Bridgeton pioneer., 1894-04-19

On Monday, Justice Appelgate wac
sent for to take bail in these cases.
Capt. Harrison Hollienworth, of the
Oyster Committee, and several other
gentlemen, came up to look after the
the interests of the men. Walter q.
Bacon, ESQ.,, counsel for the Associe-
ton appeared for the men. L. was
found that neither man had been ar
rested under warrants issued by JUS
! tice Appelgate, and he could not take
bail.
Then Constable Ayars served two
more, warrants upon these Captains
and Mr.. Bacon said they would waive
hearing, and give bail. The war
rants, howtve sac we'd :nht the men
could not be brought before anybody
but Justice Compton. The Sheriff
could not permit the meu to depart
without bail, aud Prosecutor Logue
was appealed to. The Prosecutor
authorized the Sheriff TO take bail In
$1,000 each, In which he did.
Geo. b. Marts became bondsman for
Laws and Sanford Bacon became
bondsman for Campbell.
Constable Ayars then took the two
men down to Newport, where they
must give bail before Justice Compton
in the sum of another thousand dol
lars each.
Few.of the oystermen came ashore
Saturday night. They filed up the
larder and remained upon the boats all
night, and Sunday, and Monday MORN
ing are still working.
Constable Smick, of Rosenhayn, and
Constable Elwell. of this city, went to
Fortescue Monday morning, and will go
out on a schooner and make arrests of
any body upon the grounds.
1t is believed that scores of arrests
will be made within couple of days.
All manner of wild rumors are being
circulated down about Downe town.
ship, and there is likely to be good
deal of fun about this matter before
the end Is established.
SEVERAL MORE ARRESTS.
Tuesday, April II.
The oystermen and fficer's are at
war. Yesterday on the unusually
placid Delaware, the battle ragged In
earnest. Officers of the law made a
raid upon the oystermen who are de-
termined to dredge upon the Riparian
grounds, and the result was no less
than eighteen arrests, and before mid.
night just half that number were
landed in jail.
The Riparian men few days ago
made a determined effort to protect
their grounds, and all last week, ar.
rangements were made to make a big
raid yesterday, and from the point of
view held by the Riparian owners, the
raid was In every way success.
On Sunday Capt. James Campbell,
one of the riparian owners, went to
Millville for the purpose of getting the
tug Maurice" but that craft was en-
gagged and he then went on to Phila-
delphia, and at the Washington street
wharf secured the large tug "Gard B.
Reynolds" This boat was immedl-
ately steamed down the river and at
sunrise was lying on the Riparian
grounds off Fortescue. A very short
time after, Peter Cosier, James Candy,
Jr, Luther Batemsp, James Camp
bell, and other Riparian owners, and
officers John H. Elwell, George Reed,
Philip Smick, Ohar'es T. Campbell,
Furman bowman and Albert Bradford
were taken on the tug and were ready
for the work that had been mapped
out.
The officers were loaded with war
rants. and the party had resolved to
serve those warrants If the Cap
tains could be found upon their YES.
sells.
1t seemed as If Capt. John McQuIg.
gan was man whom the Riparian
men were particularly anxious to cap.
ture, but no sooner had the tug hove
in sight before McQuiggan's boat was
over In the channel out of the jurisdio.
tion of the fficers.
1t was about twelve o'clock when q
PIONEER reporter reached the Forte.
scue House yesterday, and he found a
large crowd of people down on the
beach. Many of them we're interested
In the Riparian grants and were
anxious watchers of all that proceeded
out on the bay.
About mile out on the waves was
bobbing up and down the little tug,
darting here and there. Now along
side a schooner and then alongside q
sloop. Meanwhile the forms upon the
decks of the tug seemed to be increas.