The sun., 1878-09-21
lIIBERNIANS IN A BATTLE.
FISTS, CHAIRS. AND OTHER MISSILES
I'LUNG ~ AN ELECTION.
A Collision when One Party Met 10 Eject
state Onicers mud Another Party Came
In md Objected roiIcc tlcnr the NonnI.

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The state Convention Of the societies OF the
Ancient Order Of IIibcrnLtns WAS TO hayn bcrd
held IN the rooms Of the Democratic General
Committee in Brooklyn. yesterday afternoon.
TO cleo, Stntc officers. The room wns crowded.
and n row was imminent from tho start. for
there were over hundred mon frnm New York.
who had gon" th,ihrr irtcndiuethat no meeting
should bc he'd The New York party rcpre-
scntcd r. srt VI state off 'crs who already hold
the Offices whicl were to be- flcd. and who wrro
backed by a set Of national officers. acting In
opposition to those who called yesterday x Com
vcnion Tho trouble began In May last. when
there were two National Conventions Of the An
cicnt Order One met in Boston on the second
Tuesday in May. and elected John Hart ma
tionnl delegate. Thomas kcrrigan national
Secretary. and T. J.. Cares national Treasurer.
1t is claimed that this was the representative
Convention. and that it contained delegates
from twenty ak States At the Same timc
there WIS National Convention held in this
city. which elected cx-Aldcrman Patrick
Givney national delegate; Patrick Campbell.
national Secretary: nnd james Langiu. ma
tlon Trcnsurcr. In this Convention thcro il
said to have been only delegates from Kings.
Queens. Suffolk. and New York Counties. Tho
snmc party elected MS the state officers OF tho
order, John Keenan,. State delegate; Patrick
Mnon State SECRETARY; and Daniel Iilon.
State Treasurer. The national officers chosen
10y the Boston Convention would not recognize
these Stat" officials. and II was intended int
tho Convention OF yesterday afternoon should
The New York party, both national and state
officers, came to- the Convention al determined
compete with thom. They had their torr,s
| thoroughly organized. and even brought with
| them nm experienced Sergeant -nt- Arms. Tho
| New York party, WIS led by cN-Aldcrmnn Pat
| rick Givncy. and all Of the officers oi the other
| Convention were with him. No sooner had Mr.
| the hubbub began. Tho New Workers began To
stamp and yell. and make angry demonsirn-
| tions. This excited the remaining delegates.
and din ensu"d in which nothing intelligihle
was heard. There were fierce faces flashing
eyes; and sp1tter,ne mCuths In ,S every hand
| the New lork party nominated Patrick GiNney
rs Chairman. and. dragging Hart cut from be-
| the Chnirman's place. He was not allowed To
keep the place n minute, for the angry. .opposi-
| ton began nt once to strike right and left. One
| man ran for the police hut then the doors wrr"
| locked 50 as To let no one either in or out and
| the factions went at each other. Snttoops l"w
| through the mir the chairs were flung hlth"r
| ami thithcr. pistols were drawn. and one of the
| participants says that slungshots were in u.s..
| The fists OF the rival factions were enough,
however. to draw blood and there were several
| bloody faces md bruised eyes in an Incredibly
| short time. One man used slungshot right
| md left. once striking man named Patrick
The Eight could be seen through the open
! throng oi spectators suddenly hlackcncd the
| Court street sidewalks ENJOYING the battle from
| nfar. Chairs sped over the heads of the con
tsstants ms IL on wings. and one sailed out -
| the window into the street. One man yelled
from the WINDOW. For u9d SAKE send me pc,
Murderl" and exclaimed that he was stab,
bod. Tho detectives from the Police Central
ONCE trotted across the street. and the rcserv.
squad Of the Washington street police moved
| up the street on the double quick. The stairs
| and entrance to the room where the fight wae
| hlorkQd with the friends pf those n
| side. who were anxious to gnin admittance: but
y lane was quickly made to the door. and 10y
obtained admittance. They at once started Il
cenr tho hall.
The wounded men were sent out in charge of
officers. Patrick Quinn Of 257 Front stree. was
suffering from an ugly cut on the back ~ iIis
head, made by spitt2on. and ialrick Cassidai
OF $40 West Sixteenth street. thus city. was y r
rested for throwing tho spttto,on. Michael Nc
Shane. liquor dealer OF So Fran kiln avenue
Delegate John Hart was struck in tho mouth
with the butt OF a pistol. The fighting wa
about quarter Of nm hour the roof' was al
cleared. Patrick Cassiday WIS discharged hN
Justice Walsh. as no complaint was mad
The N"w York forces then withdrew, Az soor
a. they wore well out Qf sight thu other dele
gates returned To- the hall. and organilri will
Patrick Farrell as Chairman. and thcn al
| Journed until the evening to elect the state oh
GERS. There was much excitement among ~
delegates, and many ot them expressed wi
lngness TO have another bout with the New
| York faction.
The delegates met again in secret session II
the evening. and this time there WAS no trouble
Patrick Farrell presided. and speeches wcrl
made denouncing the conduct of the NV Norl
| Hbernians, and averring that thsy acted ~ th'
interest .ot John Kelly and Of a, political cligu'
| I'm BROOKLYN. 10 keep the control OF the Anrivn
Order in tho hands of n few men in this city. |
WAS asserted that tho whole fight turned on tn
desire Of the New Iorkcrs 10 rule tho roast. an,
for that reason the Now York societies rebclle,
against the regular Convention In Boston. Tn
result of the election q last night was: -.
Patrick Farrell. State Delegate; Thoms
| Eagan u Ncstchester. State Secretary au'
Patrick Mcclure. State Treasurer.