The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-18


a showing they would make. When the
first report came in that the team held
the first place over four teams and that
the Rescue team, OF Butler. Pa. would
run in the morning. there was some
uneasiness, but when a later report
was received stating the time made by
the team named, all fears were lifted
and they had failed to come anywhere
near the time made by the Martins
Ferry team. z;
Information received from New Ken
sington last night, while not being as
satisfactory as that of the previous
evening. was well taken. In the sport
Ing race Martins Ferry won second
money in s7S seconds: Butler. First
ward, took first prize in 1874 seconds;
Rescue, Of Butler. IS seconds; Evans
City, 43A seconds. Long fell in making
the coupling for Martins Ferry, and
the team thereby lost first place. X
In the hook and ladder race the re
suit was as follows:
Butler, First ward, "a seconds; Mar
tins Ferry. 35A seconds; Homestead,
361s seconds; Rescue, Of Butler, SO sec.
onis. This race was protested on the
grounds that Butler used five extra
men.
The Martins Ferry team will carry
away about $500 OF the amounts hung
up as prizes, and their showing sur
prised even the most expectant. They
will return to-day.
.i.5{; a Lurid Tale.
"A dispatch from New Kensington
says:
New Kensington is recovering from
It's reception to the Western Pennsylva-
MIA Firemens Association. Trains
leaving the town In all directions dur
Ing the morning were thronged with
the returning fire fighters. All appear
ances Indicated that the closing day Of
the convention had witnessed scenes OF
the widest disorder. The visitors were
given the greatest license, and drunk
enness and orgies that shocked the
quiet residents of the town were the
order all night long.
1 Hotel accommodations for the crowds
that landed in New Kensington late in
the afternoon were Inadequate. and
when the sun arose over the Tarentum
hills. his earliest beams swept across
Parnassus Cemetery. where. among the
gravestones and sepulchural moses, a
score of men were sleeping OFF the eff
fects Of their bout with John Barley
corn" the night before. The soft grass
and vines in the graveyard offered a
very inviting couch to those who sought
repose after the celebration. They
I,slept like innocent babes until the
townspeople Of Parnassus. indignant at
the proclamation Of their cemetery, sum-
marily expelled the intruders. The bur-
ial ground is located at the end Of one
of the principal thoroughfares of New
Kensington. and the drowsy tipplers
and belated persons, who were disap-
pointed In getting a lodging place, nat
urally turned into the cemetery after
traversing the entire length of the
town seeking a place of shelter.
Many firemen who returned to their
homes on the carly trains were some
what chagrined at the outcome of the
convention, and deplored the results of
the abuse OF the welcome which had
been given the visitors by the citizens
OF the borough. 1t was stated that
those who were responsible for the
drunken debauches were not members
OF the fire companies, and that the
| ilremen tried their best to maintain or
der. Street fights were In progress ut
every turn about midnight, but few ar
rests were made. The excitement began
early in the evening when fight start
ed in Jockeys livery stable. between
several men from afcKee's Rocks.
Shots were fired and missiles OF all
kinds were thrown. A monkey-wrench
was brought into use, and Burke Hart,
OF McIlee's Rocks. was struck on the
head near the base OF the brain. His
skull was fractured. and he was rem
dered unconscious for several hours.
He was attended by physician. and at
n. m. was removed to his home.
When he was carried out of the build
Ing the crowd. who had heard the firing
of the revolvers, started the.report that
he had been shot, and the most intense
excitement prevailed for several hours.
Harris friends wanted to lynch his as
sailant, and rumors OF riot Kept: the
town in an uproar. It Is thought Hart
will recover.
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