Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-22
Battery c Men in Bar Harbor
Last Night.
The MAYOR ACTS AT ONCE
His Honor Asks the Officers nt CAM,
Warburton TO Take the Men Off
the Street. officer
Mitchell ON Duty.

intended to storm and take the
street. II, f.ot so,,, :, 49,,
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opeHiS s'a'eu tnae ,hes had come down
for the purpose Of cleaning out the
place root ANA branch .,,h.,
thwarted in their purpose mis- t,mr
however. bur before they loayr ,h,. CIV
the men say they viii raz,. to,i,,. oroi,, Il
some Of the places Situated IN ms sa,-
ton of the citv.
patrolmen 4 y vo,linas ma ( NJ
Gitldinss were detailed 70 ,,a1rol ttc
beat runnin:, from ,rwenty-th,r,, .,rr,zI
to Twanty-sinhth street l,n,ly in II, a
night Battery G men began conn .
down town in squads marching m
twns. Som. of them haa -thni,. slSnvas
rolled up ready to enter the FRAY l1 any
time. The soldiers nobilized in H,,.
Harbor until the numher was sy.lloa
to at least 100 Trouhls was i,nininan1
The soldiers said they nrouosed to
clean out the place. and they eyidcntly
meant what they said. A n,-iya,e SION
ped a policeman and told him thar tn,.
men from Battery G had he.n ,1iscuss
ing the shooting of Private t,eiper In
can,x, all day and were plotting wha1
they Intended to do. First H.. said
they wanted to ger hold IF patrolp,an
II. A. Mitchell, Who fired the shot thar
wounded Ge;ger. In their hands Mitcn-
ell's life would nor be worth anyrhing
The second resolve. vas 10 break IN
Bar Harbor TIE men f,lt rhat nv
had been grossly mistreatea by being
robbed and assaulted Several ,nen
even complain that they wer, given
Knockout drops and then robbed
Immediately upon hearing The stare
,nent Officer Cidlin.s ,y,.nf ia IN. NJ
lice station am! reported ii to chief or
Police S. J. HARDWOOD ana Mnyor 4. A
Moss, who we're attending a committee
meeting. Mayor Moss lost no time In
taking up the matter He went tu the
telephone. called up Camp Warl5urr7n
and asked that a squad OF men be sen,
down town at once to take the men
back to camp or else he would be forced
to telegraph to the War Department.
The officer OF the day replied that u
squad would be detailed to come for
the men.
A few minutes later detachment Of
twenty men. under Lieutenant Lewis
came down from the camp In a street
car The men were divided into
squads and searched the saloons, baw-
dy houses and the theatres or Twenty
third street. While Il huglcr sounded the
call to "fal! in People who heard the
bugle rushed to Ear Harbor and In i
jiffy the street was filled With I, surg
ing mass of humanity. 1t was not long
before many soldiers We're gathered up
and made u get in line. but not all Of
them We're found. for some escaped.
After searching all the places on
TWenty-third street Lieutenant Lewis
gave tile order for the men to fail II:
line and the march back to camp began
with probably eighty men i'll ranks.
Other squads were detailed to com:
down town and place the men off nm
liberty under guard. They were KEEP:
pussy securing the Town III Il l;tte hou:-
At II O'Clock all was serene in Bar
Harbor; OCCASIONALLY pedestrian
might De seen. out thefe was no dis
ORDER
me trouble last night was not un-
sNpectea; IN Iact. IL was antlcipated
ps some ana they were armed: Al there
nad neeh an outhreak a riot would
i riopapsS nave pSeh me result, ana
e,iele W"aiu nav been iilu,h n'ooo s'l ls,;
- sehtielliIh M:lo- arri'eo from clu
iolnt shortly aiter ~ o'clock SAD thar
eo ,;,, Oh lilia IN WIS Nela III
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