The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-28
THE DETROIT RIOTERS.
No Outbreak Yesterday Savage Denuncia-
tion of KOlasinski by Bishop Borgess..

DETROIT, Dec. 27-Troable was anticipated
by the police among the Poles this morning and
a force was on hand to quell any outbreak. A
crowd was on hand all day, and once or twice
there were mutterings, but the people were kept
moving, and nothing serious resulted. A few
arrests were made for drunkenness or rough
behavior, but there was no contest be-
tween the officers of the law and the
rioters The crowd was composed largely of
sight-seers who had no interest in church trou-
bles. This evening the police are on duty but
find little to do the fury of the mob seeming to
have spent its force. The police were expecting
trouble on Christmas and to-day, the people be-
ing idle and the former being holiday. To
day having gone by without special incident. no
outbreak is looked for before New Years day.
In regard to the disturbance and the charges
against Father Kolasinski, Bishop Borgess. OBJ
PLANTATION of his action:
Ordinarily, when charges are preferred
against priest, he is allowed to continue the
performance of his pastoral duties, as to suspend
him instanter might work great injustice. Such
charges were preferred against Kolasinskl. and
the evidence IN support of them is overwhelm-
ing. He has been charged with immortality of
such character that ne should not be allowed
to stand at a Catholic altar for single hour,
and no pure home should permit him to cross its
threshold. Under these circumstances, the
bishop deemed it his duty to the community and
to family purity to suspend his functions.
While endeavoring to find suitable
successor, he requested Father Dombrowski,
worthy priest, to act as a temporary pastor
The latter consented to do so, but with great re-
luctance. as he knew Kolasinskis character and
what treatment might be expected from him.
Immediately the latter began to pose as mar
tyr, and to stir up rebellion among the people
He did not address them Christmas day, because
he had no reliable interpreter, and also because
the whole object Of the demonstration was bull
DOING of the worst type and kolasinski was at
the bottom of it. The bishop sincerely desires
that the people will abandon the man
who is misleading them for his own purposes;
that they will believe he has their interests sim
cerely at heart, and that, at the first opportu-
nifty. if they will allow him to do So he will sup
ply them with pastor worthy Of them and of
the altar to which they are so much attached"
Father Kolasinski has also stated his position
in an interview, in which he states that he be-
leves the bishop is wrong and he is right and
that he should not have been removed until the
bishop had publicly announced reasons therefor
He believes the trouble will not be ended until
he is reinstated as pastor of the church, and
says he was convicted without a hearing. He
proposes to remain in this city until he
gets what he considers due him. The reverend
gentleman grew warm In his protest that he was
innocent. and said in conclusion. that the only
way to solve the difficulty was for the bishop to
listen to the voice of a powerful congregation,
which is able to judge the wrong from the right.
The closing of their church against them on one
OF the most important holidays in the year is
painful to them. and it cannot be wondered at
that they desire to worship in their own edifice,
with one whom they want as their pastor"