New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-06
SURE TO BE DRY TO-DAY.
SEVEN HUNDRED PA MEN
VOTE TO ENFORCE LAW.
SALOONKEEPERS ASSOCIATION HAS
ADVISED MEMBERS TO SHUT
TP SHOP.

Since associations of policemen and associa-
tions of liquor dealers have declared in favor
of closing :he saloons to-day there is reason to
expect that the city will have dry sunday
the like of which has not been seen for long
time. Some Raines law hotels may be open for
the sale of liquors with the regulation sandwich.
and the guests at regular hotels will be able to
have liquors with their meals, but the saloons
will be shut tightly in most parts of the city
1t would be folly for a saloonkeeper to keep a
sentinel at the side door and admit trusted Gus
toners 20 the bar. for If the interior of the
saloon Is exposed to view from the sidewalk
the police will see the law violated, and II II
is not exposed they will apply for warrant
or summons and take him to the police court
tomorrow on the charge of violating the Ia"
by keeping the curtains down.
The associations of liquor dealers in sPNera'
districts have decided meetings that the
safest plan will he to keep the saloons shut to-
day They have gone further and have declared
that the funds of the associations will not be
used for the defence of any member VII" taxes
chances and is caught violating the law. Many
liquor dealers have violated the law with I'M
punity heretofore knowing that the ASSOCIATION
would provide counsel and hondsmer and pay
expenses of the defence Il they were arrested
Now that they know that they muFt pay al
costs OF defence themselves II they are caught
they are less likely to take risks.
About seven hundred patroimen. members of
the second platoons in nearly every police sta
ton Of the greater city. met Yesterday afternoon
in Mannerchor Hall. and decided to report every
violation of the excise law they could hnd OH
their posts to-day. The men were deIesa'VS
from eighty-one police precincts and several
sub-stations and detailed squads. They had
their meeting In secret. but 1t was known later
that they were practically unanimous N the de-
csion that the law must be enforced
II was decided at the meeting that the aele-
gates should report to their associates in ALI the
stations a plan for action to-day. This plan In
cIudes arrests and reports. Whenever police
man can get into a saloon his post and dis
cover a violation Of the law he is 10 make an
arrest If he discovers a violation Of the Jaw at
n saloon which he IS unable 10 enter he is 10
make report Immediately 10 his captain or
sergeant in command and put II up to- the
ca plain 10 cause arrests
Although the meeting was held behind ciosed
doors it soon became evident that there was
great enthusiasm in the hall The cheering ana
noise gave evidence Of this. Speeches were
made by several of the policemen and expert
ences were related showin. the alleged abuses
10 which the policemen we're subjected
Among the experiences related was that OF
Charles Becker IF the West One -hundred-ani-
twenty -fifth-st. station. who presided at 'hN
meeting Of the first platoon. held on Friday
About a year ago Becker was transferred from
the Madison-st. station. with a roundsman and
two other patrolmer because he led a revolt OF
the same character that started last sunday
in West Thirty-seventh-st He told the captain
that he unwilling 10 help protect sa!oon-
keepers who violated the law. The captain Is
said to have replied that unless Becker ana his
friends ceased making trouble they Wontd ne
either broken or transferred. and ne kept ms
word by having them sent out OF the precinct.
AS a result OF the present movement the
greatest meeting ever held in the history OF the
Police Department will convene AT anherchor
Hall on next Friday and Saturday. There VIII
be twenty-five hundred policemen present ana
they will he addressed by clerGymen. Ia bor ieah-
ers and politicians Some OF the persons inter
ested in arrangements for the meeting seemed
10 ne Of the opinion that public opinion IN favor
of a return the three platoon system and
ga sier times for policemen might be worked up.
Others said that the movement among the po-
lice 20 enforce The excise law had gone so far
that hereafter the law would he enforced
No special instructions were given yesterday
hv Deputy Police Commissioner Ehsteln apout
the enforcement of the excise law in brooklyn
to-day.
Il expect the law will be enforced" he said
last night without the necessity Of pegglng
away at the captains all the time. They under
stand the full scope of their duties. and / thInk
that they do their best 10 see to it that the
Liquor Tax law is not violated
Prooklyn policemen of different type
from those in Manhattan and the patrolinen
are not bullied by their captains. II is not eX-
pected that there will be any police revolt in
Brooklyn to-day.
District Attorney Jerome was seen last even
ing al his home and office, at No. Rutgers
ST He was told of the patrolmens meeting and
of the decision arrived at to close up every
thing, and asked to say something In relation
to it, He said he was tired and that he dld
not care to talk about excise or any other sub
jeCt. 49,
DO YOU think the saloons will close to-mor-
ow?' he asked
The law states that they should. he replied.
and guess the police know their duty.
He would not say what he intended doing
to-day.
CAPTAIN RDONED