The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-03-27
THE OUTRAGE

On Thursday Of last week, the
women, fifteen or twenty in number,
began operations on the West Side,
and engaged in services in front
Of a wholesale liquor store. The
crowd. meanwhile, had been gather
ing and manifested an outbreaking
spirit hooting and bowling in an in
furiated manner. When the ladies
started forward, it was with the
greatest difficulty tie police could
clear way for them, and when they
had reached another saloon some
distance from where they had first
stopped, and knelt upon the side
walk to pray, men, or things, which
bore the semblance of men, We'd
with each other as TO who could
most abuse, insult and cntrage those
engaged in prayer. The coarsest
language was used, quids of tobacco
were thrown in the women's faces,
they were kicked and otherwise NAL
treated; and when, having forced
their way to another saloon, they
again knelt for praye-, one rufian
cried out that he would as lief shoot
couple of them as not, and at the
same time he struck Mrs. McCarty
in the side with his fist. Another
lady was kicked, while another lady
tainted in the street, and was with
the greatest difficulty carried from
the scene. A Mr.. Doolittle who at
tempted to rescue the ladies from
their perilous position, was set upon
by the crowd, and brutally abused.
In attempting to escape, he was
knocked down by brick, and while
lying upon the ground, was kicked
in the face by a man wearing a
heavy boot, and his face fearfully
cut. The wonder is he was not
killed. The ladies were finally ex-
tricated from their danger, although
in the melee one police officer was
badly injured about the head.
At an early hour on the following
day, crowd Of roughs assembled
in the same locality prepared to re-
peat the scenes of the day before.
But the ladies had taken a different
direction. Shortly after noon, how
ever, about 9 dozen ladies assembled
in church in that vicinity for pray
er alone, but the crowd supposing
they intended war against the saloons
gathered round the church, and
yelled and halloed, and went even
up to the doors in their mad fury,
and hurled insults and coase jests
at the praying women. Word was
conveyed to the police, who at once
went to the rescue, and by dllligent
effort we're enabled to force the
crowd back, and allow the ladies to
leave the church.
They were some distance from the
church when a rough named Kline,
hurled brick at a lady, hitting her
in the back, and hurting her badly.
Kline was arrested, when his brother
struck the officer, and brisk fight
ensued between the police and the
rescuers, in which reYolvers were
drawn. Kline's brother was captur-
ed and placed in a wagon just as a
brick struck the horse. The horse
ran away, the wagon was broken, and
the prisoner badly injured. The po-
lice were victorious and led off their
prisoners. The result Of all this was
proclamation from Mayor Otis,
warning unlawful assemblages of the
consequences that must follow if they
violated the peace of the city. Since
Friday last, there have been no more
violent demonstrations.
In our immediate neighborhood, at
Clyde, Bellevue, Tifln, Fostoria and
Findlay, the movement is going for
ward favorably, while in our own city
the work formally commenced this
Thursday morning.