Daily Republican., 1880-11-03
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APHILAsRLPHIARIuT. A
Hl0odshed On Politics I'm On
Quaker City.

| nl0odshed On poIAtAes I'm ehe
Quaker City.
About q quarter past eleven o'clock
lstt night, whom Broad street, absve
Chestnut To below Walnut, was dense
ly throDged with people watching the
display OF election returns at the club
rooms, the ThiItseath Ward Garfield
and Arthur Club, about, $50 strong,
tnrned the corner at the Publie Bald
ings and proceeded TO make its way down
Broad stree, through the crowd. The
procession was an ordinary one, with
the usual uniforms, torshlights and
|transparenci, g. nothing more. A pas
sage was being cleared for the marching
men. There we're cheers and groans
and yells Of all kinds comminglsd from
the bystandsrs, but this vocal demon
strsiion was only what is nearly
always heard on the occasion Of small
|parades, especially On election night.
When the vAA Of the Thirteenth
Ward Club had got q little below the
Amer'cus Club buildipg and was ap-
proashing the brilliantly illuminated
League building, . shot was 6red BY
some one enear tae curb;on the east eide
OF tAe street. Another shot followed
second afterwards close by, aud then
the marching club divided IN confusion
about half Of the men moving exoitedly
back toWGrl the Public BaildInss aud
the rsst hurrying onward. The crowd
became tumultuous and mixed up with
tie raraders. Shot after shot was
fred in quick succession until about
fifteen were counted and bloody
riot was expected. Women s0reAnsd
and ran into the Unisn Lsague, Aneri-
Gus Club and other buildings.
At this stones and bricks.were hur,-
ed into the ranks aud two OF the trans |
paranoies were wrecked. The thin
line Of spectators fripgipg the line OF
parade fell back in panic and the
street was almost cleared at once. The
narrow allgyway back Of the Americas
Club house WAS packed as fall as q
safdine box in an instant The few
policemen on Broad street at once made
q rush towards the spot whence the
shots came, but could not succeed in |
making any arresta. The shooting |
seemed 10 b. the climax OF q number Of
attempts 10 break The line OF several
,lubs which had preceded the This-
.septh ward.
Edward OBrien, forty years old, re-
3idiug at Sixteenth and Raos streets,
Y no was standing On the sidewalk, fell
nto the gutter and was picked up by
policemen and taken 10 drug store at
fhirteenth and Walnut streets and
hence 70 the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Il was found THAI he was shot through
he stomach snd bladder and probably
atally wounded. Samuel Rodgers, Of
93l2 Gray's Ferry road, was struck in
,ue fSe9 With & paving stone, aud had
ais left eye and his nOse cut. hiS in,
uries were attended 2t the Jefferson
Hospital.
Marcus Holbach, who had acted As
leputy marshal during the day and
Tas in the Thirteenth ward club, re-.
,eived flesh wound In the back. He
ya5 taken TO the Union Lsague House.
ie resides on Paramount avenue ueGT
Zenith.
William K. Long OF 9l7 Parrish street
N enRraver, one Of the tystanders ct
he Americus club, was shot in the face
uSt below the eye, and It Is thought
o have entered the brain.
As soon as tue hrlpg ceased the peo.
10 rsturssd TO Broad street. and were
heering for Hancock aud Garfield as
ustily o faw minutes sftBrward g
hough no bioodshed had occurred. To-
0rmation was sent to Mayor Stokiey at
be Central Station and he immedia ely
rdered tho reserves TO Broad street,
nd had dsta ls also sent from other
istriClB.
Whsn they reached the scene the
roubIe was all over. Til, Amsricus
;lub lights were speedily eztinguiohod
Yheu tho fighting bpgan, in the eEpsc- :
alton that an attack would be made +,
pon the bouse, but we're afterwards {
and no further rioting ocour-
TIE Mayor, Captain Wood, a mum.
or of police liSGtsnGnts remained up
u the ground with strong force Of
olcemen uLtil late hour, when the
lubs had CPased msrching.