor
bad leotured the Brewers' Conventions for do
mnnding more rights than the manutacturcrs
Of other alcoholic beverages. and advised
ttom not to fight for. boer but
for tho principle Of personal and social
written tue earj, Or tho editor Of tbs paper who
gavo it publication, must be q jackaas It ap-
;poarod from tho publication Of that card that
tho Freie Presse lied whom it Pledged it's support
to tho movement.
Mr. Mnthicn said the browcrs supported the
interests Of the Baloon-koepore, and should not
be attacked. He was OF the opinion that the
sn1oon-kcepers should only subscribe for newB-
papcrs which defended thoir intorost.
Mr. Ropp Offered 4 resolution, calling upon
Tho families OF the memltors OF the club, and
npon oil the German families OF Chicago, not to
buy any goods at Field, Letter i Co., until that
firm had discharged the nine employees they sent
~ jurors in tho htathien caae.
Mr. Metz Warned tho assomblago not to pass
Tho resolution, aa i would arouse the
English press. Notwithstanding this warn
ss assr ito CO. 5essGn %ss sood also sssis tns
to tho aaats-Zetiung and to tic Union.
hlr. Korn moved to appoint a oommi tteo Of
threo, With Instructions TO call upon tho editor
II f31n- Etfjap nt,1 I'm ma of
person who had written tho "card In relation
Tie motion waB carried, and 1tcsars. Torn,
Bpcrling, and Louis schwuchan wore appointed
Nj Philip Bartholmao, brewer. denounced
Tho Fre,e Presse.
Mr. Kaltenbach moved to expol Mr: John
>Fohn, q saioon-koopor and member Of tho So.
siety, because lis lid paid ano in tho polioe
eourt for keeping open on Sunday, without pre-
siously asking the permission Of the sooioty to
aoso.
mr. Zenischcck spoko against tllis motion, and
It WAS lost.
On motion, tho new Scandinavian newspaper
!NordresIen,, was complimonted for it's support Of
tho saloou-keopors:
At this stage Of the proceedings the Commit.
tee appointed to call upon the editor Of ths
Fyeie Tresse returned, and reported that tho1
did not flnd that gentleman. in Ills office, bu
that they saw an associate editor OF thai paper
who, however, gave them no satisfactory answer
and reforred them 10 the managing editor, Mr
b1cLaolla.
Iii. a. O. IIosing WAS then requested to id
d1eaa tha nleeting. He said That the movement
10 fur, lacked q thorough organization whiol
wes neccssary for victory. He commended th
action Of tho Society, and said that what th
Society had done was what Mayor ncdil adyfso
him yoar ago to got tho dormans to do Mayo
Mcdlll showed, by his recent action, that he va
IN untruthful aud dialonosablo man. The advic
tie Mayor gave him IIcsing) was that tho saoon
Keepers should not pay tho fines. but ro0or
on the Gorn,ans and would always lond then
tho aid OF Ills papor and this personal Boryicoa
Ho did not care for tho competition Of otho
German newspapers; luis papor would always, s.
In tho right direction. When Gormaus askc'
him why 10 supported Grant anu opposod Koer
ner, he would aux them why tl.oy supported
G1ooloy, who certainly was moro Of q tou,poranc
nau than Davarldgo.. boYerdge go far had no
uttered word Or written 3 line in opposition Il
the auti-to1nperanco naoyenlon. aud in favor o
Iho temperance poopIo. He thon referred to