Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-06

| crowd congregating and following the police
Major Richards anu two mounted men met Tn,
street, and by their persuasion the crowd dis
| Persed, and the boy was carried to the Sixth
The Emery men are making a tremendoui
vote in this ward, and claim 1t by 200 majority.
IATRr.
At IL m. ever, shing was progressing very
| quietly in this ward. There were two counter
felt tickets put in the field by the Bowen men
1 but without any success in dipping voters
| There is but little scratching. The Emery men
l vote the ticket solid. III. A. Walter, Council
man on the Bowen ticket, Is being scratch az
AT the lowest estimate the ward had given
| Emery 200 majority up to noon. Snrveyor Bis
/ made himself conspicuous ip trying TO have the
/ keepers of the tally kept away from the polls
l The lieutenant in charge Informed him tha-
they had a right TO be there. The Bowenites
| feel rather down-hearted at the way things are
evidently going. AT the first precinct the judges
| of election refused to receive the vote of w. A.
| Ballard. His name IL on the printed registry
| list A fight occurred at the corner of 9th and
| streets, between Patrick johnson, William
| Nansant and Thomas Davis. Officers Yeager.
| Columbus and Amos promptly arrested them.
X J Beall, candidate for Alderman, is one OF
the witnesses. The trial was in progress at
noon. The boy arrested this morning, named
Hiram Gordon, was fined S2 for being disorder
ly He paid the fine and was released.
| Two Bowentes were arrested for fighting az
the fourth precinct. They resisted, but were
| overpowered by the police. A few minntes
later another fight occurred on 7th street, be-
tween Nj and \, and the parties were arrested
Immediately; the cause OF the tight was a Bow
enlte striking woman. About one O'Clock p
M another excitement was raised by colored
man falling in a lit.
A disturbance occurred about X p. m, which
threatened a serious riot About $50 corpora
ton bummers, headed by Tom Bowie, came
marching down in a body, yelling like demons
for Bowen, and threatening the voters at the
polls. The police force, with great promptness
rushed into their midst, and dispersed them
rested, and one or two were seyereiy cSt over
the head. Finding they were baffied in their
dastardly efforts, they scattered like sheep, to
meet at some other point, and repeat the gam
in some other ward. The mounted police werr
promptly on the ground, but they were Dot
brought into action.
accomplice Dick Smith were both instrumental
in provoking scenes of violence. The prompt
action OF the police was, however, sufficient to
put an end TO their pranks. Bowie, who was
arrested, as stated above, managed afterwards,
it is reported to break away from the custody
of the police, and made his escape through an
alley on the south side of L street between 9th
and Ith. Several shots were fired at him. 1t is
very certain that the prompt action of the police
prevented riot by Bowie and Smith and their
crowd Of Bowen strikers.
FOURTH WARD.
Emery ket'-Aldermen-William W. Moore,
Qong term;) Jacob ID. Crossman, (short term
Common COuncil-Samuel Robertson, Benja-
min Mccoy, John O'DOnnOghue.
Boioen Ticket;-Aldermen-Ja y. Dalton,
(long term;l A. X. Browne, tshort term.) Com
mon Council-Allen Coffin, James Ryan, James
\. Palley.
The precincts are as follows:-First precinct.
on the corner of and ith streets, at which all
persons whose initial letter Is from to ID vote.
Second-0n the corner of L and Sd streets
from L 10 Ii.
Third-On the northwest corner of L and New
Jersey avenue-from / TO NJ.
Fourth-On the southwest corner OF l. and
New Jersey avenue-from to 5.
,riIt TItthrA1 the corner of Sd and X streets
AT an early hour this morning a rowdy gang
OF Bewenites, said to be from the First Ward,
undertook to intimidate Emery veters by march
ing through the Second, Third, and Fourth
Wards, whoopng and yelling. AT the first pre-
cinct of the Fourth Ward some fifty Emery
men, mostly colored, were assembled and in
line, and the ruffians attempted to break this
line by telling the men that they were az the
wrong precinct. Failing in this dodge, they
commenced an indiscriminate attack on the
voters, during which they fired two pistol shot
and cut an Emery man in the shoulder and
arm, obliging him to retire from the polls to
have his wounds dressed.
AT all the Fourth Ward precincts, at 9 a. m.
the voting appeared to be quietly and rapidlN
going forward. During the night, we are in
formed, the Bowen rOughs assembled in pretty
strong force at or near the cOlored church on l.
street, and held possession of the neighborhoOd
driving of all the Emery colored men who ap-
preached. About fifty of the latter were thus
driven OFF, and went down to the Emery head
quarters, in Ith street, where they remained
until sunrise, when they repaired TO the polls
and found them in possession of small crowd
OF Bowen strikers. The latter, however, were
not sufficiently numerous to retain their places
any great length of time, and as fast as they
voted their places in the line were filed with
Emery men. The latter were numerous and
confident, and one Of the features of the pro-
ceedings was the entire unanimity that pre-
vailed between the white and colOred Emery
men. Colored men as ticket-holders, coIored
men as managers and committee members,
worked in common with their white partisans in
bringing up voters and forwarding in every
reasonable way the progress OF the election. At
the precincts bove'referred to, at a. m, there
were in all about thousand men in line, the
largest portion Of whom were among the best
citizens OF the ward, including several OF the
heaviest ta4-payers.
At ten O'Clock votes had been received at each
precinct as follows:-lG at the first, 1872 at the
second, 142 at the third, 220 at the fourth, and
l6l at the tfth-total S52. Previous 70 eight
O'Clock a. M, the Bowen men were running
quite strongly; but after that hour the Emery
men seemed TO be coming up in force, and it
was estimated at ten O'Clock that they were go
ing in at the rate Of Emery to Bowen.
In the Third precinct, Mr.. OLearv, one OF
the commissioners, assumed the power to open
ticket offered by a corporation employe, The
corporation laborers who had voted nm m II
O'Clock mostly cast their votes for Bowen, but a
Emery ticket.
At noon, in thS nfst precinct, s4s votes had
peen poleu, ana the Emery ticket was con-
ceded 10 be over $50 ahead. There were over
leo voters in line at that hour. At the second
precinct, up to noon, $40 votes had been polled,
and at that time the barricade was clear for the
first time during the day. AT this precinct Mr..
u. w. Hatton drove up about noon TO vote, and
his appearance was the signal for the gathering
OF crowd of nearly one hundred Bowen
strikers, but after some threats they left with
out any further demonstrations.
In the third precinct, at noon, 258 votes had
been polled, and there was a line of nearly BOO
in waiting. The Emery ticket is largely ahead
here also. ...
At noon there had been 800 votes polled at the
fourth precinct-Emery at least 100 ahead. a
In the fifth precinct, as at the second, there
was no necessity of voters waiting, the barricade
being clear. At noon there had been 216 votes
polled in this precinct.
The total number OF ballots deposited in this
ward at II O'Clock was ,643, leaving, according
to the registry, about 900 votes to come up in
the afternoon. Some Of the Bowen men were
quite sick at the prospect. One Of the corpora
ton men who had been distributing tickets hav-
ing heard from the other wards threw up his
tickets, king that there was no use OF him
being about the polls any longer, and after cast
ing his vote retired.
Lieut.. Kelley has about the precincts his
entire force, So men, and thew have kent exce-