The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-19
The Riot at Hudson City-Further Parti
cuiars.

twas mentioned yesterday that about four hun
dred of the laborers employed by the Long D ock
Company in constructing the tunnel for the use
of the New York and E rie railroad through Ber-
gen Hill, in the city of Hudson, New Jersey, were
engaged in terrible riot on Saturday afternoon
aud Sunday, and that it was necessary to call out
the firemen and military of Jersey City and Ho'
boken to quell the disturbance. The New York
Tribune has the followin add itional particulars
A large number were bruised and cut in the fight
soma eight ten were badly hurt and two or three
may not survive their injuries. MIR Mallory, the
contractor, has had nearly 1880 men employed upon
this work. but desiring to push forward he has late
ly considerably increased his force. some OF the
men employed from Munster and othe,s from
Conuaught district. in ireland. These laborers have
colonized, and built their shsnties in groups. The
patch" on which the Munster men had sqsutted is
adiscent t. that on which the Connaugh men had
erected their shantIes Some of the late corners who
had Joined the Munster settlement h
upon the domain of the Conusueht in erecting
their dwellings which was the principal cause that
excited the old feud between the two clans, and leo
to their lio'.
The reason Of the outbreak occurring on Saturday
tbs fact that they received their wages that day.
aud ore whiskey than usual was imbibed. The
Ii citing commenced by assault upon the Munster
men sbAut O'Clock sa'urd4y afternoon, and con-
tinued until night, the numbers engaged in it
stsntly lncre asing. TIE weapons ussd CLUBS
stones and fists, and some of the women who Joined
in put stones their stoe Rngs and used them with
considerable effect.
At night the fight grew and some four or FIVE
hundred mep and women engaged in 1t. Four shan
ties were at this time set on fire The citizens Of
Hoboken becoming e!armt d, al it being impossible
for sheriff Beatty to procure men enough to make
desc upon the rioters with safety he to Jer
sey City and HobOken for aid -Four fire companies
in jersey City turned out, and by permission of
chief engineer French went to the scene of disturb
ance
f-emen formed in line with No 2in advance IN led
by assis engineer Hay beck, they charged yell
ing loudly, upon the rioters, vino fled at tneir ap-
preach. They caught one man In The act of setting
hre to another shanty ana arrest, him. There was
no more fighting saturday mis- hit after this occur
renee
ward. They thoroughly secured the settlem ent of
the Munster men End of the Connsughs men, and
srrs,ted fifteen persons, who showed by their ap.
pearaDce tha they had been engaged in the riot and
lodged them in jail. The military continued on duty
until O'Clock sunday morniog. All was pea oea.
BILE during the niIht
The men empleyed ron this work are divided into
day snd hight hands, and one half were at work in
the shafts at the me III dstur bance broke out
The ladders drawn up out of the fhsft, keep
them there so that they should net minge in the a
fray.
The ghting was renewed Sunday to some ex.
tent, but was quieted. The Washin, ten Volunteers
and Sheriff Beatty made further of thirty five
persons. The prisoners, fifty in number, lod ged
in Bergen Jail.
The New York Times says:
arrest
ed Saturday, nure seriously in the melee
that she died on Sunday.
John Quinn shot in the eye He was not a
participation in the riot He arrived from Baltimore
on Saturday afternoon and getting out of the
Bergen stage, when he shot.
Almost all of those arrested injured in some
way for every man no was found by the militia v
with head mashed, fingers cut, or having sustained
I'M Iies of eny character was seized upon a par
tclpsnt in the fight, and at once assigned position
In the ranks between two soldiers and marched to
prison.