The sun., 1893-07-26
MOBBED A SILVER MEETING.
cRINKS, POPULIsTs, AND STRIKERS
RIOT At THE FIFTH Avenue

Anti monopoly Boyd had Adjourned tn,
Riot and the Hotel Port.rs had Turnes
on the Gas, Some Delegates 10 Chicnas
were Appointed by n Romnnnt-Mr. Col
gates Letter Hardly Got n Hearing
A SrN reporter will now attempt to dc.
scribe what occurred at tho meeting OF the
New York silverites at the Fifth Avenue Hotc
last evening. For week or m ore there have
been noticos In the New York newspapers an.
| nouncing that at this meeting delegates would
be appointed to represent Now York at the
great convention OF silver men in Chicago OH
Aug. !. At this convention the silver ndvo-
Gates Of tho West. Northwest. South. and
Southwest aro 10 protest against what they
| call tho effort to iemonetiZe silver. THE SuN
reporter who attended tho meeting In
the Fifth Avenue Hotel has been al
Anarchists meetings. been up all night at
wakes OF hanged Whyos. passed through hall
dozen panlcs in Wall street. attended State
conventions OF both political parties where
| guns took the place OF handkerchiefs. and
| seen delegates at national conventions punch
each others heads and use language. With
tho greatest diffidence however. he undor-
takes to describe what occurred In Parlor d
OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel last night.
In tho first place. It was rather q hot night
Tho meeting room was but soven feet four
| inches by actual measurement from the
| capacious bar of the hotel The room was
fifteen by twenty. and crowded into It were
| 200 statesmen.
| Who were there? Well. FIRST OF ALL and with
rociferous voice. was Richard J. Hinton.
known In Anarchist circles rs Long haired
| Dick. Then there were DR.. J. G. Boyd Of anti
! monopoly fame. now President OF q liquor
dealers protective association: George o.
xrlN@
Populist; Cornelius F. Doody. who used
bly, 4I: Hardin Weston. nv Who said ie % repre-
James B. Colgate. and who sEbseouently 20 reat read
letter sent sent by Mr. Colgste to the other gem
merchant iS .. haSs
s Hsrr. sanK xsa isGf. Es fhS%suSr
ssisas W siIye5 Isaac E EsSsst %he@ Snaos nos
tax renown:. Xlexsnder G. fassen, au who ssis Is
o5 ns 1Shssfss sf.ts % he soRs
like. Senator Daniels OF .yirRIna;. William
4sntors a. cSrsGy nrs na,snioo. and Goahns
ftfSsEEsy ootS s'sf'!Sa ksosi s%s
snee il labor amovsnentsS DoimoTs or. fiWsi Elwell.
the ,Bs Bro%%kyn %dyya pnnGisr a; who was
Dp tne NOTlQ f6lF commissioners. anu on !
SO many moro who haye been known to tho
newspaper reporters for oh! so many years
and have been making Oh! SO many different
Colgate. and Mr. A. Foster Higgins. who like
Mr.. Colgate: sent letter. had no idea. OF
course. what sort OF crowc would como to
somebody In starting the meeting voted
nd @h sd & heSSs
snd. bless hInl nobody can blanc hin: From
and resolu lions He had tangled hair and his
heart was true. but he was not OF much use to
he a' han'Gsd on,,a on a table with the handle Of a
msndod order. There was d no Order a'f There ere
was no attemGt at order, and not dozen Of
Ar All o ss de
Mr.. BOYD ATTEMPTED to state the Object Of The the
%sFtf Sosd sRG S.ns on so
eers to lizard Eut ees GEss e.. Sansns
and the Interruptions Mr.. Boyd managed to
IL s h%i he S S ss
cage. He also managed to say that this gath
gates to this convention Then when Mr.. Boyd
resumed bis seat up went shouts Of ..EIe'sa
some OF the romarks being unprintnble.
Then up poppedt S,n man % who shrieked eyer to
written resolutions. Mr.. Doodys resolutions
declared that there was not money enough In
the country: that the population had increased
out Of nll proportion to the circulating medi.
un. Mr.. Doody cautions Congress that stop
currency. and he demands that Congress and
the Executive keep tho pledges OF the Demo-
as,S lars at E psrty Mr. Doody % had % hard H imo IN
Who the hell are your wac shouted at
n;v us 5sf5~ ,Sr cried 1o5 anothor auditor
:. You're nams's Doody, isitf" cried another.
An the time Mr.. Boyd solomnly banged his
Mir. Doody attempted at last to sneak to his
cider. and as Mr. Boyd solemniy ,rappsd
sasa hi d4SFff Hinton tor 0,fs p %hc SaR
cipaily lungs. protested against he resolutions
Tor a; iiye min9tes and didn't say word. except
that he wouldn't be party to any snap reso-
This Is an. effort to gag US" he roared.
This is star chamber: this is worse than tho
old robber-r.r bsSrons, and l for one gentle-
Get of yer. pereh;"
enthusiasm. He was pe'tod with all sorts Of
MI body Interrupted aud wanted to have
%:Shaok that little devil gut"
Il request that Mr.. Doody bo removed from
the room"
Mr.. Hinton was still standing on the chair
painting. and shaking his hair like seven
Sutherland sisters.
wish to add an amendment" says he
"A decision Of the Supreme Court gold
bugs--" began Doody. ,
d.yIl!yy "R!yy up and take your seat you little
III oppose the resolutions" roared Dick
:. want a committee OF nvo appointed: this
Mr.. Boyd banged with his umbrella until his
goggles fell Oh.
Mr., Ullman-I demand that tho resolutions
be laid on the table
That's the cbeese" from tho audlencel
ITO he'll with this gang"
Mr. Hnton-Give us a call, a division.
Mr. Boyd leaned over to THE Bun reporter |
and said that Senator Stewart and senator |
Jones were at tho Grand Hotel and tho HoI,
land House respectively. and said ho didn't |
think they would come to the meeting As no |
impaired The intormation he MECHANICALLY
wouldn't have regarded trip hammer. Tho |