The sun., 1888-12-30
FORT SPINOLA SURRENDERS.
HOT sIEGE OF THE C0NGREssnfAh's
GARRIsONED PRl1LhRK

HOT SIEGE OF THE C0NGRESSMAhf
GARRISONED PRIMhRK
NE Yieids 10 superior Force. nnd Marches
OF 80 EIela vvith Honorr-Then ths
Deer - Tervea. the Garrison - Drtver
,on,sapa shs Usgna nzen Vote.
The Tanmany primaries last evening were
peaceful as q rule. but the exception In the
Sixteenth Assembly district was Sufficiently
lively to leavsn the lump. This primary. which
was held In Stuyvosant Hall. 851 East Seven
teenth street, recalled the old days In the old
Fiahtsehth. whom Richard Croker and James
OBfien. eneii ats the head OF strong forces oi
stalwart followers, wtestled for the ballot box,
and worked their sweet will With 1t whom they
got II.
That an upheaval was likely in the gas
house district has been evident for some time.
Assemblyman Edward p. Hagan wanted to get
away the veteran Francis b, spinolas place as
leader. II is even limited that the maenates oi
Tammany Hall allowed It to be understood
that they would not weep II Spinola was spilled
But the General Committee. in making. IN tha
Election Board for the primary. made tt q
spinola Board by the selection Of James u
Caulfeld. Andrew De Witt and Thomas d.
BELLY, familiarly known rs Cab Reilly. fot
election inspectors. at which the Hagan people
calmly. but with stern determination said,
I've will get there Just the same"
The first skirmish was on Sunday afternoon.
when Conference was held at tho Westmin-
ster Hotel to mako up the ticket Of seventy
delegates TO tho General Committee. The Ha-
gan faction had some new names TO put on.
and tho Spinola party refused to let 1t bo done.
The result was o split. Tho two tickets were
alike In the body Of the names. but the first
name on ono ticket was spinola and on the
other Haghn.
The voting had to be dono between TX and
eP. n yesterday. Congressman Spinola and
his forees entrenched themselves In A an upper
81. III Tho Hagan people formed in the street
et the sams hour, and the limo soon stretched
nues until. with the crowd that assembled to
look on, 1t flampered the movements OF tne
With liz steps on the pavement and occasional
laps to the bar the outsiders kept their blood 20
In circulation until evening wore on; Inc dn IN
orders nom Cen. .spinola preparations were
made for coffee and sandwiches for them In the
1 Between sa Is and7 o'clock the Haganites came
were busy at fnc work. The job they SUSPECT
the way to the ballot box. and with challenges
to the voters use up the hour and q bali in
Chi Charies Nj Murphy % Thomas mas Littie. and other
admission to the room whore the alleged con- @
General Committee and Of the Committee Oh,
Organization. and on that ground demanded
they eS we're ] told by by the Congressman, they say.
friends 81 his. and he he and nd bis friends Ssis GO
The room is one used for secret society meet
ings and these colioauies were held through q
nnes. Soweser esep preparntions % seemed &c to be
making for the more important business OF
WAS instructing the inspectors as to the pro-
visions Of the law governing primaries; aaa oon,
aoss. preseneed es ' Himself M IL as the door His
followers sureed after him. and threats OF
cuttins peoples hearts opt and other violent I mt
on the door was coincident with the striking Of
seven by the clock. 1t was desisted from
when disposition to parley was shown by
Gen. spinola. accompanied by his lawyer and
Election Inspsctors Caaifi!sld ,sa and Reilly.
b~e ~ ~sedTesssd Ss !6e Ts%naSy Haii General
Vhieh breathed the most sarguinary threats.
% hsa
sgain locked bSt the tmRa.isnt crowd sS outside
trance. Tho door yielded to their attack. two
,n@ped out of WINDOW and he
Bpinola men Disappeared as though BY magic.
The crowd flooded the saloon. the hailways.
sounded. Capt Ciinchy, at he head Of twenty
nve policemen. appeared and BEGAN n e stIiGht,
t was % too S near Sunday for nshtine. ~ '
The HaEanites had orSanized an election
Ssasf eessisss Of James s Delaney Michael .nd
aSSss tSs soss s sssaa saa sS esIeef s. votss
course. a protest and contest VIII follow.
was N the accsssions , Of County County Democracy
Msn-sieet EitzaeraId. Alderman elect Flynn.
Morris stas and M MATHEW strip Wsrs the
Tho newly siected coneressman of tho
PA on shs
%haIen was formerly one q missioner
district for the County Democracy.
DR.. P. Z Donlin. late q County Democracy
shs ns desa es
ward MeSilI and VI. Hollywood we're acces-
s The 4 SintS.s MI s1b new blood included John Flana-
Gan. David pe Witt James B. cavanagh. James
Tho Eleventh. or brown-stone district. put
ex-Connty Democrats on In the persons Of Ed:
ward Kealnsy and Augustus T DoehsEty; and
ByInes. % - John Jones. Milton Cray. q NJ. schief-
felin. B. A. Jackson. W. II. Lawrence. and C. A.
Gardner. Thomas Conlon went on with ex-
In the Nineteenth district the great Increase
in the committee gave places to q lareel num-
ber Of men. among whom were Robert Dyas.
James Smith. 3. ]. Geoghegan. Henry Meyer
]. W. Osborne. Robert Petty. Francis Duffy.
Henry Hegeman. Arthur Foley, and William
/. Ridgway and Il A. Van Wyck were the prin-
cipal new eommitteemen in the Twentieth-
Tho Andrew ID. White County Democracy
Twenty-thiEd district. which, beginning with
Charles Welde. Thomas +. Gilroy. and Jacob
A. Cantor. was already very strong In Tam:
there we're Thomas Q. I. Ecciesine. Dr.. 0uiG-
ley. DR.. Healey. Assemblyman August 5tras-
burg. who resiRned from the Counties since
election. and Eugene Otterbourg.