Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-24

whisky and Muscle Brought 70 EDerly's ne
lief.
By the time fixed for the meeting of tn
Republican return judges this morning
Grant hall was packed with such a rougl
crowd and the heat was SO intense tina
Chairman Eshleman concluded to adjourn
to Fulton hall. Meantime Bill Beard ant
Butch Miller had had fight at the Ex
change and Miller, having been knocket
down, got a gang of Seventh ward roughs
Star club bummers and other villainou!
looking fellows, and trooped to FultOl
hall with them, to aid the Eberly side o
the contest.
By this time about the only thing in dis
pute was the district attorneyship. 1t wal
generally conceded that Davis was severa
hundred ahead, but Sensenig's count made
Eberly 90 ahead and he had the outside
claqucrs in the hall to put it through
Police guarded the door to keep out the
crowd and it was with great difficulty that
even the judges could gain admission
through Mr.. Yecker's office.
Finally the main entrance was opened
and the hall was soon filled, the judges oc-
cupying the seats in the parquet and the
crowd filling the circle and partly filling
the gallery.
The board was called to order by Chair
man of the County Committee Eshleman,
who suggested that tellers be appointed to
take the vote on the selection of chair
man. Alf Edwards, of the city, and Geo.
| c. Kennedy, were chosen.
For chairman John II. Fry was nomina-
ted by the Eberly men, and Samuel A.
Croft 10y the Davis men.
The districts were callcded and the
clerks announced they did not agree in
their tally. THE INTELLIGENCER made
the tally, Croft 35, Fry 33; Kennedy made
it Fry b, Croft "a. and Edwards, Croft 35,
Fry 32.l
Amid intense confusion second ballot
was ordered. Amos Cast of the Ninth ward
who had voted for Croft before, now voted
for Fry and the Elizabeth township man
voted for Fry this elected Fry by 35 to
81, but it also proved that Croft was elected
on the first ballot.
While all this was going on Butch Mil
III Va SpIhC G"ChGy oCdtCu
on the south side of the hall, with Adam
Snyder and Jake Price in the parquette
near them, were raising intense disorder
and shouting for Tom Davis to leave the
hail.
Tom Cochran was in the hall apparently
the johnson men CO operated with Eberly's
friends, Lew Hartman directing the
Seventh ward gang in his behalf. The true
inwardness of the fight became apparent.
That portion of the Bull Ring which had
traded with McMcllen had to stand by
him. The johnson wing of the Hog
Ring disgusted at McMellen's S treachery to
Blaine, Grow and Reinoehl, were ready to
knife him.
Messrs. Edwards and Kennedy were re-
tanned and G. F. StOner and Owen Brickcr
elected as tally clerks, and T. S. Dickey
and }. w. Denlinger as additional clerks.
Every few minutes the drunken rowdies
would raise row and call for somebody
to be ''put out as they did "not trust "
him. a more laundering, awkward and
incompetent chairman than Fry never held
a gavel.
For the committee of investigation and
on contested districts, consisting of seven
return judges, the following nominations
were made in the interest of Mr.. Eberly:
A. Il. Reidenbach Smith, of Conoy :;
Swope, 4th ward, and Hiram White.
In the interest of Mr.. Davis the follow
ing nominations were made: Jos. II
Huber, city; Percy Schock, Marietta
Amos Cast, city J. G. Redsecker.
The vote stood 36 for the Davis men to
to 3s for Eberly's and Reidenbach was
beaten, the Davis men getting the majority
OH the committee of seven.
During the call of the districts, little
countryman from the Union Square dis
trict, who was not an election officer
but had been deputed to bring in the re-
turns, was discerned by the gang and
motion made to put him out. The chief
of police asked the chairman what was to
be done, but the gang did not wait to hear
his decision. Thirty of them rolled over
the parquctte circle railing into the
body of the hall. The police made rush
to stop them. The little man was hustled
toward Water street. Tom Davis who
knew the gang were really after him, re-
treated through row of seats and climbed
up the parquet circle on the side where
his friends were. The whole audience
was on it's feet. Wild disorder reigned
the cllairmans incompetence only incrcas-
ing it. Confusion worse confounded
seemed imminent. Fifty roughs were
struggling toward the front of the stage
and nobody knew what might ehsue The
police were resolute and firm. They kept |
back the gang and restored order before a
blow was struck. The vote was concluded. |
Davis had captured couple of districts
and was happy. The gang sullenly sat
down.
The disorder continuing, a Davis man
moved to adjourn. Milt Wike wanted the |
returns handed in first. The gang
shouted for this too. Fry was about to
put the Eberly mans motion, but, finally,
put the motion to adjourn, and it was
carried, to the great disgust of Adam Sny-
der and Jake Price, who pronounced their
chairman "a id wooden head" and
said that if Eberly was counted out now
it was his own fault.
The happy family was to resume it's do
nestic bliss at 2p. m.
The Ticket Settled.
At this writing (2:3O p. m.) the follow