New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-27
JERSEY TOWNS WERE DRY
THE SUNDAY CLOSING MOVEMENT OF
GENERAL EXTENT.
FEW VIOLATIONS OF THE EXCISE LAws-NEw-
ARK SALOONS TIGHTLY CLOSED. AND
EVEN HoBOKEN LIQUOR-sELLERs
'r~'~ g' WERE COMPELLED TO DO
sIDEDOOR BUsI-
NESS.

The Sunday law was observed in Jersey City yes
terday better than 1t had ever been before. AT noon
the police ordered BARRIERS close their establish
ments and bootbacks and newsboys were compelled
to remove their chairs and stands from the side
walks and suspend business.
The saloonkeepers paid more respect TO the law.
Fully onehalf closed their places and raised their
shades and exposed the interior to show that the
saloon was vacant and Sunday traffic was aban-
doned. The shades. however. were closely drawn In
the other saloons and there suspicion that
the propretors disposed to ignore the law but
II they did. 1t was quietly done. The police kept the
suspected saloons under close surveillance. and by
their persistent vigil nterfered with the traffic an
ticipated by the avaric.ous rumselers No one was
inclined to enter saloon when a policeman was on
guard. In the absence of the police sentines few
loyal patrons were admitted. but strangers were ex-
few opened cubrooms in apartments over the
saloons. but were careful who were allowed to enter.
hs dy The hvs
BretienheId. OF 10; 25s webster-ave.; John W.
Green and First SITS; Giovanni Belilzzl. Of No 42S
second-st. and Adolph sontas of No. 81 MiltOnaye:
said saloonkeeper yesterday, TO close us down,
but there VIII be little Sunday selling while the
after u.s. and the saoonkeepers understand il and
want to avoid them 1t means loss of many thou
blow to the small dealers and owners Of gardens
who who depend almost wholly on their Sunday t.a'e
For the first time In years. the police OF Hoboken
enforced the excise laws yesterday. and the city
was closed. and in places where liquor was sold
customers were admitted only by rear or side doors
lators OF the law. and in only one instance was
offender taken into custody. The victim was Henry
aaioo Saloon at at No 90 Ne vi ' ''''"
Although the police did not arrest. they were
particularly active In getting evidence against
saioonkeepers, which Will be presented to Prose
cutor Winfield. The reserve was assigned to duty
In oitl1a &C., nd ma -
saloons Captain Hayes would not say. with what
success the men met, but he remarked that fully
seven ighths of the liquor stores were closed.
Many people visited Hoboken from New-York and
Jersey CITY but they ne drnG and Ssv
Joined with local citizens In condemning things IN
general because they were unable to quench their
thirst.
similar dry condition of affairs existed in the
North Hudson towns The police report I nat no
Swiss people gave their thirteenth annual Appen
TALLER Landsgemeinde at the Schuetzen PARK Union
HILL and the merry makers were obliged 10 WASH
down their biberfaten. a big, round cake with
The sunday-closng laws strictly observed IN
n Several a"I years In Arlington the saloons have
been closed on Sundays for several months owing
which last year made a successful crusade. In
lower. Kearny and Harrison it has been the rule TO
Was closed 0aI light and the curtains were
In East Newark however. the saloons did rush,
been overlooked by the Hudson County Grand Jury
which instructed the chiefs or police ana other Town
and township officials throughout the county 10 en-
force the Sunday CLOSING laws; As result OF this
every saloon In the municipality was thronged all
day and late In the evening with horde OF thirsiy
mem who nocked in from Newark. Arlington. Har-
rison and Kearny. . .,
There were many strangers In Newark yesterday
In fact, the streets were more alive with people
than they have been any Sunday this year one
reaso may be found in the attraction which the
Newark Metropolitan baseball game proved in the
eyes Of hundreds Folks who look beneath the sur
face, however, declared that there were many New
Workers in evidence in search OF liquid refresh
ments. They could find none in the heart OF the
city: SO the troeys took them suburbanward
where there plenty to be had for the asking and
a consideration. There were less than ten arrests
for drunkenness and the day was unusually quiet.
While yesterday was not exactly dry SUNDAY IN
Bayonne the police enforced strictly as possible
the orders Of Chief Mcneil to permit no Violations Sa
sta bic Hook district showed that the numerous little
saloons Of the foreign colony were tightly closed
like condition Of affairs prevailed In other sec
lions OF the city. The only resorts open to the pub
lie were the roadhouses on the Newark Say ana
Kil Won Kull shores The enforcement OF the blue
laws at the instance OF the Hudson County Grand
Jury considerably decreased the business done al
these places.