Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-07
GOING TO NEW YORK.
Crowds Attend the Last Meetings Of
Francis Murphy in This City.
THE INTEREST BEING KEPT UP
Bya Series of Meetings by Local Temper
ance Organizations.
A PROMPT REBUKE TO A SLLNDERER
Ii INTEREST BEING KEPT UP
A PROMPT REBUKE TO A SLANDERER

The usual crowd of attendants were pres
ent at the Murphy meeting in Lafayette
Hall last night, and the interest through
out was maintained by the exhortations of
Mr. Murphy, j. NJ. Kelly and Captain J.
j. Barbour, all of whom spoke in an enter
tanning manner. Nj. Murphy spoke some
half dozen times, beginning each time
with the explanation that he would only be
half q minute, but, becoming earnest in his
remarks, wound up with little story, and
SO kept his hearers interested and satisfied
TO stay longer Captain Barbour re-told of
his many experiences as a drinker and as q
Murphyite, and j. N. Kelly told of his ex-
periences as a Keeleyite The music through
out was good and the meeting closed with
an earnest prayer by Mr.. Murphy.
1t was announced that the last of the
meetings will be held on Friday night
Mr.. Murphy will then 60 to New York City
10 hold meetings They will be held there
after on Sundays at o'clock at the Kelley
Institute, 3Sl1 Fifth avenue, when all the
temperance organizations, Murphyites
Keeleyites, Good Templars and others will
begin series of union gospel meetings and
continue them SO long as the interest war
rants
Francis Murphy's Prompt Action.
Francis Murphy, though one of the most
gentle OF men, is also, as some people have
had occasion to learn, full of yigor and
leonine wrath when aroused by anything
that he considers intentional injustice to
himself or others An incident was yes
AL /.
having occurred at Tacoma last year When
be was invited there the local ministers
held q meeting to help him. Among them
was one that had come from Pittsburg.
This man was alleged to have made some
Misrepresentation to the ministers. that
Francis Murphy was scamp" and SO
on; the result was that the ministers were
induced to withhold the invitation.
Mr.. Murphy heard of the occurrence and |
went straight to the ex-Pittsburg preacher, |
asking the latter if he had made false and |
damaging statements. The ex-PittsbUrger |
denied it, insisting he had merely quoted |
Mr. Murphy as being opposed to the Law |
and Order Society.
"Well, - said Mr.. Murphy, 81 am afraid
you are not telling the truth, and that YOU |
did in secret say false things YOU now refuse |
TO verify in public, but forgive you, since |
you take it back. You can quote me all |
you want as being opposed to the libel on |
the name Of temperance In prosecuting peo-
pie for the sale of water and milk on Sun |
day, but you must know that will permit |
no one to pass from criticism of nv work |
into assassination OF my personal character;
and am going to work in Tacoma all the |
same, invitation or not"
Murphy's Great Work in Tacoma.
The result was Mr.. Murphy undertook a
series of meetings in Tacoma which lasted |
for five weeks and secured over 1000
pledges. The ministers, every one of them,
then came in, and treated the temperance
apostle with the greatest kindness, giving
him invaluable assistance. They passed q
series of resolutions, thanking God that
Francis Murphy came to Tacoma, also for
the work he had accomplished. The in
stigstor of this damaging statement made in
the first instance against Mr. Murphy also
protessed his sorrow, and was forgiven by
the temperance apostle
"The truth is" said Mr.. Murphy when
questioned about the Tacoma incident ves-
terday, that this type of people have to be
forgiven very often. They are reckless in
their imputations Surely, as everyone
knows, 1 go about my work without pre-
tention, feeling almost too humble to be de-
cent, but tell you, sir, and here the fire
flashed from his gray eyes-"I cannot per-
init any man, whether he wears the cloth or
not to deliberately assassinate my name
That and my work are all that Francis
Murphy has in the world or will leave he