New-York tribune., 1902-04-13
DRY OUTLOOK FOR TO-DAY.
s.rooNKEEPERS SHUT Up SHOP Al
MIDNIGHT-SOME MAY TAhE
CHANCES TO-DAY.

II the policemen try TO enforce the excise ID"
to-day as they did last Sunday, and II ali 'iie
houor dealers who have promised 10 nave tiiei
ssloons omen 70 customers keep their word, many
arrests may be expected to-day. AT several "
cent meetings Of liquor dealers there nave peei
bitter complaints by ordinary saloonkeepers 'lia'
IN. enforcement Of the Sunday law was driving
customers 10 the keepers of Raines Id" hoteiS-
MANY Of the saloonkeepers have told their Gus
,o,,err that the, would keep the saloons open
to-day and take the risk Of arrest rather tiioii
lose trade by closing up
Indications in the first hour after mlohish'
this morning were that there would be genera
tight" closing of saloons throughout the CITY
again to-day, though in all probablhy Ih4
,hirstv could get all the drink they wanted az
the Raines law hotels.
There was plenty of life and excitement on
,b. f2ov,erv and East Fourteenth-st. after mid
night when the saloons obeying the Excise law
shut rheir doors Hundreds of men and women
,.-.dad the thoroughfares. and every saloon
a5aea IT'S share TO the crowd. The big saloons
and concert halls on the Bowery ali closed their
doors at midnight.
In Fourteenth-st. the Alhambra, Sharkey S
end the other resorts turned out their crowds
and closed at midnight.
throughout the Eighteenth and Twenty-frst
police precincts The ordinary saloons almost all
promptly stopped business at Il O'Clock
1t was ascertained yesterday that arrange
rnents had been made by many saloonkeepers OF
the city to admit customers to-day through side
doors into rear rooms of the Saloons which have
been provided with sideboards and are screened
from view of the sidewalk The barroom itself
will he open 10 view, and will he empty for po-
licemen TO leok into in every such case. If the
policeman is not too eager 10 enforce the law
the traffic in the rear rooms may go on without
interruption.
Some Of the liquor dealers may try 70 carry on
business in their barrooms. and shut out 1he
police There were several cases last week IN
which policemen made complaints to the nas's-
trates that they could see the law violated on
Sunday but could not get into the saloons 20
make arrests without using force. One ponce
mas, broke in 2 side door and arrested the liquor
dealer and the magistrate said the police had
q right to break in If they saw violations
of the law. In discharging some liquor dealers
who were summoned to the courts by polcemen
failing to break in. the magistrates tolo the po-
licenen that they must make arrests at the utl@
they saw the violations OF the law. 1t is TO be
expected. therefore. that more policemen VIII
break into saloons to-day if they see FloiauoHs
of law. ,,, :.
being enforced at present requires patroiInen 10
enter in memorandum books any violations OF
law observed on their posts. and requires the
serreants TO enter such memorandulfls IN lhe
botter, and check the BOOKS at 1he eAilI Idtiul %
each tour of duty. The patroimen are, lhefe-
fore placed in position where they must en-
force the law or lay themselves open to charS--
To make matters for the police, agen-s
of the Society for the Prevention of Crime are
out every Sunday hunting for violations OF the
law and collecting evidence that might cause
the dismissal of a policeman who failed 10 re-
port violations Of law on his post
il is to be expected that to-day VIII be an
other dry Sunday and that in many parts OF
the city there will be 10 all appearance fCll
compliance with the law In the resldenual sec
ton Of the city last Sunday many saloons m
the avenues which had been open IN a way 10
attract the attention of people passing on their
way to church on previous Sundays were closed
and quiet Thousands of people in those sec
ttons of the city noticed the change, ana eX-
pressed their qualification with the enforcement
of he Law