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dered their drivers to turn their horses in the
direction OF Brooklyn and get there lust as
soon as they could. Col. Bacon protested. but
his arguments were in vain. The drivers & ad
OF the opportunity to get away. whipped UP.
and Col. Bacon and those In his carriage and
the occupants Of the other two carriages were
left alone to enter the domain of Chief Nc
Kane and beard the lion in his den. The three
carriages went on. and finally reached the
Town Hall at Gravesend.
Col Bacon insisted on serving his Injunction.
and. as result. he and four OF his companions
were hustled out beyond the railroad track.
When they protested they were knocked down
and beaten by q gang Of uniformed and I'M
uniformed policemen. and finally placed under
arrest and taken to Police Headquarters at
Coney Island. There Col Bacon and one of
his companions named Eosenb beck were lock ed
up for time. while the other three prisoners
were detained in O private room until Justice
Newton came and opened UP an impromptu
court. when they were released on their own
recognizances. Rosenbeck was committed for
trial on a charge Of violating the election laws
until a writ Of habeas corpus was secured
from Justice Cullen. when Rosenbeck was re-
leased and taken to Brooklyn. whore he was
lot 60 indefinitely on bail furnished by friend
Of Mr.. Gaynor.
send yesterday us the result of William J.
Gaynor's attempting to interfere with Chief
John Y Mechanics arrangements in that auto
Gratis own territory. AS has been published in
The SUN for the past two or three days, Mr..
Gaynor has been sending men down to Graves
end and Coney Island for tho purpose Iof
copying the registration lists. The first at
tachment was not only foed in its mission
but was arrested and locked up as Migrants
Although Mr.. Gaynor was said to have threat
ened to send armed men down early election
morning, provided with papers emitting them
to act as inspectors and watchers for tho Re-
publican party. neither Chief Mckano nor any
one else believed that he would.
On the 8 O'Clock train from Ninth avenue and
Twentieth street over the Culver route. on
Monday night there were Twenty-Five strange
men. These men were spotted by the railroad
people as Gaynor men right away. and when
the train reached GraveSend, fifteen minutes
later. the half dozen policemen around tho
station were notified Immediately in sonlo
mysterious manner that gang Of Giaynors
was on the train. The news reached tOney
Island before the train did. which was exactly
Ave minutes later and large numbor OF Do
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was right on deck and kept the ship going
with three sneets In the wind

was right on deck and kept the ship going
WI" fheie was ssr"at III fepabican howl about
illegal registration IN the Second district, but
the Republican TaehSrs failed to difs"yer AM, any
lnterfered with by the Iolie9; Charles Il.
Superintendent Byrnes that henunlican
out the district. Inspector willams was sent
on y tour through the Second AMI Third dis
f ns made 4 The1 that
rhair had not been interfered with. nor were
there any causes for suspicion.
THIkp ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
In the Third district Timothy ID. Sullivan
heartily cheerea at the various polling places.
ninth precinct when the ltaiisns We're, out in
force TO trade any candidate for tho election
justice At ali presincts v The Renubiesn watch.
ers were armed with from five 70 thirty war
rants, but found few opportunities for their
use.
j. SABINE SMITH AND HIS WATCHERS.
just before the polls Hlosed report reached
Tammany Hall that Mr. John Sabine smith
IN thy Fd h s dsee h%d bsse
man Who brought the news said that Mr.. smith
a nnd in W rs and
mnnded that they be admitted inside the rail-
admit them; but had agreed to their hayinZ,
places outside the rail. which for all practical
purposes were Just as good. Mr.. Smith said
he had authority to have the men inside the
Who are YOU 2, demanded the inspector.
I'm John Sabine Smith, the President Of
the Republican County Committee" said Mr..
II don't care If you are President Q! the
cant come inside the rail- with those men"
Mr.. Smith appealed to The police. who in
formed him that they were there to enforce the
law. but not to1Interpret It. The inspector de-
manded Mr.. Smiths authority for placing tho
men inside the rail. hlr. Smith fumbled In his
pocket and grew red in the face. Finally lie
said he'd read the law on the subject.
Read it.. said the Inspector
Mr.. smith fumhled In his pockets again ana
discovered he didn t have any law with him.
men and went off with his watchers. The
folks in Tammany who heard the story laughed
at Mr. Smiths expense, and Were unan tmouS
i'll the opinion that the Inspector was right.
PEACEFUL IN THE FOURTH.
In the Fourth Assembly district the election
was remarkably quiet This district includes
the iver front from p ke to Grand street. and
contains many 'longshoEemen. The strong
minded and strong sted ones wore decidedly
unhappy. The days when they could relieve
the monotony Of election by upsetting booths
and nummelling an inspector or two were
gone forever. There were SO many policemen
around that the air WAS quite uncomfortable
to breathe.
Tho total registrat ion in this district was
about 100 less tlIau last year. The struggle
between James A. DoneGan. the Independent
candi date. and Patrick II. Roche Of Tammany
Hall t9r Assembly was not ut lively. Each
ding PLEASANTLY to the other every time they
met There were no fights between their nd
herents and very few arrests for drunkenness.
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street: Charles G.. A. Grahurn. 40, Quincy
avenue.
p The party drove to Gravesend by way Of the
BBrbooKiyn boulevard lev And ne Ocean PARK way.
not exactly known, but in Col Bacon's ear:
rage We're Messrs. Moore, who is mem Der OF
| the Citizens Union, and Wardner and Whiting.
second Ward Democratic Association Of
Chief McKane and his fifty or more uni
formed policemen. beside u mob OF nearly 300
people, were gathered around the Town Hall
when The three carriages drove up There are
| many different stories Of what happened IN the
| next few minutes. The following one comes
| from, an eye witness. and entirely disinter-
There was howl from the crowd as soon as
tho carriages arrived but Chief McKnne raised
his hand and immediately every one became
| silent. Tho ntty policemen had in tho mean
nt USe nr uig as saIr0Hh"imT G crrhges
| showed his way through the crowd ana up In
front Of tho trst carriage. which was the ono
As soon as he saw CHIEF McKane Goi. Bacon
opened The door OF the carriage aud leaped to
"%haI are you doing here? What do you
want in Grayesend| demanded Nhiot Nc.
Kane. According TO Witnesses tho Chief said
damn YOU" several times.
Il have here M order from Justice Barnard
OF tho supreme Court to compel You to allow
the gcntlcmon who arc with me to do duty as
~@' Oh, ~ Hs3 w. III sail choi Mckano
But yGu'il have to- said Col Bacon. ITS
an Injunction, regularly issued by Il Supreme
Court Judge
"Wel, inIunctions don't 80 here and the
sooner YOU people understand that the better.
We are going TO run this town to suit our
selves to-day i0u C.H come down tomorrow
and take CHARGE II you like, but today We run
Grave EN-, and don't you forget IT,.
While this conversation was going on the
crowd had neen edGing up close to the car
riages. There were in It negroes and white
men from the race track and loungers and
t0uEhs from the Conoy Island barrooms, They
mingled with the poicelngn and conversed
with them IN u manor which made 1t evident
that they VIZ, on perfectly familiar terms,
When Chief Mckunp had finished his ha-
rangue he suddenly grabbed Col, Bacon and.
shuuting. Get beyond the :iOu,yard line:
YOU re not Il voter here, ana we've liked limo
Tor non. residents" began TO shove him over
toward the railroad track.
THIS seemed tu ID signal for the police and
HANGERS ON TO attack the carriages and their
occupants with sticks aud stones, Nearly all
tho occupants Iumpe4 Out and RULED patches
of Iupor- from their pockets as soon as tho
crowd charged. Waving Thorn IN the air they
shouted that they were regularly appointed
Watchers and under the protection OF the
United states. Col, Bacon, like the rest. pulled
out paper and kept poking It at Chief Nc
Kama. The chief kent showing him along: and
finally the Colonel got tired being showed and
tried TO stand his ground,
Immediately POLICEMAN ran up and. strik-
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ing Col; Bacol a heavy blow in the, face
s snt Sss I down aSa ah
by one q hG gCUsns IN Mes MGpps
waving pspors IN he air and demending pro
finally forced beyond the s0o.yard line. ".e
yeS Bacon to dSy m fEgSSm' ooaF'
-" mean to do nothing but keep you beyond
the line" responded Mckane.
Mekans, In doing 80 no stepped over the line
Run in the whole gang" shouted McKane.
Anumber Of policemen ,sprang forward and
grabbed Col. Bacon and Messrs. Moore, Ward
The crowd jeered. and shouts OF =. Look them
"JR5op ygq order this arTest'" cried Col. Bacon
Yes. i do" replied the chief
A stage belonging to one of the hote g stood
near by. This was called into service by Chiof
McKane. and the four prisoners were bundled
In the mean time. Peter Rosenbcck another
way gotten out OF ono Of tho carriages. and.
escaping the eyes of the crowd, gone over to
the Town Hall and entered the sixth district
am Republican, watcher, he said, and
slain Srf SR9
nbatch OF papers In tho faces oil the election
We've got regular Republican Watchers
here now" said one OF the inspectors.
~ don't care" said ltoscnbeck: this is
No sooner had tho man said this than he was
set upon by the crowd inside. licwaS Knocked
down. punched and kicked. and finally picked
sot on him and ripped his clothing almost en-
tirely OIL. In the scuflle in the polling place
two Of the ballot boxes were overturned.
This was reported to Chief McKianC and do he
on n OH NJ lp
tho man, bruised and bleeding and with his
little remainipg clothing torn t., and barely
with Col. Bacon and the other prisoners.
Just as the stage was about to drive of, of
~ ERE Sas e
had succeeded in getting back into the car
riage unseen. Constable Gamison saw him in
the earaFs and rEd ogIsred him to
-: Come Com out mt OF there" yelled the constable
and he grabbed ths man ty the coat collar and
will not" cried the man. and he showed
The crowd scattered in all directions, and tho
man jumped from the carriages and started to
for him and lodged under the carriage. No
one thought OF chasing tho man until it was
Then a bowling crowd started in pursuit,
only to return in half an hour without him:
Constable Gamison searched the carriage and
were turned over to Chief Mcknne. As soon
as tho Chief had had the episode explained to
him. he said:
We've lost enough time already. Drive
these men to the IaiL"
Tho stage then started for COney Island. and
arrived at Police Headquarters about twenty
minutes later.
Sergeant William Van Frchen was on the
desk Mt the station house when the prisoners
were brought in. Col Bacon tried to pass tho
Injunction to him.
Take these papers and look at them" he
said. and then you will not dare 10 hold us"
The papers are nothing TO me- said the
Sergeant, am here as an officer and caro-
nothing for them"
The other prisoners then pulled out papers
and tried to get the Sergeant 10 take them. but
he waved them all aside and asked the police
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MKANBDEFIES THE Law
Judge Barnard's Injunction
Servers Arrested.
GENERAL BADLY BEATEN.
Sheriff Courtney Refusing TO Act, GaynOr
Men Appeal to Gov. Flower.

Col. Bacon. Counsel for tho Kings County
Republican General Committee, Twice
Knocked Down Willis Being Forced
Beyond tho Dead Limo Drawh by tho
6ravesend Chiertnin Around the Town
Haii-Locited Up with Four OF lTI-
Follower. In Coney Island Police Head.
quarters After One Had Been Beaten
and His Clothing Torn OG-Another
who Escaped Arrest Even Worse Mall
treated Few Escaped Injury - Hnbens
Corpus Required to Release the Beaten
Prisoner-A Previous Party OF Gnynor
Men Had Beeu Driven Out OF Town
at the Signal of Steam whistle
Brooklynitcs who Went to See the Fun
Forced to Take tho Next Train Hack
Negroes Heard Telling OF Their Voting
Early and Onen-McKane Says 1t Was
the Quietest Election Gravesend Ever Had.
Col Alexander S. Bacon. armed with an In
junction issued by Judge Barnard OF the SUI
preme Court. and accompanied by n number
OF Republicans OF more or less prominence. Gil
selected by william J. Gaynor, the Republican
candidate for Justice OF the Supreme Court.
left Brooklyn livery stable at an early hour
yesterday morning in cabs to 60 to Gravesend.
where Col. Bacon was to serve Chief of Police
John Y. McKane with the injun ction. while tho
men with him were to act as watchers Mt tho
POLLS. The injunction was nm order restrain
ing Chief Mckane from interfering with Col.
Bacon's companions when they undertook to
enter the polling places.
Tho Injunction was never served, although
Col Bacon alleges that he touched the Chief
OF the Gravesend police with the papers. which
constitutes a legal service. Only three OF tho
six cabs in which the Republicans started
from Brooklyn reached Gravesend. The occu-
pants Of the other three cabs backed out when
they were half way down the brooklyn boule-
ward. Rumors OF impending trouble and q
warm reception reached Thorn from various
sources. and. making up their minds that dis
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A DAY OF QUIET VOTING.
oTTo KEMPNER's VIGOROUS FIGHT IN
THE SEVENTH.

German-Auerienn Voters Turn Out For Him
John Brooks L..vitps Chrysantheuum
Adorned workers-Bnbru's Followers
Cut Mnyuard-J. sabine smith's Attempt
TO Get His Watchers Inside the Rail.
II women and children and their plaudits
could have reelected him. Otto Kempn
would have had n walkover for the Assembly
In the Seventh district There has not for
many years been so much interest manifested
In an election by the big German constituency
Of that east side district as yesterday.
The chief interest centred In the contest for
Assembly. which was conceded to DO between
the Tammany candidate. John c. Stein. and
Otto Kemnner. founder of the so-called New
York Citizens Democracy. the. membership OF
which orga nization is restricted to the Seventh
district Charles Schwick. the Republican
candidate. was admittedly not in the race, and,
though many Republicans were Loyalty sup
porting him. many others OF that party recog-
nized that their votes would be thrown away
on Sohwick. and voted either for Stein or Kemp
ner. State Senator Roesch. the Tammany Hall
leader in the district said that Kempner was
getting many Of these votes.
What 10 called the better class OF Republic
cans is voting for Kempner." said he. Then
he has other strong support. He has big
vote from the cafes In Second avenue and
Houston street, and generally from the voters
OF his race. Another element Is Jake Kubzen-
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WHEN THE CROWD WAS THROUGH WITH HIM.
mand Of Cant; Thomas +. Human and Ser;
about flfty strong at about 4 : o'clock All with
long, night sticks in their hands. The In.
then came tho watchers appointed by the Re-
ppni ,,,, General Committee OF GEayeseni on
nrs S sse and sn wh s
Democrats in state and local ELECTIONS Chief
McKane secured thirty-llye certificates for the
allows three watchers in each booth. Chief
MGkane teXplained his action in gettnG so
be sure, to have enough t? 20 around. The
Republican watchers and tho inspectors
Sa IN tSSf Rn hail. p Wits tsb s h
spread out his force of policemen a!i around
the hall and tho railroad rack. few min
riage and had long talk with Gait. Human.
The conversation was private: but fr9m the
Ign it was evide mt that some trouble was cx-
pected. The, policemen themselves made no
secIet,o ths fact that crowd Of Gaynor men
around swinging their long, heavy clubs. and
bdagTnE about tnS F9S,eEtion they had pre-
u | only wish .G0ynor him self would come"
said a policeman 10 u reporter.
I'd like to have tho pleasure OF locking him
np.' This is sample OF the conversation IL
the arrival Of Col; bacon and his com ranions.
4 O'Clock in the pnr!or OF Mr.. Gaynors house
at 2l2 St Johns Place. nrooSlyn Later they
Mcht " IL slubie Nh plttIiI- pItces NucIe Gar
riages were await Rg them. and. at about 4:45
o'clock. they started for Gravesend There was
then in the party the following Ngntlemen.
besides Col Bacon. who is one OF etounsel to
Messrs. Edward L. and Charles H. Hyde.
Nlr. Gnynor's law partners; DR.: Joseph
Marshall Of 5;|U Monroe Street. Frank
/. Mitchell. 53i Monroe street; Clarence
w., Hughes. sol Fulton street; +.
HaEh WoThssy o2 al 6seraw sIna
Henry 7. schmidt 5H Monroe street: William
X. Wardner 40 First street: William A. Whit
Cos llancock street; Louis StolheE, 4!,O Mon
roe street; Michael l. Moore. 300 First street:
Alec, 4O2 Vanderbilt avenue: Theodore Witte.
lOS Fittv-siXth street: Reuben II. Parmenter.
J22 State street: Frank W. lialmes. 50, Dean
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OTHERS USED 1HEIR NAMES.
'Vo ers who Had TO Appeal to the Courts 4
Secure Their Rights.


Judge Andrews of the Supreme Court stayed
in Chambers while the polls were open to
render decisions in disputed election cases
and to provide remedy when the right
to vote was refused to those entitled to
it. With two or three exceptions. the only
| cases brought before him were OF persons who
had not been allowed to vote on the score that
somebody had already voted In their name
Most OF these cases were from Timothy
Dry Dollar Sulivan's voting ground. Nearly
all were Italians vino. because their country
man. A. c. Astarita was running for Civil
Judge in the Second district on the Republican
ticket wanted to vote for all the other Repub-
lican candidates. Like Astarita some OF them
had formerly been Tammany men. one or
two said that tho reason they and other Ital-
ians were voting Republican was becaass
Tammany Hal had not given offices to tho
sons Of sunny Italy.
All applicants for legal .redr,ss Of their
Arnoux and John T. Baker in tie General
Term room of the Supreme Court. and their
and his associates repre- ented tho Republican
County Committee. but they didn't inquire tho
The decison Of Judge Andrews. which gov
eiI 9ll the other cases Wa On the apniica;
JON s. e2T o FAX srGs orsr
tion district of tho Third Assembly district to
wero Republicans, and thai the inspectors had
refused their votes because persons giving
their names and addresses had already
voted. After they had made affidavit to that
effect Mr.. Arnou got from Judge Andrews
al order for the inspectors OF election to show
cause why the votes OF the two Italians should
not he received. At the subsequent hcaring
Judge Andrews decided that the votes oil l.u-
giero and Schuafilno must he received: they
should not no disiranchtsel because their
names had been borrowed Tho Chairman OF
tho Board Of Election Inspectors said he would
act on that decision without any formal order.
Tho other cases which came before Judge
Andrews for formal decision were those Of
TIM OF ~ Roosevelt and Albert c, Wei Of 70
West Fourth street. Mr. barnes. who is S2
years old and first voted in 1896 said the in
sIertors In tho First Election district, OF the
Third Assembly district know hIm. fct had
allowed somebody TO vote In his nap Tho
inspectors proved amonable To- the Judges
order ln all three cases. In the naln ming
cases the votes were received ont " order to
show cause.
An application for a writ Of haheas corpus
was made in the case OF William II Decker. Q
Republican leader in tho Eleventh, Assembly
district. arrested for regis tering falsely. Tho
writ was to secure his admlttance to bail SO
that he could vote. As no could not got bail
cations for orders com elling the admission Of
votes were rccciy ed too late to be acted upon.
With but few exceptions those who made the
applications were Eepubllcans. Several told
sforios III n dollar having been offered them
Tor THAR votes This was done before they
entcred the polling place. When they went to
y,,te H. cir votes were refused
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra will give
the first concert OF its series at Carnegie Music
Hall this evening. The programme includes
symphony No. 8 In minor. Beethoven; aria
from Le Cid. Massenet: Slayonic Rhapsody
No. 2. pyorak; aria from The Marriage OF
lini, BerlioA Nine. Emma Eames will be the
singer.
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SOME TYPES OF GRANESESD POLITICIANS.
man in charge Of the prisoners what the COM
ions We're all CHARGED with a breach OF the
peace. while Rnsen beck was charged with vio-
latng the election laws.
Col. Bacon was searched. and nick el watch.
tied to one Of his vest buttonhoes by an ordi-
was then conveyed to u toilet room and locked
up there for two hours. while Eoscnheck was
cells and Locked Mp a The " other three men n
were conveyed to a private room on tho floor
above the jail and locked in there until Justice
Newton arrived.
When Justice Newton arrived he looked at
the papers which had been taken from tho
When they We're arraigned before him Col. la
con at once demanded protection from the
I'VE have been assaulted and outrageously
treated" he said. and he thnh went on and
told the Justice the story Of the affair from be-
can do nothing" said Justice Newton.
until formal complaint has been made.
But we waive examination said Col.
We'll, said the Justice. I'm tell you what
I'll do I'll let you all go on your own recOg
nizanee excepting RIiosenbeck. Him will com
NIT to Jail for trial
Rosenbeck. in spite Of his protests. was led
back to the prison while the others went over
to a nearby hotel and got breakfast. At o,a
o'clock Col bacon and his mrty started back
Later in the day they applied for and got n
writ OF habeas corpus from Judge Cullen for
ne WSs bv s IN lot Back to
and set at liberty by Judge Cullen.
When they heard OF the treatment OF Mr..
Gaynor and his men there was Il hasty
ference between tho Republican managers
which resulted in this application being sent
to Sheriff Courtney:
EnooRrrv Nov :. 1888
To S. S Of Tns g Gb FAX "nsra committee OF
Kings County and Of the watchers appointed by that
eommL!tss assigned TO the t9wnCt GraygsenI we re-
posse and b1dy OF men 10 preserve order ma enforce
the order. OF the supreme Court aha protect the rt
zens d-sgnated as watchers aforesaid from criminal
IN behalf Of the Republican General Committee and
" WV ''' '''tgnsdD cnAS. b MOTION.
JESSE JOHNSON, secretary.
while electionecring in tho Twentieth ward.
lie declared with much emphasis that he
would pay no at entiOn to it.
nounced the decision of tho Sheriff, this tele-
gram was scnt to Gov. Flower:
n, Rpr.n T. ,,r.r ,ao, i nE@"r' = H'' l. 1898
You lonotess snow ii vioonr in,erirrrnce by Nc.
in The town Of Grayrscnd Kings COUNTY. vain far
anu violent interference by Hose mon since saturday
last with citizens "e1'ns under decision of supreme
Al This w9 sf fSSSsa this morning by criminal
preme Court, violent assadlIs upon those watchers
1"a tas sSs and 81 BY sa
Of sunrene Court OF no a'alL Appeal to suerh made
We "t G kiUs. county ask yd i @.sni inter
ssrs ct ' W. /" N. G
citizens generally and OF law, order and fair play.
fRfo ~ Il II,l i%%
EUwARD NJ suErARD,
AUGusTUs liEALr.
GEu FosTER FfAnupY
Lawyer Edward NJ. Shepard of tho Kings
County Citizens Dnon received last night Il
Ing in effect for the aid of the militia to help
end election.
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slight Firs at Cornelius yanderbiirs.
Fire In the cellar Of Cornelius Vanderbilrs
residence, Wost Filty-seventh street, CAUSED
By an electric light wire ignitinR framework.
did 500 damage at o'clock Yesterday after
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The pleasant hsyor gentle action aud soothing et
fectS of syrup OF Figs when in need OF Laxative aud
IL the father mother be cosve bilious, the
gratifying results follow Its that 10 10 the best
bottle on hAnd,-Aaa