The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-13
STOPPED THE MEETING.
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE ESHER-
DUBs CHURCH WAR.

The Bsherites Enjoin the Dubs Followers
From Proceeding with Their National
Missionary Convention in the Grace
Evangelical Church in This City.
The Esher- Dubs controversy in the
Evangelical church has broken out in
Canton under circumstances that promise
TO precipitate very spirited contest into
the courts here, and one too that is of
national importance and involves exten.
sive financial interests as well as church
prestige.
AT 9 O'Clock this morning the mission,
ary society of the Dubs faction of the
Evangelical Association of North America
was 10 convene in the Grace Evangelical
church on East Third street in regular
convention TO transact the regular busi-
ness of the association, arrange for the
collection and aportionment OF funds
etc.
TIE Esher forces however were alert
and aggressive and they did not propose
to allow the Dubs contingent to proceed
unmolested and accordingly at noon yes
terday, the law Arms of Clark q Amber
OF Canton, Judge Amber OF Salem, Jud
Richie q Esher OF Chicago and G. Nd. and
A. w. Barber of Cleveland, appeared be-
fore Judge McCarty with q petition asking
for an Injunction to restrain the Dubs
faction from proceeding with their meet
ing.
granted pending hearing for temporary
Injunction and the plaintiffs gave bond in
the sum of 81, 900 as security against dam
ages. The petition of the plaintiffs covers
over twenty pages of closely type written
copy and is headed as follows:
The Missionary society Of the Evaugeli.
cal association OF North America, John j /.
Esher, Thomas Bowman, William Horn,
s. c. Breyfogle, William Yost, Theodore
c. Nickel, Martin Lauer, G. Heinmiller,
Il. Yeakei, S. P. Spreng and Charles
G. S, Hsman, W. M. Stanford, Jeremiah
G. Moehn, Benjamin j. Smoyer,
S. L. West, j. d. Woodring, John
Schneider, T. L. Haines, William Har-
man, d. f. Fox and Kramer, executor Of
the will of John Spots, defendants.
bishops of the Esher faction Of the Evan
gelical association and the others are
officers such as secretary, treasurer and
members of the Board of Missions.
Dubs, Haman and Stanford are the
bishops of the Dubs side and the balance
of the defendants are in positions COR
responding to the ones occupied by those
of the plaintiffs not bishops. ...
The plaintiffs go on to recite in their
petition that they are the real genuine,
simon pure Evangelical Association and
that their officers were all regularly
elected and installed in office with full
powers to discharge the duties thereof.
dants are not the genuine Evangeli.
cal Association and they thereupon
have no right to call themselves such, but
they declare that the defendants have
and do claim that they are the Evangeli-
cal Association and publish the same and
g.. s.asz
and disburse the same and otherwise
proceed in all manners as IL they were the
genuine and original organization. The
plaintiffs complain of these things and
state that all moneys collected for mis-
sionary purposes, ETC., should be paid in
to them so that they might disburse II
rather than for the defendants to do the
work. They claim that they receive about
$4,000 year in this way that Is given out
for missionary work. In view Of the fact
that the plaintiffs, according to their
allegations, are the genuine and regular
authorities they ask that the defendants
be eDjoined from hereafter call
of the Evangelical Association of North
America, and that they be restrained from
collecting any money for such organiza-
ton. They also ask that the Dubs party
shall be made to appear and pay over
what they have collected while calling
themselves sucn missionary society.
Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning
just as presiding officer S. L. West was
about to call the Dubs faction of the Asso
citation to order in Grace Evangelical
church ready to begin business, the sheriff
appeared with his Injunction papers. To
say that the gentlemen composing the
meeting were somewhat taken back is
putting the case very mildly but as moth.
ing could be done they quietly sub.
mitted the the inevitable and sat
down to chat and discuss the new turn of
affairs and try to plan some way out of
the predicament. Attorneys johnson,
White and McCaslin of Cleveland were
sent for and the gentlemen will wait here
until some scheme out of the difficulty is
hit upon. A NEws.DEMoCRAT reporter
called at the church this afternoon and
found Bishops Hamsn and Stanford and
Reverends j. ID. Woodring, J. G. Moehn,
A. M. Strk, W. E. Detweiler, B. E. Feitt,
John Schneider, A. Bussard, and
S. L. West. Evans is from Ohio.
Bussard from Iowa, Schneider from
illinois and the balance are from Penn
sylvania. Bishop Dubs will be here this
afternoon, and with their attorneys, they
will try and get the restraining order dis
solved, SO that they can go on with their
business. The fight promises TO be a
herceIy contested one when it comes up.