The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-19
THE EHRET BOYCOTT.
1t Is Not Succeeding Very Weil-The People
with Ehpet.
New York Times.

WltA EhFet.
New York Times.
If George Ehret should ask the Brewers Asso-
citation of the United States to order the brewers
all over this country rot to sell any beer to the
saloon keepers who will no longer sell his beer
because of the work of the hoycotters, the brew
ers would he compelled to obey the order. Mr.
Ehret said, yesterday. that he would not ask the
association to issue any such order. He had no
disposition to try to fight a secret enemy, and
he had no thought of yielding to the demands of
the boycotters for money, If any such demand
was made upon him. He had transacted bust
ness in an honorable way for many years, and
proposed to stick to his principles. He had never
treated with black mailers. and would not open
negotiations with them or listen to their PROPOSE
tons now. He had always tried to be fair
and just TO his hundreds of employees, and the
laboring men knew that. He believed that
the boycotters would soon see the injustice
of their cause against him, and would
to trouble him. The other brewers are
not disposed to be so calm as Mr. Ehret, and
said yesterday that thsy would refuse to sell
any beer to the aloon-keepers who have been
placed under subsection by. the boycotters.
Many of these saloon-keepers are in Mr.. Ehrets
debt and he has been urged to- levy upon the kegs
of beer which any other brewer might sell them.
It is not likely. however, that Mr.. Ehret will
adopt such course.
At the office of the Brewers Association, in
Irving Place, it was said that the boycotters
had made further suggestions about the
payment of 100000, or any other amount
by Mr. Ehret for the purpose of securing the
pardon of tie men who extorted money from
Thesis, and who are now in Sing Sing prison
The work of iniuring Mr.. Ehrets business was
still In progress, and squads Of men were still
playing tricks upon saloon keepers who sold
Ehrets beer. At THESES Alhambra saloon, on
East Fourteenth street, it was said that their
sales of Ehret's beer had been considerably in
creased. Many strangers visited the place and
declared that they would drink only Ehret's
beer, and they drank it in large quantities.
Ehrets beer signs are disappearing from saloons
all over this city. and the squads of men who
entered saloons, drank half glass of beer and
then refused to pay for it on the
ground that it is made by Ehret,
are becoming thirsty In Bowery
is sold, a squad of men made their appearance
yesterday. They looked somewhat faJigued
and when glasses of beer were set before them
they smiled like men who were about to enjoy
free drinks. When they had half emptied the
glasses one OF the men asked in free-and-easy
way, lis this Ehret's beer2" When the saloon
keeper answered that it came from another
brewery, giving the name, the smile faded away
and the spokesman for the boycotters sadly paid
for the beverage.
beer was sold at Lewis S. Merigolds wins and
chop-house, at Beaver and Williams streets-a
place patroIized by down town brokers. They
went there yesterday afternoon in order to make
Things lively lOF 0leFlSOtu anu the brokers'. IHeY
found that signs of breweries were displayed
over the bar, but failed to discover Ehrets name
any of them. They were disguised, and
one of them said to one of the bar
tenders: II thought you sold Ehrets
beer" ooh, no. laughed the bartender;
1--WE are with the boycotters" broker who
was in merry mood overheard the converse
ton, and. calling the spokesman of the boycott
ers aside, whispered in his ear "That bartender
is only guying you. Go down to the old iron
pier at Coney Island and you'll find Merigold
dishing out Ehret's beer at the rate of forty
kegs an hour" The party of boyeotters took an
iron steamboat for Coney Island. determined TO
catch Merigold in the act and to play havoc
with his business. The pier was crowded
with people drinking everything on
the list from beer TO champagne. The boycott
ers reveled in the spectacle. With one fell
swoop they would ruin Merigold's business
They took seats at tables and called for beer
They sampled it, and then asked the old ques-
tion rs this Ehret's beer and nearly lost
their breath when they discovered that the beer
was from another brewery. They raved over
the tip which they had been given by the
broker. and declared that they would keep out
OF the Wall street neighborhood hereafter.
Many families used to drinking beer from
breweries other than Ehrets sent orders yester-
day for Ehret's beer, and the bottlers said that
they were doing a lively business.