Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-12-04

it, aud Immediately there was struggle for
the chair. Friends of both parties rushed to
the battle, and the police also rallied. Some
smart struggling ensued, and the next that
was seen was Douglas, hustled pretty smartly
from the platform and elected from the hail
Two three other negroes were treated in
the same manner, amid the tumultuous ap-
plause OF the audience.
4 lul again ensued, and the police tried
again TO Gear the hall. The chief went quiet
ly around, asking men to go, but there was 10
well organized effort to get the audience out.
Mr. Sanborn remained on the platform, and
after being asked two or three times to leave,
and refusing to do so, an officer took hold of
his arm and tried to remove him. Sanborn
held back, and the officer then hustled him off
the platform IN a manner more fOrcii lie than
polite. He was put out OF the hall and pre-
vented from returning.
The chief Of police then again ordered the
hall to be cleared. Mr.. Martin went around
among his friends, and urged them TO leave,
saying the chief of police had ordered it upon
his own'responsibity, and he should do as he
was ordered by that officer Qnite a number
OF colOred men then left, but some remained,
as they said to 'see the thing out"
The meeting then held a season OF rest The
chairman again read the resolutions which had
been adopted when he was interrupted by the
chief of police, and at his request Mr.. Howe
announced that the mayor had ordered the
hall to be cleared, and that the trustees, be-
lieving that no meeting, such as ought to be
held, could be held, had concurred in the re-
quest, and had promised that the hall should
not be again opened during the day or eve
ming. The audience straghtvay commenced
leaving the hall-the police finding difficulty
with but very few persons
CBY TELEGRAPH TIE ASSOCIATED PREssl
BosroN, Dec. 3.-The summary dissolution
Of the Ohm Brown meeting i'll fremont Ten
pie, to day, is viewed with general satisiac.
lion. The aboltionists were largely outvoted
throughout by an assemblage, embracing
many leading business men. After the chair
man had pronounced the meeting dissolved,
Fred Douglass, Sanborn, and a few others,
manifested some resistance to the police, and
were elected from the platform and hail. Dur
ing the uproar, Rev j. Selia Martin announc-
ed that a meeting would be held i'll his church
in the evening In response to this announce
ment, the Baptist church (colored) IN joy
street was filled at AN early hour. The editice
is small, and large proportion OF the audience
were black. Here Wendell Phillips, john
Brown, Jr, Fred Douglass, and other leading
John Brown sympathisers, ventilated their
opinions freely, with but little interruption. A
woman named Chapman appeared to preside.
Several policemen were stationed in the
church. Outside there was an immense
crowd, and a strong force of police. The dis
turbance was confined to noisy demonstra
tons, though the crowd see med very anxious
to get hold OF Redpalh.
SECOND DESPATCH.-.rhe meeting broke
up about 10 O'clock and the audience dispers-
ed quietly. Some OF the leading spirits were
hooted at in passing through the outside
crowd, but no violence was committed. Frank