New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-18
Republican,. in an endeavor to soidify all freesilve
SCORES OF POLICEMEN WITHIN CALL
THE CHALLENGES IN MR. CoI.LIss DISTRICT
WERE CONFINED TO WORDS. AND NO
ARRESTS WE'RE MADE.

THE CHALLENGES IN NIX. 'Olsi>isS bl'i MI
WERE CONFINED TO WORDS. AND NO
ARRESTS WERE MADE.
Soon after s D. m yesterday Inspector Brooks. Of
the Police Department with platoon OF thirty po
icenen from the city Hall station appeared at tn.
northwest corner Of Park-ave and Eghty-ssventh-
st Then came more policemen from the Twenty
third the Twsnty-ffth and the Twenty seventh Pre-
cnct stations From the Twsntv-seventh. which -
in East Eghtyeighth- st, came 80 captain Ira'.
He had some twelve policemen with him " seemed
az though there were hundred policemen stationed
around that corner but Inspector Brooks said there
were only about forty 81 them. Toward p. m. the
inspector son. half ~ mo policemen away AZ -"
ten r4mainsd on direct duty. while ten no-s ioi'"d
on sests in IN, avenue within cali Then these lat
ter ten were away.
All this police force had its eyes on baroer-snop
and n small room in the rear Of IL By D. m
large crowd had gathered around while ~ that hour
three men seated themselves AZ table In the small
rear room while CT 'rs closed around snd long
line OF men extending from the outside door away
into the street had formed.
II looked "a II something fr.ghtfu might happen
But I, did not The oc aston was me rs-enroiTnent
Of the Republicans Of the Thi-tteth Election DISTRICT
Of the XXIXth Assembly District OF which LLOYD
,.ouis son o., the Commissioners Of Public Works
has heen chairman The three men AT the table
were James Conn,Jghty chairman. and Henry G.
Robinson and ". g. Buchanan. members o. the
committee appointed by the County committee 70
reorSanze Mr. Col,iss election district on account
o the allegation that he had not given due notice
of a meeting al which tw-nty-three members FAVOR
able TO himself had been elected Owing to his. an l
to the fact thai Mr.. Coils mad said some Dung
things about a newspaper man at the Ias' 'ouhS
Committee meeting. trouble was opprenenden,
But there no trouble. MI Coils challenger
for his side and Paul Dickey acted in that capacity
FOR the machine men. or the Phoenix CUB Mon
tague Iissler took account Of the challenges IN De-
hat OF the Coils faction. and John r. w hLieen
d!d the same for Mr. Dickey There was warm
work over the challenges but nothing really exct-
ing Shaving went unin terruptedy in the BARRIER
shop. as seen through the open door
Mr. Coils declared that No. 1854 Park-ave a
double fathouse had been colonized on Thursday,
and he challenged men from there. Mr.. Dckey IN
sisted that the other side had done likewise from
No y East Eighty xth-st, which one young man.
when challenged. said mot a brick house, out
a boarding house The hottest o.co1 OF the evening
was displayed when Mr. Kiileen tod Mr.. Coils 10
keep still" and ne said II with great severity
The total enrolment was ninety-two There were
seventeen challenges about evenly divided When
all was over Mr. Coils declared that the machine
men had enrolled full thirty Democrats SO did MT
I.sser The other side said things too: All was
over at 10 p. m. Ten weary policemen then mad
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