The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-27

afterwards, making eleven companies the
ground. In the hall the audience was still
and those who ventured to glance out at
the risk of broken head, and saw the mob
and the long lines of military in all direc-
tons found nothing TO encourage them. The
military was employed so as TO drive the
mob back and form hollow square about
While a consultation of the commanding
officers and the Mayor was held. Capt. J. H.
Dillon, one of the most prominent Catholics
peacemaker. He brought Vicar General
Cafferty. who is in charge of the diocese in
of the trouble. The Vicar General adj
dressed q portion of the mob This man
Slattery;. said he. can do your church no
your religion by your conduct here tonight.
1t can meet with but condemnation.
do not render it necessary to shed blood
here tonight" few of those he adj
dressed shook the Vicar General by the
hand and left, but the majority stood still.
Major Mildrim and others urged the mob
to dispense, but to no purpose.
SLATTERY LEAVES THE HALL.
While a double line of soldiers stood on
guard and while the remainder of the mill
tary kept the crowd back nearly all of the
audience passed out of the hall amid Kisses
Slattery and his wife and few men re-
manned in the hail. and Colonel Gordon, of
the First Georgia Cavalry, informed Stat
the First Regiment and the Hussars to pro-
tect the hall while the battalion escorted
Slattery to the Pulaski House. 1t was some
time before she would consent to leave her
husband She was assured that under no
circumstances would the mob be allowed to
hurt him. The four companies of guards
We're then banked about the door of the
hall with the police and Slattery. was
brought down. AS he was coming out with
eight policemen and the Mayor there was
n, fba lint he mill a
with bayonets, pushed 1t back in all direc-
lions. Slattery was placed in the center of
mounted police and with foot police and four
companies of infantry on each side, amid
misses and jeers, he marched to the Pulaski
so buried in the midst of the military that
the mob could not see him. Word had got
among the CROWD that any assault would be
promptly met with bullets.
At the hotel a mob of 500 or 600 gathered,
The military made solid mass IN tro ont
Slattery walked in uninjured: A detachment
OF police was left at the hotel to guard
him over night. Every door to the hotel
was locked and guarded.
At Masonic Hall the other seven com
panes remained as guard for Mrs. STAT +,
property. Finding that Slattery had gone,
the mob dwindled away. Mrs. Slattery. was
with a strong force Of police was brought to
the hotel The military was still on duty at
Mrs. Slattery is booked for a lecture to-
morrow afternoon. Threats are made to-
night that they will be driven from the city
tomorrow. Prominent Catholics and priests
are using their influence to quell the riot
GUS element ard to induce them to pay
no attention to Slatterys attacks on Cath
olicism. There is great fear that to-mor-
row may bring further trouble of an even
more serious character.
Several policemen were so seriously IN
jured that they had to be sent home. Sew
eral of the military were wounded by being
struck by rocks. Slattery's manager was
knocked senseless with sandbag
At O'Clock "Wednesday morning large
force is still at the hotel. 1t will guard the
premises all night