The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
ON THE VERGE OF A RIOT.
The Christian EldeaVOr Delegates in
Peril at Montreal.

The Lower Glasses of the French Ca
Hall and Tent Ready to Attack
Them-The Friendly Element in the
Population Rally to Protect the Wis
itors-A Stirring Incident at the
Close of the Night Session.
Montreal, July 9.-This afternoon at
o'clock when the Christian Endeavor
meeting in the tent was called to order a
large number were there to hear Anthony
Comstock Of New York in his address
Foes to Society, Church and State
1t was well received and during
its delivery u large crowd of
not too well dressed French Canadians
gathered on the court and police station
steps and peered at the speakers plat
form through a place from which the
canvas had been dropped to let in air.
At this stage they We're quiet, but they
became noisy afterwards aud had to be
dispersed by the police, and one of the
leaders was taken into custody
Miss Belle Kearney, of Florida, Miss,
followed Mr.. Comstocll and. at times, it
was hard for the audience to follow her,
owing to the yells of the crowd
of Frenchmen outside, who joined
in after the applause to Mr.
Comstock and expressed defiance,
derision, or anything else but friendly
feeling The part of the tent that had
been lowered was raised up, and shut out
from the sight of the audience, dirty
faced F'renchman, who was initiating the
gestures of the lady speaker inside with
the cleverness of a monkey.
Before the adjournment Mr.. Shaw
made an official announcement that the
number of delegates attending the CON
vention was 10000. He also assured
timid delegates that no violence
need be feared at the even
ing session of the drill hall
meeting, for ample police protection had
been asked for and promised. However,
it was not deemed advisable to hold the
evening service in the tent. This an
nouncement was received in silence
St. James Methodist church is in the
west and English part of the city. There
the tent programme for tonight was car
ried out; there the conservation sermon
was preached by Rev. b. Mills, well
knewn American evangelist.
The drill ball divided off by states at
the closing of the meeting, and fully
100OO people, in spite of riot rumors,
were present. 1t was grand wind-uU OF
the twelfth annual convention and was
called to order sharp on time. The first
order of business was the report of the
resolution committee, which embodied a
clause thanking the Associated Press for
the reports distributed throughout the
United States.
Rev T. H. Lewis of Westminster, Md,
preached the closing sermon.
READY FOR A RIOT AT NIGHT.
The closing scenes on the inside of the
drill hall tonight were characterized by
much warmth and hand shaking, kissing
among the women delegates who had
formed friendships in the city, aud sing
"God be With You Till Wee Meet Again -
1t was very impressive. Outside it was
equally impressive in another way.
Thousands Of people congregated
on the Champ de Mars and
Craig street in front of the
hall and cast and west. The elements
of riot were there in full forces. The
, talk about Rev. Carmathama's ill-timed
remarks had spread all over Montreal,
and in the crowd We're many who were
bound to aVengG the insult which they
considered as more than personal, for to-
day the French Canadian Roman Cath
Olic religion comes in before everything.
Then there We're thousands assembled
who had resolved to protect the
Christian endeavorers when they left the
hall if necessary. The antagonistic ele-
ments in the crowd kept at a respecta-
BILE distance from each other awaiting the
opening of the doors at the close. Among
the protestant crowd were nearly a thou
sand militiamen in plain clothes and the
opposing crowd consisted OF the lower
classes of Frcnch-CanadianS principally
quarrymen from COrte or st. Luc or
others Of like stamp. Occasionally the
volunteers and their adherents fell into
line and marched around the block en-
closing the Champ de Mars, and the Op-
posing crowd did likewise, marching
around the block TO the west Of the
Champ de Mars They eyed each other
icalOusly, and each moment the bitter
feeling increased, in evidence Of which
partisan tunes were shouted by thousands
of lusty voices, and pandemonium rcigned.
EXIT OF THE DELEGATES.
This was the situation when the doors
of the hall We're thrown open. Every
body expected a riot. The delegates
emerged from the hall and turned to the
west end. Instantly the volunteers
formed a Gordon at the edge of the SIDE
walk. and white handkerchiefs were pro
duced and these they held around their
necks This was distinguishing
badge. No one without it could
approach the endeavorers from the
opposite side of the street and
slowly and without any manifestation Of
alarm JHt utloEuJco piOtcCdSus 1utu
came bursts Of song. "At the Cross
rolled out upon the air Almost perfect
silence fell upon tho crowd, The French
men on the Champ dc Mars stood
silently gazed at the procession of the
endeavorers, which marched TO the time
of the piece of music they were singing.
All emerged and passed out Of the dan
gerous locality in safety. Then the mill
tiamen slowly moved west, while the
crowd turned right about face and
marched down the east to a short dis
tance below the drill hall. sing
ing, "Onward, Christian Soldier,
Marching as to War" They were
greeted with silence by the crowd that
angrily watched them. They again
turned and marched west. The multi
tude melted away, and the blockade Of
cabs and street cars passed on, and the
closing of the Christian Endeavor cOnven-
tiOn was at a peaceful end.
A CABINET CRISIS IN FRANCE.
The NJ mister Of Finance Resigns But
Reconsiders His Action.