St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-27


mob derided it.
Bring on your military" some or
the leaders shouted.
ITO h with them, they can't save
Slattery."
The Georgia huSSarS, dismounted, un-
der command of Maj. Mildrem, were
the first to respond The organization
contained thirty men in all. The mob
evidently believed that was all that
were to be brought out, and laughed
at them as they drew up in front of
the hall. Soon after the tramp of other
military was heard, and four COM
panies of the Savannah volunteer
guards under command of Col. Gar
rard swung into position in front of
the hall with fixed bayonets and rifles
loaded with ball cartridges. By order
of the mayor the guards formed in
two single lines and
CHARGED THE MOB
with fixed bayonets in hope of break
ing it. The mob was shov"d back
slowly but refused to break, and oc-
casionally rocks were thrown at the
hall. The mob was sullen and defiant
and apparently determined. Six COM
pantes from the First regiment ulder
Lieut. Col. Reilly came up soon after
wards, making eleven companies in all
on the ground.
In the hall the audience was still
penned up, some of the women were
crying, and those who Ventured to
glance out at the risk of a broken hes.-.
and saw the mob and long lines Of mil
itary in all directions found nothing to
encourage them. The military were
deployed so as to drive the mob back
and form a hollow square about the
hall While consultation of the.com-
manding officers and mayor was held,
Capt ]. H. Dillon, one of the most
prominent Catholics of the city, ten
dered his services as a peacemaker.
He brought tVicar-General Cafferty,
who is in charge of the diocese in the
absence of Bishop Becker, to the scene
of trouble. The Vicar-genera1 ad-
dressed a portion of the mob. '"This
man Slattery," said he, "can do your
church no harm. You are bringing
disgrace upon your religion by your
conduct here tonight. 1t can meet
with but condemnation. L plead with
you to disperse and go home.Do not
render it necessary to shed blood here
tonight" A few of those he addressed
shook the vicar-general by the hand
and left, but the majority stood still.
Maj. Mildrem and others
URGED THE MOB TO DISPERSE,
but to no purpose With double line
of soldiers a block was formed, and
while the rest of the military kept the
crowd back, nearly all of the audience
passed out of the hall amid misses.
Slattery and his wife and a few men
remained in the hall, Col. w. w.
Gordon, of the First Georgia cavalry,
informed Slattery's wife that it was his
intention to leave the First regiment
and the hussars to protect the hall,
while the guards battalion escorted
Slattery to the Pulaski house. 1t was
some time before she would consent
to leave her husband. She was as
sured that under no circumstances
would the mob be allowed to hurt
him. The four companies of guards
were then banked about the door OF
the hall with the police, and Slattery
was brought down. AS he came out
with the policemen and the mayor
there was a howl from the mob, but
the other military, charging, pushed 1t
back in all directions. Slattery was
placed in the center of the military,
and headed by a detachment OF
mounted police, and with foot police
on the sides and four companies of
infantry,
AMID Kisses AND JEERS,
marched to the Pulaski house, fol-
lowed by hundreds. Slattery was so
buried in the midst of the military
that the mob could not see him. Word
had got among them that any assault
would be promptly met with bullets.
At the hotel mob of five or six hun
dred gathered. The military made a
solid mass in front of the entrance,
presented bayonets, and Slattery
walked in uninjured. A detachment OF
police was left at the hotel to- guard
him over night, Every door to the no.
tel was locked and guarded. At Ma
sonic hall the other seven companies
remained as a guard for Mrs. Slat-
terry and to prevent further damage to
property. Finding that Slattery had
gone, the mob largely dwindled away.
Mrs. Slattery was placed in a carriage
later in the night and, with a strong
force of police, was brought to the
hotel. The military was still on duty
at midnight.
Mrs. Slattery is booked for a lee
ture tomorrow afternoon, and Slat-
terry for one tomorrow night. Threats
are made tonight that they will be
| driven from the city tomorrow. Prom
inent Catholics and the priests are
using their influence to quell the riot
Gus element and to induce them to pay
no attention to Slattery's attacks on
Catholicism. There is great fear that
| tomorrow may bring further trouble
of an even more serious character.
Several policemen were so injured
that they had to be sent home. Sew
eral of the militia were wounded by
being struck by rocks. Slattery's man
ager was knocked senseless with a
sandbag.
At 9 a. M a large police force is still
at the hotel. 1t will guard the prem
! ises all night.