Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-20
ALMOST A RIOT.
The Salvation Army Demonstration ne
suits in a Serious Disturbance.

The Salvation Army started III yesterday
morning to carry out its advertised pro
gramne in this city. Services were helu
in the Sixth-street Methodist Church III the
afternoon. After service the army, headed
by their brass band and drum corps
marched up Sixth street to j, down ) 10
Third, thence to their barracks, where
supper was served As they marched
through the streets in their quaint cos
tunes, banners flying. with poor brass
music, and still poorer singing, me
motley combination attracted as huGh
attention as the burlesquers 90
at a Fourth of July afternoon parade.
/ The army" was composed OF members
4 from San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton ana
! Sacramento The main portion OF their
demonstration commenced last evening
about 7:30 when the army was draWn
up in front of the barracks ready Ior dreSS
parade The grand march which followed
extended over the following route: Ihlrd
street to K. to Second to J, to Sixth, to /, to
| Seventh, to J, to Tenth, to X, to Sixth, ana
then to the NJ. E. Church. The army,
| all told, rank and file, consisted OF Twelve
women two colored) and tWenty-eight
men. Those that did not carry banners
|
played on brass instruments or earned
! lighted torches, and as they passed through
the streets their appearance caused
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
! To assemble on the sidewalks and yerandas
to gaze at them. Indeed, no torchhght
procession of the last red-hot Presidential
campaign caused Il greater rush OF sight
seers to the street than did this little band.
Before they arrived at the church there
was an advance guard of boys to the num-
! Der of a hundred or more; the little
! q army" was flanked on either side by an
equal number, and their rear guard was
a strong one The boys kept step
to the music of the drums and
! the religious songs of the army were
| drowned by the popular and comic airs of
the day voiced by the youthful guard, who
| insisted that they were ''paintin' er red.
! The army" seemed to rather enjoy the
| sensation created, though an occasional bad
| egg, and sometimes other missiles thrown
at its members, made matters wear threat
ening aspect Chief Jackson and some OF
the officers accompanied the procession,
and did all they could to prevent bad con-
duct At the church hundreds of people
had assembled, and it was evident that but
lew of the immense throng would be able
to gain admittance. The police made the
crowd stand back. however, and the female
members of the army passed in, while the
torch bearers assisted the police in main
tanning order. The basement of the church
where the services were TO be held was soon
filled with
AN ORDERLY AUDIENCE,
And the police thought the threatened
trouble was over, as the crowd began to
disperse. One of the female members of
the army some time later went outside and
blew police whistle, which bad the effect
of drawing the assemblage back again a
large number of boys perched in the trees
alongside the church, and began shooting
little stones from " slirgshots, or throwing
them against the windows, breaking the
glass, and one of the army, it is said, went
out and handled boy roughly. Mean
while, one of the speakers inside had made
some bitter remarks against the Catholic
| religion, which caused about dozen of the
audience to leave, and what they reported
when they went out probably created hard
feeling. The crowd outside had been good
natured, as a general thing, and more in
| tent on amusement than mischief, but
| some of its members were vicious, and
| proceeded to throw rocks at the windows.
! \ full-groWn detunct feline, that had been
| dead long enough to have been worthy the
attention of the Health Officer came sail
| ing into the church through a window like
a black comet, as though he belonged
| there and had come to stay. An ancient
and exceedingly ripe hen followed and it
| looked as though the missiles were going
to be more numerous than select. Early
in the disturbance the reporter of a con-
temporary, acting as war correspondent,
went to the door with one of the army to
see what the trouble was, and who was
making it, The crowd threw things at the
army representative, and the newspaper
man got hit accidentally The proceed
ings outside ceased to have any further in
terest for him. and he quickly retired into
the building, and took a front seat. Mean
while the officers had been doing all they
could to put a stop to the disturbance. but
IN THE DARKNESS,
| Those doing the mischief could not be
identified. The crowd would give way be
fore the officers good-humoredlv. but take
a new position Immediately. and occasion
ally the officers were badly squeezed.
! Finally, the commander of the army an
nounced that discretion was the better
part of valor, and dismissed the meet
| ing, with the announcement that
| it would be resumed at the barracks.
| This caused an immediate stampede for the
street. The male members Of the army
were handled very roughly by the mob,
some of them being knocked down and
otherwise maluGated, while one of them
was taken up bodily and hurled over the
! high fence of backyard to a Chinese
| wash house, where he was Immediately in
! terviewed and had his trousers badly LAGER
ated by Il bulldog. The female members of
the army We're
SAVED FROM INJURY
! As far as possible by their comrades. the
| police and citizens, but one, Miss Chrissie
| Willis, had her dress nearly torn of, and
| She was hit on the back of the head
with a stone She tainted. and was put in
! a hack and taken to a residence Several
| ladies who had been in the audience were
with difficulty protected from injury in
| the rushing about of the crowd.
| One lady while in the church was hit
with q stone and hurt considerably. There
! had been a drill of a military company
during the evening, and some of the mem
| berS were present in the crowd with their
uniforms on. one of them, who was mis-
! taken for a member of the other army, was
| hustled about and knocked down before he
| could explain the mistake. The crowd APP
| peared TO have a spite against the banners
carried by the army, and the cry was
! raised. What are YOU doing with that
British flag? Carry an American flag -
d" Take off that British coat referring to
the red coats some of the army Wore Some
| of the banners were snatched away from
those carrying them, and the big drum was
damaged Frightened and dcmoralzed the
Salyationists returned to their barracks,
GrYED AND GNsULTED
| By a gang of young fellows, whose success
in molesting inspired them, apparently.
with desire TO so on from bad to worse
| The police, however, worked nobly, assist
| ed by citizens who felt the disgrace the
evenings proceedings had brought upon
! the city At Fourth and X streets Deputy
! Sheriff Brissell, officer Franks and others
! had lively tUSslc for few minutes. and
| it looked as if there might be serious
| fight with some of the turbulent spirits
! but other officers arrived and dispersed the
crowd On Third street Judge Henry ad-
dressed the gathering, reminded them that
! they had been committing a gross outrage,
and urged them 10 refrain from further
misconduct and disperse. His advice,
backed up by the energy Of the police,
HAD GOOD EFFECT,
But it was a long time before the crowd Of
several hundred people melted away As
! has been remarked before, the trouble was
started by boys, who subsequently were as
sisted by few men of the rougher class.
| The greater portion of the vast crowd pres
| emf were Greatly oDDosed to violence, i'll