Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-02
CAME TO BLOWS.
J. E. Sandiford and E. F. Ferris
 Have a Run-In.
EACH CALL ED OTHER LIAR

Clinched Fists Cause Blood to Flow Ferris Says Sandiford Took One of His Men Away-Latter Denies it.. Affair Caused Momentary Excite> ment in Exchange Place.
 A run-in occurred this morning at the corner of East Main street and
 Exchange place that attracted a good
 deal of attention and may result in.
 challenge for fight to a finish in
 some out of the way spot or for all that can be learned at this time the thing may be aired in the police courts The parties to the scrap were J. Esa Sandiford, business agent of the Carr penters' and Joiners' union, and 1T. F.
 Ferris, representative of the Brook lyn Park Real Estate Co, New York. who is also doing some odd jobs in the contracting line. One of his men left him this morning and went to work on the MulIings block on Bank street. Before quitting he informed MT Ferris that Mir Sandiford had se-
 cured him the new position. Mi | Sandiford denies this and contends
 that the workman left of his own ac- cord
 The disputants met on the sidewalk this morning at the point already mem toned and after an exchange of a few words the men raised their dukes and the next thing spectators noticed blood was OoZing from Mir SandifOrd's 's
 nose and Mir Ferris was walking away
 The men tell conflicting stories as to
 how the row started. MT Sandifords
 says that when MT Ferris met him he
 accused him of taking his man off the l job and that he denied the imputa- 1 tion, and that before he had an op-
 portunity to explain further MT Fer. iris called him liar and struck him
 on the nose. He raised his hand to,
 ward off the blow, he states, and in l so doingShis clenched fist collided with l the back of MT Ferris hand. MT Ferris denounces this version of it un-. true and maintains that the other fel- 1 low struck first, but he does admin using the word 'liar" and said that he was willing to apologize for the un- complimentary remark. A Democrat l reporter was called in to act as refer- ee, but he wasn't able to settle the trouble During the hearing with the reporter as judge it looked as if hos- ! tilities might be resumed at any mos ment and fight pulled off that would outdo the best efforts of Young Corr bett and McGovern. Both talked plain | Iy and kept at it until Sandiford told and kept at it until Sandiforu told Ferris that if he said he was trying l to get someone else to work instead of l the old man he had and that he was acting from spite, he was a liar. 1 At this stage of the proceedings | 41.x Q against each other and finally MT Fer
 ris told the business agent not to call him liar any more, adding that he
 could whip him in two seconds, but that he didn't want to figure in street quarrel.
 This angered MT Sandiford and strengthening himself up until he ap-
 peared foot taller than ever before
 he reached his right hand forward, l it was closed tight, too, and pushed it | over within an ace of MT Ferris chin, at the same time exclaiming, "Don'r be too sure about that
 q know I can," roared Mir Ferriss his face white with rage.
 I "You can't do anything of the kind, yelled MT Sandiford, his eyes rolling | in his head and his whole frame tremb-. | ling as if he was about to spring au the man before him. sI say you're liar if you say I wanted to get the old man you have out of job, and | I repeat it. I'm not going to have you arrested because you're not worthy of that much attantior. but suppose I ought to take you into the court and have you fined"
 s.Joe,' replied MT Ferris, in
 rather conciliatory tone, 'l have nothing against you, but
 you know you took that man from
 me and you had no right to do it.
 "Its lie,'' shouted MT Sandiford- s.The man left himself If he didn't want to change no one could compel him and if you want to come with me now I will prove it by three men. At this juncture Mir Ferris asked the referee what he thought about the case.
 The referee said the evidence submitted was too conflicting to enable him to render a decision as to whether or no- the man left without any solicitation
 on the part of Mir Sandiford. but that
 he had no hesitation in stating that if
 MT Ferris had called MT Sandiford
 liar in the manner charged and ad-
 mitted it, he certainly was responslDle
 for the street fracas and owed Sandi-
 ford an apology. Mir Ferris thought so
 himself and said ne was willing to
 apologize for that, but insisted that
 when he struck it was to save himselG
 from a blow that was being aimed ar
 him. MT Sandiford was prompt with
 q denial of this After little coaxing
 the men went different ways, each vow
 ing that the other was, a prevaricator-
 MT Ferris didn't look any the worse
 for the encounter, but blood spatters
 on MT Sandifords coat and vest con-
 veyed very tangible evidence that ha
 had been up against something