The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-08
LIQUOR MEN FIGHT.
Hoboken Inn Keepers Asso-
citation Quarrel Over
Sunday Closing.
MANY MEMBERS RESIGN
Those Who Are Left Decide to Boy
colt Foreman Richard Wash
burns Bank and Business.
MANY MEMBERS RESIGN

The meeting of the Hoboken Innkeep-
ers' Protective Association yesterday af
ternoon terminated in the worst kind of
a row, during which Secretary Schlatter
and several other gentlemen in order to
avoid being punched grabbed their hats
and coats and hurriedly made their es-
cape from the room. Angry words and
terrible oaths almost turned the air blue,
while clenched fists were shook In each
others faces with threatening remarks
The result of the fracas is that the once
powerful organization is thing of the
past. more than one half of the members
vowing as they left the meeting
that they were through with the
HcDoken 1nnkeepers' Association. And
liquor dealers and the brains of the Or
gan.zaticn
~ It was said this morning that the organ
else new one started With such men as
Schlatter Bergman, Philibert Baans
Biume and others out of it the association
nave ne practically been the sole backbone
OF the organization and brought it up to
a membership of over 200 in the eight
years OF its existence.
Secretary Schlatter said this morning
that he would positively resign his posi-
tlon as secretary, and that Mr. Philibert
meeting.
The trouble arose. through an effort on
the part of several of the members doing.
business IN the Third and Fourth Wards
70 pass resolution having the member
snip Keep open on Sundays, and if arrest
ed to have the association defend them.
dsa,i ana II GO convicted to pay their fines. The
Tesoiutlon was, strenuously opposed by
MT Schlatter, Mr.. Philibert and other
gehuemen on the grounds that they were
iaW-ablding, respectable citizens and were
o~eslrous ~ OF m maintaining their regulations
as such. To keep open on Sunday now.
ily riiisy sag, would be no more than down
rlght defiance of law and order, and that
they would not do. The members who
cnanploned the resolution are for the
most mos part new ones, and the old mem
pers did not think it right that the new
men should come in and run everything.
10 suit themselves. President Philibert
was absent and Vice-President Coyle was
IN Trenton. A saloonkeeper named Becker
uolng business in the Fourth Ward, was
chosen temporary chairman and he tried
10 70 conduct things to suit himself and his
the question came up regarding Sunday
closing and the better class of members
fought to down it, the other members
t6reeq t6ree ti,, gnelr !, side OF the argument by
tne OLD and respectable members that
tney Withdrew and left The vote was
q Tor closing, and Al to keep open, but
Chairman Becker decided that the motion
to keep open was carried Thai cansed
the row and Secretary Schlatter left A
new secretary was chosen Temporarily
ana ana the meeting continued amid conf1,
They then decided to boycott the H,,d-
son county National Bank on account Of
rresldent Richard Washburn being fore
man n =, o., q the present Grand Jury, they
9 9l lnem havIng to close up on SUNDAYS
They. also decided to boycott Mr.. Wash.
nurns ~ rasso building 4bs materials They decided
pint on June l. The meeting then adj
Journed to next Thursday