The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-04-19
THE FACTIONS FOUGHf.
BLOODY ENCOUNTER AT THE ELEC-
TON IN KANAS CITY.

|
Thcso Opposed Arraved Against Each
Other-The Firing Was Llke q Regiment
Shooting, so Rapid wasIu.
| KANSAS CITY, April 7.-Excitement
| has not yet abated over the election riot
between the American Protective asso-
| citation and the anti element. and re-
suits are worse than was at first re-
ported. The lines were strictly drawn
and in the encounter which followed
the clash, one man was killed instantly.
Three others fatally wounded and two
were seriously hurt.
The two antagOnistic elements were
solidiY divided in their choice of candi-
Ites Tor mayor aud the election was in
pr 'gress. The aggressive support that
each side gave to its candidates during
one OF the hottest campaigns ever known
IN this city engendered strong senti-
ment of bgotry. 1t was, therefore, IN
no amlable mood that the workers OF
the respective factions came togthers at
the different polling places in the city,
and that they came expecting trouble is
apparent from the number Of deadly
weapons that were dr,wn when tho
firing was started. There were q num-
| OOL WI AOoo bOllOQo bu(dYB Ill OlubE DAEGS
of the city earlier in the day.
The fatal riot occurred on the South
west boulevard, IN the Fifth ward, verv
close to police station No. 8. Those who
| took part in il had boen heated to the
lighting temper by reports that had been
| hourly arriving al the station Of the
brawls at other polling places. Oaly
| one hour before, John Cooley, a stone
mOQnn ohnf n tho forahool
back by William Henry Walker at q
voting place at the orrnor of Fifth and
Campbell streets in row growing out
of fiery debate between the two men
regarding the principles of the American
PrOtectine sssoclation, to which Cooley
was violently opposed. That Cooley
was not instantly killed was due to tho
TACT that the pistol used was Nero toy
of % cal,bre.
The American Protective association
men who supported Webster Davis, the
Repu 1licaD candidate for mayor, had
! their own workers ut the tf,reut poll
Ing places, and they distributed in some
precincts their own tickets bearing their
:, candidates name and decorated with the
! American flag.
jim Pryor, Fifth ward politician.
, an ayonistic to the American prote ctive
! ASSOCIATION, who supported Frank john
[ stOn, tho labor and faction d .mocratc
, candidate, was active at the heal of SO
constables, whom he had got Justice
. Latshaw TO appoint. It. was said by
3 some that these Constabes were, many
or them, irresponsible characters aud
were solely the Cause of the trouble,
There we're loud threats OF mobbing tbom
before they could get to The headuuar.
ters alter the bloody rio; was over.
1t is claimed that ono of Pryor,s fol.
lowers fired the first shot. That one
waa Mike Callahan, and he was a dead
man the next moment. Then the battle
began. The deputy constables at this
polling booth and the workers of all the
political factions crowded together in
solid masses. fully 100 strong. and every
one OF them seemed to be armed.
For minute or two the discharge of
weapons sounded like q discharge of
musketrY by regiment. Hundreds of
citizens gathered at every point of van
tage TO witness tho battle, which, how
ever, was Of short duration. Manv of
tho residents along the boulevard added
TO the excitment by leaning from their
windows and shouting and gestlculating.
In less than five minutes from tho time
the hrst shot was fired policemen had
appeared upon the Bcene and quieted tho
disturbance. With their first approach
the fighting political workers ceased
hostllltles and began to hide their wea-
pOnS.