The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-12
CANADA.

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with crowds of people on the principle |
streets and the military marching to rem
dezvouf on Champs de Mars The first
blow was struck in the impending conflict
By one of the mayors special constables
who without provocation deliberately as
sauited with his baton a band man of the
the Prince Of Wales rifles, named VIM
Sharpe, at the corner of jacques Cartier
Square aud Notre Dame street, as the reg
imeut was proceeding toits point ofrendtz-
vous. The special AVOIDED indenti6catioD.
| The whole military force, consisting of five
| infantry regiments, one corps OF artillery,
and troops of cavalry, were drawn up on
the Champs de Mars under Col. Fletcher
waiting the arrival of Gen. Smythe; the
troops looked well, and Col. Fletcher eX
| pressed his fullest confidence in the men
doing their duty Loyalty and we'll. The
police are collected at the city hall where
c0nstables are assembled with white rib
bons as badges, cfhbs in hand; they are
despicable looking lot and police serge
ant says the majority are jail birds. The
utmost fear prevails as they are danger
GUS gang who will commit excess it they
get the chance. The police will be in
charge of the mayor, and tie c0nstabes
under Deputy Chief Neigle. The Orange
men are determined to walk, and are now
mastering at Orange Hall. s.. james
street, decorated with their party en-
biems. The procession will not De large,
but their SympathIzaFs on the streets are
many.
i Ii conflict occurs it Is expected be
tween Orange Hall and Victoria Square
where dangerous element is collecting In
masses The chief of police with 60 men
searched passengers on the steamer
Quebec for arms but found none; some
400 or 500 men were on board. \ man
named Brennan from Three Rivers ar
rived at the depot with "a loaded shooter
ou his person, he was locked up. 1t is re
ported that u stock Of arms concealed iu
, house on Craig street where the Irish
:, Catholic club meets has been discovered.
At $50 the military marched from Champ
de Mars to various points where they will
be stationed during the day. Some excite
ment was created by an alarm Of fire, but
d it turned out to be only chimney.
hi Orangemen are massiug around their
i; nall, aud it looks as ii the procession would
be larger han anticipated; detachment
: of police are stationed around the entrance
Is Of the hail.
e MONTREAL. July I2-IO A NJ The
n arms alluded TO IN previous dispatch
d we're found ln Union Hall, Craig street
: there were fifty stands. The police anc
Is spe cia coustables. the former under Chic
y Niegle. and the latter under Sergeant Par
adise, are massed between the Place d'
Arms aud St. Lambert's hill on ST. james
: street, which is kept clear. At either enc
2 are mussed dense crowds of the Catholl'
party, chiefly St. Jean Baptiste and out
} side village laborers; they are dread
y fully excited and every mau with an Or
= ange emblem on his way to the hall /
. pursued The mayor has had an interview
with the Orangemen and tried to persuad
then not to walk but they would not ilste
to this counsel.
: The procession will start about l0:30.
A young man wearing an Orange lll
was attacked by two special constables au
struck across the head; this attack Wa
y applauded by the whole body OF constableS
New YoRK, July ia special frou
: Montreal says the Orange leaders held
council and passed resolutions to parade
come what might; In consequence, shortl
: before noon the OrangemeB collected froi
all parts of the city attempted to form
r line of procession; great confusion and e!
3 citemeut followed, during which sever;
marshals dashed up aud arrested til
ringleaders. The Orangemen tried to fre
I. their chiefs but the marshals held on
,aE sH their prisopers. Under the circumstanc,
in the processionists alter brief consultatic
made their way back in a body to the
. hall. Meantime an immense CROW
: had gathered in the neighborhood and a
the Orangemen disappeared tb
mob set up hooting and yelling, the poll
in assisted byi the sodiery tried to dispers
de- the crowd Ehut their commands wel
hal laughed at. The uproar that followed VI
cal Undesirable. The mayor at this nome
llh appeared upon the scene and demand'
lhe admittauce into the hall; he was allows
use to enter whereupon he addressed Il
Orangemen and warned them to submit
the authorities; at the same tune he d
clared firmly he intended to oppose Z
procession as illegal, and placed several
n 1.-The Orangemen under arrest, among OF
ers David Grant, Great Grand Maste
The. following are the names of Il
men arrested: William Laven, Ale
en- ander Gibson John Cromwe
o. p Thos. Ingram, John Lillburn. and Ere
,ro. Hamilton. The police magistrate has 1
fused to accept bail in the present exclt
. ment; the men are still in the hall whe
they have just been served with dinn'
One hundred and fifty orangemen arrlv
zR- from Sherbrook by train and marched
y ory. Stanley Street Church where Dradiet
Or preaching.
re- MONTREAL, 2:30 p. M, July 12.-T
orengemen gave up their procession On |
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