Bridgeton pioneer., 1894-04-19
LAWFUL CRISIS REACHED.

Tnetr Oysters WIN "uns'
large Number of Captains
onged I'm JafI-..laDy Hs Id in
$1,000 Bail.
or,ses may be reached in tie
..ster war, and bloodshed may re-
o' ~. hefore the matter Is finally settled.
'' E,aht shots were fred Friday,
,,.ttsriug rhe boats upon the grounds
~ CAPTAIN James Candy.
Friday Capt. Rotert McGuigap,
- ovsterman, put in upon the grounds
=, Cant. James CANDY. These grounds
o.o south of the old Fortescue pier,
and as yet have not been touched.
rort Candy and his son have been
constantly Watching these grounds,
ond have threatened to protect his
ovsters at any cost.
Can't. Candy claims to have $4,000
worth Of oysters there, and ne pur-
noses that they shall not be gathered
hv somebody else. McGuigan threw
over bis dredges yesterday about two
or three hundred feet from the shore.
Az the dredges went over. 1t Is said
that the crew on the boat threw up
their hats and began cheering. About
th,s time there was sharp crack OF
two Winchesters, and shot scattered
over the vessel
The crew was panic stricken, and
dlyed down in the cabin and holds OF
the boat, out of harms way. The
hoat went off and the dredges were
pulled up.
The crew, however, was not Salts
fed, and again came upon the
grounds. Again they were met by the
shot from the Winchesters, and again
the boat was hurried off. In all eight
shots were fired.
The boat did not come back, and
since then the grounds have not been
disturbed.
Friday two constables were taken
out on the beds of Captain Luther
Bateman. They were armed with war
rants for several captains. Two cap
tains were approached, and they prom
ised to surrender themselves at night,
but as yet have not done 1t. Another
boat was run down, but when the mo-
ment for action came, the Constable
would notaarrest his man, doubling
somewhat his jurisdiction.
This has emboldened the oystermen,
and they declare they will proceed
with taking plants from the riparian
grounds. Some Of the owners were In
town Saturday and they declare
their intention of following the ex-
ample of Capt. Candy, and protect
their grounds from now on with arms
1t had been expected that several ar
rests will be made tonight, but there
are rumors that none of the crews will
come ashore tonight, having learned
that constables fear to come on their
boats after them.
Before this onslaught began he
would not have taken $4,000 for his oy-
sters. One of his beds had been COM
pletely cleaned up, and the others
soon would be. He thinks the author
tiles inactive, and thinks something
should be done to protect his property.
THE FIRST ARREST.
The first arrests in the oyster war
were made Saturday night, and early
sunday morning. Capt. Geo. Laws
and Capt. Lewis Campbell were
lodged In jail charged with illegal
dredging.
Both of these captains have been
dredging upon the enchanted grounds
ABOUT Fortescue, and Saturday after
noon they sailed to their home at
Dividing Creek and went ashore.
constable Geo. Reed, of Port Norris,
arrested Capt. Laws and told him to
appear before Justice Appelgate In
.nls city on Saturday next. Later,
Deputy Constable Campbell served a
warrant upon Capt. Laws and Capt.
campbell, and told them to go before
Justice Compton, Of Newport.
Capt. Laws thought he had a right
70 go before the nearest Justice of the
reace, and he went to Justice Fleet
wood' OF Dividing Creek. The Justice
informed Laws that this law had bee n
repealed, and he was advised to 20 be-
lore Justice Compton, which finally
he did.
Inen hearing was given, and JUG
'ice compton fixed the bail at $1,000
eson. This rather surprised the pris-
vners. as they thought the bail would
be $500.
Aa enort was made to get bail, and
uu nnally gentlemen were found
wat were willing to go upon the bond i.
IN the meantime, another captain
r0u oeen arrested for illegal dredging.