Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-24
CRUSADER RAPS
P. 0. EMPLOYEES
Declares They Violated Law
While ON Their Annual
Outing.
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exc~ursionists in the letter referred to
The members of this association
are Woodworking, conscientious, ant
q respectable body of men, who's
only time for any recreation is, from
the nature of their business, on Sun
days. They are not men given to eX'
cesses and would not c~ountenanct
such actions as are stated to havt
taken place in the letter sent to you
WE protest most emphatically
against any impression going forth
TO the general public that the car
riers employed in the Newark post
Office are anything but a s~elf-respect-
Ing body of citizens.
Fl. A. MACAULAY, c. S. MILLS,
E. f. BALDWIN, E. T. KOCH
LER. CHAS. J.. OTTO, Com
mittee."
The letter of Mr.. Wilson to the State
superintendent is as follows:
Directors Report.
I'm response to numerous COM
plants form citizens of Hunterdon
county regarding conditions at Belle
wood Park, I personally visited that
resort on Sunday, July 81 l too
passage on a special excursion train
which left Newark at $3.50 a. M, with
Branch SO, National Association Let
ter Carriers. paying SIPS for ticket
and badge, the regular excursion
fare being 81, The excess was to
cover refreshments.
IN the ear in which l was seated
a Tough gang of men and women
kent NJ, a continual rowdv xhibitio
until arrival at the park. They were
drinking whiskey and beer, singing.
bowling. hugging. sitting on laps and
dancing, The dancing was lewd in
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Charges IntoxicatiOn.
Drunken men were in evidence
everywhere in the beer grove towards
The end of the afternoon. Keeling and
staggering about and acting foolish
| saw lhen served with more
beer who were so drunk that they
had to hold on to the posts for sup
port. One poor fellow. too drunk
TO walk straight, came from the
stand carrying four mugs of beer
two of sarsaparilla, which he
down on a table, and urged peo-
Die without badges, and not of their
;rowd, to drink.
While the theory is that only
with badges could be served.
saw a great many people served
With beer who wore no badges. and
/ looked TO me as if the brewery
employees who did the serving tried
get rid of as much as possible so
IS to avoid carrying any back. Resi-
ients of the ne~ighborhood were
erved with beer and money vae
lccepted in therefor.
LAS time drew neal for departing
saw a number of men get cans
illed, which they put in bags and
'ther receptacles, evidently fearing a
on their return trip. Sew
raj had curved Sunday cans such
is are used in cities for Sunday