The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-28

discipline ana QeLerullIldIlOu Inc a PoobC'
and the police began TO get the better o.
the battle, just as the stormlng party
| turned their attention to using the fur
niture as weapons OF attack. The ponce
who appear to have behaved most
courageously throughout, promptly
| suppressed enterprise in the direction OF
! the furniture; and shortly after Jarman
/ and several other leading spirits were
elected by the front door. The struggle,
! however, was not yet over. Almost
! Immediately after the anti-MOrmOns,
! spying side door, madetor that entrance
and reappeared in such force that they
I fought their way to the of the platform.
Here their object was diSagreeably clear.
/ Massing behind the Mormons and con-
stables they made desperate effort to
! sweep both off the platform. The police
promptly perceived the strategic move
ment in the rear, and the men of flesh
and bone-the apostles and elders-set
their brawny backs to their new attack,
and held their place Then recon-
menced a still harder struggle. The
Jarman party, firm in their new posi-
ton, would not come down, and they
had to be fetched" which is never a
gentle operation under such circum-
stances. Struggle succeeded struggle,
and no doubt the complaints of kicking
which were freely made had considerable
foundation in fact. One of the Nor
mons is stated to have got nasty cut
across the forehead, an elder is men
toned as somewhat mauled, and another
Saint is reported to have his head split.
The other side complain of casualties;
their leader, Jarman, being in the thick
of the fight, coming in for most distinc
DoIioa TO HI Ia
Cookson received a painful kick on the
knee-cap, and there is not the slightest
doubt that but for the prompt arrival of
Inspector Smith and his reinforcement
both Cookson and Shelton would have
been badly maltreated Ultimately, the
anti-MormOns were expelled, the doors
locked, and the conference resumed
under the guardianship of the police. The
elected repaired to a neighboring lamp
post, from which exalted position Mr.
Jarman harangued his followers, and
afterwards from another lamp post at the
top of Cover street. But the Mormons
had not seen the last of their enemies.
Fully an hour before the time fixed for
the second conference, Mr.. Jarman,
with increased forces at his back, re-
turned to the attack at the Temperance
Hall. Inspector Smith was equal to the
occasion, but the aspect of affairs was
so threatening that the Mormons de-
cided to abandon the second confer
ence altogether. This was re-
garded by the Jarman party
as a glorious victory, which they
celebrated by further shouting and
Lamp-post oratory. learning that there
was a room in the Wicker over the
premises of Messrs. BarkwOrth,
Thompson, and Cooper, where the
MOrmOns occasionally met, the crowd
made for that place, where they
to smash the windows, and
t seemed at one time as if another great
disturbance was inevitable. Inspector
Bird was soon about, and a riot so near |
he Central would have been met as
Is promptly as at Brightslde; !
,ut fortunately the Jarman followers |
we're ultimately convinced the Nor /
mons were not there, and they pro- |
eeded to the Westbar pump, where Mr.. |
arman addressed an immense gather |
ng on one of the stirring events OF the |
.fternoon. He repeated the strong
harges against the Mormons, and is
aid to have declared that the apostle"
smith for whom he seems to have
pecial repugnance) had kicked him
wice-once in front and once in the
Jack After the meeting the crowd re-
listed the Wicker. where their atten-
ions caused no little discomfort to the
inmates. Shortly after nine O'Clock the
broke up, and it is stated
hat Jarman leaves Sheffield to-day for
n engagement in the south. The scene
t Ellesmere road Temperance Hall is
tated by those who saw it to have been
omething extraordinary even for
and the excitement outside
Tas almost equally great. Nor was it
onfned to Brightside, for the Jarman
arty after their election carried the
umult to the Wicker and Westbar, and
rrested attention wherever they ap-
cared.