Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-08
TOUGHS AND TRAMPS
The City Over Run with this
Glass of Undesirable Citi-
zens at Present
Last Sunday Harris Street the
Scene of Severe Fights
Among Them
TWO Men Seriously Injured in
the Rows, One May Not
Recover

Recover
That the time has come WIN, Ri
maven needs the benefits Of incorpor,tin,
ASIDE from strictly property interests a,
iu'IE demonstrated last SUNDAY. Fo, III
past lhr"" "r four weeks the civ has n,
us I'lll share, and possibly morr Than :,
IlIl share, of hoboS, toughS and other III.
| reputable characters. At prr,.pt tb. eli,
i "Nrirun with them aud this fact cen,
"r demonstrated to anyone VIM cares :,
give thr matter any attention. Ana, Tim.
HlWI y O'Clock at night a wish Ia ~,
,IN'l yldNS uI saloons will pre>rut a sirI
,ldl Nhould not be- Seen in ~. ID.
Niuuhu ne stove and the walls III mn,
~ thl> element. only amaitipo ut,fi
.l' saloon CLOSES or they are .frrd' mi
wien tHry commence their mituigi,,
PROVING. Visits To the yarinu, bnilJi1".
~ 'nc course oi erection will reveal sigI,i.
.' ""t ."' piulhaiA business man kun,,s
II''iiiuS dp"ul. lluddled Ia corners. with
Their coats pulled well over tLcir 'aii.i VII
VIII he seen lrampS that are even tan dj.-
lrpulahlr 10 De- allowed In the lnvyest
1lNes lil lhe Town. The majority and i'm
ld'' hlhtll nine ont Of every hundred
dr' slr"hg, healthy men capahle of ,vnrL
had thty the desire to earn AN hopest liz
ing. But they have not thai dp.ir. an,
consequently They are COMPELLED tn live
"l ussing nr 10y Their wits. which means
,,I.,ii. ,,ah ,'illrNlh house breaking or the
tviid Wai ldl lhg "l some bclatcd traveller.
al ~ Eu"u Guy government and faith
: Ht oDlcrl> 10 enforce II. this staff. nf ar
ialrs would not last long. These ..gentia.
men ui leisure would hp rpmnrlled
10 seek pastures green and where
~ mere al present they could uly tbeir
lrlarlous schemes unmolestpd Amnnf,
lhrse Two classes of worthless snecimen-
pI humanity are a few who wish la eitb bnr
'oitlhue their reputation. or make nna
u nrlhg bad men" Men that Will 6gbt
WIN or without provucation. and " 6en
i.lt ~ ,ne street ar" abusive 10 men and in
'Wung 70 ladies, One Of these fellows
Az Monday morning entered The saloou
ln Ninth. or Railroad street. called tba
flt Edge. The mans name i Nurt,Lv
ina Tor Two weeks he has been dpsiroiis ~
laNlhg row with the bartender nf no
aloon, aud when hc entered The nlace /
sunday last he became abusive and an /
Iled all sorts Of cpithets. eXcept fbat If |
Gentleman, To the man behind The bar I
lie wanted To fight. he said. and was 90
ng 10 nave one before hc left the place .
ie got what he went after, aud today he /
: wing lh MS room covered with band /
ges, and for his trouble Will In All mr.
ability lose the sight Of one eve. When
ne bartender had stood Nurphy'S abusn
: luig u possible. he. being a small man
oheluded he had no buSncst using his
SIS ana at once commenced throwing
eer glasses lie threw four and thrne III
hem had the desired effect. Nurubv'.
cad was badly cut aud especially ahout
ne eyes. where hr caught the ragged rdge
heavy glass. ahd on the back of tbr
,ch' where hr was biz with the fourth
AS a. ne was trying 90 escape from the
lSlldde OF glasses. The man l. now i'm "A
'rious condition. having littlr or mo-
nance nl recovering the sight of one eve.
rsldes being generally u~edup Murpby is
pud specimen pi "puu a elias. of
hlch ne hd> beru wont 90 say lac WAS An
onored member. but De- took good care
Dt To try any of his playfulurs, ON any
le near his own size. lie has received
Is Just deserts. and should he recover hp
III have good reason 10 remember Eas-
y NunuaN. n he viii bear the marks of
.s celebration 10 the grave.
That fight was only the furprmuer of
y Others that occurred in the vicinity of
arrls street during the day. Another {
lad man j. a man employed blasting ;
jumps IN the southern part of the city. ,
g lS trcnchman. named Charles
rover. When sober the man is said Ia ,
quiet and pcaccablc. bat when drink
2 he is perfect Specimen Of the human
ute. saturday night ON rpcriving his !
~ he commenced drinking. aud very
oruy after he was ready for trouble. !
g entered thcrcStaurant on Ninth street.
III heiorr he had been there long he was d.
hitting. lie is tall. well built. and "a .
ny powerful man, and the man he I
used Ia the restaurant was smaller. and !
A. attending To his own business. The y
Tie man got the worst Of thciight. This !
emed Ia whct the already excited desire !
r blood, and he started out on the street .
ID arriving AT Ninth aud Harris streets
saw another small man. a timer who v
,s standing talking 10 friend. The c
yht Ot small man was enough for {
over, and hc at once stepped "
10 the small man. aud hit v
" him between the eyes. knocked {
m down. The man was no suanrr
{ ON the sidewalk than the great {
ute kicked his victim ia the face and :
est The man that was Knocked down :
ls quite seriously hurt. aud had To be- r.
ken To his room. Bystanders who saw !.
r. trouble got hold Of Grover aud pre- +
nted him from killing his helpless an i
4hllNAs NNUlf one III lllf CROWD stlu-
Sted having him arrested. aud the man
IS taken 10 the residence of Justice y
wards, but that gentleman was not at q
me and Grover got away. These two v
hts are only specimens Of such things (
are going ON in the night time. and =
ne power should take the man in hand :
1 care for him. Many Of the citizens y
d business men were excited over the u
guStlng actions Of many Of the men ON
, streets Sunday. and some thought
y should be driven from the town I'm
mt Of good sized crowd or reliable
n, but this was ovcrruled. and the man f
over is still at large. Some action will u
taken between today and next Sunday 4
"A committee to see that these /
proceedings are not repeated. 7
! to warn the tramps and hobos out of ..
yn and 10 see that the warning Is en- v
ced and carried ont to the letter. Tn =
: this is done others may be- served a. -
5 the man who was kicked and beaten. +
! the results may be- far more disaS-
MS. To run such characters out of the +
y. and when this is done 10 keep them =.
is the only safe plan.