The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-09
CLASHING OF CREEDS.
Hasty Words Cause Trouble a
Montreal.
The Convention Declares 1t Has
No Intention of Insulting the
Catholics of Canada.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

MONTREAL, July 8-Saturday was an
eventfuI day for the Christian Epdeavor
convention, because of an incident last
night in which some endeavorers were
stoned as the result Of a remark, attributed
to a Colorado delegate, concerning the
Virgin Mary.
The seed sown by the Hindoo delegate
in making an attack On Catholicism and
the stoning incident of last night to-day
| brought around lot of Catholic tract
dis stributOrs.
The morning session was consumed
largely with the reading Of various re-
ports and was closed by an address by
George M. Ward of Lowell. Mass.
During the session President Clark arose
and said: "Some statements were made
and some sentiments uttered at an outside
meeting last night for which this conven-
ton is not responsible. l speak for you
all when l say there has been no inten-
tion or desire on the part of this conven-
tion to insult any one, to hurt any re-
lgious feelings or to decry creeds. Are
not these your sentiments? If so, show it
by rising"
The whole audience arose and cheered.
At the evening session in the tent an
address on "The Raw Material OF Great
Life," by Rev. j. w. Lee of Atlanta. Ga.
was the principal matter of discussion.
The reputation of the obnoxious utter
ancas of last night in the Assembly Hall
this morning had good effect, for all the
papers this even ing declared that the utter
ances Of DR.. Clark removed all suspicion
that an Intentional insult had been in
tended by the visitors. but as a precaution-
airy measure police were stationed about
the drill hall during the evening meeting
The winner of the local committees
banner for 1898 was first announced. Phil
adelphia won the handsome trophy. Mas
sachusetts was second and California third
Rev. George A. Wells of Minneapolis
then delivered an address on ''lnterna-
tional Fellowship" He considered the
holding of the present convention in
French and Roman Catholic Quebec as a
great peaceful triumph.
At this juncture events were happening
outside the hall which did not bear out
the speakers remarks within.
Three hundred French students and
quarrymen marched up to the door of the
hall bearing couple of French flags. The
police captured the flags and thumped the
bearers heads together. whereupon their
companions raised a great howl. but the
police drove the would-be rioters off.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the meeting dis
,ersed without any collision with the mob.
Fully 1000 people filed the street in front
of the exit.
Fifteen hundred English volunteers later
paraded the town with a bugler at their
head. They stopped to cheer the English
and American flags Then a pumber of
the French gathered again and many calls
were heard for taking down the flags.
Finally row was precipitated by some
hotheads. The police once more we're called
upon and had hard sime dispensing the
riotous crowd. They charged . number
of times and had to use their batons freely
with disastrous results to many rioters.
In the melee colored delegate to the con-
vention from one of the Southern States.
name unknown. was seriously hurt. A
number of arrests were made and all was
quiet as ! A. n.