Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-10

CLOSED IN DANGER.
The Christian Endeavor Con-
vention at Montreal
SURROUNDED BY A HOWLING MOB,

The Delegates Leave the Hall After Ad-
journment-Protected by Protestant
Militiamen-wonderfu Effect of a Song
"A Dramatic Conclusion-Cause of the
Trouble an Attack on the Roman Catho-
lie Church-Scenes at the End.
MONTREAL, July 10-The statement is
made that outside of the big convention
In New York last year this Christian En-
deavor convention has been the greatest
one ever held. But the convention has
been marred by several incidents that are
discredtable to those who took part there
in. An anti-Romanist speech by Rev.
MIR. Karmarthar created considerable
Rntagonism against the delegates on the
part of the lower classes of the French
Canadians, and some of the French
papers has articles calculated to fan this
feeling. karmarthar said in part that in
India he had to fight with Romanism and
Brahminism, and made a vigorous at
tack on the church of Rome and its meth
DDS AS result of Karmarthars remarks
some Endeavorers were stoned at night
on the Champ de Mars
4 Delegate Who Should Tse AIuzzIed,
The matter was brought up later by
President Clark and the convention put
its mark of disapproval on such things
very unanimously. A member of one of
the delegations is said to have started the
hostilities by boldly stating in a loud voice
and in the most frequented part of a
Roman Catholic city that the mother of
Christ was an abandoned woman. A
, United Press correspondent learns that
this statement was made by one of the Col
orado delegates, whose name has not been
ascertained. Another delegate who heard
the remark made strong speech in dis
avowal, but ;he mischief had been done
1t would seem that little muscular
Christianity on the part of the Endeavor-
ers themselves would have been we'll
timed in this case
reason for Indignation.
Another occurrence gave way rise to in
dignation among the delegates. Rev Ed
ward DeGruchy, at the early prayer meet
ing, made the announcement that he had
! discovered a man literally covered with
| Christian Endedvor badges and wearing
the California streamer, but who was a
local laborer on the wharves of this city, in
2 state of heastiy intoXication wandering
around the streets saying he was ''one of
the boys Those who listened to the re-
| cital of the degradation of the Endeavor
emblems would like to know for more
reasons than one who the party was that
| decked out this most helplessly drunken
man in the guise of an Endeavorer Satur-
days session was devoted entirely to the
discussion OF missionary work
PGIice Disper,e Rioters.
The final meeting of the day at the drill
! hall was guarded by policemen. Just
after Rev, JeO. A. Wells, of Minneapolis,
had finished an address on international
| Fellowship 800 French students marched
up to the door of the hall bearing a couple
of French flags. Sub-chief La Pointe cap
tured the flags from the bearers and
| thumped their heads together, whereupon
their companions raised great howl but
the police dispersed the would-be rioters.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the meeting dis
persed without any collision with the 3ob
of fully 1,0a0 people that filled the : eet
| in front of t.e exit.