New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-14
DISGRACEFUL SCENES BETWEEN FIRE
MEN AND THEIR RUNNERS

INTERFERENCE OF THE PoLICR-THE PRINCIPALS
ARRESTED.
Several false alarms of fire were sounded Sunday
afternoon and evening by idle and vicious persons for the
express purpose Of getting out the various fire companies
and melting disturbance They partially succeeded in
accomplishing their purpose several skrmshes in Broad
way Centre and other streets took place between rival
FIRE companies and respective who hang about
the engine aod hose houses for the purpose of punderng
in cases OF fire The serious fact merging upon
dangerous rio occurred in the Twenty first Ward of
which the following the report Of Lieut. Flandreau Of that
DistrictiO Chief Matsell
The renen in the upper part of the City seems are
determined TO rival their brethren in Philadelphia At3
O'Clock Sunday afternoon there was an alarm OF fire in
the First District and strong indication Of fight was the
consequence in ThIdav, near Forty seconds st. but by
the prompt action Of the police it was queled- at Il
O'Clock there was another alarm Of fire for the First
District Anticipating riot ordered the I'd platoon TO be
in readiness and aided by the cd platoon Of the Eighteenth
Ward proceeded far the corner OF Third av and
Thirty irsst where Engine Companies Nos 30, 46 and
fighting The police iuhed in and dispersed the
mob pistol fred from the rope of No 80 into the
crowd but person injured thereby One man was cut
on the hand but not seriously hurt The citizens residing
in the neghborhood were much alarmed at the violence
resoited TO by these men
"The pipe Of Engine No a. taken from the hands Of
while in the act of striking Officer Morris with it. AT 10
o'clock PM Officer Morris brought word to the Station
that number Of boys from seventeen TO twenty
years of age we're in Engine House No 46 singing yelling
and otherwise disturbing the peace of the and
ready for another fight the fire bell should call them
out again immediately proceeded with my reserve force
to the Engine House of that company and arrested fourteen
of the dorderes whom we confined in the Station House
for the night from which they cent to the lid District
Police Court Monday morning Among the number arrested
in the Engine House was Patrick Honeymoon, the loader
Of the First av Regulators alias the Honeymoon
Gang
Among those arrested in the streets for riot are William
Donohue Edward Morgan John Bracsen John Mansfield
and Jsmes Connolly Edward Carroll, Patrick Boushen'
James Carpenter John Boughon, Patrick Hagan Timothy
Keeer Wm White John Leonards, Felix Golden, John
Mcdonald JAMES Lloy d. Daniel Hays Patrick Honeymoon
and Patrick Lee were arrested for fighting and dsordery
conduct The whole gang taken before Justice CLARK
TO be disposed of as their several cases demanded
Quite number of young rowdy vagabondS were arrested
by Can't Brennan of the Sixth Wsrd Police aud locked up
in the Tombs for throwing stones among the iremen as
thoyvere returning from an alarm Of fire in the With Dis
trict
Tie prisoners whose names are mentioned above were
REQUIRED to find bail Honeymoon in the sum of $4,000 aud
the others in each charges OF riot None
Of them procured the bail and all were committed to the
Tombs for trial