The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-05

and the Sherman, and the aggregate quantity Of
prescribed fluids which was c0nnscated mounts
to about $4,000 Three O'Clock In the Afternoon
was the hour selected for the attack, and promptly
on the minute the Officers in charge waited upOn
the hotels named. The raid upon Young's Hotel
was attended with more excitement than the
and serious Tears OF bloody riot. The ofiicer ln
! charge OF the seizure visited the barro0m and
knight Of the toddy stickD replied in the af,rma-
tive but he said he guessed he c0uldtattend to the
"Wen.n replied the ofiicer. Il have got search
warrant, and want to go through the honse.n
II is hardly necessary 90 aad tnat the barkeeper
prietor OF the hotel. Mr.. Young accompanied by Mr..
Tower, the steward, Immediately put In an appear
ance. Mr.. Constable showed his authority, and
said he was ready to take away whatever he could
fnd on the premises that was In the least calcu
lated TO mtoxcate stimulate. The inevitable Com
monweaith OF Massachusetts was at the head OF
the terrible document and there was no alterna-
e but 70 yield ay 'n ne boes ecap e
tiers ana demijOhns being speedily removed to an
express slelgn which was ~ convenient waiting
at the door. Then they Wended their way TO the
wine cellar, accompanied by Mr.. Tower, VINO was
as courteous, amlabie and accommodating TO the
raiders as II they were patrons ana guests oi tue
hotel.
HEAVY HAUL.
. me work OF removing the immense stoch when
theV encountered was no easy task. Tnefe were
barrels, casks aud kegs by the dozen OF choice
wines aud liquors, and there were hundreds and
hundreds OF cases. Having surveyed the work be-
fore them, the officers secured the services OF
dozen or more transfers and then the work OF
seizure commenced In earnest The sidewalks
were literally blockaded with barrels and wine
cases, and half dozen teams were required to
Bromheld street. Champagnes, foreign wines,
common liquors and ales were all
Of the Wines, Of rare brands, had been on hand or
upwards or Afteen or twenty years; and To see
them SO suddenly taken, without Compensation
must have been very disheartening. The work Of
removal occupied about three hours, and the value
OF the goods taken is roughly estimated at about
ln nfti o. mar n "a al nj a.
thing and, in one instance, wrested from colOred
waiter bottle of Schneider, which he was taxing
TO gentleman in the dining hall.
THE NEWS OF THE RAID
was rapidly disseminated through that section
the course Of an hour thousands of people gathered
IN the vicinity. The excitement ran high, and the
illusions to the officers engaged IN the conhsca.
ton were more fOrclble than elegant. Indignation
seemed to animate the body and soul OF every one
and the hooas Of indignant epithets, groans,
were loud and numerous. One man was
get the better of his judgment and he went for
one OF the officers in a most fierce and determined
manner His action at one time threatened to en-
courage others and an anti.rum riot was m6men-
tarlly imminent Sympathizers crowded around
and shouted loud WORDS OF encouragement and
dance at the heads Of the officers. Approaching
the situation and acting with prudent promptness,
THE OFFICERS DREW THEIR REvOLvERS
and this proceeding mOmentarily lntimidated the
crowd, and the leading offender and assailant was
IL u.
Before resuming the work Of confscatiOn an
additional force Of officers came upon the ground
to grapple with any further resistance that might
be made There were no lOrcible demonstra lions,
but the multitude still Kept up ts TRADE OF words.
when the work OF removal was completed some
tory law, obtained access to the roof Of some
buildings adjacent to the hotel and tumbled q
lew hundred pounds OF snow down upon the
heads Of the Industrious constables. The crowd
laughed and the officers themselves thought it was
discretion to take the matter as joke. 1t was
dark before the con1scated liquors were all taken
away, ana as the last team drove out of the ave-
nue. there drove up another from Williams whole
sale store with supply sufficient for the present
emergency, and this evening the bar Is open and
doing business as usual.
THE RAID ON THE FREMONT HOUSE.
At about the same hour that Mr.. YOung's house
was being raided on another squad Of officers was
ABOUT IS, COO worth OF stock was taken from here
including nearly everything on hand The ma
the quantity OF common liquors in store being
unusually light. The time occupied in conhscation
ana tnI away was about an hour ana
sand collected IN the vicinity. Their demonstra-
lions were mostly OF the same kind as at Youngs,
| but not 80 violent or prolonged. AS soon as the
wholesale dealers could send up another supply OF
beverages the bar was opened again, and business
! is proceeding this evening as before.
THE HAUL AT THE SHERMAN HOUSE.
| The Sherman House, in Court square, did not es-
cape attention; but the pluck and courage Of Cap
tain Hull. the proprietor, prevented the officers
from making clean sweep OF the premises. They
various common liquors. and whe thus engaged
MIR. Hull locked up the other apartments where he
had liquors stored.
"GIve Us The keys" demanded the constables.
"No, sir" replied the Captain. IF you go IN
there you have got to break IN the door, II you do
that yOn do 1t at your peril"
The oncer went up to Pemberton square and
consulted with his chief, and the latter advised
the subordinate to use no violence. The warrant
under which the seizure was made permitted
search OF the entire premises, anu authorized the
breaking IN OF doors II necessary but the fears or
q riot prevented the exercise OF full powers. At
the Sherman House, as at YOung's and the Tre-
mont business is resumed this evening
PUBLIC FEELING.
As before intmated the feeling In the cOmmu-
nifty is one OF anger-not at the officers, perhaps,
but at the law which authorizes their proceedings
The events OF the afternoon are, OF course, the
among the other hotel prOprietors and saloon
keepers there are serious doubts about the future
movements of the officials. One OF them informed
the HERALD reporter this afternoon that the law
was to be enforced impartially and lndlscrimi-
natey, ana that the proprietOrs Of the big hotels
would soon find it out.
pers," he added, with an emphatic oath. ave are
bound to keep up the war until We kill the rum
business In Boston,"
The cases of Young's and the fremont are the
first instances where any leading hotels have
ever been thoroughly cleared out OF The in
terdicted beverages. On one or two previous Oc-
small quantities, and the proprietors have paid
nominal fines IN the Municipal Court. The
fremont Is the winter home OF o score of rank
temperance legislators and Young's is also the
occasional rendezvous OF such total abstinence
champions as Governor Washburn, Vice President
Wilson, Judges Aldrlch and Pitman and others
less famous but equally radical on the liquor ques
ton. WHAT the upshoc Of this inaugurated war
will be IL is impossible to anticipate, but at the
present critical and uncertain moment there Is no
alarming scarcity in Boston OF those compounds
calculated to produce intoxicati0n, crime and
misery.