New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-29
AFFAIRS IN BROOKL YIN.
RIOODSHED on THE DUMP

,,rrrr porGur WITH PICKS AND PITCHFORKS.
n,r,nc = general fight between number OF Italians
and Germans for the control OF the dump al Leon''
= and Van OCTAVE. Brooklyn, saturday evening,
dozen men and wcmen were more or less ihjureu. Inv
cor ons nature OF tie ARRAY not discovered until
Yesterday when the principals were arraigneo III 'ne
leo Avcnue Police Court, with their heads and hahds
h,ndaced Tho battle bOrdered on riot. In which
fully fifty persons took part. Ilat several were ho'
Killed is considered miraculous, rs pchi0rAS ana plea
axes were freely used. The dump Is piece ID
swamp land being filed in by contractor Peter bIaho'
IL has long been source OF revenue LOT rag piohc''
rs many articles Of value have been taken from the
rubbish.
since Contractor Blake has had the filling In OF
tho ground he has forbidden all persons from tres
passing without permission from him. Ills nsh' "
take such action has been vigorously contested ny
Mrs Raenaelo Carrcllo Italian woman thirty 'threo
wear, OF age Mrs. Carreo lives at No. 10 Richard
son-st and has for some time been known rs inc
oueen OF the dump" When an attempt was made
y, saturday 70 eject her from the dump" by Charles
Grattican OF No. "a Rlchardson-st., she refused 10
TO- GrattIean had been placed as overseer over the
ground by Contractor Blake. she asserted tna' S"c
had the same place as Gratflean uhder PFe'io"'
contractor She Issued permits ana receiver III re'"
nav from the rag plckers. When Gmttjean ordered
the woman to leave there were more than htS Pcopie
digging In the rubbish. Among them were nuIno9r
Of her friends Frank ssti, aged twenty years. 'aeh
tine ssti his father aged fifty years, Johh La'' "s,u
thlrty.Gye years vlncenzo Marteo, and Ladonih
spcsna. Near Gattiean were GotiicD nauer' 4>"',ei
Naupan and Christian Maurer. When ME- Oarroilo
refused 10 leave La struck Sauer with pi'chiorA
This was the signal for general hght' anu "
few seconds later pitched battle was In progress
For fully ten minutes the bcgerents struck NJ ehch
other and then Policeman McCath, Of the Nine
tccnth Precinct appeared, and those Of the con-
batanis who were able TO do 80 hcd On he grohhhha
WIRE wing Valentine sisti. whose nose anu jay niu
been broken Mrs. Carrco, whose right eye hau Dc''
torn from IL, socket by pitchiork In the hanus OF
GrattIcan. the latter suffering from Il sewers "ounu
over The left eye. Lal and Frank Sstl were, alSv
found suffering from ugly wounds about the head ana
face The ground also covered with blood ana ,ne
officers at once sent out call for two ambulances
When thoy arrived the surgeons dressed the lnJureu
and then removed them to their homes Niloen,o
Nnrtrlo was said last night to Lc IN serious co'
tion al his home. having received ugly wourl on tne
head by being struck by the handle OF a plichiorR
I'm tho Lee Avenue Police Court Mrs. Carrelio was
hold for ASSUMING Grattjcan. lie was h"ld for n,
.oulting Frank SSH, while Sst and Lai were held
for lighting. ii, h., -
II is expected that. when the case Is called Tor e4
animation today there will be NJ least ten other com
painant. There were a number OF people hurt our
INC the encounter who refused TO give ther names
and receive medical treatment.