Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-13
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Serieus Rist between Frisl Catholics and Orun1e-
nen-TAree Men Killed and Fifty Wounded.
A dispatch TO the American Press Association
from New York city last evening says: A
bloody affair occurred to-day between the
OF Catholic Irishmen. The Orange Societies
visited Elm Park, 92d street and sth avenue,
for the puIPsse Of celebrating the battles Of the
secured for the day by Enniskillen Lodge. No.
-, American Protestant Association, number
ing about two hundred members Invitations to
participate In the festivities we're sent to various
other Lodges of the efder, including the Black
Knights and Camp Israel and Mount Carmel
Lodge. which being largely responded 10. served
TO make mp paRty Of about three thousand per-
sons, the majority of whom were women and
children. shortly after a. m. the procession,
accompanied by several bands Of music, started
from College place, from whence It proceeded,
via 9Th and 18th streets. to Sth avenue, and
thence to the grounds. which we're reached
1t appears about three hundred Irishmen
knowing OF their int nded celebration had taken
quarters at Elm Park armed with clubs and
park a party of about two hundred Irishmen
rushed out OF the grounds and met the Orange
men at the gate. Another party OF Irishmen
emerged from a plantation in the rear Of the
procession, yelling furiously and hourishing
clubs and revolyers. The Orangemen. panic
stricken raised a cry of IS enians." and, strip
ping of their valuable regalia threw 1t away,
and ran. A fight then began. Shots were ex-
changed in rapid succession, and several
OTsngemen were seen to fall wounded Women,
children and others, came to the scene and tried
to get out at the gate, but they also were at
tackled and some Brutality beaten. party of
Orangeme running for their lives, took pos
session of an Eighth avenue car, which was at
tackled by the mob, and several of those inside
shot. A number of Orangoonsn working in the
vicinity dropped their tools and joined in the
| fray. Bullets flew in every direction. and for
| fully . half an hour the firing was kept up. The
| Onongemen were unprepar ID for fight and got
away Is quickly as possible: II is believed that
several Orangemen were killed and large
The police, who had been teiegraphed for, ar
rived upon the scene OF the fight about half-pas
four O'Clock, some one hundred strong, and
with clubs and pistols, and IN . short time re-
| stored comparative order. They foand three
4 dead bodies, apparently OF laboring men, lying
| in grove The bodies we're removed to the
Thirty-frst Precinct station for identification.
| The following men were also found wounded:
Patrick Cain, skull fractured; Thomas Murphy,
| confusion of the face; Frank Eagan, injured
with club. During the fight those who had the
| opportunity fled in terror from the scene or
crawled behind rocks and trees, where they
s a upon 1ns1s faces o asng the
| stored the crowd in the park rushed to the cars
| to return to the city in . confused and excited
mass. From the cars several shots we're fired
upon the struggling crowd outside. One inof-
fensive boy was shot dead while standing on the
sidewalk alone. Itappears that the Orangemen
carried in the procession banners bearing the
Protestant Boy" and other tunes, which
aroused the anger OF the Irish labOrers. james
Reynolds was shot in the groin, q severe wound
and Thomas Adams, laborer, was hit on the
head With . stone. All of the former belong to
the laborers party. Samuel Smith, of the pic
mic party, was hit on the head with a club; ter
| ribly injured.
| The scene in the station-h house, as the dead
| were recognized, was distressing. The bodies
which had been taken below were placed in q
CHASTITY row. awaiting Identification. The father
| OF the boy James Brady and another son, hav-
| ing heard of the death, went to view the body
While attending TO his work he was attracted by
| the sound of shots, and while standing on the
sidewalk received two bullets in his head, and
lay before them almost covered with blood
| The names OF the dead thus far reported are
James Brady and Patrick Brady. Some fifty
rersons are laying in the .station-houses wound
ed. young lady, while about taking q glass
Of wine in the hotel, was struck i'm the mouth
by bullet, which passed out at the back of her
head. -Four of the Eighth avenue cars, In
which the Orangeme1 and women took refuge
were completely demolished and riddled with
shot The dead are all laborers. No Orange
men were killed.