New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-19
BISHOP A PRISONER.
His FolJo5cers Storm Editors Home
-Sgriqn Cburcb Fight.

As a result Of a raid made by the followers OF
Bishop Raphael Hawaweeney on the home OF \. -
Noaazea editor and publisher or Al hooa' No
~ pae,nc-st the bishop spent last night in the
ssle--et s4otion. BROOKLYN The bishop is the head
~ the Orthodox Greek Church in this country ana
as the ecclesiastical representative Of the Gar mas
incurred the enenity OF the Maronltes' OF N''''li
catholic Syrian element. Some time ago some ..
his supporters laid their knives on me "i'1' "''
cousecrated them II his service ,
The noise Of the fight brought Patrolman Melion,
Sending in n call for the reserves he waded INTO e
fray with his trusty locust nightstick by INC In
the reserves had arrived he had single hailus ,.,
most vanouished the mob. when theh num-
nearly two hundred persons .,s
Before the onslaught Of the reserves 'le " -
broka and fed The members Of the insurance s..-
wage corps near Court-st. saw some OF '"e'tt -.
living down the streets and caught seven ot 'i'oi
AS they corralled them in the quarters an 'si
FIRE came in and they had to leave them IN eha Be
:. ,,o ~ tho men until the arrival of the ponce
while the mob was hurrying home fa'roliiai
Mellon followed one man who he says hau oee"
tndustriously seeking Marontte scaips- AS inc mo-
~sn the patrolman says he threw away pearl
handled revolver of large calbre- which was later
-oo,,e-ed Mellon caught his man and took him
"a the Butler-st station. There II was touno Iha'
his CAPTURE was less parsonage ulah 6lsHop
IIawaweeney. The seven other prisoners MioSe
names ran over the allotted space IN the blotter
several lines. were locked up with the militant
s,s-st1,sl leader Soon after his arrest woman
friend OF the bishop appeared 10 bail him out. As
.ba Risbop was charged with felonious assault she
IS +oId IN go 10 magistrate Magistrate Tighe
was found finally but the Bishops friend was told
.ba+ he had best remain locked up, so he could
not get into any more trouble
Last night the owners of the consecrated knives
,h,s lime supported by some modern revolvers,
,ren. 20 the home of Nokazer. at No 1S7 Pacfc-st
,,o+ far from the home Of the Bishop. at No. 800
rrba aditor saw and heard them coming and fed
sozvn the back stairs TO safety. Some Of his
friends who were present hastily formed them
selves into an entertainment committee and were
ready 10 receive the visitors when they arrived
One Of the callers drew 8 revolver and fired
KNIVES and guns were used indiscriminately, and
the party soon fought its to the street. where
en- overflow meeting was waiting to join them.
Despite all the noise made by the fighters only
No 81 creenwfch-st.. who was hit in the left leg.
he went 70 the Long Island College Hospital
The battle of Pacifc-st. was preceded in the
afternoon by a brisk skirmish in Manhattan. in
washington-st AS a result three men were ar
rested.
The men arrested three Syrian merchants, were
before Magistrate Mayo in the Tombs court,
charged with disturbing the peace They were
1ssv Awad No e Rector-st. dealer in Oriental
goods: NJ NJ Maloof, Nos. IL and 19 Broadway, I'M
porter and s (Sazal, broker Nos Il and ~ Broad.
yyay Maloof and Axad made counter charges or
assault and battery. The AssyTlan colony attend
= M AZ MAYO adjourned the case until
Wednesday the three prisoners being paroleo On
their own recognizances