New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-23
A RIO1OUS EXCURSION.
BAYONETS USED BY PLEASURE sEEhEn''
R1FLEMEN FIGHT THE "LoNG DOCK GANG VI
RUPFIANS.

BAYONETs USED BY PLEASURE-sEEkEh'
RIFLEMEN FIGHT THE "LoNG DOCK GANo vi
RUFFIANs.
Considerable excitement was caused in jersey
City last night by a report that two men n"u
been killed IN riot on an excursion ""'oh
left that city yesterday morning. Inc TO
mort was found to be Incorrect ouV ~
was ascertained that q series OF drunken ns"',
had taken place and several men had peeh i"'''VU
more or less seriously. The excursion was gI,o" "
the Dayitt Rifles, who had as guests the f'oci"''
Rifles, of Jersey Cityj tho Mor'so"'as a,
Rifles, of New-York. and an independent ,'n1
company from Elizabethport The DaVit's nav
chartered the barges Meyers and Geraldin anu '"e
steamboat Egbert Meyers and the destih aton -
the excursion was Linden Grove Staten isi"nu'
There was large crowd on tne pais0''
and at the Pavona Ferry, the first starting place.
crowd of ruflians known as tho Long DOCK uans
got on board. 1t is said by people VINO
were on the excursion that there
was q succession OF fights from tho timo
the boat and barges left the dock, and that oo''es
and stools and. every other available thing were
used "a weapons. The "Long Dock gang" was III
continual conflict with the rifle company ana 'he
large crowd of women and children on the parges
were greatly terrified.
When landing was made at Elzabethport
r,anv of the Measure seekers went ashore and re-
tnrned by the railroad. At the grove
the braws were renewed and some Oh
the rifemen used their bayonots ~
weapons. The superintendent OF linoleum
factory saw two men, whom he supposed 10 oe
dead carried on board OF one of the barges anu ~
teeqraphed TO Captain Blake, OF tho Brighton. 5.
l., police. that riot was IN progress
in the grove and two men had
nIaka faiaOranhpl
that as the grove was SIX miles from bTlghtJn,
and he and his men had no means oil reachlhg .ho
place it would bo better to telegraph 10 tho Je.soS
CITY police to meet the Drawers on ,.h;af th;sf
return home This done. aud Chiei
Murphy sent Captain Farrcr and squad OF ue
tectves and policemen to the Morris street Doe
10 intercept the party. The policemen found
a douoo line on the pier aud con-
PEELED everybody to pass before them. by
the ' Long Dock gang that they knew anh M eyery-
body that had any appearance OF having been en-,
gagged iu a fight rhe police also searchei.
the two men reported killed. but
could find no trace of them. They learned IIou
The canfain of the steamer that dead men bad
been taken on board and The conclusion was reached
that the two men whom the supcflnten1ent Oi tue
liuoenm factory supposed TO be dead weiS
TimmSSnsi Ti Of aoboken; Frank Coyne OF No. II
Canal.st.; James DAILY, l3i pavonla-ayc; Ihomas
White, No 81 hendrrson-st.; Hugh Nicely, Coie,-sl:'
Charles Carroll III Thlrteenth-st; James iiar'.
I26 Bught-st.; Dennis CTimmina lOI Nlnth-sl.;
William O'Nel. 1875 Provost-st.; John Daly. 62l
Henderson-st., and Charles Gallagher 22l Pro-
vos-st. a.,
After they had been taken away by the
police some members OF the excursion party en-
gagged In fight near Washington Square
az Washington and Grand-sts. and II was
repOrted that one man was dangeroisly injured ana
tnat some of his friends had carried hun away.
Chief Murphy telcgraphed TO Captain Blake last
night to come TO jersey City Tomorrow morning,
and # he had any evidence 10 sustain charge OF
not the prisoners would DO delivered 10 the staten
Island authorities.
L. was noticed as tho ricmen got on the bargos
that the uniforms OF several OF them were stained
win blood. rumor circulated at late hour
that the bodies of Two mot who had been Killed
were taken 10 the Morgue on Staten Island but the
rumoI WAS not authenticated.