The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-31
MsCKAY ON HIS Muscle.
PEACHES FOR BoSYN5E'fLEFT
II EVE AND GETS THERE

ur,sSle and ROu Oh lAO
9o,enza King Draws First Blood,
y. Honors are Easy Nork-a-day
C1arzs Rush in and Stop ne Conflict
Cenital-Mackay Tell How His
T-o,,sers Were Dyed with the Gore
of His Enemy.
The following San Frarisco special Of
In 9s TO the New York SIN gives fuller
oaornt of the Mackay BonTnge fight
- rss contained in ire dispatch to the
Topx1xs NEWS: Monet clashed in the
Nevada bank yesterday norning. Millions
-, +ogather in sanguitary conflict, and
.,orts had their firsfview of a private
go sinca Jim Corbett.eft the institution.
60 the heroes of tn occasion was John
~ Mackay, the bon4nza king, and the
o.ber was C. W. Bonytge, who was form
o-Iv Mackay's brokeI here, but who ac>
o,,;rod wealth and Sc up an establishment
Pa-,s Bonynge was doseted with President
u.llrnan in the latts's private Office, at the
.-ost end of the bank Both were engrossed
eth business TOPICS, the uppermost of
..hiob ware the Neada Banks affairs and
ne1AU
TscEav line that lonynge is supposed to be
--.romoting. The mob of the door turned
pa Nackay eutepd. Bonynge's back was
e o.. the entralce, and he did not see
TIsctsv until the silver king had recog-
- him MacIay halted a moment and
4han struck Bonrnge a Highlander that
trocked him against the wall When
Ronvnge rose Mckay gave him another
blow that again snt him off his feet. The
fallen mau's frs grip was on the lapel Of
Mackay's coat, AID he tugged at it with
such ene.gy that Mackay came down on
ton of him. Neither wasted breath, but
oInended every once of energy at COM
,nand in batterin; the other. 1t was not q
scantific set-to. If it had been the battle
you'd probably lave all gone Mackays
xsv for he still preserves much Of tine agil-
;tv Of his early dys, when he was able to
1phin half the mIlers over whom he pre-
sided as superintendent.
In the wild tusse on the floor of the Ne
vada hank PRESIDENTS Office, the battle
Ground. which Goes not afford as much
freedom Of acJioIas the regulation twenty
four foot ring 3onynge's superior hight,
reach and bulb tod in his favor, and very
nearly evenedup the telling count made by
Mr.. Mackay's first two righ-handers. All
over the privlte Office the two millionaires
rolled, gougiig, biting, kicking, hair-pull-
ing. Everything went. and if the fracas
had CONTINUED for many minutes longer
serious. if n,6 fatal, injuries would un-
doubtedly haze resulted. They were finally
separated AMI drove away in hacks.
There are many reports of the cause of the
encounter, hit the real truth is that the
trouble wasowing to a social quarrel In
London. Ponynge is an Englishman who
was formerly Mackay's broker here. He
made fortune on Comstock and married
an America woman who had been divorced.
When he vent back to London lie wanted
to shine insociety. All arrangements we're
made for be presentation of Mrs. Bonynge
at court, ghen suddenly an article appeared
10 a lealing London newspaper asking
how it vas a divorced woman, simply
because she was wealthy, could be
presenter to the queen. This bomb
shell burst in the Bonypge camp and
knocked out all their social aspirations.
The minlte knowledge shown by the writer
Of the newspaper article led Bonynge to
attribute its authorship to Mackay. He
was awTe that Mackay knew all about his
affairs n California, and vas hobnobbiug
with aritocracy good deal himself about
that tine Perhaps he concluded Mackay
imagined London was not large enough
20 shelter two Californian mining magma es
at the same time, and thought that there
would be more room for Mackay if Bonynge
were net there
Bonynge became an enemy of Mackay
and even went so far a little time ago as to
threaten to start q cable company to injure
Mackays business At the same time the
London press began to pay more attention
to Mackay's affairs than was warranted.
All sorts Of queer stories were told about
his early life in the mines, and while they
were regarded as good jokes by all who
knew Comstock from one end to the other,
they were taken seriously by the British
public, which believes that all Californiane
are in the habit of putting their feet on
the dming-room tables. and picking their
teeth with large sharp bowie knives. These
things did not bother Mackay at all, but
when attacks began to be made on his wife
he grew wroth. He swore a mighty oath
he would thump Bonynge when he met him.
his resolution was increased when
bonynge reached New York in January
last and had an interview published in
Truth, in the course Of which he said of q
certain attack upon Msckay in a London
paper: ut was surely not a libel" When
Mackay heard what Bonynge had said
about it his anger increased, and when he
met Bonynge in the private Office Of the
pank OF which he is third owner his wrath
boiled over. Every one agrees that the end
is not yet.
MscSay appeared in Pine street to-day,
looking as fresh as q daisy, and with no
marks on his face. He gave this account
OF the scrap and its causes: 1T happened
u tnls way: Long ago l suspected that
bonynge was the ihstigator of certain vile
attacks upon Mrs. Mackay, which APP
peered In certain newspapers in New York
aud London. Having proof that this was
true' l determined to punish him the first
tlne met him. Yesterday, when l en-.
sereo1the presidents room in the Nevada
UanK, saw Bonynge sitting at the desk.
As entered Bonynge turned and saw
me- lie had a malignant look and
naaoe threatening movement. struck
1ut with my right arm and hit him in the
ieiU eye Then hit him again, and called
upon MIN to put up his fists and fight like q
man; But instead of fighting he fell and
G,asped me around the knees like coward.
ms blood poured all over my trousers and
upon the floor The clerks rushed in and
removed him. The sound thrashing he re-.
celVed he well deserved for circulating those
stories about Mrs. Mackay. I'm not so
uanoy with my fists as l used to be twenty
Ee et ago upon Comstock, but have 6
niue night left in me yet, and will allow
~ man to malign me or minen
DohVnge is in retirement nursing black
~; ~ and a badly bruised face. He is as
'40n' as an oyster in regard to the fight.