The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-09
MURDHROUS 4OUGHS.
Horrible Scenes of Riot on
a Hoboken Excursion.
ONE VICTIM IS DYING.
Two Policemen POwerless to Keep
Order--A Fusillade Of Beer
Glasses.

JOnn IaVarr0, an Italian, tWentY-on0
years old, Of No. 98 Clinton street. Hobo
ken, lies at the point Of death in st.
Mary's Hospital, that city, from wounds
inflicted yesterday with beer glass In
free fight on the excursion of the We'll
come Social Club.
William Ellls, twenty-five years old. OF
No 7s Jefferson street. Michael Carroll,
twenty-three years, Of No. 1874 Court
street, Thomas Kelly, twenty years, OF
No. 164 Willow avenue, Thomas Kealey.
twenty-one years, of No 113 Fourth
street, and Edward Kealey, pugilist,
twenty-four years old, of NO Ily Fourth
street, are held at the Hoboken police
station as accessories to his killing. All
OF them are suffering from scalp wounds
more or less severe. Daniel Kennedy.
IWenty-f0ur years, O plasterer, of No. "a
Willow Terrace, is held as witness.
TOUGH CLUB
The Welcome Social Club is mainly
composed OF toughs, although several
respectable young men are members OF
1t. About two months ago flaming post
ers announced the fact that the club
would mold It's annual excursion on Sum
day. June 8, and would go to Cold Spring
Grove. A number of tickets were sold.
but about two weeks ago the purchasers
began to feel uneasy, as it was said the
excursion project had fallen through. the
club not being successful in obtaining
500 for the bar privilege, without which
the excursion would be losing invest
ment An agreeable saloon keeper how
ever, was at last found who agreed to paw
the price, and the excursion was then q
certainty.
At nine o'clock yesterday morning quite
a crowd gathered at the foot Of Fifth
1fra aaf lIr1t, l-r1s1
c0nspicuously respectable. The tough
young man, who would as soon fight as
eat, and the young woman with q loud
dress, and shoes worn on the side from
dancing-in other words, the class known
as spielers-were very prominent in the
crowd. The barge Susquehanna and the
tug Meyers had been chartered for the
occasion, and the crowd boarded them.
Some had tickets, others had not; but
everybody who wanted to go on board did
SO without trouble.
At the bottom Of the tickets was the
following: The committee reserves the
right to reject all Objectionable charae-
ters.n This read very nicely to the pur-
chaser of ticket, but judging from those
who went on board the rule was nor
rigidly enforced
There were two officers on board, Po-
liceman Porter and Chanceman McDer-
mott. They did not look extremely
P4peoCA U1aSA oAO tbAO GU lO0S6 IIQLu
the dock. They evidently anticipated
trouble.
ONE LONG wRANGLE.
AS to what happened from the time the
51c;s.sssss cs.ss left the pier until its return
accounts differ; but one thing is certain.
things were made to hum. One of the ex-
cursionists told me that it was con-
tinual wrangle from the time it went OF
till its return
On the way to the grove several little
scraps" occurred, as a sort of prelfmin-
ary to the event OF the day The gangs
were not yet drunk, and the police sep
arated the combatants with more. or less
difficulty. When the grove was finally
reached, it is said several of the respect
able excursiOnists, who had come aboard
for pleasure, took train back. as they
feared that there would be trouble on
the barge.
When the boat started on the return
trip, the members of the gangs were half
drunk and altogether ugly, and there
were several scrimmages, but the two
police officers thought they could handle
the crowd, and did not summon assist
ance.
A HORRIBLE SCENE.
OH the Battery two gangs met on the
lower deck, both anxious for q light
There was no opportunity for quarrel.
however, until the tug was just steaming
into the dock. How the fuss started then
accounts differ. Some say that it was
caused by one of the gang stealing d
handkerchief; Others say itoccurred about
a girl The leader of one of the gangs
struck out with his fist and knocked one
of the opposing side down. In minute
the fighting was general. The few w0~
men who were on the lower deck ran to
the upper deck screaming. Other young
women who have attended numbers OF
plcnfcs and were not afraid OF fights. rarl
and fria fa fulrc II .fN1f1
or Mickey" away. The women utter
fering had the effect of maddening the
fighters and pretty soon a beer glass
were thrown. This was the signal for
general fusillade, and the air was soon
thick with flying beer glasses. Several
of the fighters put their hands to their
heads and sneaked off, bleeding fearfully.
The deck soon resembled a regular
slaughter house. Women upstairs tainted
and The efforts of the orchestra to drown
the noise made by the fighters were un-
successful. Finally the dock was reached.
Why there was nobody to receive the
rioters | cannot say. The first the police
heard of the affair was when Lavarro
came to the station house, weak and COW
cred with BLOOD
WILL PROBABLY DIE.
He told the story of the riot. City Ply
sician Simon was hastily summoned, aud
found that the man skull was fractured.
diitt s-let w 4tAS CkfAhtNtk ttA0o -AC CQu4Q UQt
live. He was conveyed to st. Mary's
Hospital in an ambulance.
He told the police who some OF the
fighters were, and half dozen policemen
were instantly sent to capture them Ell
lis, Carroll and Kelly were caught by
Detective Gallagher. They were all cut
and bleeding. Tom Kealey was ar
rested by Policeman Goode and Ed. y
Kealey a prize fighter. was caught by
Policeman kerrigan.
This morning when the prisoners were
arraigned the court room was crowded
with tough young men who looked at the
prisoners in an admiring way and specu-
lated on their chances for imprisonment.
One tough, named Martin Torpey, twen-
ty-seven years old, of Sixth and Grand
streets, was drunk and was very fresh In
court. Policeman Breen put him IN the
cooler
All of the prisoners remained non-com-
INITIAL. Recorder McDonough will take
Lavarro's ante-nortem statement today.
In the meanwhile all of the prisoners are
held without bail
Fair and Warmer.
WASHINGTON, June 9, 1890. Weather
indications for twenty-four hours, for
Eastern New York, New Jersey and
Eastern Pennsylvania Fair and
Hartnett's Weather.
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