The Petroleum Centre Daily Record

THE STOKES-FISK FIGHT.
A Sun reporter called on Mr. Fisk last
evening, at the Grand Opera House, to in-
quire of him concerning the terms on which
the reported settlement between him and
Mr. E. S. Stokes had been made. Mr. Fisk
sat at the ticket taker's gate in the entrance
to the Opera House. He was attired in
magnificent evening dress, with white kid
gloves and a small switch to match, and was sur-
rounded by a group of appreciative friends
who were hugely enjoying the stories he
was telling, and the jokes he was cracking.
He received the Sun reporter with an air
of great nonchalance, and on hearing the
object of his visit, said carelessly:
"Settlement? I haven't made no settle-
ment with Mr. Stokes. I don't know what
should have caused this here report. I
heard of his coming to an agreement with
this here oil refinery, and that paid him
four years rent of the ground on which
their building stands, and he paid them
what he owed 'em. That's all I know
about it. I guess it's so, but I can't
say."
Mr. Fisk thereupon carelessly hitched his
leg, and went on to tell a joke about a
"darned nigger."
The Sun reporter subsequently called on
Mr. Stokes at the Worth House to make the
same inquiry. He was very politely received.
Mr. Stokes said he certainly had made
a settlement with the Refining Company,
but had promised not to publish the terms
for the present. He could say, however,
without a breach of faith, that he had been
permitted to retain all the assets which had
been in his possession, and had brought
about the present suit, and that he had re-
ceived in addition a very large amount in
cash. He desired to say nothing further
about the matter, except that he had not
yet opened fire from his own batteries. --
Fisk had made a great mistake in attack-
ing him, and would sorely repent it before
he was done with it. As regarded the set-
tlement with the Refinery Company he
could not say that he was entirely satisfied;
but he had come to an agreement for the
present. - N. Y. Sun, Jan. 16.