Show iDEN UiN HAVi I i LIVELY FIST FIGHT to toB B Blood Between LawMakers Stirred Up at I Meeting Last Night j rs te The Herald g a vey tt st ilg light t be he o tim the city tT sst tl tile of Isit ht ecIal meeting ef tIC the city e ty council In Incidentally another cOuncilman struck truck a clIfton citizen a Wow Mow in 10 the face and 4 the tAe con condition dillon in Ogden last Ja t night may maybe be e de described scribed as one ODe with blood Mood on the Ute moon The belligerent councilmen councilman were George W Jones of tile th Second ward and aad J W Abbott of the the Fifth The trouble started in the council cham chain ber her over the water schedule Jones lones al il alleged alleged that ther there was wa an attempt to rail railroad railroad railroad road this measure re through in his ab absence absence sence enee The parliamentary scrap was 1111 wasa a warm one but was that the schedule passed its first reading rending I After the meeting as 8 the council councilmen men were coming down the stairs Jones Jone was expressing himself very freely and among other remarks were some sunie criticising Councilman Barry BaITY an ani these re remarks remarks remarks marks included ed a reference to Barrys big mitt Abbott took the matter up here and retorted with some asper aspersions sinus mIlS on Jones character Jones ones at once sailed in and the Ute battle was on Abbott caught caU ht his hiB wiry wil antagonist by the arms and aDd prevented him from get getting getting getting ting in any upper cuts cut The Th Tb men clinched and struggled across the hall halland halland halland and out ont onto the north steps ate Here they thy became separated and Jones one los losing losIng ing tug his footing fell felt and rolled down i the tile steps ep Abbott bbOtt followed and the t e combat eG was ewed It en an n tIe the lawn Jaw VIctorY appeared with one wed trad theft with the Ute other but s a number beI ef f tel the up and two si ree required to hold I ht tress vt Ule Abbott was wea rainy r to salt quit and appealed to Jones o asking that they I both desist from further disgracing themselves I In the Abbott had lost lo t the set from his valuable le cameo camon ring and he remained on the Ufe field of battle till this was found In the meantime the theair theair theaIr air was wa sulphurous from the effect of the strong language emitted by the various partisans ans of the respective sides During the melee T C Brantley be became became became came very outspoken in his bis criticism of Jones and aad it tt was at this stage that Councilman Powers stepped up and planted his fist in Bentleys Bran tiers face Later in the evening Jones one and Ab Al bott met on Washington avenue Ab Ah bott was alone Jones was wag accompanied by Street Superintendent Sanders and another friend Jones opened the con conversation conversation again and Abbott shot back backan backan an uppercut in reply Jones onea Jerked off of I his coat and followed Abbott when the latter again grabbed his arms preventing preventing pre pro venting him bim from striking All that rt re suited from this second encounter ter was waa wasa w u ua a half hatt hours hour talk At 3 o clock this morning there had been no fist ft t encounters and the coun councilmen councilmen councilmen had all gone home I |