The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-16
StuddntS Atrack Pawnee Bills Wild
West Show.
FORBADE CIRCUS PARADE
ONE MANS SKULL CRUSHED
MANY BADLY HURT.
Indians and Cowboys, When Charged,
Responded With Bolas and Whips
-Revolvers Were Drawn, But Not
Used-Faculty Interferes and Pre-
vents More Serious Trouble.

Princeton, N. J., May 15.-Princeton
students and Pawnee Bills Wild West
employees indulged in a pitched battle
today, and continued and serious riot
ing was prevented only by the presence
of men with cool heads and the action
of President Patton of Princeton uni
versity, later in the day, in calling a
maSs-meeting of all of the students.
For fifty years it has been an un-
written law OF Princeton that no circus
parade must pass through the streets.
Every show proprietor, in making his
dates, has always left Princeton from
the list, for it had been a matter of
common knowledge that the students
would enforce the unwritten law. This
morning Pawnee Bits Wild West COM
bination violated traditions and pa
raded. The result was the fiercest bat
tie Princeton has seen in many years.
When posters were hung up a few
days ago, announcing the advent of
Pawnee Bill, it was at first considered
joke Finally, when it became known
that the management of the show was
really in earnest, the town authorities,
fearing trouble, advised the circus men
not to attempt a parade. This advice
was unheeded.
Fell In the Fray.
AS result of today'S fight, one man
is unconscious and may die. and a
number of students and employees of
the show are nursing wounds received
in the fray. That the show would be
upset at night seemed a certainty until
late this afternoon, when President
Patton called a mass meeting of all the
undergraduates and the faculty, and
the result of the meeting indicates that
the show will leave town unmolested.
but will have lost money, for word has
been passed through the town that no
one is to enter the tent, and the towns
people, who are in sympathy with the
students, are unit in refusing to at
tend.
Things were 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 a bad
moment, for just as the bands music
was heard, the students were in the
act of passing from the first morning
lectures to the second. The towns
people We're out in force and waiting
for the parade, and the great majority
of them were masSed near the campus
Word passed all along the line, and
within a few minutes 600 or 700 students
had assembled on Nassau street. Can
non-crackers left over from previous
stores, and vegetables bought or con-
fiscated from the stores, We're assem-
bled quickly.
Assault On the Parade.
The men, unable to obtain these mis-
sileS, armed themselves with clods of
turf hastily torn from the lawns. The
trouble started with the band wagon.
Canon crackers were thrown and these.
exploding under the six horses, made
them fantic The musicians were on
top of the wagons. A serious runaway
might have resulted had not one of the
leaders stumbled and fell, dragging
down the other horses with him. The
students meanwhile kept up a merci-
less bombardment with eggs and veg
etables.
On the return the parade wheeled
into John lane and the students made a
grand rush to head off the procession.
Again the employees of the circus were
rotten-egged. The cowboys and In
dams finally charged the students and
used their whips freely.
That was the turning point of the
affair. Stung by the whips and bruised
by the riders running into them, the
students became ugly and in a mo-
ment missiles that were annoying, but
not dangerous, We're replased by stones
and the fight became serious. Revol-
VerS were drawn, Dut fortunately their |
owners were wise enough to fire over
the heads of the enemy.
One Man Fatally Hurt.
Some of the Mexican or South Amer
lean cowboys unslung their bolas and !
used these with great effect, the leaden |
covered ends being exceedingly effect |
i've and tn cowboys charged the crowd |
several times anr rode down those who |
could not get out of the way.
In this manner Edward Dimon, 4 |
colored man, was knocked down and |
kicked in the head by a pony and his ;
skull fractured. A student was in |
jured by pony trampling upon him. |
was injured by a lola and an |
other was struck by an Indian with |
one of the snake whips. Many students |
were less severely hurt. The cowboys |
and Indians were also badly bruised |
and hurt.
a mass meeting of students was
called this afternoon, attended by the |
whole undergraduate body. at which |
President Patton spoke in condemna-
ton of the attack on the parade and
positively forbade any student to 80 to
the show grounds tonight. At the same
time the college authorities arranged |
to have the proctor and a large force
Of assistants on duty there.
Hundreds of students went to the
show tonight. in spite of the presidents
)rder, but there were no disturbances
Il is said the disobedient scholars will