The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-03
FIGHT AMONG
THEMSELVES
Saloon Keepers of Logan
Engaged in Law Suit

Y There don't seem to be enough
public sentiment knocking against
the saloons to make things lively,
so they have stirred up big fight
among themselves while they are
still permitted to rusticate among
us.
Sometime ago, when the $1,000
Aiken tax law went into effect,
the saloon keepers of Logan met
and formulated an agreement that
they would make the consumer
pay the extra tax. They would
cut down the beer glasses to twelve
ounces, and charge 15c for all
mixed drinks of whiskey, and reg
ulate the size of "growlers' and
size of bottles. This was ha-
grant scheme to make the custom
er pay the raise in tax, by giving
him less goods for his money or
charging him more for his usual
drink, ALI the saloon men in Lo-
gan "signed the SCALE except
Charles Deishley. He refused,
and held out for few days, but
they soon forced him into the
combination by threatening to
boycott him so he could buy no
beer of the breweries. The con
sumers then threatened to organ
ize Hammer Club" and kick
on the raise. Many drinkers
patronized Joe Brooker because he
set out the usual ''boot-leg' of
beer for nickle. The saloon
combination at that time sent out
"feeler" to Brokers place to
find out the size of his glasses,
and such were adjudged four
ounces too large, and Brooker was
fined $1,000 by the ''Combine"
and he paid it.
Two weeks ago a meeting of the
saloon keepers was called to dis
cuss their protest against paying
the second installment of tax,
Brooker failed to attend the meet
ing; forgot it, he said. The
"Combine" fined him $1,000 for
forgetting. (Fifty dollars for
boldly doing Sunday business is
too much, but $1,000 for merely
forgetting is about right.)
Brooker refused to pay the $l0.-
90 and thus was bodily kicked
from the "Saloon Association.
The Hoster, and Hook Hooking
Brewery Agents here were ordered
not to sell Brooker, else they could
not sell the "Combine. The ice
man was told to cut out Brooker;
the bread men were ordered not to
sell to Brooker; the dreymen must
not haul him goods. His business
must cease at once, but it did not
cease. He laid in big stock of
Weiderman's beer, got ice from
Lancaster, bought buns and bread
of Drew, and hired man with n
wagon to haul his stuff.
Now comes another phase of the
story. Brooker has retained At
torney e. ID. Ricketts,, and filed
his petition in Common Pie as
Court in suit against all the saloon
men of Logan in the sum of $4,000
damages, and Judge Martin is
sued an injunction against their
restraint of trade in forcing re-
fusal to sell him ice and beer.
Inc petition reads about like |
this: Joseph Brooker VS. Thomas
Price, John Easterling, Newton
Slater, Herbert lies, Charles
Deishley, William Frasch, Lewis
Warner, John Mclaughlin, Edwin
Price and Thomas E. Collins.
Plaintiff says, that he is en-
gagged in the saloon business in
Logan, Ohio, that he also has
lunch counter; that he has been
handling Hoster and Hook Hook
ing beers, and got his customers
accustomed to those particular
brews; that by threats, intimida,
tion and boycotting, the Gefen-
dants have deprived plaintiff of
many of his patrons, and prevent.
ed plaintiff from purchasing Hos
ter and Hock-Hooking beers and
from purchasing ice and buns
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