The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-11
TOUGHS AT THE MEETING.
They Annoy the Salyationists-No
Policemen in Sight.

Ensign Hartwrlght led the meetings at
| Corps No. of the Salvation Army Oh
Tonnele avenue YESTERDAY. Nothing
unusual occurred until the evening SER
vice. The Salvationists had started their
meeting and were singing hymn, when
loud talking, curses and obscene lang guaRe
were heard in the rear of the room. II
cume from u gang of toughs who stood
by the door. They were headed by big
pock marked red headed ellow known
as Barker or Barton. Thre or four stall
wart Saivationsts were stying to eject
| the toughs who showed fight. Several
other Satvationists went to the as
| sistapce of their comrades ana finally
succeeded in putting out the ring leaders.
| The others kept quiet and were allowed
| to stop in, as the Offenders could not be
| singled OUT Of the crowd. When the
| toughs were outside, the outer door was
| shut and locked. II was not many min
utes before ROCKS were hurled ag ,inst it,
| and they tried TO batter IL in with heavy
| timbers.
A JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter, W no
| was inside. went out of the ba ok door
and around to the front. where the muss
| was going on. He found that the roughs
| who were raising the row were the
! .Sheeny Park" gang and the Irish
| Row" 2aug. They were headed by
! Barker or Barton, who works in the coal
| shutes, and an ex-conyict known AS
| "Dagon Herman.
After being elected some of the gang
| went around to the SIDE of the buildin.
| and hurled their curses and shouts
| through the windows. The others kept
| up the bombardmeDt upon the front of
the building. Four Salvatiohists and
two citizens finally went to the front OF
the building and kept guard. All this
time no policeman was to be seen around
anywhere in the vicinity. The SALIVA
tionists sent some one out every five
minutes TO see ii one was In the neigh
\ borhood. but none could be found. The
row lasted from eight TO half past nine
O'Clock and for an hour of that time the
doors had to be parricaded and guard
Stationed ut each of the windows.
At about half past nine O'Clock Patrol
man O'Connor strolled down the stree
as IL nothing were going on and didn't
atiem to arrest any Of the. disturDers
The Salvationis snd citizens who were
at the meeting are very Indignant at the
action of the policemen. aud many OF
them insinuated that the pollce put the
roughs up to what they did for revenge
One thing is certain, there was no officer
at the Armory from eight O'Clock To hall
past nine O'Clock, aud there WIS no
other part of the rost where one was
more needed.
Ionlgnt an lndlgnatlon meeting VIII De
held in the Bergen Reformed Church
Among the speakers will be Dr.. ID. Hal
leron, pastor Of Simpson NJ. e. Church;
DR.. ID. r. Lowrie, expressing elder OF
the Jersey City district OF tna Newark
Methodist Conferences; DIR. John Atkin-
son of the West Side NJ. e. Church, DR..
I. S. Hathaway. DR.. J. L. Scudder, DR..
Forman. Counsellors S. B. Ransom,
Madison Ferris. Alex. Simpson aud
| Matthew Foster. Invitations nave been
sent to all the ministers Ia the city to
attend. The consistory OF the Bergen
Reformed Church met after services yes
terday morning and were unanimous In
allowing the SalvatioDIsts the use OF the
church Tor their indignation meeting.