St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-07-20
The Montreal Orangemen.
THE STREETS THRONGED WITH TURBU-
LENT MOB.

THE STREETS THRONGED WITH A TURBU-
LENT MOB.
The anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne, celebrated by the Orangemen
at Montreal yesterday, which has been
anticipated so long by the people of the
city with great dread, owing to the liza
bility of bloody conflict of the Orange
men (anti- Catholics) with the Catholics,
passed off with good deal of noise
from the people that had gathered in
the streets, but with the loss OF only
one life and the wounding of a few
people. Early in the day great crowds,
composed largely of the worst classes,
began to assemble in the streets, and,
although the Orangemen had decided
not to have the parade, which was the
chief thing that the Catholics objected
to, there were anticipatiOns of some in
cident that would cause fight. Many
of the lOafers about the streets were
people from out of town, and the Que
bee ''coves" probably furnished their
quota. Most of the men were armed,
and INDUCED in remarks as to what
they would do, significantly pointing
to the contents of their pockets. Both
Orangemen and Catholics were evident
~ expecting the worst, and were pre-
pared fol it. There were gatherings of
both the Catholic and the Orange soci-
cites, and instructions were apparently
given by the officers to their men what
to do in an emergency.
Religious services were held at the
Knox Presby terrain church at ii o'clock
and the Orangemen who attended went
quietly thither, with no appearance of
anything like a procession. 1t was ru-
mored on the streets that, after the ser
vice, the Orangemen would come down
town in IA procession, bearing the union
jack, instead of their flag, which, it was
supposed, would not arouse adverse
feelings. In anticipation of this, thou
sands hurried off to the vicinity of
Knox church, but still there was no
trouble. Inside the church, the congre-
cation was small. Rev. Charles A.
Dandiet, deputy grand chaplain of the
supreme grand lodge of British Ameri-
ca, and grand chaplain of the grand
lodge of the province of Quebec, who
Officiated, wore the regalia of the order,
and a number of people in the body of
the church carried orange lilies. The
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10 and IL, st. Paul's appeal to Caesar.
He said: "HOw every sentence uttered
here will be perused in many quarters
through glasses of prejudice and hatred
and how difficult it is, under such cir
cumstances, with the best intentions, to
avoid hostile criticism or willful mis-
representations
MAN SHOT BY THE MOB.
A young man named Thomas HI.
Hackett was killed by the crowd early
in the day. He was a clerk in McKill-
ops commercial agency. He was an
Orangeman and was returning from
church. One account says that an at
tack was made on two women wearing
orange cOlOrs coming from church by a
mob, when three men, of whom Hack
EFT was one, attempted to rescue them,
and they were attacked and pursued.
An eye witness says: About 30 D. m.
a shout went up in the neighborhood
of the cab stand on Craig street, and
instantly there was general rush made
in that direction. A young man in
gray clothes was seen running for a
shelter, pursued by large crowd of
men and boys. When he got on the
steps of Robert Dunn & Co.'s store he
found the heavy doors partially closed
The leaders of the mob tried to pull
him off the steps, nearly tearing his
coat off. A young man, said to be a
clerk of McMaster's store, rushed for
ward to protect him. One of the mob
was about to strike this young fellow,
when he fired several shots in rapid
succession. Almost at the same mo-
ment shots were fred at him by per-
sons in the crowd. One struck him in
the forehead, and he fell. When he was
down other shots were fired at him.
For what seemed quite long time, no
one went to his assistance, and he Law
bleeding on the sidewalk. A policeman
however, arrived, and the wounded
man was placed in an express wagon
and a white handkerchief was dropped
over bis face, and, guarded by some
policeman, he was borne away. A very
painful feature of the affair was the be-
haviOr of the mob when a Protestant
clergyman came up to offer prayer for
the dying man. The reverend gentle
man was rudely pushed back, and, de-
spite his remOnstrances and the mute
appeal of the upturned eyes of the poor
victim, he was not allowed to approach
him, and so the young man died with
out the clergyman's ministrations.
Another eyewitness of the shooting
affair in Victoria square gives the fol-
lowing: A crowd of Irish had been
watching in Radegond street for man
who had taken refuge in house there,
after protecting lady who had been
insulted for wearing an orange lily.
About 20 minutes later, young man
dressed in light clothes who went past
from the house was believed to be he,
and as he had an orange lily the crowd
rushed after him, when he got in front
of new building adjoining the old
Clendennings stores and endeavored to
run into Fortifcation lane, but the
crowd was too close. Then a man in
terfered, stating that he would take the
young fellows part. At this the mob