The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-09
THE WAR ON RUM.
New York.

New York.
NEW YORK, March IA lady conducted an
open temperance prayer meeting in Covert s
Woods. Mospeth, L. l., yesterday, to pray for
the conversion of John Eden, a liquor dealer.
His saloon is favorite resort for eXcursionists
and East New York gentry. A full corps of
ladies managed the meeting, singing and pray
ing being the principal features John Eden
was in the audience but was not converted
Other meetings were also held In various parts
OF Long Island land mass County Convention
will be held at Astoria Monday night.
Pennsylvania.
A Philadelphia dispatch states that an army
OF a thousand women will wait on Mayor
SetoKeiy on next Thursday to urge him to en-
force the Sunday laws
Ohio.
A Toledo dispatch states that a woman's
praying band OF el5O, visited several saloons,
praying on the sidewalks without apparent
success Two saloons in Maumee City are
closed
I'm Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, March THE crusaders moved
in four squads to-day. No liquor dealers sign
ed the pledge but number Informed the ladies'
that they had closed their liquor trade. One
presumption is that they want to hold them
selves free to resume the traffic if the womal's
movement should not succeed. and therefore
they will hot pledge themselves. The ladies
closesthe week. work with the same nerve and
enthusiasm that charactized the commence
ment and announce that they resume hostilities
Monday.
Various Reports from Ohio.
CLEVELAND, March THE interest in the
temperance movement is increasing an the
ladies are organizing in various parts of the
city for determined campaign to-day.
In Newburg, suburban town, one dealer
was induced to renouuce his calling.
A committee of the ladies from the First
L OVarSalISt church at Mi GiIoaI icit tbo
saloons at that place to-day and received the
signatures OF all the liquor dealers to their
pledge.
At Elyria the largest temperance meeting
ever convened in that city was held last night;
more than Thousand persons were present and
manifested unusual enthusiasm.
The crusade is going on at Alliance. A large
meeting was held in the Opera House last
street begins next week.
At New Philadelphia, the ladies number
over 1000. Daily prayer meetings are held
Many business men attend. Communications
were received from the grand jury urging i'm
ed to the court 20 were for selling liquor.
AT Wooster thorough preparations have been
made to move on the saloons early in the
week.
TOLEDO, March AT Findley, O., the wo-
mems temperance movement is progressing be-
yond the most sanguine expectations. After
euicc udyS Work more Iuau AUO Sigucu the
pledge and four saloon keepers surrende red
this morning. A large quantity of liquors was
emptied into the streets. The ladies are en-
camped and will not stop singing and praying
till every saloon in town is closed. About 400
ladies are engaged in this work.
At Maumee City and Perry burg, the ladies
have organized to the number of 100 in each
place aud will inaugurate a crusade mme-
datey.
sunday Liquor Law.
PHILADELPHIA. March THE liquor deal
ers association to-day notified the mayor that
they passed a resolution requesting all their
members to close their places Sundays.
The mayor issued this proclamation:
To whom it may concern:
In consequence of the Interpretation this day
placed by the Judges Court OF Common Pleas
upon an act of the assemly of 1855, relative to
the sale of intoxicating liquor on Sunday, no.
tice is given that the orders have been issued to
the police to aid in bringing violators of its pro-
visions to justice. All good citizens are earn
estly invited to cooperate with the authorities
in enforcing the laws