The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-03-26
Thewhisky w ar in Cleveland
AMosr D1sGRAoEFuL RIOT.

Fhe first ouf-of-door work of the
Crusaders, in Cleveland (that is to say
IN the city praper1 was commenced on
Wednesday of last week, when every
J thing was conducted much as in other
places. But on Thursday things did
not work as quietly. In the afternoon
of that day the ladies to the number
of sixty moved in a body from the
First Baptist Church, the headquar-
ters of the Temperance League, and
marched to Ontario street.. where. 8
3 large crowd-was awaiting their arri-
val They first visited ihe saloon Of
4 David Price, where they were eourte-
eusIy received but denied admission
I on account of the crowd, and they
! held their services in the street and
on the Sidewalk in front of the place,
! From there The ladies went to Trink-
neF's Winter Garden, a large lager beer
1 saloon, where they were admitted and
i politely treated, and conducted the
usual exercises of praying and singing
for some time. On leaving the saloon
the ladies encountered an immense
4 mob, and were so rndely treated that
they abandoned their original pro-
| gramme, which embraced visits to
eight or ten saloons, and marched to
4 the rooms of the Young Mems Chris
| tian Association. In front of this
! building services were held before an
4 audfence of about 1000 persons. a'sss
! On the West Side three bands of
about fifteen ladies each started out
Two of the bands made q number of
calls and were respectfully received
! by all. The third band, which moved
/ up Pearl street, were followed by q
/ large, disorderiy crowd. The ladies
were assailed with yelIs and insulting
remark when they attempted to pray
4 and sing, and the crowd, which be-
came large and more excited as they
4 moved along. finally became entirely
i unInanaeeabie. The ladies were
Threatened with violence, and at one
! place two Of them we're quite severely
Anumber of gentfern en- WHO inter
/ fered in behalf of the ladies were
I badly beaien. A policeman attempt
! ed to keep. the mob back and. was
1 struck on the head with q brick and
seriously hurt. The ladies finally
| reached their homes IN safety. = -
I ANOTHER TURBULENT TIME oAeFRIDAY'
Notwithstanding g the rnffianly treat
4 ment the ladies' received on Thursday
! they turned ont again in greater force
| than before, to renew the crusade
1 against the saloons on Friday.
/ On the East Side everything passed
4 off Quietly. A number of saloons
4 were Visited at all OF which the ladies'
1 were Kindly received. On the West
Side one band visited a number of sa-
\ looms ON Detroit street They were
under the protection Of the police and
j were not molested. - -..-
1 Ahother purity of ladies assembled
at the Lorain street Church, near the
scene Of the previous trouble, to pray
\ for the success of the movement, a
large crowd assembled in front of the
building, and as the ladies were leay-
4 ing for-their heInes they were hooted
4 and jeered at by the excited mob. The
police, assisted by a number Of gentle
men present, escorted the ladies to q
place of. safety. A policeman attempt
z ed to arrest one of q crowd of 1roughs
aud a fight was started in which the
/, police were obliged to use their clubs,
which they did with good effect, max
ing several arrests. ...r s.
The streets were crowded with ex.
cited people and riot at one time
was in nsminent, but the arrival of rein
+ ! fOrcements rom police headquarters
put matters in better shape. During
: the excitement the German brewers
: organized procession, composed Of
: lager-beer wagons loaded with beer
, kegs, on which sat a large number OF
men drinking beer as they moved
through the streets.
MAYOR sT1s ISSUES x PRocLA4IATIoN.
On Saturday morning Mayor Chas.
A. Otis Issued proclamation calling
! upon all citizens to abstain from ali
such assem- blages on the streets of the
community, as such assemblies are III
direct violation OF the provisions OF
an ordinance of the city. The Mayor
warns all persons disordefly disposed
, that any breach of the peace will be
followed by the punishment of the
offender that it will be at their own
peril it they attempt to HIo4est citizens
. in the orderly exercise of their lawful
rights, whether in the streets or else
where. The police authorities are or
dered to see that the purpose of the
proclamation is accomplished, and any
auxiliaries required viii be promptly
: given them. -----i-
The citizens generally disapprove Of
the actfon of the mob, and express in
digRation at the brutal treatmeht the
la dies received at its hauds.s
There were no street, parades on
Saturday, the ladies having con-
suited with the abfest lawyers of the
city, who advised them that willie
they have legal right to march in
procession through the streets, yet
they have no right to stop on the side
! walks or in the streets to sing or pray,
nor TO visit saloons and, other places
of business for the purpose without
the consent of the prOprietors thereof.
This permission the saloon keepers
will not be likely to grant The cru-
saders are represented as being still
, frfn, determined and hopeful.
On Monday the praying bands were
again out and visited several saloons,
hotels and liquor stores and were gen
orally admitted and every ywhere cour-
, teously treated. 49,
GoYernor A1len ON Tlle movement.
hf Whisky drinking can not be aBol-
ished by law. You may pass all the
laws you please on the subject, and
you will only sharpen the invention
of the fellows vino sell. The votes OF
the Prohibitionists,-s some tenithousaRd
in this State. mightias well have been
thro wn into the stesbasket. ID iiiss
9 This thing of praying around sa-
looms is being carried to excess. When
an epidemic comss sloDgit very often
| EN- braces the finest persons and finest
physical organizations; hence the fact
THAT the movement is being carried on
I by ladies of the first respectfully
should create no surprise. i believe
I the whole excitement to be of al
ephemeral character and that it will
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