Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-08-10
new YORK CITY RIOT
TROUBLE STARTS AT BALL
GAME over A BET.
Nearly 5000 Persons Take Part
Every Sort of Weapon Used-Two
Men May Die-For Blocks the Mob
Surged Back and Forth, Police Help
less-Only Nine Arrests Made.

New York. Aug. 5.-The fighting ele-
ment among the whites and blacks in
the vicinity of One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth street and Fifth avenue
lined up according to their racial pref
udices again Sunday this time to set
tie a baseball dispute, and when the
argument was ended so persons re-
quired medical treatment and of that
number two will die. Probably 5000
persons took part in the fight, but the
300 policemen who dispersed the mob
after every one was fought out got
only nine prisoners, and of these two
were women. John McCue, truck
driver, 80 years of age, and Matthew
Murtha, aged 35 years, an ice pedler,
received fractured skulls and were re-
moved to a hospital in a dying condi-
ton. The injuries of the others rang
ed from broken ribs to serious razor
cuts.
The trouble started at ball game,
when a white man and a colored man
had made a wager and subsequently
quarreled over the settlement Pres
emily the sight of white man and
colored man fighting started a general
row. the crowd being about equally
divided in color. Every sort of weapon
was used, and for blocks the constantly
augmenting mob surged, while the pO-
lice reserves from several precincts
hammered away with their clubs to
break the tangle.
Occupants of homes along the line
of battle were not content to be spec
tators only of the strife, and from
windows and points of vantage on the
roofs every piece of crockery and fur
niture that could be spared was hurled
down upon the heads of the rioters
with reckless impartiality. Even wom-
en- and children Joined the fray.
1t was two hours before the police
controlled the situation, and then
patrol wagons and ambulances picked
up those who were too seriously worn
out to get away. Those most harmed
were taken to hospitals and the pris-
Cners were locked up charged with in
citing to riot.
Louis Conconcella, 81 years of age
was victim of the blind fury of the
rioters and will probably die of his
Injuries. He was innocent Of wrong
doing, but fell before a crowd deter
mined to have revenge on some one.
A cry that a stranger had approach
ed girl with familiarity was enough
to STRAIT a mob.
George Kesner, Russian bookbind
er, was seized by the throat. The ex
element attracted 500 men and won
en-, who fought with each other to gel
a chance at the Russian. Thirty pc
llicemen rescued Kesner, bleeding from
a score of wounds and when all his
clothing but his shoes had been tori
from him. The police wrapped him il
a blanket and hurried him away. Th'
story of the attack was corroborated
and the father of the girl says he saw
the girl in the grasp of the Russian.
But at the same time Hylo Salod;
nearly lost his scalp in Thirty-fourt
Istreet. He was accused of giving pen
MES to a girl of II years. The fathe
wanted to know why, and Salodi
showed fight He slashed about hin
with a penknife and then knocke,
down a policeman. A crowd of pei
haps a thousand persons attempted t
reach Saloda, but reserves beat then
, back and took Saloda to the station.