Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a party, a brawl.

1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1901		‘Hugh McHugh’ John Henry 87: One night recently I went out with Clara Jane to one of those progressive euchre fights.
1914		‘Hugh McHugh’ You Should Worry cap. 10: Say! did you ever stray away from home of an evening and go to one of those parlor riots?
1926		Wood & Goddard Dict. Amer. Sl.
1950		R. Starnes Another Mug for the Bier 18: The little girl had been a familiar figure at [...] the cocktail fights frequented by the old man.