The record-union., 1892-01-05
RIOT OF UNUSUAL VIOLENCE
Salvation Army Followers At
tackled by a Mob.
MANY PERSONS INJURED DURING
THE MELEE
The Police Charge the Crowd, Women
and Men Being Trampled Under
Horses Feet-Latest Advices From
Durango, Mexico, Present a Sad
State of AfIairs-Many People Suf-
fering From Starvation.
Special to the REcoRp-Ux1or.

LONDON, Jan. 4.-Troubles between the
Salvation Army and the authorities at
Eastbourne resulted yesterday in riot OF
unusual violence. For long time there
has been open war between the Salvation
lists and the police. The former assert
that the Eastbourne officials displayed
feeling of religious intolerance i'll their
treatment of the army, and so deter
mined were the members of the army to
maintain what they deemed their judicial
rights that they propose to introduce
bill IN Parliament to repeal or amend the
Eastbourne Improvement Act, under
which the town officials prevent the Sal
vationists from holding meetings on the
streets.
Yesterday the Eastbourne contingent
OF the Salvation Army was divided into
four sections, stationed in different parts
OF the town. The police broke up these
meetings with some trouble but in the
afternoon sixty of the army again sailed
from the barracks and proceeded to the
beach, followed by an immense crowd.
who menaced them with all manner of
uI-treatment. Once upon the beach, the
SalyatIonlSts knelt down on the sands in
prayer. AS they did so they linked arms,
the better to repel the assaults of the ire
hgious mob, should the latter take it into
their heads to charge. The mob hooted
and yelled, and finally made an uply
rush. Some Of the Salvationists were
thrown to the ground, but Immediately
resumed kneeling position, and contin-
ued praying. Several times the rushing
was repeated, but the Salvationists paid
no more attention than necessary to avoid
being seriously hurt.
a number of police were present, and
the mob reviled them for not dispensing
the Salvationists.
As soon as the praying was concluded
the Salvationists rose to their feet. This
seemed the signal for preconcerted at
tack, for the mob Immediately swooped
down upon the devoted band, scattering
them in wild disorder MANY We're
struck, kicked and otherwise ill-treated.
The musical instruments used by the
SalvationistS seemed especially to excite
the ire OF the mob, and the persons bear
ing them were singled out for more than
usual brutal treatment. The mob cot
possession of the instruments, and, after
smashing them, threw them into the
street.
Then a detachment of mounted police
charged the crowd. They made no dis
tinction between men and women. They
rode down upon the crowd, trampling the
rowdieS, male and female alike, under
the feet of horses. Many of the crowd
were severely hurt.
The Salvationists declare that the DO
lice, instead Of protecting them, deliber-
ateIy struck them and rode over them.
Their clothes were torn and their hats
lost. a number of women lost their
skirts and jackets in the wild rush fol-
lowing the charge of the police, the gar
ments being torn off of them in the des-
perate struggle to escape being trampled
on by horses.
During the melee the standard of the
Salvation Army fell into the hands of the
enemy. Some of the Salvationists
charged to regain the flag, and fierce
fight resulted. Finally the SaIvationists
regained the standard, and under a rain
of blows succeeded in getting away from
the mob with the flag in their possession.
After some little time the Salvationists,
their clothing bedraggled and their faces
showing marks of ill-treatment, rallied
around their standard. They formed in
regular line, and, surrounded by police,
marched back to the barracks. Despite
this protection they We're not safe from
attack, for the mob several times charged
upon them, and the police were almost
poWerless to prevent injuries being in
tiicted. Some of the more rabid of the mob
got possession OF vehicles, and paying
no attention to the police, drove deliber-
ately into the Salvationists' ranks, with
the object OF running over them.