New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-14
STILL THE DR0UTH.
CLOSED, BUT NOT
ENOUGH SANDWICHES.
ONLY FORTY ONE ARRESTS-A DROP OF
ABOUT SEVENTY FROM A
WEEK AGO.

that irrigated it Even the youngest reporter
would have been justified in the assertion that
the city was saloon dry. although hotel Wet III
was even drier than the preceding Sunday,
circumstance due rather TO the much malignee
saloonkeeper than TO the much bepraised patrol
man. 1t was not merely that saloons closed
their DOORS blinded their windows. placed
guards on the doors and then. in some occult
way produced beer in dim corners. This method
was abandoned yesterday. Tables were piled
in corners. chairs were turned upside down. and
the only sign of life about the bar was the snow
white towel hanging from the rail From the
Battery to The Bronx with few exceptions.
saIoonkeepers observed the seventh day as one
of rest
From the Waldorf to the lowest Raines law
dive there was no hotel which did not insist on
supplying it's patrons with sandwiches. and, IN
the majority of cases. collecting payment for
the same The panhandlers and strikers were
overfed yesterday with the left sandwiches.
and in one hotel temporary closing was caused
by the exhaustion of sandwiches. Still, the now
city of dry Sunday over. Bibuous citl-
zens accommodated themselves to the change,
walked few extra blocks. paid the extra PEN
nies for the sandwich and murnured softly.
Great is the name of reform" No thirsty soul
went unsatisfed-that is. far: no beer seeking
citizen failed to quench his thirst But for all
that the law observed.
Perhaps the tightest precinct in town was
that of Captain Walsh, of the Eldridge-st- sta
ton, Not only was it impossible to get liquor
IN saloons. but butcher shops, grocery shops,
and in fact. even pawnshops. were closed, and
the three balls swung idly in the breeze. This
rigid regime brought untold hardship to the
thousands of Hebrews who may not buy on
Saturday their Sabbath, and cannot buy on
Sunday the legal day of rest. But Captain
Walsh took no chances. His patromen were
informed that they would be held responsible
and entries in their books would be closely
scrutinized. The result was that 45 was a
living and potent force in that precinct yester-
day.
A similar condition of affairs prevailed all
over the city. particularly in the West Thirty
seventh-st. station, where two weeks ago the
police revolt originated. There were not viola
tions enough to go round. Patrolmen who
eagerly sought offenders in the hope of further
glory or notorfety returned empty handed at
the end Of their tour of duty Perhaps things
were a shade more open In the East Fifty-hrst-
ST. precinct where Captain Lantry rules IL
was whispered that an effort would be made to
get evidence against the captain. and even sug-
gested that the patrolmen relaxed their Wig
f1ance in order to permit the finding of evidence
However this may be, that precinct was yester-
day the topers paradise.
In the YorkvilIe court yesterday Patro1man
wiseman proved his right to his name by de-
claring to Magistrate Mayo that he saw four
men drinking at the saloon of Abraham Schif.
at No. 416 First-ave.
do YOU know what they were drinking?"
inquired the magistrate
Il ought to. your honor" was the reply Il
tasted the contents of at least one glass 1t
was whiskey."
On the strength on this Schtn was held FOR
trial in $1,000 bail
In the Bowery the Raines law hotels are too
thickIy strewn to make any noticeable differ
ence in the situation. For the most part they
were crowded all day Residents of the lower
East Side. whose local saloons were closed, wan
dered these places So great was the
crush that many Raines law hotels were Obliged
to hire extra help and talked of doubling their
force if the piping times of excise should con-
tinue They had only words of sympathy for
their brother saloonkeepers. but congratulated
themselves on having read the signs Alright.
"A license in time fine" said the pro-
prietor of a Bowery hotel TO a Tribune reporter
A member of the administration who is close
to the situation explained the attitude OF the
Mayor yesterday in the following manner:
THE trouble with the excise situation at pres
ent does not come from the mere question of the
open or shut saloon. When the administration
promised liberal Interpretation of the excise
law they reserved the privilege Of fighting
blecknaiI To-day they are fighting blackmat
IT is of more Importance that they should kill
the system. that they should break down the
blackn1aiI than that they should ignore this and
give New-Yorkers open Sunday The PROB
lem of blackmaiI is one that has been forced
upon them but they intend to fight it in every
possible way. The main issue however much
enemies OF the administration may try TO con-
ceaI il by shouting and crying down reform. Is
whether bIackmai shall continue or be stamped
out The administration has decided to stamp
ii out"
Hugh DoIan the president of the State Liquor
Dealers Association. declared yesterday that
his organization had issued orders that the
town should be tight so far the saloonkeepers
could make it,
members of our association obeying our orders
to-day
Fritz Lindinger had the same story to tell.
He evidently had no doubts. for he left the
city early.
District Attorney Jerome confined his investi-
CATION of excise yesterday calling on his
neighbors at the Nurses Settlement in Henry
ST, and taking tea with them
My interest in excise is merely passive, said
he smiling at the notion of his quiescence-
1T is solely a police problem. the closing OF
the saloons. None of my detectives are out to-
I day"
Perhaps as pathetic a sign of the feeling Of
the saloonkeepers was given by an East Broad
way dealer who placed in every window or
his closed and empty saloon bouquets OF cut
flowers, symbolizing, perhaps. the passing OF
the spirit dear 10 his heart
The TenderIOin tight as the East Side
Indeed il has been many years since saloons
were so universally closed as they were yeSter-
day Even the plan of selling in rooms over
the saloon had been abandoned Perhaps the
fact that the magistrates had held that. while