The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-03-01

He Was Frotalled, However, by the
Police and Many Citizens,
ANTI-OATHOLICs ARE ORGANIZING

The Ex-Priest Declares His Intention to
Remain in savannah Until lie Can Walk
the streets without a Police Escort.-A-
Very Bitter Feeling.
SAVANNAH, March There has been
another day and night of intense excite
ment in Savannah. Feeling seems to run
high, though there were no hostilities yes
terday In the afternoon Mrs. Slattery
lectured to 600 women in Odd Fellows
hall. She and her husband were escorted
to the hall by officers. Many of the ladies
at the lecture were escorted to the hall by
their husbands. Police were stationed in
the square on which the hall fronts, and
on the streets. No one was allowed to
loiter about the building Toward the close
of the lecture crowds collected in the viCin-
ity, and Slattery and his wife were fol-
lowed to their hotel by hundreds.
Last night Odd Fellows hall was
crowded to its limit, and many were
turned away Fully thousand men were
in the hall and it Is understood that a
large proportion were armed. On all sides
men were heard saying that they were
ready for mob. Outside the hall the en-
tire police force with the exception of a
few men scattered through the audience,
were distributed so as to command the en-
tire vicinity of the hall The police kept
continually on the move, and no crowd
was allowed to congregate near the build
ing.
Inside the hall there was a scene of en-
thusiasm. Slattery received an ovation,
and throughout his lecture he was ap-
plauded and cheered when he declared that
the riot Tuesday night had shown the nC-
cessity of Protestant organization. The
wild cheering lasted several minutes and
was vigorously resumed when he said
Get the A. p. A. or the Junior Order of
United American Mechanics and you will
have no more such demonstrations against
free speech. We must meet the Ancient
Order of Hibernians with the American
Protective association, and show them
that it is not necessary to get their permis-
sion to have lecture in Savannah"
Slattery then declared that he was not
here in the interest of the A. p. A, but
that after the riot he had wired the ma
tional president and an organizer would
be here in twenty four hours.
This was received with more cheers. AT
the close of the lecture there were three
cheers given for Slattery, and many went
forward and signed a paper promising tc
unite with either of the orders he had
mentioned. Slattery was escorted back tc
the hotel by large body of police. Sew
eral hundred of those who had heard him
followed to assist in protecting him
While there were many people on the
streets to the hotel there was no demon
stration made against the ex-priest, ex-
| cept Kisses.
Slattery announced last night that he
intended to remain in Savannah until he
could walk its streets without police pro
lection. His presence here will keep uI
the excitement, which has been intensified
| by the announcement that the A. p. A
organization would be perfected at once
| Conservative men on both sides deplorG
| the existing situation.
Fifteen OF the men said to have been
| prominent in the troubles of Tuesday
night were arrested yesterday. -Four OF
them were tried of whom three were sent
! to Jail for thirty days Other arrests art
to follow