, 1879-08-17
Quiet Restored Among the BEL
Hgerent Ship-Laborers
in Quebec.
The List of Killed Considerably
Larger than at First
Supposed.
Angus, the Bank President, and Hi
Sudden Enrichment.
What the Dominion Can Do in the Way
Of Whisky Frauds. -
THE QUEBEC ROW.
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QUEBEC, Aug. 16.-Everything passed on
quietly last night and to-day. With the e1cep-
t1on OF q few individual braWls And Assaults,
nothing Of consequence has transptred.
The military are still under arms to be ready
In case Of emergency.
4 meeting Of the old Ship-Laborerf Society
was held tonight for the purpose OF
inducing the Society to accept the
terms desired BY the French-C Canadian branch,
but no decision was arrived at.
The inquest on the body OF Girrou1, who was
killed yesterday, was opened this morning, and
adjourned till Monday. The post-mortem e1-
animation showed that death was caused hy
boat-hooks, and not BY the bullet
Places Of business wero closed, nnn many
have left the city for safety. The respectable
portion Of the community are highly Indignant
at the weak aud vacil1ating policy of the Mayor,
and it is likely he will be called On to resign,
At q late hour all was quiet, and further
trouble is not anticipated tonight.
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QUEBEC, Can, Aug. 10.-All was quiet dur
ing the night, except occasional pistol-shots.
The troops are still In the barracks.
At noon fghtin. was resumed By the French
attacking Chanplain street from the nights.
The attacking party is said to be in force and
we'll armed.
The Irish in the ChampIafn and MontcaIm
Wards are all prepared to defend their homes
and families, and have barricaded, in some in
stances, their houses Passengers by the North
Shore train from Montreal last night state that
the cars we're stoned In passing through
Strocah, and Bishop Racine. Of Chiconlimi, and
other passengers we're slightly injured By the
missiles.
An old man named Crowley Was fatally
beaten this afternoon by three men at Cape
Blanc.
Giroux was killed by boat-hooks and stones,
not By bullet.
In St. Rochs several cases Of brutal assault
are reported, and people there have stopped
the street-cars, as there are number OF En-
glish speaking employees.
A young man named Brown was badly beaten.
The first part Of Cham plain street, leading up
to the cover from the city. is inhabited princi-
nally BY Irish. higher up towards the stery
portion OF the street, called Cape Blanc, is
known as the French district. ST. Rochs and st.
Souruer are principally French districts, and the
Moutcalm Ward Irish and French.
Estimates Of the expense to the city By the
riot are oyer $500 exclusive of the CONNER
cial loss which must cnsue.
RlOtinE anu aBsault8 at Cape DI2uc commune
at intervals, but there is not now so much ap-
prehension OF another stand fight
The Ninth Battalion, called out, principally
French Canadians, has been deprived OF its
arme.
4 meeting OF members Of the old Ship Labor
ers' Society is called for tonight on Priests
wharf. The object is to induce the extremists
in the Society to accept the terms desired BY the
French secedcrs.
The Upper Town is pretty free from trouble,
and strangers and business men are not inter1er-
| ed with.