Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-25
anxious to be able to lock the doors be-


the crowd scattered, buta very consider
able number remained in the vicinity of the
opera house to rush in as soon rs the doors
should be re-opened.
Five o'clock came and the main entrance
to the opera house remained securely
locked. At the side door leading to the
second story was stationed 4 strong force
of policemen, who refused to allow any to
enter except members Of the board of re-
turn judges. This created tremendous
Indignation among the bulldozers, who
literally seized Chairman Fry and insisted
on carrying him of to Grant hall, and Or
ganiziug the convention therein.
Swearing and Fighting-B Bulldozers 4 Arrested.
\ scene Of indiseribable disorder fol-
lowed. Oaths, imprecations, threats, ,iost-
lings and even blows resulted. The police
pulled cOntesting bruisers apart, but hesi-
tated to arrest them. Finally the mayor
appeared and arrested one of the ring
leaders in the riot. Another of the roughs
attempted to rescue him and was quickly
gobbled up by the police. In 4 minute or
so two or three others were taken into
custody and marched off to the station
house. The names of those arrested are
Samuel Powell, Frederick Miller, William
Leonard, and Joseph Carter.
Levi and George r. Sensenig followed
the prisoners to the station house and thence
to the mayors office and were anxious to
enter bail for them, but the mayor, who had
witnessed their conduct was Obdurate and
declared he would not accept bail until they
We're sober. They were soon afterwards
released on bail by Alderman Wiley.
Meantime the return board assembled in
the upper room of the opera house and the
bulldOzers We're scrupulously excluded.
Almost Immediately Jake Price moved
to adjourn until tomorrow, but the motion
was voted down.
3. F. Cox moved to proceed with the
count of the returns.
But right here an insuperab!e difficulty
arose. 1t was shown that the officers had
no tally papers, and that the returns since
the adjournment had been given into the
charge of officers who had taken them to
one of the banks and had them locked up
for safe keeping, and that they could not
be counted to-day. This created another
furOr and there were cusses both loud
and deep and assertions that the returns
had been spirited away for the purpose of
having them doctored.
Mr.. Keller, of Strasburg, moved that
committee be appointed to wait upon Vice
President Croft and request him to bring
judges might make what disposition of
them might be thought best.
A delegate said the president was the
proper custodian of the returns and want
ed to know how they came into the posses
sion of Vice President Croft.
Mr.. G. F. Stoner explained that Plesi-
dent Fry had requested him (Mr. Stoner),
and Vice President Croft to put the cleo
to the order of the board and that they
had done SO.
Another bedlam ensued, Il dozen dele
gates vociferating and shaking their fists,
while Chairman Fry vainly attempted to
drown their voices by pounding the table
with a heavy cane.
Vice President Croft entered the room
and attempted to make himself heard. He
was understood to say that the papers were
put in the hands of officers and locked up
for safe keeping; that owing to the dis
turbances created by outsiders it was
thought they would not be counted to-day,
and that they had been given to policemen
to have them locked up in the vault Of a
bank.
Mr.. Keller's motion was then adopted,
Jake Price and others insisting on know
ng who were the policemen who held the
Amid great confusion Mr. Shiffcr moved
20 adjourn to meet on Friday morning at
Grant hall.
Mr.. Croft moved to amend to meet to-
morrow morning ut Fulton opera house.
Several other motions were made to the
,reat confusion of the chairman, who at
empted to bring order out of chaos by
,oupding the table with his heavy stick :
lntil it resounded like the blows Ola ham I
ncr in a boiler shop. ,
Jake Price, apparently utterly Disguised, I
elled out to the president that if he :
would stop his damned pounding and put =,
he question that was "in front of the G
ouse," they would get through sooner. I
The question was then taken on the mo- !
ion to adjourn until Tuesday morning q
t III o'clock, in the opera house, and it :;
-as declared carried amid yells of triumph 4
n one side and defiance on the other.
The Battle Resumed To-day.
All forenoon there were rumors that !;
hartman Fry would not call the conven- I
on to meet in the opera house, as had been a
greed upon at adjournment but that under
ne dctation of Levi Sensenig he had rented
rant hall and would call the convention =
lere. d
Sure enough, at II o'clock Mr.. Fry put O
an appearance at the opera house where a
majority of the return judges were as
,mbled and announced that the opera :,
ouse could not be obtained, and that the h
invention would adjourn to Grant hall. t,
This created a storm of opposition Mr.. 4
ecker, owner of the hall, was appealed to ~
I'd he said the opera house was at the a