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Show Swims Albanians and Turks Engage in a Fight on Fourth West Street. TWO OF THE MEN RECEIVE DANGEROUS INJURIES Dispute Arises Over the Use of Wagons'; Police Are Called. In -n r,iot among foreigners at First South and Fourth West streets , Friday morning, Chris Porter and George Ven-etl.is. Ven-etl.is. Albanians, were attacked by twenty-five Turks and badly wounded. One of the Turks. Don Masku, also received re-ceived a fractured, skull from which ho may die. Vcneltis' condition, too, is alarmjng. He was injured internally, and was hurried lo a hospitnl. According to Potter's storv, tho riot originated in a dispute over fruit carls that he sold lo Turks and Greeks, in which lo i'ieddlo their warts. One of tho wagons he loaned ro a Turk with the iinderstai(ling lha'. the latter return re-turn to him loaned money. The Turk failed either to return tho cart or pay tho debt, and Potter attempted to seize tho fruit wagon by force Friday morning. morn-ing. Twenty-five" Turks joino-l in an assault upon him with knives and rocks and a wild scene ensued. Venetlis came, to his assistance and was knocked down and bruised internally. intern-ally. Porter was struck about, tho body with rocks about a do-en Timed, but shielded his head from the missilos, or Ik might have been killed. The neighborhood was aroused by tho cries of tho infuriated Turks, and several sev-eral Greeks and other foreigners rushed to the scene, some to join in the riot and others to quell it. A call was sent in to tho police station, to which Sergeant Ser-geant John Mom pel and Policcmon Clougli, Price, Golding and .Ripley responded. re-sponded. The Albanians were rescued from the mejee and the riot broken up. and six Turks were arrested. They gave the names of Mike Moto, Orrin '.M irce, Paul Thame, .lint A Ilea, Fatis Allea and Cheriui Zquir. They arc charged with I rioting, disturbing "the peace and bat-terj. bat-terj. ' |