The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-06-02
THE RIOT At C1ELsE Oh SIN
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TIE RIOT At CIiEIsE oN SIN.
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W. give below synopsis Of sict which
occurred ii Boston % ne 2oth Ut s.
saws tie Boston nhroniels
Early yesterday afternoon. The Angel
Gabraiel,' proceeded . Mediord 70 hold
forth. ID lis usual manner, but vas
warned 81 By the authorities end then pro
ceeded to East Boston. p sing through /
Chelsea, followed b quite number Of
people from Medford The police at East
Boston. owcver, would not allow him to /
preach, ior fear Of disturbance. md he
then proceeded to Chelsea, followed BIZ
crowd considerably augmented BY additions
il East Boston, and proceeded 70 lecture
10 the persons collected around him when
party Of Irishmen interfered, and loud words
and then blows followed between the two
parties, and general fight ensuea.
After remaining for while before the
block above mentioned, the Native party
proceeded to the Catholic Church IN cottage
street, before which they assembled, and 9
young lad Of their number climbed up on
one Of the spsrs and tore down the cross
which surnaounted the building, which vas
broken to pieces and trod upon BY the
crowd below. The firm and iudicious efforts
Of the officers prevented however. further acts
lof violence uponthe building, and the crowd
becoming calmer it soon dispersed, The
Chelsea Light Infantry, Capt GelloWs, vert
under arms during the evening and night
but their interference was fortunately pot
required.
After quiet had been restored in Chelsea
4 portion Of the more Violent Of the rioters
proceeded to East Boston and gathered i
great crowds around the Catholic Church
of ssaint Nicholas At the corner Of Ma
, : verick and Havre streets, uttering loud
: threats against the Irish, and threatening
: to pull down and lay waste the church an
: Irish property in the vicinity,
The concOurse at this time had beeom'
;, immen Sc, and their actions were quite tu'
: bulant. One young man, By the name
William Lewis, mouldef in the West Bos
ion Foundry; was arrested BY officer Dre'
: and lodged in the lock up as ringleader !
the disturbance
!, The Irish having the strongest numeTic'
:. force, the other party retreated to Bellint
: ham hill, where, becoming in their trun r
inforced, they turned upon their Antagonist
and drove them 10 body before them TO
:, block Of buildings known IS the Eff
e Houses, !" occupied By the laborers in T.
: Glendon Rolling Mill where the Irish par
took refuge. These buildings were then 9
5, sailed with ashower of stone and brick pa
: and five persons who endsavored to nal
- their escape therefrom were arrested BY 7
$ crowd and handed over to the officers.
al One Of the FIVE was woman, and all we
:. armed with pistols and knives. DUR
!. the fight a pistol was discharge By an IRIS
- man. the ball taking effect in the leg OF
- bow in the crowd We are informed Il
al the person who discharged the weapon v
wa severely handled BY the opposite party q
ali thrown over the railroad bridge wkl
i crosses the street, being badly injured
for his fall
.ls Early in the evening, the crowd eoniin'
:, to increase, and further violence being
IN, pretended. assistance was sent for to
;ct CITY and officer Allen, Of the Centre Di'
, 10 ion, vent over with fifteen men
,;n after 4 time succeeded II allaying the
,oh lturbance about the church and induc
God 9 the most ofthe crowd to disperse from
you spot. A large number, however, gathe
ono about The watch house, and with loud g
tr;p demanded the release Of Mr Lewis,
feet was confined within. This crowd was
zen mostly dispersed after four or Eve arrests
,ads had been made.
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