The herald., 1894-08-25
4 CONVENTION SCRAP.
TWO LOS ANGELES STATESMEN
COME TO BLOWS.
Judge Mitchell and Attorney Gibbon
Have Personal Eacounter Over
the Deep-Sea Harbor
Controversy.

Hon. T. f. Gibbon and Judge John W.
Mitchell had an interesting little inter.
lude at the grill room Of the Palace
hotel in San Francisco yesterday accord
ing to the dispatches.
The trouble was based on the follow
ing portion of the dispatch printed in
the HERALD of Wednesday:
1.-THE congressional fight continues to
be the all-absorbing question to the
Sixth congregational district. The dele
cation is still split all to pieces and the
breach is widening, and the bitterness
engendered has been increased. Patten's
chances have not improved within the
last "a hours, though he and his friends
are moving heaven and earth to win the
fight. Messmors is gaining strength
right along. His anti.railroad declara.
tions in the Examiner today have
greatly helped to remove the Southern
Pacific railroad taint which has been
unjustly put upon him. as we'll as his
supporters. Patton's fight would have
been won long ago but for the bitter
feelings created by the officious inter
ference of Gibbon, attorney for the
Terminal railroad, and Gaffey, collector
of the port of Los Angeles. And even
now if Patton will call off some of his
friends and discountenance their meth
DDS be will find palmer sailing"
Judge Mitchell has been the HERALD's
special telegrsphic correspondent for
the convention, and has sent very enter.
tanning accounts of the proceedings.
Mr.. Gibbon, it appears, took exception
to the references to himself in the mat
ter above quoted, and meeting Mr..
Mitchell, who was with Collector We'll
horn, made some forcibls references to
the man who wrote the dispatch.
Mr.. Mitchell replied that he was the
man, whereupon there was a short al
tercstion, resulting in Mr.. MitchelPs
striking Mr.. Gibbon and inaicting severe
punishment. Friends OF both parties
interposed and the belligerents were
separated.
Following is the San Francisco Bulle-
tins account of the affair:
A scrapping affair took place in the
grill room OF the Palace hotel this morn
ing, which resulted from the political
wrsngle between the Messmore and
Patton Democratic factions In Los Ange-
lea county, Tom Gibbon, attorney for
the Terminal road at Les Angeles, and
Mr.. Gsffey. collector of the port of Los
Angeles, were seated together. Both
are interested in San Pedro as q deep
water harbor, and this figured in the
trouble.
Near Gibbon and Gaffey sat In
ternal Revenue Collector Wilborn
and John w. Mitchell. Gibbon
had copy of the Los Angeles
HERALD in his hand, which contained an
article to which he took exception. He
walked over to Welborn and some words
occurred concerning the inspiration OF
the article. Mitchell assumed the re-
sponsibility of the article. Gibbon took
Mitchell by the buttonhole, and then
the scrap occurred. Mitchell hit Glib
bon in the face and followed this up by
taking Gibbons head in 'chancery"
and pounding him until he was pulled
off.
Mitchell is a delegate from Los Angs-
les to the state convention. He was in
his place today with crumpled shirt
front. Gibbon WAS considerably bruised.
but Mitchell was unhurt. This is the
story whispered around by the Los An
gelea delegates to the state convention.