Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-04
Salvation Army.

The Salvation army and the authorities OF
Eastbourne continue their struggle regard.
ing outdoor professions and meetings.
The Salvation army, the Wesleyan Metho-
dists and various other mission parties have
taken advantage OF the modified order OF
the watch committees with the result that
there have been further professions and re-
ligious meetings in the streets of East
bourne. The new order proscribes such
aSSemblageS as cause actual obstruction OF
those which are accompanied by instru-
mental music and the Wesleyans have given
the authorities q satisfactory understand
ing on both these points. The Salvationists,
however, repudiate the restrictive mandate
touching instrumental music. if played
while their members are formed up in 4
stationary position, their contention being
that the local act applies only to
bodies of persons on the march.
They also decline to recognize
an independent bylaw which purports TO
authorize the corporation to regulate the
playing of music on the foreShore, the view
OF the army being that the proceedings
must De by summons, and then only by
the sworn information of aegrieve
persons that nuisance has been
committed. The opposition to the Saliva
tionists continues to be of an exciting
character when the hostile crowds assume
extensive proportions. The usual row is
After preliminary council of war' the
members of the army, q number
carrying brass instruments emerge from
the CITADEL and are received with groans
and dcrisive laughter by a considerable
crowd. Escorted by strong body OF police
the Salvationists go through the streets
leading to the sea front until they reach the
foreshore Just eastward of the pier on their
way, and particularly after their arrival at
the sea front they are vigorously pelted with
snowballs. This practice appears to afford
the onlookers intense delight, but the pro-
cessionists take the attack in quite good
humored way, and only sing more Justify
than ever. A police officer attempting
to make an arrest is sure to
receive such heavy shower of snowballs
that he is compelled to beat retreat. At
ter that generally the police are specially
marked out for targets. The Salvationists
having marched on the beach, describe a
large circle, and the leader, Capt. Lyme,
gives out hymn, which is sung with COM
paTative freedom from interruption. In
structions are then given the band to play,
but police inspector interposes and in
forms the army officers that the in
lowed. He also warns the bandsmen indi-
vidually against using their instruments,
madB increasing uproar and gradual closing
up of the crowd, lively verbal alteration
generally follows between the inspector and
Capt Lyme, whereupon the latter repeats
his orders to the band to proceed. The
bandsmen raise their instruments to their
mouths and are on the point of playing, but
they are then prevented from so doing by
the police, who knock the instruments
down and break up the meeting. This leads
to an exciting scrimmage, the crowd, the
Salvationists and the police becoming mex
tricably mixed up. The Salvationists
are violently hustled, and by some of the
rougher lunges of the crowd. numbers of
people are knocked down and trampled
upon. The Salvationists are ultimately en-
abled to return to their barracks under pro-
lection of the police, with or without the
loss of their instruments. This is about the
usual Sunday programme at Eastbourne,
varied occasionally by more exciting Incl
dents.