Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-14
FIGHTING THE SCHOONER.
Meeting Of Beer Sellers Last Sisht-A Dis
orderly Gathering Buekiug Against
"a walt-~what Il Proposed.

UettcIc, tlHntu w SSNN'rt tindeio ~
that article of commerce The meet
ing was held last night at Gay x May
er's hall. on Houston street. About
twenty-five dealers were present, most
ly those making speciality of beer. The
object Of the meeting was pretty gen.
orally known before IL was called to
order. Its originators were T.. Kuhn
and III. L. Shiel. who are engaged In
handling Anthony & kuhn's beer,
and the object was To down Lemps
beer. handled by Casey Il Swasey.
Since Mr.. Lemp built his beer vault
last spring. his beer is kept in excel
lent condition and has become very
popular with retail traders, so much so
that the Other beer has been crowded
INTO a corner Several traders handling
Temps beer have adopted the custom
of selling "schooners' at five cents,
and In consequence have attracted n
large run of trade. This engendered
jealousy OH the pert of the Others and
cunmbbing 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
inwariness of tile meeting last night.
The originators OF the meeting
gave il out that something was
to be done in relation to the sunday
closing law and this induced many
dealers to Sign the call who We're not
interested in the quarrel between
Lemp aud Anthony 4 Kuhn. The
Shiel-kuhn men who are fighting the
''schoonersp for five cents proposed
i'm brief 10 boycott any brewery or
AGENT of such brewery who would sell !
beer 10 retail trader who sold a
schooner of beer for five cents.
About half-past eight last evening |
about twenty beer sellels
had assembled at Gay & Mayors |
hall. Capt II, +. Shiel was elected |
chairman. and young man acting as
clerk for Schuber d Hochstadter was |
chosen secretary. Repr, sentatives of
the press We're present and Mr.. +. |
Kuhn arose and moved that ''dem re-
porters' be elected from the room. |
The motion was seconded and being |
put to n vote was carried Ivy hand |
some majority. The reporters conse- |
quently got the <. b. When the re-
pOrters were down stairs ana well out |
of hearing the chairman, Capt. Shiel, |
arose and made n lengthy speech. He |
said it was downright, straight-up- |
and up robbery to sell the 'schooners'
for five cents. No one could do il and |
prosper, and If the beer sellers knew |
what was good for them they would |
put stop 10 ii without delay. He |
said that man who would sell al
schooner" of beer for five cents would |
de'ert his country in 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 tue body polite. The
gallant captain then wiped the per-
SEPARATION from hi. noble brow and said |
the object Of the meeting was to bury |
"schoonersh and asked for suggestions |
concerning the preliminaries of the
funeral
Mr.. T.. Kuhn then took the floor and |
out-shielded Shiel in denouncins any
man who would cater To the thirsty |
taste of the public sufficiently to sell !
beer for five cents glass. MIR. Kuhn |
said Lemps beer was roth |
ing but "slops' and uut
no well regulated stomach |
should give it lodging.
Mr.. Martin Casey, agent of w. J. |
Lemp, next took the floor and said |
that he sold beer atthree dollars n KEY |
TO all retailers who chose To buy it |
He did not care continental whether /
they sold ii tub or n thimhle-full for |
five cents 80 long as he was paid three |
dollars n keg for it. He
explained that Lemp's beer was
sold for three dollars key
in this city,while IL cost SO p in Dal- |
las and $3.50 in Waco. He said that
the retailers had profit of seventy
lVe cents on keg 10y selling 'schoo-
hers. at five cents, and c msequently |
could afford 1t. He said that Mr.. |
Kuhn frequently handled Lemp's
beer but was choked oil because of
some sharp business, lie habitually |
kept a Key by the side OF his refrit-
crater into which he dumped waste
Deer ana 'siopsh Of every kind,
una when it got filed
nc returned II To the
agent rs spoiled beer, and demanded
another keg in place of il. Mr.. Casey
siud that Kuhn got caught ut this
business, and iminediaielyafter soured
on Lemsss beer. He further said that
ms ilfh' old not care for the agency,
but retained it in order to prevent
hunh irom getting it. He further
volunteered the information that he
/
tlc meeting took, that he wouId
continue transactiug his own busi.
ness according To his own way.
20 matter who il pleased or offended
lie then addressed few remarks the
reverse OF supplementary To Mr..
kuhn, and took his seat amid much
applause.
MI j. ;. Van Runkle was the next
Speaker He favored personal liberty,
and thought that ifa man wanted Ia
sell schooner" for five cents, he
nad perfect right 10 do so
ana no person had right
20 interfere with him. He sail that
ne would sell "schoonersn ms long ms
ie Pleased, and those who did not
Ike 1t could limp it.
Mr.. Sehander followed Mr.. Van
huhkle IN the same strain, and an
iouhced his determination to sell n (
disposed. W. 50 /,
Other speakers ON both side Of tho >
question followed and soon av. :
ny one in the hall was ,
peaking, shouting, cheering or ctt. n
aiihg' Perfect pandemonium fol- :
owed. Nearly every man present !
vas calling his neighbor a liar, and n
threatening 10 punch his head. Ths =
endeavored to preserve or. n
Ter, but found IL impossible. and lie \
oandoncd the task as hopeless. After
While, however, their lungs got tired g
,h order was partially restored. /,
neii some one made a motion n
appoint a committee of three 10 !,
rait resolutions 10 be presented M n
iture meeting. The motion WAS ii
arfied and the following committee I,
.as named: Ed. Tabor, VIM. Routh :,