New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-08
SHEEHAN INITIATES M'KANE.
pUGTLIsTs PREVENT ANTI snEEHAN MEN IN
BUFFALO FROM VOTING.

pUGILIsTs PREVENT ANJI-sHEEHAN MEN IN
BUFFALO FROM VOTING.
Buffalo Nov. 7 (speciaD.-A new Democratic trick
In election frauds introduced to-day. and II
took the game. so far rs the colonlzed First Ward
Is concerned. Various statements were made be-
fore election about the uses TO which Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan's ruflsns imported from the
sums OF New-York and Brooklyn were 10 be put.
Warrants were issued for the arrest OF many Of
them and other precautions were taken against
them. but all In vain
This morning they appeared at the polls each
wearing a big white badge with Special Deputy
Sheriff printed on 1t in bold. black letters. They
were the burliest, uglIest and most dlsreputable
looking lot OF men gathered together In Buff
fao. In one district. the Fourth District Of the
First Ward The Tribune correspondent counted
twenty-five of them and there others In the
lquor-shops round about. The remaining districts
OF the ward had from ten to fifteen apiece and the
other tough ward. the Nineteenth. In the Canal
Ut. district had three four each the opposition
to the machine being slight In that ward These
''sluggers" did their work early In the morning
At noon nearly the entire vote had been cast and
q trip through the two wards this afternoon re-
vealed the fact that many Of the toughs had been
dismissed.
The alleged deputies worked with the police. In
the Fourth District OF the First Ward. where most
Of the dirty work was done. they peddled Demo-
cratic tickets. kept places in the line for Sheehan
VOeTs. abslstc0 EscIeTb IN throwing Republicans
out Of the booths. and were especially active In
helping recognized Sheehan workers 10 the door
OF the polls In front OF the line OF voters. Just
inside OF the door were three professional pugilsts
William Baker. Richard Strauss and Charles
Narks-who were paid $2j each for the DAYS work
II the voter who reached the door was vouched
for as being a Sheehan man he admitted II
not he was elected and passed along by the
deputy sheriMs outside while the police looked on
and prevented interference from anti-machine men.
The process n all The other districts Of the First
not so open.
Another new trick was played In at least two OF
the districts. In order not 70 be crowded out
lines Of anti.Sheehan voters formed at the polls as
early as s o'clock When the time came for open
suddenly appeared. and were given the right of
way by the police and tho deputies In the Fifth
District of the Nineteenth Ward John j. Kennedy
recently appointed Appraiser OF Merchandise BY
President Cleveland was in sole control He spent
the booths. selling them by the arm and rushing
them 10 the door. where a particularly ugly
"brulser' inside took them In charge When the
voter came out he was turned over to an ex.
chicken fighter named Conne and taken to an
Kennedy entered the booth this morning while
The Tribune correspondent was present Foir hours
later. the proprietor Of THE Buffalo EXPRESS
visited the place. and reports that In the fifteen
minutes he was there Kennedy. protected bv ten
special deputy sherifs. put eight men through the
voting operation.
In The Fourth District Of the First Ward the
polling place was filed all day with Sheehan work
ers. and if a man whose politics were NOT known
got into one OF the booths he found a Sheeha
henchman there waiting to give him advice A
number OF the voters are prepared to make am