, 1870-07-16

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throw candidates with regard almost so9ely t.
pullic interests. never had 20 high notio'
Of those newspapers til! I eaw this feelia
amongst the Hmart polihcians:
..Of old stood Freedom on the hetgh:s-r
GATH.
| BLOODY RIOT.
| The Feud Between tho OrAu1erues
and the Catholics ReneWed--iTcrFa
bic Fight Mt Eln FArk-A Picnic
Party OF Protestant Ir1shmen Ar
EAled-Three Persons Killed. Sf1
mo1ta11y Wounded, nnd u Han
dFed Others Injured.
From The Ne,c IIorE Times, July IL
An extensive and bloody not occurred yes
terday afternoon in Elm Park, near Eight
bers of the American Protestant Association
| or Orangemeu, and = mob OF Irish 1aborert
from the Boulevard, the result being that three
men were Killed outright, several fatally and
over one hundred seriously wounded.
Yesterday, being the 18th of July, was the an.
niVersatv of the Battle Of the Boyue, when the
Prince Of Orange achieved the victory 80 much
honored by Orangemen, and it WAS celebrated
by the various Orange lodges in this city
and Brooklyn, BY grand social picnic At
Elm Park. The fact that these lodges arc
known as American Protestants did not CON
| Gta! tneLI NlaUbH p1OCHfltles from t0Oee Il6n
| Catholics who SO bitterly hate the order, and
ther evidently acted accordingly, and with de-
hberate purpose to commit murder il recos-
sary.- A large procession OF the Protedtants
marched up Eighth avenue at noon, yesterday,
with appropriate regalia, bauneTs and bands.
and the moving column attracted considerable
Intention. the moro 30, as it was followed BY
an excited crowd OF men, seemingly Irish la,
borers. who uttered sundry threats against
the e1curHionists. The police noticed these
signs Of 3 disturbance, and made such prepars-
tons AZ we're deemed necessary. Tho process
| zion moved up the avenue without meeting
any serious opposition and reached Elm Park
in comparative good order.
Before 2 o'clock the park presented lively
and interesting scene, az there were assem-
bled inside tie grounds fully three thousand
peraons, men, women, and children, Tho ple-
mic party proceeded to enjoy themselves in
| various ways, and the dag was thus being vary
agrecably spent, without any signs Of dis-
turbance. It was. however, only the deceitful
calm which heralded the storm, for even at
that moment preparations were making for =
! dreadful assault upon them. As soon as the
| park in safety and with whole bones, they pro-
ceeded to the Boulevard in the neighoorhood
aud there induced all Of the workmen to stop
| their lAbors and accompany them to Elm
Park. These 1aborcrs we're nearly all
| Iriahmen, and seemingly needed but Little per
6uahluu, &lu LuEY lUCleH66A LUH E4Clteu NOD
I to fully one thousand men. The foreman in
charge OF the workmen On the Boulevard en-
desvored to check the movements Of his men,
but be VIA threatened With violence il he per-
sisted, SO escaped az best he could, and at
opca notified the police Of the impending riot.
The mob. meanwhile, proceeding to the scene
Of the assault.
Assoon az the rioters reached the corner Of
Ninetieth street and Eighth avenue, they
stopped on the line OF fences and began their
assault by shower Of stones at the group Of
people inside, but as this failed to do any se-
fious damage, they proceeded to greater ex-
tremities and fred pistols in sharp volleys.
harmlessly over the heads Of the anrighted
women and children. The scene, however, was
= very exciting one, and the Park presented q
terrible scene Of confusion. Men became e1-
cited and prepared to defeEd tho women and
children from any harm, and such Of them AZ
had come upon the ground armed with ro7ol-
vers returned the fire OF the assaiants, though
they do not seem to have doue ant great dam
age, as the wounded were able to move away,
or be carried OF by their companions. The
battle listed + fuli half an hour and was a fear
full one, and it is only wonderful that the List
of casualties At that stage Of the riot was not
large one. The rioters were apparently not
prepared for close QuartetH in their move
ments, SO they remained at the fence Gue un-
II The arrival OF tho police; but they fully oc-
such loose missiles as tho brokan nature Of
the ground afforded them. Fierce cries we're
constantly uttered by the rioters while carry
ing OIL their scheme Of hostilities. Down
with the Orange" would elicit q savage yell
and tremendous shower OF stones. '7Down
with the Irish Traitors" excited tho rioters to
madness and renewed activity, while It Kill the
Hounds, =" Remember tho Green Flag, BOYS"
" Aveoge Your Wronea," and other similar
cries we're frequently heard amid the din Of
voices and volleys OF horTid curses that rent
the air.
Az SOON IS Captain John Helme, command
ing the Thirty first Precinct Police, ascertained
from the foreman Of tho Boulevard gangs, and
othez citizens, that q serlouH riot was threat
ened, be sent ont his sergeants to call in al
the officers Tho we're scattered about the pre-
cinct on their posts. He also telegraphed to
Superintendent Jou1t1an, 1t the Central Office,
asking for assistance As soon ~ the Captain
lad assembled some fifteen OF sixteen men, he
ard Sergeant John Kelly started for the scene
Of hostiIit.es, with the intention OF dispensing
TIE riotsrs. By the time the police arrived il
Niretieth street, \ distance Of ten blocks from |
The station house. it was past 3 o'clock, and !
they Made desperate but brilliant charge |
into the very midst OF the mob, uaing their |
iocusts right ana left as they went through |
tue crowd, and in some instances using their |
pistols kthek rioters, as is generally the
case, became aemora1ized at the sight nt An |
uniformed body Of men, who carried the might |
Of right and law in their pe1sons and weapons. |
and they fed inglorious1y from tho field. A |
portion OF the mob rushed through Ninetieth |
street into Ninth avenue, where they broke |
down the Elm Park fence, md rushed head-
long l'to the midst Of the atfnghted picnic |
party. The men were hampe1ed 6y the pres- I
euce Of their families, who helplesely chung to
them, and almost prevented them taking any
measures for defence. The laborers came on
in disordetfy mob, some AIMED with im-
pronptu clubs furnished by the dismantled
fence; others had their ahovela or crowbars.
and the remAlpder were effectively armed with
the handles Of their picka1e8. As they made
tue Charge they were hera1ded by fierce
shower nc. q stones, and the battle aoon vaged
last and furious.
The remainder Of the mob that had been
dispersed - Nineteth street ran up Eighth
avenue, and finding that q portion Of the pic
nle party were escaping from the Park and tax
ng refuge In ne cara bound down town, they
Inaue q N aftack upon the cars and
lhen passengers Several Of the cars
were seritualy damaged, nearly all
'neE H. glass W1ndoWs we're smashed,
[he Aofses plunged and kicked, and the drivers |
1nd conductors shared the reception of the
mowers OF stones and blows that were 1ained
Apan them and their passengers. Men and
women we're knocked down and beaten, many
u them severely Injured, and nearly Ill who
could keep their feet were compelled to rush
nto tna Contra! tark and seek refuge amid
ne denee foliage. The police, under Captain
Helme, was divided into small parties at the
Inc or the attack at Ninetieth street,
md one OF these parties, consisting
d d three men,, followed the mob up
Eighth avenue, though on their arrival At
he scene OF this new battle thew found them
:elves helpless through want OF numbers, and
hey were compelled for q time to almost
stand idle before the ueuaces Of the mob.
sbo carried On their assanlt viii, euch datar.
nination that several persons were either
silleti OF severely wounded.
Directly that superintendent Jourdan co,n.
the Importance ard nail of tha
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