The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
BILL FITZPATRICK'S FIGHT.
INTRODUCING MACHINERY 1HONG
THE icon MOTLDERS.

Almost everybody who lives In New
nriiain Conn. knows Bill Fitzpatrick. lie H.
an iron muulder at Irish parcntage. about -
years old. lie stands -ix feet Two inches hvh Va
h~ stockings. notwithstanding the continuous
bending over moulds that has made him -tnoi'-
shouldered. and he easily brings down the scales
at loU pounds. lie would weigh 30 pounds II
his gigantic frame were clothed with due pro-
portion of flesh, but. according to his most pro-
nounccd admirers even, hard drinking and much
laborious contention with misplaced lamp posts
and serpentne bitches have aided nature IN
making him lean and raw boned. lie rejoices
In the possession OF two ncknames not more re
markable than the man they describe" Buffalo
BILL which has become corrupted by the street
boys into Beefalo Bull" and " The OK"
Notwithstanding Blls powerful frame and
great stature. II Is said that he has principally
cultivated the milder graces from chivalric de
yOtiOn to the fair sex, and until recently has
never been known to engage In any pugilistic
encounter. Indeed. II has been doubted whether
he possessed the necessary nerve to face his man
In the ring, and on that account some Of the
rough bury iron mouldcr- who seem to have
acquired somewhat Of the grittiness and tough
ness Of the metal they work, and whose faces
have borne the blasting heat ~ the furnace too
long to hlanch in the presence of AN enemy, have
been inclined to snccr at Bill as a baby In a
giants frame
TnE UNPOPULAR MACHINES.
4 week ago last saturday ill succeeded In re-
moving all doubts IT his courage, and in adding
hrw and peculiar lu-tre to his natue, 10y bat
tlin- manfdlly aud Vctoriou-y, his friends say,
70. The cause Of machine labor reform
The contest which has made Bill famous
through all the country side occurred at Ken
| siugton. manufacturing hamlet, about two
| miles from New Britain. The moving cause Of
| II was the Introduction of "A now patent mould
| In machine at Hart n Go. = iron moulding fac
| tory at that place. The employees In these fac
| tories have, IL Is said, always objected more or
| less strenuou-ly to the use OF such machines
| from belief that the machines would rob them
| OF work. However unfOunded this belief may
| be- IL seems to have caused trouble In almost
| every factory where machines have been intro
! duced, but the men have generally found that
their fears were needless, and have learned To
! prefer machine work To- hand work. In some
factories at bridgeport, New Britain, and other
towns, II Is said the opposition 70 the machines
| mouder- are the only ones who have left the
settlement 81 the dispute To the result Of an en-
Moulding machines have been In Use in Harris
| factory for some time but two or three weeks
,; 4 lnaDnlnH, nhuer new En'1hr An n0 npi An
| ftzpltrck, Who had had s~nc experience ~ ~
use, was sent from New Britain TO work Il. The
disfaNgr with which the new machine was re-
| glrdcd 10y the men naturally conferred upon
/ III aud quarrel soon arose between nm ana
III Oliricn, one Of the regular employees ia the
I factory.
I.u- quarrel is said To- have been partially the
result % a jealous feeling on the part OF the
| regular men, because a ncIy man uudcuook TO
Instruct them Ia their own Wen mastered trade.
=, J '' "t MIN '''- .i- i MN, IN ~
OIricn. a housh the cause u the dshi was
not exactly y desire o. settle the question
whether the new mAchuc, should he used or
not, yet that Wa the motive prompds assigned
r,I,' u,c a., ng,,.iii.t r,.-,,r,ti .lv thcir
! J. plc-cntatiNcs.
rHr ANrl-MAcuINE CHAMPION.
\ more worthy antagonist for lill than lirien
Wa could h.1ll nave been chosen. brien i.
shoulders are broad ana -uuare and hs -ineW>
At'n- -tr"nf a. bar ~ IRON lie ma iie't mar
/ hi."min- rhc Tvs. lnd 'lu eyes. 1911 "ii ia"
Other hand i~ dark conpleNloncd, with blues
hair AMI eyes.
seconds Werc chu-'n VIII" quickly arranged
l. us' Wa -iN"n th" inuruins the antag"n-
ana 10y every man w"n,,n' ana chiii ~ Mem
slns, On anu Nlcin'y wh9 al heard 81 the m
pending battle, repaired Co the battle ground.
This was secluded valley living between two
low nils about hall a mile from the Factory.
The more tlmid Of the spectators arranged
while the othels crowded into ring around the
contestants The rules 81 the night were hriet
No Kicking hit where YOU can, and don
strike "a man when he h. down" The spectators
checrcd and applauded the hard Blow accord
ing io tine way their preJudice- ran. Tom Gong
| icy and PM connolly were Bllis seconds, and
lhll lirpu-tcr aud "pld Mp-ey held the sponge
for - lhicn. The rounds We're considerably con-
n-cd.and nobody seems t. have tried To- straight
cn them out. but from what can Ice gathered
| from IN" reports ~ eve witnesses, the following
seems To- bea fair account Of the varying for
tunes Of the light At it, different stages;
s,tt>,r Ac,txSr pIrrIs ANn ut-tI srurNcu
-, -, "A,
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! on tuelr tpat0' NS't1, , anu n"ls, uu,NI'u t.,lI
pelt@ li .lti'' anu ''"N l'tlI EI"ui,u; ~ tn''
slEna n"th negail 10 si,an rather Wihy, iur he,,
!ner wa an eAlvl, ~ l,iich gVt hiul,Sh up III
w -. tl ~ ~" s LII w /
Oh lne lhihVlPles Oh p1AlhH' hceI,lhe y epou
EuAru ana stlhlhS oul from the sh9uiuer, pui
M, 10. Neu l"I.' anu NrIy ca7il9
hlll 'lu 'lil@'li Ncll tWNWa'ill anu u''V i-
npreu science sweeping MS long arms "ouhu
hh" s,Atnts; - o.,,, - ~.
IN. hrst hlnod was drawn 10y % brien VINO ~
ne all a55vhst 'erIinnS h9W sY1alTR over tnt
p fuE1. ol tle n'',e lnl2 pluW nihehelen nolu
ol I'M eye anu gave MN a scr ucn on 'le NJ -
XIV h' VaIils7 Y"t shout "l ueuRht HIr'teu
nrleu snH, ess, anu ms ,ulmner,us uaohers en-
SSHuTr44sG'u nun pY cuy' Oh MaSn Tue inashSvi,
NounS nnu , Tn"u 10y nuSh u 70 MN !
s "u1 tSa a r, SPuutI alu .l,i ,usS''
take breath and their friends crowded arount
% them
, me Sr'nhh ruuhu hethh 10y pom men eau
lousy Mat'nlhg ilHr Vhhn'e To get III i1iliil
LOW lnauH, h,i ptsdu 70 press - blloi
'l'-'lN, lu't'tNhs nun W WIN n @u. r,'uh %
. | "Mn"pnR blows nil - bfleh 'ohiohtcd hlh-tl
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