The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-30
Clfy Entolli1enca.

fobi'lCs-ENGINES TAKEN FROM BELLIGK
RANTS By ORDER OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER.
Yesterday morning. at about hAlfpsst eleven O'Clock
tho Ore bells rang out alarm the Fifth district and
the Bowery filed with engines and hose carts
making their way up town Engine A. which lies at the
corner OF Dclsncey and Attorney streets was going
up under full headway when at the junction Of the Bow
cry, Third avenue and Sixth street engine No. g. came
up with very strong force and into No. A. taking
of one of the forward wheels of the vehicle thus Grip
pling the apparatus SO to bring it to stand STILL
The two companies Nos. Al and had long before
had feud, which eliminated at the late primary
election in the Seventh ward. The members
Of No advocating the Tweed interest, and No Al op-
posing it good deal of feeling was exhibited at the
time of the election and this the first meeting Of the
belserants since Thursday night. When the apparatus
Of NO. Al was crippled, before stated it at
understood that fight to ensue and so the mem
bers OF No followed up the attack upon the engine by
an attack upon the men, who had it in charge At this
time the company Of No far outnumbcred their adver
sarce, and the members of Al obliged to give way
Presently however other engines and hose companies
came up, and were soon engaged taking different sides
according to their predictions As the alarm spread
the friends of both sides up and the became
general. Conspicuous among those who were actively
engaged were, besides the members Of and Al
many whose caps bore the numbers A. 16, 20, 15 and
A. The battle ground was in the open space at the head
Of Sixth street, known the Hay Market few rods
down Sixth street large pile of bricks placed there
for building purposes The party of No took possession
of this lot of ammunition and commenced to pour in
lively shower Of brckbats upon their opponents No
gard was had for passing vehicles The stages railroad
cars and wagons obliged to take the chances Of
getting hit and considerable damage thus done by
Che flying missiles. Many persons injured who had
moth to do will he Obi A ata
at the corner Of the Bowery and Sixth street,
received blow from brick which knocked him
down and injured him severely. Some Of the by
ISLANDERS took him up, and conveyed him out OF the
reach Of danger and gave him such attention his stu
alton demanded young man, who passing along
at the time, was struck by paving stone. The blow
took effect the back of his head just at the base Of
the skull lie knocked senseess and was also car
ried of BY persons who not engaged in the ro but
who cav him fall. lie was conveyed away down Sixth
street. There we're some fifteen hundred men as
sembed and participating in the ARRAY Very conspcu-
GUS among the rioters set Of rowdes dressed in
red shirts and armed with clcavers iron bars and
clubs The fighting not hand to hand these fellows
would undoubtedly have rerpetrated great deal Of
mischief AS it was, the antagonists far apart
that but little damage done to either side although
the streets literally covered with bricks and stones
which had been projected by both parties
While tho fight was going on and when it at its
height detachment Of police officers from the Seven
teenth district made their appearance and went boldly
into tho mds Of the rioters and behaved with such
cooness and courage that check put to firing
of missiles. Officer yandervoort arrested named
Samuel NJ. Craft who had large paving stone in each
hand ready to fire. As the arrest made the
officer beset by number OF the rioters who followed
him and his prisoner. One man named Peter Carriran
n Wrpur ba aipa afadr
Crafts release finally attempted to rescue him from
The grasp Of the policeman and would probably have
ucceeded, but for the timely arrival at that moment
# officer Francisco, who took CarTigan also into
custads. and both prisoners safely lodged in the
he Bowery and Third street When the excitement was
at its highest pitch and while officer yanderyort had
enough to do to keep possession of his prisoner police
Of the Thirteenth came up and insisted on the
release Of Carrigan He said he not the man who
nteered and that he himself gave Carrgan the wrench
which he had in his hand So strenuous this police
mans demand for his friends release that the seven
teenth ward officers expected momentary an assault
and The of their prisoners He even folio we'd
the into the station house and his demand
there for The release He said they had right keep
the prisoner, and used other language to that effect
Captain Hart demanded the poceman's name. and
the number of his star. lie gave his pame as
Alexander Ward, Of the Thirteenth district and the
man, who bore picuous part in the arsy and was
seen to fire numbers Of stones, arrested by officer
Thrushman; Of the Seventeenth district. Two boys
Damed William Ganty and Edward Roach, were taken
in the act of firing stones by officers Brennan and War
risb. Officer Warrish is badly hurt by blow from q
stone, which he received while in the performance Of his
duties The energy and fearlessness of the police 10
making arrests. had tendency to stop the throwing of
stones and brickbats and the remen finally started
engine along in its crippled condition A running
fight was kept. up as the crowd passed down the
lancey street. the men Of No Al left their engine
and followed their opponents down Grand street keep
ing up shower OF bricks and stones whenever supply
Of these articles could be obtained At length having
arrived at the Of Grand and Essex streets the
bricks designed for the walls Of the Essex marke
which is being built mt that point afforded abundance
of ammunition and preparations evidently on foot
Tor repetition of the enacted at the junction Of
the Bowery and Third avenue A halt was made and
the beligerants just about to commence action
when body of policemen, headed by the Chief of
Police, aided by Captain Bradford, of the Tenth
and Assistant Captain 0Brien, Of the Fourteenth
district,j made descent upon the rioters and ar
rested James Anderson, John Jof John Monaghan
James Richards, Samuel Nesbt John veeder and Thos
Dillon. Policemen Miller and Quinn, of the Tenth ward
considerably injured When police nado their
among the crowd, big fellow seized Miller
and buted him negro fashion, severely njurng his face
Another OF the rioters made at Quinn and plunged his
finger into his eye thus hurting him severely IT, indeed
the is not destroyed All the prisoners who were mr.
rested taken In the each having stones in his
hands and having been to throw others at their op-
pohebts They were taken before Mr Justice Wood,
VINO committed them to prifon in default Of $500 bail
quied in each case Ii ascerained that the
persons arrested not regular cmen but were mere
runners with the engines.
The Chief Engineer has ordered Engines Nos and Al
TO be taken from their respective companies or in fire.
mems phrase the Chief has ordered those engines to be
" shut up Five companies in all have been thus |
dealt with within a week Engines Nos. "a I6 and "a,
were 9 shut up'' last week
The policemen deserve all praise for the in
which they performed their duty both in the Bowery
and Grand street. At the first place the duty
deyoved principally upon the officers Of the Seventeenth
ward The Assistant Captain was in the country and
Captain Hart commanded his in person. He had
only eleven or twelve to quel riot existing amidst
from one thousand to fourteen hundred persons HIS
men acted noby Officers vandevoort Brennan, Thrush
man. Ossian, Warrish, McMahon with policeman
Francco particularly distinguished themselves in
resting prisoners and making way for passengers cars
and omnibusses.
AT the Essex Market ARRAY besides number Of the
Chief aids there were present detachments from the
Fifteenth, Seventeenth, and Tenth wards
The quarrel was not freman's fcud, but is all
charge able to politics The fight yesterday was only the
continuance ofthe troubles last Thursday night.
The NEW YoRK CHuRoHEs.-A number OF our city
churches have been closed for time varying from three
eight weeks and the congregations committed to the