Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-27
7ELBGRAPHIC.
RELIGIOUS RIOTS.
..,,,rp, KISSED ArBY THE MOB
r,,,t, called Ou, to Save From
''' Death Ex.rrles, sla'''rI
And His Wife

s.,,yy,u, Ga. Feb. 2j.-This has
sA's. ,ost exciting night 10 tho
o,'l ,' savannah. Fer five hours
lr'. .,', II bs, lrumblod on tho verge Of
zoe ~ wv ,Ios. The entire white MILL
'.ls,'- -.s oi tho city, except the ar
h2 been on dutyi there are ten
u.' .,,v companies and the Georgia
l-u. ,,,lstter being dlsmounled' A
ll,, ,im,t,dat from o 5000 to 5,O)j' the
,.,,,rlisn o. them being Catholic,
challenged thsir torbcarance to the
-. mas Tor the GOODNESS OF Mayor
~, -. and the officers commhnIln x
49,. bi11i might nave been sheu,
.,t Ibarsos were made icNeIAi
49, Iglr tHe streets, bur the noo'
,-'.t bsI gathered about Masonic
..H ogs Oh the prominent build
-si Inc city and sltla tii IN w.
t.r a savannah, ttl0OJEnly teiuaou
" T,is,sp days it had bcOu apparent
..,,,,ys trouble was Urowing' Inc
bsen LITERALLY pllcardcd with
80. tb.ttx.prlost Slattcry anu hl.
~. Jssefibpi rs un CE'uuut Woulu
80. bsfe ON Catholicism. Muluets
gbs Ancient Order o! Hibcfniare ~
,@t15F sisfs 10 prevent their appear
,sse hrfc. Petitions were olieuia ''o'.'
gtlpg Mayor Meyers 10 refuse permits
,5sto Inc ax.phusl 10 hold MS lecture
af AMI fiop this man from luotgr'
,.-B AID tho mayor, who u a He
rae 1but can prevent disorder nhu
Tss lecturer had hardly begun to
bdefbats aud c0bblusi0ueH began
bnln on tho Window, The police
f,I closed oil tho heavy shutters, thu
nyBg me audience from injury, only
nd {, three htiug iliurud by falling
.iH. The ret 1t the police force wa
alsi out ami hlty men were sOJn In
t5bt tl TIE hall. tho mob mad,
fuitss 10 secure an entrance, hut were
driven tack by tho force. Before .
ra6tk ths mab had grown 20 between
nHland tUOl Window alter window
6ibe Naiablo Temple was crashed
Cdn al UKnl him." "D1wn viii
snisiy,n "Dralh to tho renegade
vuu heard.
Chief McDemo,t summoned The
may0L The lecture closed at B:jO
9l..ck, and u vus apparent thut d
meant lue ,0u OF many lIvUa for the
lecturer tui audience 81 leave the hull
upnluh uumtU OF members Of Bt'
ctt, otglnnliont who had Chccrcu
bslityls declaration that he belonged
% them bad galhpud around the eE'
IHOi 70 defend him a. nc luit tho hall
A nlmbtL 10 Eas evident, had come
lfmtl 10 anticipation OF trouble, a,
Tue u.pfltii vas about 10 leave The
hlil will bio iiituds the chief u poles
stepped them anu refused ~ ALLOW
anyone % 10 Gown stair. Outside
Mayor Meyer ant Colonel Gsrrar,
Wtieih C3nslllati0n. The moi hisso,
ilhel0..5a ant hOOlel nt their orduri
% lITtnt, The military alarm, clever
hp 90 oil fire bells Ia tho city, wa
llni BOT when II sounded tins mol
dtfIdtd u.
"Bnlg on your military" some o
lglta1tn shouted, "r0 -- will
latmi they can't save SlAttuIy,N
TIE Georgia HuzLArs, dismounicd
salu command Of MiJgf Mildtom
Vtie The ffst 10 respond. rhr organ
.nl5n contained thirty men In all
lasmob evidently believed that thi
Nhtllii was Intended TO bring out
tll hughei At them us they drew nj
hioll Of the hail, Soon af.er thD
unp % other military was heard am
"yi companies OF the Savannah Vol
.ltd blafIs, under command q
N9ltl dtffard, swung into position
Ahlll Of The hail with liked bayonet
1-Ithea loaded with ball cartridges
Y order Of the mayor the guard
ail'l 10 two single lines and charge,
.,m)0 with Fixed bayonels In tn
l'.eoi breaking ilup. The mob wal
..'sl back slowly, but refused &
'hli and occasionally rocks wef
L'lVn at tho hall. The mob wa
"''aand defiant, and apparently dc