The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-03-10
THE WAR ON RUM.
Grand Meeting i'm Harlem.

NEW YORK, March o. Rev. Drs. Bowdisb
and Steele led band of women to Sands's
dlstlilery in Harlem yesterday. The building
is long tumble down looking affair." bearing a
sign, THE Old Dstillery, Drinks at Retail for
Wholesale Prices Before q crusaders
reached the distillery over thousand men had
gathered, and the door steps and windows of
every house were crowded Arriving at their
destination, DIR. Bowdish informed the people
that Sands had offered the use of his place for
the prayer meeting, but the authorities hav.s
ing pronounced the building unsafe it had
been deemed best to hold their meeting in the
met IN the damp and snow and listered to add
dresses and prayers and the singing of "Coro-
nation, Nearer My God to Thee" etc.
Meeting of CIergymen
At a meeting of the clergymen of the differ
ent denominations this afternoon there was
large attendance. Rev. DR.. Prime was chosen
chairman, and Rev. Mr.. Stevens. Secretary.
Rev. DIR. Steel offered resOluti, ms rejoicing in
the successful efforts of the women in the
movement, recommending holding of church
temperance prayer meetings and also the
formation of general woman's temperance
prayer meetings. These resolutions were not
seconded.
Rev, DIR. Crosby wished to know if thew
were here to endorse the action of the national
temperance movement We're they here to
find new plan of working. He was Informed
that this meeting was not under the auspices of
any particular body OF temperance refOrmers.
Dr crosby then advised the meeting to adopt
measures by which drunkenness should be pun
lshed as crime and dram shops shut up.
DE- Hall counselled that they should pro-
ceed upon their own line, not endorsing any
movement, but at the same time not declaring
against the efforts OF their brothers throughout
the land.
Rev. DR.. Hepwerth moved that committee
on resolutions be appointed to whom all sug-
gestions be referred to report at an adjourned
meeting. This resolution was adopted.
The Movement in other Places.
The Baptist societies of Brooklyn are to hold
grand temperance rally next Wednesday
On the same evening and Thursday, the Good
TemplarS will hold a mass meeting in New
York.
The clergy of Providence, R. L., met to-day
to organize temperance campaign.
The saloon keepers of Bueyrus, Ohio have
metsand agreed to lock their doors against the
crusaders 50
At demonstration of the Catholic temper
ance societies in the Academy of Music, Brook
Ign, tomorrow evening. Bishop Laughln will
preside and Rev. VIM. Reagan and DR.. Freer
will make addresses.
I'm Ohio.
Reports from various parts of Ohio indicate
that the work is going on and spreading all
over the State.
In Providence.
PROVIDENCE, March 9.-At a meeting of the
clergymen to-day to consider the new temper
ance movement, the following was adopted:
Resolved, That while we do not feel justified
in adopting all the peculiarties of the presen
temperance movement in Ohio, we yet recog
niZe one of the several indications that tn,
moral power of the Christian church SHOULD
now be brought to bear upon the great evil O
intemperance more earnestly and untedly ant
prayerfully. than ever before, and that tn,
churches of this city and vicinity be invited Il
send each their pastor and two delegates to an
adjourned meeting of this conference. author
lied to adopt such measures as in their united
judgment shall be thought best to meet the
present providental crisis.
Received With Gold Courtesy.
DAYTON, O., March 9.-The second day of
the women's assault on King Alcohol was
more exciting than the first. Great crowds
surrounded the besiegers. Four detachments
marched from the church in succession for sa
looms visited the first day. They were exclude
ed from most places and received at the door
with cold courtesy. The women PRAYED and
sung. surrounded by a large crowd all day. AT
Hidlik's beer saloon over one thousand men
and noisy boys accompanied them and the
street was blocked by vehicles. When the
women ceased praying and began singing they
were cheered and jereed and multtudes push
ed into the bar-room for beer Business there
and elsewhere is as great as during an ordinary
week, while at Hadlock's a mock prayer meet
ing is going on in opposition, which was con-
tnued when the women went there. The
drivers of beer wagons were pushed through the
female detachments, shouldering kegs of beer,
which was drank as fast as it could be deliver
ed. Billy Martin invited the band into his bill.
lard room, elected the men, 10 ked the door
and politely informed the women that they
might sing and pray as long as they liked.
Within thre days five bars have closee in defer
ence to public sentiment without the interyen-
ton of the women. There are many intoxi-
Gated men on the streets and the day closed
with drunken fight, in which policeman
was badly pounde and four or five men arrest
ed. The excitement increased hourly and ap-
prehensions of disagreeable results are felt.
Don't Propose to be Driven by Threats.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. March 9.-About twenty
five representative of the leading grocery
houses met tonight and adopted resolutions
recommending the temperance people to study
the Declaration of Independence and the Con-
stitution, and saying that they don't propose to
be driven by any threats of withdrawal OF
patronage from their conscientious convictions
in regard to dealing in any article the publ,
demands.
The Excelsior billiard hall has stopped the
sale of liquor, the first surrender to the crusad
ers.