Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-16
STUDENTS IN
A BIG FIGHT
princeton Men Attack a Circus
Pr0ce SSi0n.
1T VIOLATED A CUSTOM
BY Trying to Parade Through the
Streets Of the College Town..
A Riot Was Aver!ed.
IT VIOLATED A CUSTOM

Princeton, N. j., May 15.-Princeton
students and Pawnee Bills wild west
employees INDUCED 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 calling a mass
meeting of students. For SO years it has
been an unwritten law of Princeton that
no circus parade shall pass through the
university grounds.
This morning Pawnee Bills wild west
combination violated the traditions and
paraded. The result was the fiercest bat
tie Princeton has seen in many years.
When posters We're hung up a few days
ago announcing the advent of Pawnee
Bill it was at first considered a 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 to parade. This advice was un-
needed. AS a 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 YOU be upset
at night seemed certain until late this
afternoon President Patton called a mass
meeting of all the undergraduates and
the faculty and the result of the meet
ing indicated that the show will leave
town unmolested, but will have lost much
Of their property. Things We're proceed
ing in the usual course in the university
when the parade started. The procession
reached the college campus without trou-
bic, 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 Sooon6 Tho tnuynSnoop1o
We're out in force and waiting for the
parade, and the great majority of them
were massed near the campus. Word
was passed all along the line. and within
a few minutes 900 or 700 students had
assembled on Nassau street. Cannon
crackers left over from previous occa-
sions, eggs purchased at nearly all the
stores, and vegetables bought Dr. conis-
Gated from the stores We're assembled
quickly. The men unable to obtain
these missiles armed themselves with
clods of earth hastily torn from the
lawns. The trouble started at the band
wagon. Some cannon crackers were
thrown. and these, exploding under the
six horses, made them frantic. The mu-
sicians We're on top Of the wagon. A Sc
rlous runaway might ave resulted had
not one of the leaders stumbled and fell,
dragging down the other horses with him.
The students meanwhile kept UP a
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vegetables, and when the parade wheeled
nto johnson lane the students made a
grand rush to head off the procession.
Again the employees of the circus We're
rotten egged. The cowboys and Indians
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
moment missiles that were annoying but
not dangerous were replaced by stones,
and the fight became serious. Revolvers
were drawn, but fortunately their own
ers were wise enough to fire over the
heads of the enemy. Some of the Mexi-
can or South American cowboys unslung
bolas and used these with great effect,
the leaden covered ends being exceed
ingly effective and the cowboys charged
the crowd several times and rode down
those who could not get out Of the way.
In this manner Edward Dimon. a colored
man, was knocked down and kicked in
the read by a pony and had his skull
fractured. A student was injured by a
pony trampling upon him.. Another was
injured by a bOla and another was struck
by an Indian with one of the snake
whips. Many students were less Sc
verely hurt. The cowboys and Indians
We're 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 condemnation of the at
babe any student to go 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. -