The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-04


American Protective Association and
the Catholics camo together in bloody
conflict Mt tho polls in this city to-day.
1t cannot bo stated which side is re-
sponsiolc for tho aiIray, aa the parti-
sans OF each loudly charge the other
with being tho full cause Of all the
trouble. Moro than q hundred shots
werc exchanged between the combat
ants in less than that many seconds,
and when the firing ceased tho follow
ing named wero lying doad, dying or in.
jured on the pavement:
kuLEp-Mike Callahan. city side
walk inspector, shot through tho right
eide.
FATALLY INJunED-lIarry Fowler,
laborer, shot through the back; Con
Brosnahan, contractor, shot through tho
kidney; Jerry Pate, deputy constable.
shot in the face.
ouSpED-patrick Fleming, shot in
the left shoulder; John McGovcrn,
laborer, shot through the right arm.
The riot was the elimination OF bit.cr
feeling which had been manifested by
action and words ever since the polls
opened this morning. The two an,agon-
issic elements were solidly divided in
their choice OF candidates for mayor.
The aggressive support that each sido
gave to its candidates during ono OF the
hottest campaigns ever known in this
city engcndercd strong sen;iment OF
D.gotry.
1t was, therefore, in no amiab!e mood
that tho workers OF tho respective fac
lions came together at the different
polling places throughout the city, and
that these workers came expecting trou-
BILE to occur before the day wore away
is apparent from the numbor oi deadly
weapons that were drawn when the
first pistol shot was fired.
THE BLGISHlNG.
The American Protective Association,
which supported Webster Davis, the
Republican candidate for mayor, had
their own workers at the different poll
ing places. and they distributed in somo
precincts their own tickets bearing their
candidates name and decorated witt,
tue American flag. Jim Pryor. Il Fifth
ward politician, antagonstlC TO the a.
+. A.. who supported Frank Johnson,
the labor and iac!ional Democratic can
d!datc, was active at the head OF fifty
coIs,ablcs. which ho gotJustico Latshaw
10 appoint last night. ltwas said by some
that these cons,ables were many OF
them irresponsible characters and weve
solely the cause OF al! the trouble.
Consequently there were loud threats
oi mobbin. them before they got to
headquarters after the bloody riot was
over. 1t is claimed that one OF pryor's
followers fired the first shot. That ono
was Mike Callahan, and he was dead
man the next moment Then tho bat
lie began. 1he deputy constables At
this polling booth, and the workers OF
all the political factions, crowded there
IN solid masses about 100 strong, and
every one OF them seemed TO be armed.
For 4 minute or two the discharge OF
weapons sounded like 4 discharge OF
Inuskctry by 4 regiment. In less than
five minutes from the time the first shot
was tired, however, the blue coats from
station No. 8 had appeared upon the
scenc and auie,ed the disturbance.
With their first appIoach the fighting
political workers ceased hostllitics and
made quick effort TO hide their
weapons.
Pryor's men are claiming that Gala
had was an innocent victim. They as
sert that it was Jerry y. Pate, IN "A. y.
y. man. who first shot and that was the
ehot thut killed Callahan.
ANOTHER VERSION.
Pate was serving ns constable having
been appointed especially by Wcst
Point official to serve warrant for the
arrest oil Jim Pryor, John Pryor, his
brother, and Bert Pryor, for IN alleged
icloncous assault upon citizen earlier
II the day. Any way, no and Caiinhun
met, hnd some words and either one or
the other iircd the shot that commenced
the conflict. Pryor'a eide oil tho story
gets some color from the tact that
Harry Arthur, who IS, however. ono Of
Fryor's followers, says ho him'e!i IS tho
man who shot Pate in the tacc. Ac-
cording to his story he was standing
on the bridge tina. crosses y. X. creek.
close to the sCcno OF the not, when
Jerry Pate and another man came from
tho other end OF the bridge IN Il buggy
with iour men running behind lam.
When PATIO reached tho spot whore
Arthur was s,anding, lie jumped out Of
his buggy with gun in hand and
grabbing hold OF Harry McGovern, ho
taid: "llere'r ono OF tho men we are
alter; I've got warrant Tor your nr.
rest"
lio went up to Pate and said, "yon
can't take him"
Jim Todd stepped ont, andsaid, "No,
YOU can't tako mo either"
Pm deputy constable and you've
got TO go." said Pate, and thon, turning
10 tho man in the buggy. said: "licad
That warrant"
Just thcn," naid Arthur. "Miko
Callahan came running toward us from
tho northern end OF tho bridge. lilo ran
up to Patio and asked him what right he
had TO carry pistol and demanded to
SEQ his permit. Tho two mon OK
changed angry words and then Pate
aimed ut Callahan and iirod. Callahan
returned tho fro and then l ind tho
res, Of M began shooting. ! aho, Pate y
The affair IL being lIeatedly discussed
nt most all public resorts in tho city to-
night and feelin~ runs worry high.
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