The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-16
from the St. Louis Democrat, July I2I
The Articles Of Agreement bet~e
BIcCooIe and Allen.

Rv appoiutmenJ, a number OF pugil-
ists met Yesterday afternoon at Hen
nssv,s % "a loon, No. SO4 North. Fourth
.,reet To draw up articles of sgreement
Sor a mill between Mike McCOole aad
Thomas Allen. Among those present
were McCoole, Gallagher, keny'
Coyns, Shaw, Carroll and others. Car
roll and Coyne represented Allen; Kelly
was spokesman for Mike, and Gallagher
acted as scribe, and wrote out the artl-
cles.
The meeting lasted over three hours,
and every point was fully discussed.
Carroll and Coyne proposed, that in or
der to mako the fight "sure thing"
the stakeholder should chose the ref
eree. in the event of the non-agreement
of the empires. McCoole at first OBJ
iected to this, but finally agreed to it,
with the proviso that the stakeholder
should be on the ground.
The debate was not conducted IN ac.
eordance with parliamentary rules, and
at times four or five men spoke at once.
Each party appeared to be suspicious
that the other was trying TO get some
advantage, bat the conference, on the
whole, was conducted with good feeling
and harmony. The following are the
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
"ST. LOUIS, July 10, 1869.
ARTICLES of agreement entered into
this day, July 10, 1869, between Michael
McCoole and Thomas Allen.
"The said Michael McCoole agrees to
light the said Thomas Allen fair stand
up fight according to the new rules Of
the London prize ring. The said fight
to take place on Wednesday, November
10, 1869, and shall be for the sum of $500
a side and excursion money.
"Both men to 60 to the fighting ground
on the same boat.
"In pursuance of this agreement, 5000
a side has been placed in the hands Of
Lawrence Hennesy, which is to be re-
mitted to George Wilkes, editor of
Wilkes' Spirit Of the Times, whom the said
Michael McCoole and Thomas Allen do
hereby agree to be final stakeholder.
"The second deposit Of $500 side
shall be put up at Lawrence Hennesy's,
No. 804, North Fourth street, on Satur-
day evening, July "a, between the hours
of and 10 pm.
"The third deposit of $500 to be put
up at VIM. Carrolrs, No. $40 Market
street, August Z, 1869, between the
hours of and 10 p. m.
"The fourth deposit Of $500 to be put
up on the 4th of September, at Chas. c
GallagheIs saloon, No. zoos and 1907
Broadway, between the hours of s and
10 p. NJ.
"The fifth deposit of $500 side shall
be put up at Thos. Aliens saloon, No.
1915 North Fifth street, on Saturday,
October 9, 1869, between the hours of 8
and 10P. NJ.
"The sixth and final deposit of $500 to
be put up at Michael McCoole's, No. 7
North Fifth street, on Monday evening,
November |, 1866, and the party failing
to make the deposit as above named,
shall forfeit the money down.
"Tho men shall be IN the ring be-
tween the hours of 9 A. NJ. and p. NJ,
and either man failing to put in an ap-
pearance between the hours named shall
forfeit the battle and excursion money.
1.-The deposits above named shall be
placed in the hands of -, who shall
remit them to the final stakeholder.
"The expenses of boat, printing, ropes
and stakes, shall be borne between the
principals, share and share alike.
"The men shall both mutu ally agree
to a referee oa-the ground, and in case
they cannot agree, if the stakeholder is
on the ground, he shall name the
referee.
"In case of magisterial Interference,
the referee shall have the power to
name the next time aud place of meet
ing-if possible on the same day; and
in case there is no referee named, that
duty may be assigned to the stake
holder. "MICuAEL MCCOOLE,
"WM. CARROLL for 7. ALLEN.
"Wituesses: Chas. e. Gallagher aud
Thos. Kelly for McCoole; James Coyne
for Allen"