The sun., 1895-03-01
SLATTERY FOR THE A. P. A.
THE Ex-PRIEsT sPE.fRs WITIfoUT
MOLESTATION ~ SAYANNAH.

ne says HHe IL Not m Elnlssary or the A.
r. A., but Tuesday NiRhcs RiotinE Led
Htun 60 Telegraph for M Orgnntzer to
Come There at Once Several Afrests
sAyANSAn, Feb. as.--when ex.Priest slat.
terry declared in his lecture tonight nt odd
Fellows Hall. addressing one Thousand men,
that mn A. y. A. organizer would be In Sevnn-
nah within twenty-four hours, he was greeted
with wild checrs lasting several minutes. The
cheers were vigorously resumed when he said
That the time had come in Savannah when the
American Protective Association, In tho inter-
est Of free thought and free speech on free soil,
must meet the Ancient Order Of Hibernlans.
when or any other man comes to Savan-
nah again to deliver lecture do not think IL
will he necessary to obtain permission from the
Hihernians." he concluded, amid applause.
The meeting was one OF the largest and most
enthusiastic ever held In Savannah. Slattery
was escorted from the hotel to the hall by q de-
tachment OF police. All day long the statement
had been made that the ex-pricst would not
need the protection OF the military tonight, hut
that citizens would take care OF him and demon
strate that freedom of speech could not bc sup
pressed in Savannah by mob violence.
The hall was crowded long before tho hour for
the lecture and many were turned away. A
large part OF those present were undoubtedly
armed. Many said as they entered that they
were ready for trouble outside tho hall. Police
were scattered among the audience to prevent
any riotous demonstration.
No one was allowed to loiter for an jns Ant on
the square In front of the hail or on the Streets
near the building. Within few blocks OF the
hall there were hundreds walking, probably in
antic patton OF trouble.
When Slattory made his appearance he was
cheered. Toward the close OF his address he de-
clared that he had not come to Savannah in the
interest OF the A. p. A. or any other order hut
after the riot on Tuesday night he had wired to
the National President to send an organizer here
tonce. His appeal to Protestants to organize was
wildly cheored. 1t is the general belief that
this enthusiasm will soon subside. At the close
of his lecture Slattery was greeted with three
cheers, and many went forward and gave their
After the meeting the police again escorted
of his hearers followed with the evident inten-
ton OF protecting him In the event OF attack.
The streets to the hotel were filled with people,
but no demonstration except a Few Kisses was
made.
Slattery has announced that he will remain in
Savannah until he can walk the streets without
police protection. His presence here tends to
keep up the excitement. Conservative men, re-
gardless Of religious belief, had hoped that he
would leave at once. and that the excited con-
diton OF the public mind would abate Fifteen
arrests have been made to-day OF men said to
have been leaders in Tuesday nights trouble.
Four were tried this morning, and three of them
were sentenced to thirty days in prison. More
arrests are to follow. .''
Slsttery's wife lectured this afternoon to sew
eral hundred ladies on the "Sisterhoods of the
Church and the Confessional"