Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-10-10
ANTI-VACCINE VIOLENCE.
WarIike Scenes in the Streets of
Montreal.
The Military Called Out 10 Put Down a Mad
dened Mob-An Ignorant Army OF Thous-
ands Bent on BIoodshed and Ruin.

been spreading themselves in riotous Oppo-
stiOn to the law. The series of riots COM
menced some days ago eliminated in
greater demonstration on the RtpAlt.
just ALTERS O'Clock Mayor Beaugrand,
guarded by an escort of fifty policemen,
was driven up st. James street in closed
carriage, towards the city hall. As the We
hicle turned down st. Gabriel street motley
crowd of French Canadians gathered in
Courthouse square and greeted the party
with boots and yells of derisien. A few
pebbles ratified down on the top of the car
riage, and as the wan, white face of the
sick mayor appeared at a window in-the
door, little stone struck him on the cheek
and made him jump back quickly. The pO-
lice made charge at the crowd and sue
ceeded in arresting three of the most noisy
leaders. Their pockets were filled with
stones, pieces of iron and other missiles.
The mayors carriage was permitted to tnrn
i'm Notre Dame street and proceed around
the square to the front of the city hall with
out further me- lestatiOn. AS it stopped be-
fore the steps the crowd made further
movement toward a disturbance and surged
toward the city hall. The police charged
again down GOsford, Craig and NOtre Dame
streets, clubbing vigorously right and left.
An open space having been cleared the
mayor was helped out of his carriage by his
family physician. Heleaned heavily on the
arms of his physician and his own private
secretary, and he passed up the walk and
the long steps supported by them. A rest
for few moments was given him in his
private Office. Then he came out on the
portico of the city hall, and resting his right
hand on one of the pillars, began to
READ TUE RIOT ACT
in French. His voice was feeble and un-
steady at first because of his recent severe
illness, from which he is just cOnvalescing.
1t grew clearer. louder and more steady as
he proceeded, and the rabble was permitted
to come closer. Even the most turbulent of
the leaders of the mob listened quietly and
respectfully for few minutes, and then the
old cries of "Down with the mayOrp
chang the city government g the vac
cinating Englshr' and many more were
heard above his voice, and before he had
finished an angry mob was bowling all man.
ner of execrations at him in English, French
and half-breed patOis. When the final sen.
\ fence was being rounded off q shower of
missiles came rafting down upon the stairs
and into the pOrticO. and Beaugrand's sup
Elementary words of advice were drowned
| i'm derisive shouts. He broke down COM
pletely at this unexpected heaving up of in
suits, and feebly tOttered back into the city
hall leaning on the shoulder of the chief OF
pOlice. Just as he retired lOud-mOuthed
| frenchman, leader in politics at the east
end, who was considerably under the intiu.
ence of liquor. jumped on one of the gran
ite posts at the southeast corner of the
square and began violent harangue against
| Alderman Roy. Before he could be pulled
down by the police some of his companions
/ had caupht his text and started on a run vi
GOsport street yelling Hang Alderman
Royr' A large part of the crowd followed
turning into MignOnne street in the direc
tion of Alderman ROy's residence. A few
minutes afterward word was received thai
Alderman Roy's house was
SURROUNDED BY A MOB
numbering about 5000 men and women, al
worked up to frenzy by the harangues OF
their leaders on the street corners. AT III
man ROy's house to quell the mob. Mayor
Beaugrand, although advised by his physi
clan and cOunseilOrs to return tO his bed
insisted upon remaining in his Office in thu
city hall and giving personal direction Il
the quelIiug of the trouble. After advising
at length with Chief of Police Parades, i
was concluded that the military Orderet
under arms would be insufficienttO keep tn,
peace of the city and it was decided to sum
mon more troops to arms. Accordingly, a
Is o'clock word was sent to the NictOri;
Rifles, the Garrison artillery, the Prince o
, Wales Rifles, the Royal Scots and the Fiftl
and Sixth Fusiliers, i'm all about $500 men
; TO hold themselves i'm readiness at their al
mories at $50. A great crowd assembled a
: | the corner of Catharine and st. Denni
, streets and was haraLgued by few drunke
leaders, who advocated the burning of tn
Herald Office and the killing of Editor Lily
\ ingstOne. The speakers discoursed
' length in rambling way about the pOsitio
, of the paper on the vaccination questiO
L and translated editorial extracts from il
: editorial column as they read. at interval
{ of a few minutes the mob would drown u
Iyoices of the speakers with yells OF Xxi
off all the compulsory vaccinatOrs " "ShOt
the board 1f health ~ and like exclamation
THE MOB TAKES SHAPE.
n Between 6 and z O'Clock the streets wei
a a little more quiet, but afterward the me
increased in numbers rapidly, and all Il
= streets leading TO East end, from Not
It Dame and st. Mary streets to Ontario stree
n were filled with motley, surging crowd I
French Canadians-men, women and chill
ren-overflOwing in great numbers into u
s north and south cross streets. Soon after
q O'Clock the stOne-wOrkers, to the number ,
n 2. 600 to 5000 from st. CunegOnde and :
u Hubert, were added to the throng. Th'
I came to the city with the avOwed purpose
d demolishing the hall, courthouse and 9th
n public buildings, laying waste the health st
lions and sacking the houses OF all the ph
sjciaps who have been active in the advoe
&c CIV of compulsory vaccination. To that el
they brought with them sledges, cr0wba
Is and other weapons peculiar to their trad
I'd Mayor Beaugrand had ordered the police
g. take away all these weapons if they broug
=, them i'm. but he could find DO squad of I
! lice big enough or brave enough to und'
er take it, and the order was resclnded IN I
I'd the hope that peace might better be p
=. served by inaction than Dy aggressl
" measures which must inevitably lead TO {
10 shedding of blood. Once he appeared
Of the window of his private ONCE, when tht
al was lull in the storm o. discordant yel
- to counsel the people to keep the peace,
oi he was greeted bya
SHOWER OF MISSILES,
and compelled to retire amOng,a volley
stones and broken glass from the WIND
at which he stood. At o'clock the Gro
around the city hall had swelled TO I,Wo
1900 people, many OF whom were rougns