Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-02-21
AN IRISH KIorIN HUDSON CITY. \. j..

4 Free Fight 't,cirt Corkonians and Fardown-
ers-One dead, secerai FafalIy Wounded,
and about .fhy taken PriSonerS-1he New
Jersey Militia called out.
About four hundred of the laborers en-
ployed by the Long Dock Company in con-
structing the tunnel for the use of the New
York and Erie Railroad, through BeIgen
Hill, in the City OF Hudson, New Jersey,
were engaged in terrible riot on Saturday
afternoon and Sunday. 1t was necessary to
call ont the fremen and military Of Jersey
City and HOboken TO quell the disturbance.
A large number were bruised and cut in the
fight some eight or ten were badly hurt, and
two or three may not survive their injuries.
Mr.. Mallory, the contractor, has he'd nearly
LOO men employed upon this work. but de-
string to push it forward, he has lately con-
siderubly increased his force. Some Of the
men employed are from Munster and others
Conuought district in Ireland These labor
ers have cOlonized and built their shanties N
groups. The patch" on which the Munster
men had squatttd in adjacent to that on which
the Connaught men had erected their shan.
ties. Some Of the late comers who had join
ed the Munster settlement had iransgressed
upon the domain of the Connaught men in
erecting their dwellings, which was the prin
cpal cause that excited the fend between the
two claps, and led TO the riot The reason
of the outbreak occurring on Saturday was
the fact that they received their wages tina,
day, and more whskey than usual was inb
bed. The fighting commenced by an assault
upon the Munster men about o'clock OF
Saturday afternoon, ard continued until night
the numbers engaged in it are constantly in.
creasing. The weapons used were clubs
stones and fsts and some Of the women wht
joined in put stones into their stockings, anC
used them with considerable effect.
AT night the fight grew worse, and some
four hundred men and women were engaged
IN 1t. -Four shanties were at tlis time sci OF
fire. The citizens of lloboken becoming
alarmed, and 1t being impossible for Sherli
Beatty to raise men enough to make descent
upon the combatants with safety, he sent t(
Jersey city and tlobOken for aid Four Fire
Companies in Jersey city turned Out, and by
permission OF Chief Engineer French, went
to the scene Of disturbance
Arriving in the vicinity Of the scene OF riot
and fire, the fremen formed in line, with No
in advance, and, led on by Assistant Engi
neer llaybeck they charged, yelling loudly
upon the rioters, who fed at their approach
SauSul Ont Ildll III tHc uCl Ol stltlUH UTt
to another shuDty, and arrested him. Their,
was no more lighting on Saturday night altel
this occurrence
The military companies arrived immediate
ly afterward. They thoroughly secured III,
settlement Of the Munster men aud Of th,
Connaught men, and arrested fifteen persons
who showed by their appearance that the!
had been engaged in the riot, and lodged then
in Jail. The military continued on duty unit
four O'Clock on Sunday morning. All wa
peaceable during the night.
The men employed on this work are divi
ded into day and night hands, and oue-hal
were at work in the shafts at the time tn,
disturbance broke out. The ladders wer
drawn up out of the shafts to keep then
there, so that they should not minge in th
afiray.
The fighting was renewed on Sunday t.
come entent, but was quieted The Wash
ington Volunteers, Captain Spear, of Bergel
were on duty yesterday, and Sheriff Beat
made further arrests OF 80 persons The prI
soners. so in rumber, are lodged in Berge
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