Daily Republican., 1886-09-04

Trouble Among the Peach Mon.

Trouble Among the Peach Mon.
For some time past there has beef
considerable feeling on the part OF SOM
OF the parties doing business on Fourtl
Istreet between Market and King street.
against allowing persons to sell peache
In front OF their stores. and this morn
ing the matter animated in q wa,
(which caused considerable excitement
1t seems that James Conner, harness
maker of No East Fourth street, has
Ispace OF 10 feet painted ON his curl
which he claimes shall be kept clear fo
the purpose of enabling him to transac
his business. Last evening Johi
Reardon, residing near Cooch's Bridge
came In with load of peaches and wa
lassigned place by the clerk Of th,
market In front OF Mr.. Corners store
This morning Conner placed q trupi
on a wheelbarrow and run 1t agains
the baskt To, upsetting them right ant
left.
Mr.. Reerdon demonstrated, and find
ing that useless started fer q Squire,
office TO swear out warrant for Con
ner's arrest. While he was gone War
rem Harper, o commis sion merchant, al
| No. 10 East Fourth street, came TO Con.
ner's, and after few minutes COM yer.
sstion went away, and in less than Ave
minutes after his wagon came to the
place and the driver deliberately backed
II into the rem aiming baskets of peac hes,
(cutting several Of them in half, and
| MASKING the fruit under the wheels. AT
this time there was plenty OF room for
| the wagon to have backed In without
| touching the peaches, but even then the
driver did not seem content with the
damage he had done, so he started up
his horse. and taking shorter turn
backed in again, cutting through the
peaches In smother place.
Two trunks were then placed on the
wagon and he drove off, going down
Market street. In the meantime large
crowd had collected, whose sympathies
were all with Mr.. Reardon, and many
OF them were very outspoken in their
opinions OF the whole affair, which were
rot at all comp limentAry TO Messrs.
Conner or Harper.
Mr.. Conner was interviewed shortly
afterwards, and raid that he claimed a
space OF ten feet in front of his store
which he had his boy To give coat of
paint every week, 30 that parties would
understand not TO encrosch upon 1t.
He alleges that Resrdon has asked
him several times 10 allow him TO occu
py this space, ard that he had ALWAYS
refused him permission 70 DO 70: that
last evening when Rearien unload ed
his peaches he warned him net 10 mt
them on his pave meut !, when b. said he
ad been allotted SPACE there by Clerk
Of the Market Smeltz, and he intended
to occupy It. Mr. Courer also SAYS that
having occasion 10 seud come truukst
away he requtsted Reardon to move his
baskets, and wien lie refused gave MIN
fifteen minutes 10 get mt Of the yay.
AZ he still occupied tie space at u G end
Of that time he moved Tie taskets with
he heelbarro1, q, d Afterwards or
dertt Hsyper's wagon 10 come down
aud haul the trunks away. Ia crnclu-
sion he said 'lts all Smeltz's fault; lei
bad no night 10 Tell the man to put his
fruit there, for be knows that there IL
no market provided loron Fourth street
this side of King"
The reporter then tslled on Clerk
Smeltz, and upon bis attention being |
called to what Mr.. Couner had said |
about the market on Fourth stree bel
opered the Wilmington city code and
pointed TO section cf he market ordi-
nance, page 526, which says: "All thati
portion of Fourth street between thel
building lire on the westerly side oil
King street and the building line on the
eRsterly side OF Market street. and all
that portion of Fourth strfe ct from the
ives erly building line of Market s,reetI
to the easterly building lire Of OraneeI
street, shall be known AS the fruit and
grain arket, and shall lie set apart foI
the sale Of domestic fruits and grain ex
clusively." The ordinance also pro |
vides that during The peach season
traders ard dealers in peaches on,y, |,
who buy their peaches and expose them
thereafter for sale, shall be permitted tol
stand In this market by paying the
Clerk of the Market twenty-tiv We certs
fer each day they may stand there "
Clerk Smel,z said that Reardoo had
paid him the % cents, AID that the
space winch had been allotted hin did
not intt ude on Mr.. Conner or prevent
him flee ingl ess or egrets to his PLACED
Of business The fact IT," said Mr.
3meltz, there are . few men Who'll
woulo like TO drive the market penploI
away, 80 that they could rule and gov
srn the fifty five thousand inhahitanteI
II This city, but 1t won't work, ard
they will ind out their mistake "
Reardon has employed all attorney
and vii! enter suit for damages
against Mr.. Gsaner and tleI
driver of Warren Harpei's Wa
,on. He is raid TO be poor man.
and TO have lost $3.50 this season on an |
which he had purchased