New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-08
HARD WORK TO GET DRINKS.
STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THE EXCISE
LAW
THE POLICE MAKE ANOTHER DETERMINED e.
FORT TO KEEP LIQUOR STORES SHUT YES
TERDAY-soME BARTENDERs AND PRO

TERDAY-SOME BARTENDERS AND PHO
PRIEToRs WHO ARE GLAD
superin.endent Byrnes made another Determined
effort yesterday 10 prove that the Excise law ~
far as IL relates 10 the closing Of liquor stores coud
be enforced. and he came near succeeding IL i
the second Sunday that the Superintendent began
in ANYTHING like an earnest manner 10 get IN MS
fine work and enforce the law. and the result has
heen 50 satisfactory that decent citizens are asking
each other in surprise why the law has not oe"h
enforced before.
The bartcnders are pleased, for they have now a
chance which they never had before OF getting OH
one whole day in the week the public are not max
ing so great a klck' as Il was thought they would.
and even the lquor store themselves are be-
ginning to accept the situation pholosophicaNy' ohe
OF them said to the reporter: i am quite WILING
and have been always quite willing 10 Keep my store
closed on Sunday. but when see my neighbors all
around doing business is It to be wondered at that
| should try to keep my trade from running away
from me altogether and have my place open: II
the law Is 10 be enforced let it be done without
favor or discrimination. and then II VIII be iouhd
that the great majority OF the men engaged IN the
business will be willing to close on Sundays. VII!
90 further and say that the of liquor store
which is al all decently conducted. who means TO
conduct respectable business. had better give 1t up
altogether and turn to something else II ne cannot
make a living by keeping open twenty hours udy
for six days in the week. You must remember that
the ma jority OF those who violate the Ia" by Keep
Ing open during the forbidden hours on week days.
namely from a. m. TO a. m. do not do so on
account Of the grea, profit that there Is in IT, or In
deed, on account OF any profit at all. but solely
because OF the trouble OF cleaning and brushing UP
everything and locking up everything and then
going and coming back in an hour or two win more
cleaning to do The rigldy the law is en-
forced the better l. for one will like Il; for then We
will take in the money in an Increased trade other
days OF the week.
STRICT ORDERS TO THE MEN
Tho men who went out from Police Headquarters
were seconded in their efforts by the men who went
ont from the various station houses with strict
instructions from their captains, who had ALREADY
received strict instructions from the Superintendent
how TO act. The disappearance. too. from the scene
for time at least OF the bogy police Justice known
by the name Of Hogan who wouldn't hold any OF
the liquor men who were arrested and brought be-
fore him las, Sunday-athough they were he'd the
next day by Justice NoOrhs. before whom they
had been rearrlnged-inspired the agents OF the
law with renewed activity and hope that their Ia
bors would be frutless.
Roundsmen were sent out 10 watch the patrOlmen,
and sergeants in many cases followed the rounds
men, and captains and inspectors had an, eye ont
FOR the sergeants. and sometimes FOR each other.
The men who were detailed 20 this special duty
went out in citizens clothes. while the men In uni
form on ordinary patrol duty received special warn
ing they stdTttl Ou' on pl~t 10 NdA'H INV pi''7
where the window shades were drawn AMI TO strain
their ears for the click OF the cash registers both
unfaMng Indications that business was in full blast
within.
When Il &c remembered that there are 500
more liquor shops IN the city. Il T. 10 be expected
that one could get drink IN some of them. but u
vas A mighty hard thing to DO all the same es-
Iecally downtown. Even the great Tekulsky him
s-.f didn't dare 20 Tekulsk.' Tammany al
nr-r Of his expressed H. ddn't openly. At least
a. ne had been heard 10 threaten that he wou!d. IN
spite OF all laws" Morris had his place. which -
well-known resort for politicians IA Park Row.
tightly barred. The detectives who passed 70
and FRO tina, way during the day kn~"
we'll that he selling. bat Norris men knew
the detectives We're watching. an dats all d"res
into ID az one OF paddy DIVERS heelers-yea.
even paddy" himself has been known 20 say when
explaining how easy 1t is TO defeat the law
sENTINEIs TO WATCH FOR POLICE
Down on Battery Place and along Wes,-s,. the
home par excellence 81 the "copp"r's bottle. the
BLACK bottle" and knockout drops" sent!nels
were stationed AT convenient intervals 10 watch the
officers 81 the law A. on IN" previous sunday Only
an occasional "growler" was seen.
The reporter went through many streets IN the
thirkly populated East Side. last OF all the Bowery
The men engaged IN the liquor business her" ma
lt.le difficulty I'm recognizing stranger. When he
talks English that settles IL They talk Eng
targon German Polish. Bohemian and Heaven
knows how many other dialects The ORDER for
eln bier IL scarcely ever varied. So that the man
who would have the hardhood 10 demand golden
nzz or a pousse cafe IN the neghborhooi OF De-
lancey-s, or Avenue \ would De considered. to PVT
Il mildly. a. entirely out ~ his element In one
place In Houston-st. the reporter saw people sons
In and out the side door, above which Was printel
the words Family entrance one 81 thr s ,flHlng
cloakmakers. well acquainted with the neighHoI-
hood stood looking on too. for sOiSe TINE. ana theh
said to he reporter IN h1m comnlepn1 ~"y
meaning the owner of the liquor shop ana no"
find that he is not only married but has several
"Indeei' sali the rep99irter wonlernsiy; "ani
how have you made tina; discovery
Why" he replied with apparent innocence. Il
have seen seven persons within the last half, hour
family entrance. and they're Their sun ,,.,,,
The reporter had talk with Captain William
ters are in Delaney st. where that Whit wngci
messcpge Of pace Ioliee;nan Am6I9sT nsy
Of the shape OF bullet through a L"Now
witness In the courtroom last Tcek h 4His 90.
illegal occurrInces within the following boundaries
Kivington-st East River. Gouverneur Slip. Water
st. Scammen. Grand. Division ana norfolk ats. me
self during the day. There Is not commander 81
the entire thirty precincts into which IN" CITY
afraid OF consequences than Captain Schultz Al
though h. speaks German he looks IKE an old-time
Yankee with his goatee. Il do not fear the l-ex9w
always have tried to do my duty As to This en-
forcement Of the Excise law in this precinct have
redoubled my efforts to that end and have met
with a large measure OF success ! Will venture
to say that II is harder TO get drink OF Whiskey
in any place under my command to-day than 1t Is
in any other part OF the city There has been NJ
serious demand for the enforcement OF the law 70
the letter until during the last two weeks. and IN"
regular patrons Of these saOOns are beginning 10 re-
alize that they cannot get served on Sundays When
they come TO understand that. both buyer and seller
will cooperate with the police rather than conspre
TO defeat the law. they have been accustomed 10
do In the past"
TO THE SUBURBS FOR DRINK.
The crowds Mt One MISUNDERSTANDING
and Thrd-ave great as II II were Sun
day I'm midsummer. This IL the starting place for
the trolleys which go away off through Westchester
County. and many thirsty one boarded these cars
and went all the way TO W.liiamsbrdge and Mount
Vernon he hnpa OF finding Il easlcr 10 get