Deseret Evening News | 1903-08-29 | Page 3 | Threw the Irish Flag on Floor

T THREW W T THE f Im IRISH FLAG fL b 01 ON fL FLOOR New York Aug Atop MAn 2 An appeal to the police has ha followed n it 1 scene of 01 con excitement III In the tile main dining hall of ot a n Fifth hotel restaurant from an altercation over oer the lie American flag nag Col George 11 n Dyer of ot the tho Twelfth regiment New York national guard ft a I captain In tho the body hody and a n stranger are oro the Iho persons geld fold to havo hao been the principal figures Col Dyer Der and the captain were dining Yachting favors wore were distributed with tho time leo Ico cream e They were yachts one on bearIng the American and tho ho other nn on IrUh flag lIag When these three were teero firo placed before tore tho the militiamen n a 1 stranger at an nn adjoining table e tank teok the Irish flag front from tho ho favor talor and nd placed It aboe the American emblem The captains Indignant re cc response was to cast the green emblem upon tho the floor Instantly the faces of thy tho three men flushed U with anger and a lul there was wall n a heated altercation Scores of If t diner dines many man of whom were women WOlen arose In alarm Pel cl ci Dyer stepped Into the lice street str ct and summoned nn an al officer The latter later re to refused r fused to arrest the obstreperous strong stronger er e unless he committed an nn assault a the colonel ani his hl visited the Iho precinct police pollee polee station antI and demanded thu th arrest of oC tho tico stranger hut Iut wore crone re unable to procure It I without n a warrant anuS and the matter maier was Wt dropped