The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-03
TWO Big BLACK LISTS.
Increased Membership of
Merchants Protective
Association.
PRICE OF COAL NOT GOING UP.
For the Present. at Least, the
Dealers Decided Last Night
Other Business Trans
acted,

kS d feSulL Oh Tue Work OF Tue various
committees appointed recently by the
Merchants Protective Association to
canvass the county for new members
twenty six applications were received at
last nights meeting at the Avenue
House, and almost every applicant was
present for initiation. These are the
new members who joined last night
Ed Wiegei. No. 604 Summit avenue 4;
G. w. Schmidt. No. 60 Cleudenuy ave.
nue.; Vincent LIE Compile Stohr, No. 100
Bergen avenue; John Dteckmann. No.
PSI Central avenue; NJ. Gibliu. No. 347
Montgomery street; W. H. Ewald, No.
l56 Newark avenue; Herman W. Kopf,
No. $50 Summit avenue; Peter Absteln,
No, 500 Summit avenue; Fe lix Levy, No.
666 Newark avenue: Lewis Foller, No. d
Montrose avenue; Morris Cirker, No. 66l
Newark avenue: Herman Hoopmau, NO.
SIS NewarS avenue; Bernard A: Tnielis,
avenue; John w. Girth, No.
69a West Newark avenue; Oscar
Setter. No. 697 Newark avenue. CHARLES
Weigel, No. sos Newark avenue
and No. 738 Newark avenue;
Charlet B. Faller. No. 81 Central avenues:
Henry Crawford. No. 81 ST. Paul's avenue;
Robert G. Troll, No 343 Palisade avenue;
Henry Jatzen, No. 700 Reservoir avenue;
Fred w. Kribbs, No. i27 Franklin street;
August Menge; No. 159 Oakland avenue;
John S.. Dunn, No. SAG Newark Il
Fred Scherer, No. 401 Summit avenue.
MEMBERSHIP FoU HUMID RED.
The membership of the association Is
bers who Joined last nieht include
grocers. butchers. hardware dealers, etc..
who are convinced that the association
confers practical benefits upon. its mem :
bers.
Considerable routine business was
transacted and reports. interesting maiu-
ly to the members, received from various
committees and acted upon.
During the meeting Mr.. j. w. Beach
called the attention OF the mem bers TO
the fact that the Coal Dealers Associa-
tion was in session at sip aud Summit
avenues, aud said he understood 5nat that
association contemplate / the establish
ment Of a black list similar that of the
Merchan5s' Association. He moved that
u committee be appointed TO wait upon
the Coal Dealers while IN session and
show aud explain to It's noe the
system and workings of the Merchants.
and see IT they could not convince the
Coal Dealers that it would be 60 their
advantage to join the Merchants Protec>
tive Association and thus secure the
advantage of the list already published
aud of the three years' labor Of he ASST
citation. The motion was carried.
Messrs. j. w. Beach. James A. Banks.
James Z. Gibbons, James I. Golf. George
w. Meyding and George Lahey We're
assigned to the mission. The Merchants
adjourned before the COMMITTEES returned.
WILL FAVOR EARLY CLOSING.
Before the committee st lrGed out on its
mission, Mr.. Banks said it mad been his
Intention TO present. d resolution endorS-
ing the efforts of the Early Closing Asso-
citation, but that he had finally considered
it mignt look better for the association to
wait until corporation was asked. He
believed the young men who were Gu
gagged In pushing the efforts OF the Early
Closing Association should be en-
couraged.
Several of the new members were call
ed upon for an expression OF views con-
corning the workings of the association.
Ex-Freeholder Nelson OF the firm OF
Nelson & Ward. real estate and insurance
agents, who Was elected at the last meet
ing, said he was very much interested in
q decision given by Judge Glldersleeve
recently in a case of false p%retences. He
thought the association could accomp,
Iish much good to itself and co the public
at large by enforcing q rule making 1t
mandatory upon tbs part of every MEM
Der to present his wares to customers as
what they really were and not deceive
the customers. The association should
also enforce thu one price rule.
Mr.. w. H. Ewald, who Joined last
night. said he was thoroughly con WINGED
that the workings of the associate II were
such as to coufer benefits upon all mer-
chants. He was rig It III for the workers.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
President William Meyer, in the good
and welfare, called the attention Of the
new members especially to the fact tn at
while the association did not allow poll
tics TO enter its councils it was but
natural that it should aim at the abolish
ment Of laws detrimental to fair interests
of the merchants and securing the pas
sage of such laws rs would give mer-
chants and all classes their rights. He
called especial attention to the fact that
the merchants last winter tried to get
through Il bill known us the Wife Prop
erty Bill, which would make a wife'S
property responsible with the hush lnd's
for debts contracted for the neces-
stiles of life. This bill, he
said, was passed by the Ho use
and enough Senators had pledged tnem-
selves 10 its support to secure its PASSAGE
but that iG had been defeated through
the efforts of the Executive head OF the
State. The State convention Of mer-
chants, he said, had adopted a resolution
to the effect that tho merchants should
send only such men to the next Lsgisia-
ture as would pledge themselves to
properly protect the merchants, yet work
In the iuter est of ALI el uses.
The receipts of the evening amounted
to $97, thirteen Of which vera dues paid
In and eighty-four for initiation fees. TIE
treasurer reported tnat he mad $40
besides in hand. aud that $1,000 was III
bank, where 1t had been for two years,
drawing interest up 10 date.
COAL DEALERS MEET.