The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-02
woolery and considine Try to
Capture the Polls
Guns AND CLUBS USED WELL
A Bold Bluff Taken Up and Called OF
the Mayor and Chief Rogers
Arrest OF Jadgss FOLLOWED ~ shss 81
omeers-Conss3iae's fSress DIS
psrssa ny chIsf Rogers Vigorous
Assault

Some time before the time 20 open the
rolls Chief of Police Rogers sent Capt
Hogle. Detective CBdIhee and ofhesr
Byrnes 10 the voting booth a. the corner
Of Commercial and JACKSON streets ~itn
INSTRUCTIONS 10 maintain the peace AMI
see that ali men who desired 10 vote had
legal opportunity 10 DO 80 otheeFs Riiis-
brick and Bates we're sent 10 The voting
Mace At The corner Of south thsFa ana
Washington streets under the sane ~
strgctons The chief drove 70 Jackson
ard Commercial streets and Deputy SaeraH
MCGOWAN and Special Deputy Joha
Roberts were there, apparently awsAtink
the opening of the polls. deCoSan A. that
time had n talk wi;h Chief Rogers
about the Miller murder case and sub
rauaed him a. witness. After this the
officers % the election, John J. Corbeii, ..
". Cassie and D. Fri opened the polls, and
voting commenced
Chief Rogers started back 10 the South
Third street voting place, when Deputies
McCowan and Roberts tried 90 serve war
rants on Cassie and Fri. sworn out betoFe
Justice q the Peace Carson, Of the DaEa-
mish precsnet, charging them with false
registration. The judges of election re-
was not constitutional. and the matter
was still unsettled when someone called
Chief Rogers back 10 she scene OF the dis
unte. Rogers asked MCGOWAN II he had
warrant for the men AMI received an
answer in the affirmative.
'sfhe warrants must be oheyed," said
Roger. to th- judges. and turning TO Me-
coaan. he said that II il was necessary he
a h Ia ina h. eat
Upon this statement Cassie and Err accom-
panied the deputies TO the courthouse. and
subsequently we're taken before Judge
Osborn.
wooIERY HEsEss Ius ATTACK.
In the meantime things had commenced
30 grow warm II the voting place on South
Third street. aud q crowd was fast collect
Ing from ali quarters. IL appeared that
Sheriff J. H. Woolsry. backed by "a band
Of deputies. among whom were w. L.
Meredith. formerly Chinese inspector,
John Considine. proprietor of the Peoples
sheater dive and Democratic ward
heller; Frank Burkman, an ex-
policeman. Dave Black. George Cave.
an ex-polieeman; Denny O'Brien, and
Charles Lampkin, were on hand to play
the game that had been so carefully
planned. ABOUT two minutes before the
polls we're opened woolery stepped up
and served warrants on the judges. John
Caldwell and Charles Weber, charging
them with illegal registration. The war
rants had been sworn out by a man named
Harry Rogers, evidently hgurehead ia
the operations OF Considine and Woolery,
who were trying 10 control the primaries
by bulldozing tactics. The judges sub
mitted 10 arrest. and accompanied the Of
neers without resistance TO the county laii.
On reaching there they were locked up
and Jailer Monroe was ordered by the
sheriff to allow no person to sec or talk
with them, so that they were TO be prac-
tlcally buried from the world, without
opportunity Of bail until the election was
over. shortly afte rward George II. He'll
bron and Julius Redelsheimer. aceomps-
nice by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney ID.
W. Bass. arrived AT the jail 20 bail the
prisoners out. but Jaiier Monroe told
them through the wicket that they could
not see or talk with them. IL was only by
obtaining an order from Judge Osborn TO
bring the prisoners before him that they
secured opportunity To give bail
Just as soon as the judges were out Of
the way tho programme IN order began to
assert Itself The streets were crowded
with men. and so densegy were they packed
In front of the voting place that one could
move about with difficulty. John Consi-
dine and Harrison Bostwick commenced
10 haranSae the crowd about putting in
new judges. and part of the crowd ap-
proved with sundry grunts, as II they had
been drilled like theater "supes." Consi-
dine thought 10 bad things just right and
said IN loud voice:
al nominate w L. Meredith for Judge. {"
lie never waited for q second to his mo-
tion but put the question and pronounced
Meredith elected without giving the
"nays" a chance, Then be nominated D.
b siekles and elected him by his Own
REGULAR methods. 50 far he had had good
sueoess. bat when It came 10 putting in
bis men the opposition wss heard from.
aud as the intefioping judges tried 20 get
over the board that had oeen pat across
the door they we're ieFked back.
TIE STRUGGLE BEGINS.
10 far 10 bad blood had been shown.
bat canes were everywhere in sight. and
the deputy sherfis we're armed with re
volyers. Telephones were now ringing
Cor more police protection and just
shen Chief Rogers drove up IA
rs buggy. As soon a. he found
cut what was going on be ordered the
officers to allow no one ia or out % the
booth. aud 20 allow no one to act except
sAe legal judges. anu II they came back, 10
sse that they we're not interfcrsd with in
abe discharge of their duties. The chief
ssnt more Oh rers - the scene Of
abe trouble. and then he, u. a. Mckenzie
snd Woo.ery agreed t. leave the question
20 the mayor. They usht him out az
kis Office. aud he took the advice Of Cor
roratlan Counsel Scott Mr. Scott said
that The only legal jadges wero those AZ
polnted aud advertised by the eentra4
committee. and thas the Law about elect.
iex g. res in the absence OF the legally
suAltAed officers dtd not apply. consider
la that the absence II the judges vas
sorced aud temporary. The mAyos ia-
ssructel the chief 60 allow none bgE the
regular ia gcs TO seFve. and 10 SUSPEND
she election until their return.
The chief then returned 70 the eorner az
asuth Third and Washington streets and
On less than a sainats Was confronted b
gheria Weolsry ard John Cousiiine. A
set alteration between the officials sa-
.nea aud then Woolery proceeded "a carry
sns the programmes John Considins, the
.atorlous Democrats ward politician and
crap game propFlster, had ooacocisd shea
Chief Rogers had seat more elders 10 fhe
eolls 10 see thss iaw and order was nasfu-
salnsd. lt as a very "Fa@" and oPen
wame and 81 Coarse fallsi, although II sAs
calculated TO thEaW tie polls iato ths
hands OF the element that sought 90 eoA-
trol the election by alsFvputaele tactics