Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-05-16
A PITCHED BATTLE
Between Princeton Students
and Pawnee Bills Wild West.
Parade Broken Up and Fierce Fight
Wages for Several Hours.
One Injured dan May Die and Many Others
Seriously Injured.

| Princeon, y. j., May 15.-Princeton
| students and Pawnec Bilrs wild
| West employees INDUCED in pitched
| battle. today, and continuous and seri-
Gus riotins was prevented only by the
| presence of men with cool heads and
the action of President Patton of Prince
| ton University, later in the day, call
ing a mass meeting Of all the students
For 30 years it has been an unwritten
| law Of Princeton that no circus parade
must pass through the streets. Every
show proprietor in making his dates
has always left Princeton from his list
for it had been matter Of common
/ knowledge that the students would en-
force the unWritten law. This morn
ming, Pawnee Bills Wild West combi-
nation violated the traditions and pa
raded. The result was the fiercest
| battle Princeton has seen in many
years.
When posters were hung up an
nouncing the advent of Pawnee Bill.
few days ago. it was at first consid-
cred joke Finally, when it became
! known that the management of the
show was really in earnest, the town
authorities fearing the trouble. advis-
- tiit III \ Is illtll llpl 10 attempt a pa
rade. This was unheeded and as a re-
suit one man is unconscious and may
die and a number Of the students and
employees Of the show are nursing
wounds received in the fray That the
show would be upset at night seemed
certainty until late this afternoon,
when Pres. Patton called a mass meet
ing of all the undergraduates and the
faculty and the result of the meeting
indicates that the show will leave town
unmOested. But it will have lost
money. for word has been passed
through the town and no one is to en-
ter the tent and the townspeople who
are in sympathy with the students are
unit in refusing to attend.
Things We're proceeding in the usual
course in the university when the pa
rade started. The procession reached
the college campus without trouble but
passed down Nassau street at bad
moment. for just as the bands music
was heard the students We're in the act
Of passing from first morning lectures
to the second. The townspeople were
out in force waiting for the parade and
the great majority of them were mass
cd near the campus. Word passed
along the line and within few min
utcS 900 or 700 students had assembled
on Nassau street. Cannon crackers
left over from previous celebrations.
eggs purchased at nearby stores. vege-
tables bought or confscated from the
stores We're quietly assembled, The
men unable to obtain other missiles
armed themselves with clods of turf
hastily torn from the lawns
The fun started at the band wagon.
Cannon crackers We're thrown and
these exploding under the horses made
them frantic There were six of these
animals. The musicians We're on top Of
the wagon. A serious runaway might
have resulted had not one Of the lead
ers stumbled and fell. dragging down
the other horses with him. The stu
dents meanwhile kept up a merciless
with eggs and vegeta-
oles. On the return the parade wheel
ed into John lane and the students
made grand rush to head off the pro-
cession Again the employees of the
circus We're rotten egged. The COW
boys and Indians finally charged the
and freely used their whips
That was the turning point of the af-
fair. Stung by the whips and bruised
by the riders running into them, the
became ugly and in a mo-
ment the missiles that were annoying
but not dangerous, We're replaced by
stones and the fight became serious.
Revolvers were drawn but fortunately
the owners We're wise enough to fire
over the heads Of the enemy. Some of
the Mexican or South American COW
boys unsung their bolas and used
.hese with great effect, the leaden COW
cred ends being exceedingly effective.
The cowboys charged the crowd sew
4ral times and rode down those who
could not get out of the way.
In this manner Edward Dillon, a col
)red man, was knocked down, kicked
n the head by pony and had his skull
Fractured. \ students was injured by
pony trampling upon him and being
injured by a bola, and another was
struck BY an Indian with one of the
make whips. Many We're less severely
lurt. The cowboys and Indians were
'adly bruised and hurt
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoon, posters
we're put up all over town calling a
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