Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-15
PLOTTING TnE SCHOONER.
Meeting Of peer sellers Last Sisht--A Dis
or,lerly Gathering Buckfng Against
a Msll-what Is Proposed.

For some DAYS last the GAZETTE
contained a cals COR a meeting of liquor
dealers. signed several traders In
that article az commerce The meet
ing was held last night at Gay a May
er's hall. on Housion street. About
/ TWENTY-FIVE dealers were present, most
/ ly those making a speciality OF beer. The
object Of the meeting was pretty gen.
orally known before ii was called to
order. Its osiginators were l.. Kuhn
and ". L. Shiel. who are engaged in
handling Anthony & Kuhn's beer,
and the tbiecl was TO down Lemp's
beer. handled by Casey q Swasey.
since Mr.. Iernp built his beer vault
last spring. his beer is kept in excel
lent condition and has become very
Iopular with retail traders, so much 80
that the other beer has been crowded
into a corner Several traders handling
I.emp's beer have adopted the custom
OF selling ''schoonersr mt five cents,
and in consequence have attracted a
large run Of trade. This engendered
jealousy on the pert Of the Others and
controlling has been going on for
some time back. the objective point
being to break up the sale OF "schoon-
ers' for five cents. This is tie true
imwardness OF the meeting last night.
The originatoTs of the meeting
gave it out that something was
to be done in relation to the sunday
closing law aud this induced many
dealers to sign the call who Were not
interested in the quarrel between
Lemp aud Anthony * Kuhn. The
I Shiel- men who are lighting the
''sehoouersn for five cents proposed
( in brief to boycott any brewery or
agent OF such brewery who would sell
beer to retail trader who sold
( schooner" IL beer for five cents.
I About half-past eight last evening
about twenty beer sellers
had assembled at Gay & Mayors
hall. Capt. III. p. Shiel was elected
I chairman, and young man acting as
clerk for Schuber & Hochstadter was
chosen secretary. Representatives of
( the press were present and Mr.. T..
I Kuhn arose and moved that dem re-
porlers" he elected from the room.
The motion was seconded and being
put TO vote was carried by a hand
some majority The reporters conse-
! quently got the z. b. When the re-
porters were down stairs aud we'll out
/ of hearing, the chairman, Capt. Shiel
Z arose and made lengthy speech. He
( said il was downright, straight-up-
and up robbery to sell the "schooners"
/ for five cents. No one could do it and
! prosper, and if the beer sellers knew
( what was good for them they would
put stop to it without delay. He
said that man who would sell q
! schooner of beer for five cents would
/ de- ert his country i'll her hour OF need.
/ that he was too mean To clean his nose
! on white handkerchief that his sis
ter would make dirty butter, and
finally that he was wart
on the face of the body polite. The
gallant captain then wiped the per-
spiration from his noble brow aud said
the object of the meeting was to bury
'schoonersn and asked for suggestions
concerning the prelin1inaries of the
| funeral.
Mr.. T.. Kuhn then took the floor and
out-shielded Shtel in denouncins any
man who would cater to the thirsty
taste of the public sufficiently TO sell
beer for five cents j glass. Mr.. Kuhn
said Lemps beer was moth
ing but "=lops" aud that
no we'll regulated stomach
! should give it lodging.
1 Mr.. Martin Casey, agent of w. J.
Lemp, next took The floor aud said
I that he sold beer at three dollars a key
10 all retailers who chose 10 buy it.
He did not care continental whether
/ they sold ttISs or a thimble-fuli for
five cents so long as he was paid three
dollars keg for il. He
explained that Lemp's beer was
sold for three dollars q keg
in this city,while 1t cost S325 in Dial.
las and $3.50 in Waco, lie said that
the retailers had profit Of seventy
five cents on keg by selling "schoo-
nersn at live cents, and consequently
could afford it, lie said that Mr..
Kuhn frequently handled Lemp's
beer but was ehOked oil because of
some sharp business. He hahituallv
Kept keg by the side OF his refrig-
crater into which lac dumped waste
beer and stops OF every kind.
ana when it got filled
he returned it TO the
agent as spoiled beer. and demanded
another key in place OF it. Mr.. Casey
said that Kuhn got caught at this
business, and immediately after soured
on Iemp's beer He further said that
his firm did not care for the agency
but retained Ii in order to prevent
Kuhn from getting it. He further
volunteered tire information that he
dld not care Continental what action
the meeting took. that he would
continue tTansacting his own bust
ness according 10 his own way.
70 matter wh0it pleased or offended.
lie then addressed few remarks the
reverse of complimentary 10 Mr..
Kuhn, and took his seat amid much
applause.
Mr.. j. ;. Van Runkle was the next
speaker. He favored personal liberty
and thought that il a man wanted to
Sell Schooner fer five cents ba |
had perfect right 10 Edo 30 |
ana no person had right |
TO interfere with him. He said Thar |
ne would sell "schoonersr us long as \
ne pleased, and those vino did NOT /
like it could limp il.
Dir, schander followed Mr. Van
Runkle in the same strain. and an
nounced his determination to sell a
disposed. W "
Other speakers on both side OF the
question followed and soon az.
cry one ia the hall was
speaking, shouting, cheering or cat-
calling Perfect pandemonium raj.
lowed. Nearly every man present
was calling his neighbor a liar and
threatening TO punch his head. The
chairman endeavored to preserve or.
ler, but found il impossible, and he
inSndoned the task rs hopeless. Amer
aNhlie, however, their lungs got fired
,ud order was partially restored,
ihen some one made noi;o,,
% anIlninf n .a.lnn -lN