New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-20


ONLY NORMAL VOTE PoLLED.
IN srate of the genuinely elaborate preparations
for the voting of 'oaters' by all parties. however
the vote polled was fairly normal. according 10 old
residents of the district, This they declared,
because there was too much home talent" TO
allow much dishonest voting from any quarter
Gangs OF MrAfanus 'heelers" of Dordan men and
of Pluuki1 supporters patl,oned the district from
the mEidle of the afternoon until after the polls
closed sSovedIy looking for trouble. declaring their
/. inteatious of beating to a pulp any mug that
threw crooked votes A wholesome respect for
each Others prowess and the almost Overwhelming
show OF police kept the district from welter of
bloodshe,1
The Pl, ulkitt supporters were to receive the aid
OF a legio of Jerseyrnen under the command Of
one Joe Siend. Of Jersey City. according TO the
stories of tn Mcanus people Soon after the polls
oDened nine who crossed the river in a launch
and landed a 4Sth-st were arrested. At first they
said they Yin New-Jersey, then along Bow
cry finally thes refused names and addresses Later
arragned befor Magistrate Moss in the West Side
police court all out three We're discharged. They
said they were Thomas Gonney and Michael
0Neil. of No 51s Ith-ave- and Edward Schouler.
OF Providence r. L They were represented by A.
c. Young. of Jers sy City, who was attending to
the legal end Of the McMarnIs fight.
Edward Tobin. pl esident of the Bat Harvey
association, Dordan allies. said that he had
ceived word that the No Aces OF the upper
West Side. assembling at their headquarters.
at esth-st. and Sth-ave, and would send fifty
into the 18th to work ar McManus-
Let 'em COME said Tobin. We'll take care
OF en- Wen beat their heads on"
The Bat" Harvey Association picked out thirty
OF its strongest members. II any members of the
Paul Kelly gang were found or any of! the Bob
Davis outfit from New-Jsersay, or arU Of the
Philadelphia ringers Tohn said he would send
5or more men,
-foh wen make plenty OF trouble for Them he
prophesied They won't stay in the district ten
minutes If we find them
81 vera he
got into communication with the head quarters of
the Paul Kelly gang. Word was recei ged that no
would be sent 70 the 18Th HI T19t by D. sulli.
OF them 10 leave the district
BAT. HARVEY IN THE Trio GBLH
The Bat Harvey people kept their word Seven
HfcbIauus ''guerfllas'' captured early in the
afternoon. Three were locked up in livery stable;
four were placed IN a cellar near where Bat
himself made his headquarters. Ord krs went out
that after the polls chosed the guer5 Has were to
be released but a h1rse wink accon spenied those
orders After nightfaQ several husky Dordan men
relieved the foaters of their artillery and other
ginpedimenta- Its a hong DISTANCE rom Sth-aTe.
pace at which the erstTvhiie Mc1f anus men left
the 18th District, enco 1raged by ithe liberal ap-
Earney men. made new records for the distance
fhe political day began qoleLIya altaough nc,
Soon after D. m he ap peared at the West fifth
st. station and told the t,rgeant that man who
had attempted to assault him on September was
rested a young man who said he was Lawrence
Mclean. of No. z Anster Ha-n-ave Mclean pro-
tested that he had come to McAIanuss house to
apologize for attempting &c, assault the capdloa{e
legiance TO Plunktt- His home is not in the 18th
When he was arraigned inl the West Side police
court MagSTae Moss held h gse a a fba 0g
was hired to do McManus by P1unldtt.
suited IN the arrest Of Dickson and Kennedy. Dor
dan men on the complaint &c James McM LAM
father who was said to have been holding recent ut
political circles in Phadelph IA, were watchers at
30 667 shave The Sth Election Districts polling
st. Was chairman of the board Of inspectors Nc
MaRgS aR Rin 5Re a e1e one eTcd that the
scores would be settled on pri mary day
sponsi5ie for it. and there1l sure be haoodshed,"
announced Jack Kennedy early in the day.
RIOT CALL SENT IN.
Soon after D. m there came a riot. call from
the Sth District polling, place. The p5lce found
the Kenneilys and the McManus supporters in
free-for-au- McAianus charged that john B. Ken
nelly had handed four or five unvotesd ballots to
Dickson which Dickson had put into ne box, The
police, with their CLUBS. stra1ghtenen the tangie
considerably. and after arrangement the principals
Charles Vix was arrested the sta District poll
Ing Place s f95 assaE W@ go East 9 t mouse ne
that's not in this dictrict, remarked the ser
oh. had an interest in this election answered
vIx, aiTily. Two 81 bills were found on him.
THE LAME AND THE HALT OUT.
Oldest. IN the diSlrHcC VINO voted was
James KeFy. of No. 334 West 47th-st, Dordan
man He is ninety-f1ve years old, almost totally
blind and walks crutctes- He wis helped to
the polling rAace by his and daughter. He had
moi been out OF the house before in about three
years
Mr. Kelly npved this CITY from Ulster County,
where he was "A neighbor of Alton u, Parker. He
voted for Parker for his first political office, and
AT that time, ne said, prophesied that day
parker would be. candidate for the Presidency.
The insistence of one man 10 vote at the polling
-,Iace ar 46th-st and 9th-ave in spite of the pro-
tests of the Mc1Ianus inspect DDS, precipitated a
The night was quickly carried of the little
cigar shop where The polling pace was situated to
different candidates tried TO settle the question in
dispGtes and ten policemen, Pnth stout sticks m.
sisted maintaining order, even at the cost OF
Wbel, the melee was over IT was reported that
20 the fTffice of DR.. McGreepr. No 93S West
No arrests were made.
A distur banoe at 4sth-st. md 9th-ave- attracted
rick They took into custody Joseph Curry, an
ironwor<er who refused to give his address
xzhen Eesrcl sed at the station two brand
voiyers fully. loaded, found him.
TIE Ne det e Wet 5iRse. II 4Stst and sfhave
He carried a wicked looking blackjack.
carving loadetF revolvers. were corrailed by de
tective sergean Is working around the polls and
taken TO the West 47th-st. station technical
charge OF vagrs Ecy was entered against them and
siexander G ZToung formerly Corporation Coun-
sci for Hudson County, n j.. who represented
''The" McNIanus, YESTERDAY YESTERDAY complained to the
Broadway and Did him that his life would be
forfeited if he & Ppeared in the 18th during the
Gloom. unmitigat ed by the huge bonfres of the
5unilant yogngsteIt Dda I5 TtetE corner en-
tiers, and Tallahass Club, Dordan's place. when
the returns bean t. o%e IN P 6 %no at
can't make it anyth ing else. was out chasing bail