The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-15
BY
Robinson Again Kisses the
Ground.
A QuarraIof Pu9lIisv ~.
An Exchange Of Bad Words
Leads to q Rough-and Tumble
Fight at the BALDWIN.

GSan francisco Chr0nicle.l
What Supervisor Lewis, Il devOtee
of the maullng art of self defense,
would call an after-clap to the Sulli-
van-Robinson leger de pied show,
occurred in the Baldwin Hotel bar
room yesterday afternoon q little he
fore 5 O'Clock. The Baldwin Is the
home of Robinson, and t.lat gla"iator
having earned the trife of 81. 092 on
the preceding night, had been In
rising spirits all day long, p%articu-
Iarly On his visits to the bar room of
the hostelry. With these spirits
came back some of his missing cour-
age and pluck from the evening be-.
fore. Consequently 1t happened that
when at the hour named the domestic
pueilist paid another visit to tine
9entlemanly bar keepers aud found
Steve Taylor, Nike Gillespie, Moran,
and Others of the sullivan C"mbina-
ton likewise engaged In bibatory
exercises, he was not afraid to expiate
upon the virtues Of California's glori-
Gus climate for the development of
the muscle. The imported talent.
having little regard for the laws of
hospitality, least Of all in q place
where they had to pay for their own
drinks, made replies in lofty E astern
fashion. One choice expression
brought on another, and finally came
crisis No. l, Moran. S%ullivan's master
of ceremonies, boldly avowing him
self q doubter as to Robinson's value
as q slogger. backing up his incredu.
Iitv with an offer to bet $500 that
Robinson could not stand up before
Steve Taylor, who was to use Lard
gloves, while Robinson might use his
bare fists.
ROBINSON TAKES ANOTHER FALL.
The shattered idol Of the local dew
otees of the manly art grew. Of course
exceedingly indignant at hearing
his pluck. and strength doubted to
such an extent, but instead Of accept
ing the challenge he INDUCED in
gas" as Professor Dutcby explained
It.. which in turn embroidered the
mild and gentlemanly Steve Taylor
to call him q cur and q coward. 1t Is
certain that Robinson took his sixty
f,,urtn fall within q hours, and with
TAYLOR on top. Suliivan's rival
claims that Taylor "gave him a foot"
while Taylor maintains that he
knocked the champion squatter
down. It is certain that they b tn
went down. Taylor again claims
and so do his frinnds, that be he next
got Up, and, putting his foot upon
Robiuson's body, spat in his face:
but Robinson and his adherents say
that third parties Immediately inter-
fered and prevented him from hit
ting Taylor "euch q blow" J"yce.
the proprietor of the bar, claims that
Robinson would have laid out Tay.
lor ii he had not i%nterfered, while
another gentleman, who wore I either
q flannel shirt nor q diamond pin,
and therefore cannot be either a hotel
at,ache or a pugiIist, maintains that
Robinson was in q fair way OF being
badly used up when the bystanders
interfered. The news Of the dead y
fracas spread with lightning rapidity
and before it had reached Cape Horn
it was s lid that Robinson had been
killed by a single blow. Some tent
manufacturer, believing the story,
and knowing moreover that the
Coroner's dead wagon would be en-
tireIy too small to cart off the DEAD
Robinson, Immediately put a quar-
ter-acre tent upon a four-horse t,uck,
adjoining all its sides with the legend;
'.RobinsOn's Conveyance; He Leaves
Us Nown This drew up in front Of
the Baldwin at S o'clock. and was the
means of keeping thousands of good
citizens from hurrying homewald,
after a day Of toll in which they had
attempted to recoin the $1.50 spent
SO foolishly at the Pavilion on the
previous night. rhey were all dis
appointed. Steve Taylor and his
friends had disappeared long before,
leaving Robinson the undisputed
hero Of the bar room.