The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-14
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING CO.,,
BOSTON POLITICIANS CUT
ATTACKED BY UNKNO WN MEN NEA Is
 GILSEYHOUSE, NEW FORK.

GILSEYHOUSE, NEW FORK. 1 Fracas Occurred in Early Morning Hours and One Man Is Badly Wounded Row Started from Unknown Cause | and Participants VIII Make No Conn [ plaint. 1 New York, Aug. 13.-There was a l lively fight which resulted in the stab- ping of two men, standing in crowd in front of the Gilsey house, Broadway, | Just before o'clock this morning, but efforts were made to suppress the names of the principals, and no arrests were made It appears that those con- cerned were Boston politicians, whose names the police gave as Joseph A. 1 Conry, Patrick Bohn Cor Bowen), and Joseph J. Norton-all guests of the | hotel.
 | The Wall Paper Manufacturers con- vention is in session at the Gilsey house and a number of the delegates were standing in front of the doorway, 1t is said, when the three men named cross | ed Broadway to enter the hotel Conry, | who is a very large and powerful man, | had some angry words, 1t Is alleged, with some of the men in front of the | hotel, with whom he was not friendly. | In a minute he was engaged in live | ly f1st-fght, and several of his oppo- | nents were knocked down. His two companions became involved in the scrimmage, and according to eye-wit- nesses, in a few minutes every man in the crowd was fighting.
 William F. Francis, wall paper manufacturer, who Is attending the convention, was in a restaurant near by. He ran to the door to see what the trouble was when some Of his | friends were knocked down. Francis | went to their assistance. Suddenly there were cries of II am stabbed" and Conry, bleeding from wound in his neck and cuts in his arm, broke from the crowd and ran towards the entrance of the hotel, followed by Bohn and Norton. Francis, 1t was found. was also DleeulnS IToil d Wouiiu oii eiio III side of his thigh.
 | The crowd surged into the hotel af- 1 ter the three Boston men. and there | was another fight in the corridor. When i the police arrived the row was over. 1 An ambulance was called from New York hospital, and the surgeon, Dr. l Chittenden, dressed the wounds. Fran cis and the three Boston men declared l that even if the police succeeded in l finding the man who did the stabbing they would make no complaint, as they desired no notoriety.
 1 At the Sturtevant house 1t was said MT. Francis was lying on his face in bed. with a very painful wound in the back, which prevented him lying on it | and a long slash across his chest. The wound In the chest was deep enough at 1 one end to necessitate three stitches be- 1 ing taken. MT. Francis dictated the 1 following account of the stabbing: T am the representative of large wall paper house in Pittsburg, and have been in the city some days. There are a number of representatives of wall pa | per concerns stopping at the Gilsey | house. as has been the case for thirty years or more. I would have stopped 1 there, but could not get room and SC come to the Sturtevant.
 | "Last night little before there were five or six of these men standing 1 in front of the Gilsey house, when four men came along, whom they do not | know. These four men were in very jolly condition They had their coats over their arms When they reached the men standing in front of the Gill sey they jostled against them and then became angry and used abusive cpl | thets. Finally there was mix-up l q was in nearby restaurant and ran out and got into the row. Some one drew knife and slashed me across the chest. and when I fell to the grouno sat on me and against cut me, this time l in the back"
 MT. Francis alleges that the mar who did the stabbing was called "Jim'
 bv his companions, and that the way Congressman Conry was wounded was that he attempted to take away the knife from this man.
 MT. Francis said that he had no in' tention of making complaint.
 Boston, Aug. 13.-Joseph A. Conry stabbed in New York early to-day, is inc democratic congressman-elect from
 the Ninth Massachusetts district, ane one of the leading members of his party in this city. He is only thirty-twt
 years of age, which makes him the
 youngest congressional representative | ever elected in this state. He has beer
 president of the Boston city councl
 and chairman of the board of aldermen His home is in East Boston
 Joseph J. Norton is member Of tht
 Boston board of aldermen from the
 Eighth district (South Boston,. He X
 well known in political circles. It Ii thought here that the third member O the party Is Patrick Bowen (not Bohn)
 a Boston alderman, who Is in New
 York.
 It is learned that ConTy, Norton ant
 Bowen left Boston last Saturday fol
 New York with the intention of visiting the American exposition, at Buffa To. Conry and Norton are very clos'
 personal and political friends, ant
 Bowen is a friend of Norton.
 
 Injunction Against Strikers.
 New York, Aug. 1S.-ln the supreme
 court to-day Justice O'Gorman granted
 the application of Finkelstein & Mag