Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-07-19

The houses in Tw .nty-third street, be
yond Booths Theatre, were all closes
and the blinds drawn. At the Fifth Av
enue Hotel two or three thousand well
dressed people were assembled, ant
cheered the troops. the policemen and tn
Orangemen. ..-L,r -.f
Along the avenue I'eople showed them
selves freely at their windows, and ther'
was no sign of any disturbance in th'
dense crowds lining the sidewalks. Th'
movement to the Cooper Institute wa
unattended by any incident except tn
frequent singing cut and arresting o
armed and scowling Hibernians.
Excellent service was rendered by th'
police officers, who were in citizens dresi
and mingled with The crowds along th'
line Of march from the moment of start
ing until Cooper Institute was reached
Twenty one armed and disorderly Irish
men were arrested, put into the prisoner
squad and taken along with the proces
sion. Several of the men were provided
with Colts navy revolvers, and all hat
one, and in some cases two pistols.
The names of some of those arrested
were as follows Henry Deery. Patricl
O'Mahnsey, James A. Lynch, Drew
Frank Kiell, No. 2S Greenwich street
McDermott. Sl,ermall, Billings. Jersey
City John Po owers, Patrick Green anG
others.
The lang uage of these men was ex
tremely violeut. They were all evident
ly members Of Hibernian society anl
comprised some of the worst specimen,
of the mob element.
As the pro cession turned into Fourtl
avenue a sir,gle shot was fired in. tht
crowd in fro mt of the Union Place Hotel
but it did not appear to have been aimed
at the Oran gemen or their escort. The
inmates Of large house near the corner
of Tenth treet, Justify cheered the pro
cession as it passed. this being the only
friendly greeting it received in this parl
of the ro ute.
Thousands of people were assembled
in the st reefs about the Institute, and
seemed in highly excited condition
though completely overawed by the dis
play of force. The stores and saloons
were CLOS ed all along the Bowery. the
proprieto,s dreading the paroxysms Of
mob rioters. The Orangemen quietly
disbanded here, doffed their regalia, and
were soon lost in the crowd
The tr pops remained at rest until near
" sundo wn and then received orders to
return To their armories. The Thirteenth
Regiment, of Brooklyn. marched up
the Bow,ry and met Gen Varian's COM
mand soon after its arrival at Cooper In
stitute. The police force detailed to
escort the Orangemen consisted Of the
second and third divisions, numbering
over seven thousand men. in command Of
Walling and Jameson.
There was no finching upon the part
of the police at any point in the per-
formarlces of their difficult duty. Inspec.
tors V1alling and Jameson continued in
active conference and CO operation during
the critical period proceeding the arrival
of the militia They also personally
arrested four persons within the police
lines about the Orangemens Hall, who.
on examination, were found provided
with pistols and other weapons. C-7
Between nine and ten o'clock a. NJ.
Superintendent Kelso was informed by
representatives of the Orange societies
t hat they had determined on availing
themselves of the Governors promise to
protect them and would parade in the af-
ternoou, the line of march to taken up at
two o'clock
On the receipt of this intelligence In
spector Walling and two hundred and
fifty men were sent in stages-a large
number of which were kept in readiness
all day in front of Police Headquarters
to Twenty, ninth street and Eighth ave-
nue. One of the Orange lodges having
their meeting room over Stiner's tea
store, on the corner. A despatch was
also sent to Inspector Jameson, directing
him to form a junction with Inspector
Walling. which he did. making the COM
bined force FIVE hundred men.
Almost the first shot that was fired by
the mob at Twenty sixth street struck
Henry G. Page. busines. manager of
Fisk's Opera House, and private in
Company X. Ninth Regiment killing
him instantly. Colonel Fisk ran to save
him from falling. and received a blow
with an iron implement abCve the ankle,
which disabled him. He was taken
away in carriage by Jay Gould, and
was attended by the Ninth Regiment
surgeon. DR. Pollock. r .r. 5a.1
The locality of the house to which
Fisk wBs taken was kept secret, as the
mob threatened to take the life of any
Of the members Of the Ninth Regiment
whom they could catch, especially that
of Colonel Fisk. ,'-s---r rf.-t g., ssr.s
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