Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-09-20
A Democratic Outrage In New York
State.

State.
One Of the most unprovoked and disgrace
ful outrages ever committed at political
meeting in this part Of the country took
place on Wednesday afternoon, the 9th inst,
at Stony Hollow, on the line of the Ulster &
Delaware Railroad, about five miles west Of
this city The population of the place is
chiefly Irish, the men generally quarrymen,
and large majority Of them are Democrats.
There are few Republicans in the place,
but they have always had to be very circum-
spect in the expression Of their political opin-
ions and to almost fight their way to the
polls to vote. They organized a Hayes and
Wheeler Club few weeks ago and raised a
pole from which they designed to fly a flag;
but the pole was almost Immediately cut
down by gang of Democratic roughs, and
the following night the house Of one of the
officers Of the club was burned.
The President of the club Mr. Richard
Lamb, proposed to raise new pole Oh his
own premises, near his house. on the 9Th inst,
and have meeting Of Republicans Of the
neighborhood, and he requested Mr.. Tremper,
President Of the Kingston Club, Western De-
partment, which had offered to present the
Stony Hollow Club with flag and Hayes and
Wheeler banner, to attend on that occasion.
Mr.. Tremper made arrangements for the
conveyance of his club, gun squad ard drum
corps connected with it to Stony Hollow by
rail, and at 345 Wednesday afternoon a
special train took the party to Stony Hollow.
Soon after this the West Hurley Club ar
rived, led by band
The pole was raised and the flag and ban
ner hoisted, Mr.. Tremper making an elo-
quent and appropriate presentation speech.
Mean ime the local Democracy, with strong
accessions from Jockey Hill had been gath
ering, and began Their demonstrations by
ringing cow-belS and hurrahng for Tilden.
Gen. Gates arose to speak after the colors
and banners had been presented and hoisted,
and addressed himself, in the first instance,
to the crowd of noisy Democrats, with a
view to quoting them, but they were bent
upon mischief, and were determined that
there should be no speaking from the plat
form. The attempt to speak was renewed
several times during the afternoon, and
finally abandoned as useless. Many of the
Republicans went among these men and
talked with them, to induce them to desist
from their outrageous behavior, but to no
effect Some of the Kingston people pro-
poseu 70 rcsort To force to protect the meet
ing from their insult and outrage, but 1t
was deemed best to avoid a collision, II pos
sible
The train soon after arrived, and when
the Kingston party was aboard, the ku-
Lux again invaded Mr.. Lambs premises,
and began to cut down the pole. Some half
dozen of the Kingston party, who were on
their way from the premises To the cars,
perhaps a thousand feet off, turned and
went hack, and as they approached the body
Of rowdies who were at work cutting down
the pole, they were fred upon by them, Two
or three of the Kingston men, who were
armed, returned the fire, when almost the
entire body of desperadoss drew their pis-
tolls and general discharge OF firearms fol-
lowed. Those who were not armed used
clubs and stones. The result was the fol-
lowing casualties among the Kingston men,
as reported by the surgeon who dressed their
wounds:
Capt. Alfred Tanner, cut and bruised over
face and head, his jaw fractured and two
teeth broken; John T. Bond, pistol-shot in
right temple, and a stoue-hruise under right
eye; James De l.. Montanye, cut on fore
head and Frank Worden, pistol bali in back
of neck, and bruised on body and limbs,
Many others were cut and bruised by
| stones and clubs, but not so seriously as to
require surgical attention. Several OF the
/ ku-kluN were wounded, two of whom are
/ believed to be seriously If not MORALLY
/ hurt
| The few Kingston men who went to the
res ne of the pole behaved CALAMITY, and
/ finally drove the yandals from the ground.
/ When the train departed there was not one
/ of the cutthroat gang In sight, but they had
/ secrttcd themselves in an adjoining wood,
/ and stoned the cars As they passed.
! This was prearranged attack upon the
| liberty of speech. Men came from sundry
/ distant points around Stony Hollow, ex
| pressly to break up this meeting. They
/ came armed and were ready to commit muir
/ der, and did commit murder so far as inten
/ ton went. One man was seen to empty two
/ revolvcrs, and To draw third and ire tive
/ shots from It, when he dropped it and fed
/ melted thereby by the particular attention
a Kingston gentleman was induced L
/ give him out OF compliment to his abundant
supply of firearms One man was seen Il
run into a clump of bushes and come on
with musket, which he had hidd for th'
occasion. But they were all arrants towards
/ and when they found that some of the Re
publicans were armed they beat a hastv re
treat many Of them leaving their pistols OF
the ground -hingStoH ". ~ Journal
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