The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-19
ScRAp IN A CHURCH HALL.
,rlF MU7ES and AUDIBLE PER
.oyS OF ~. hNE,S ENGAGED.

a, a Meeting Called 90 Protest AGn,nst
" ~. scheme OF consolidation with It, Mat
,~,.r,-FiEht sprnnG Up spontaneously
wh.u tho Lights BeEan 20 Go ont.
rhs. began as a peaceful church meeting
.,,rned lust on the verge Of becoming q public
Lot last night. Tho meeting was called BY
amber, OF tho congregation Of st. AIMS Prot
..,.nt Episcopal Church opposed to the scheme
Generalization between st. AIMS Church and
q, Matthews Church, and was held In St
,oSp', Hall, 224 Waverley place, which 10 the
Eating hall OF st. Johns Church. st. AIMS
rhureh ls largely made up of deaf mutes, and
,rllv half OF the persons present last night wero
..sbie TO hear q word OF what was going on, hut
,h,v had An interpreter on the platform TO koop
them informed.
Tho interpreter was tho Rev. Thomas aallau-
Al rector emeritus Of st. AIMS and he shared
N, platform with Rector Edward II. Krans,
~ho acted as verbal Chairman of the meeting.
when the meeting was called to order o form OF
,onsoltdation was read and these resolutions
we're offered:
R,Olrsd, That the rector. church wardens ana We
,,m.p be requested TO cancel the agreement Of oon-
,oudsuon herewith entered into with the rector.
,surh wardens and vestrymeu OF st. Matthew
church, dated May %. 1897; and DO IL further
Rs,oired, That the greement Of consolidation with
, aid church read At this meeting BE- and hereby r.
approved,
This latter agreement was. in effect. that the
q, AIMS people should go ahead and build q
church Of their own Immediately. particularly
for deaf mutes. An elderly man with q gray
S,.rd offered an amendment referring the
ssSS rather lively debate, which Dr. Galiaudet
translated as best he could In the sign language,
n the course OF which exercise he developed
-. To- - Arrrnra A CRfA NVnA ara IN fhA
.mendmcnt, and Mr.. Krans declared 1t lost, as
appeared to be from the showing. of hands,
J Ssndishinv their fingers in tho air until the
atmosphere was a mass OF writhing joints.
There are men voting here who are not NOM
hss of the church" shouted Q red-headod man.
humping up on the platform. go
gelen. smo9!h.shsvSn youth on a roar scat
The Sray.bearded man who had offered the
amendment this namo Is ComerD got up and
"Al!o,Gcsed to this action stay and. organise
mother ~ letting. This meeting amt legal. any
The amendment Is lost" said the Chairman
snphatcal y. and the majority of tho crowd
S' sf1s Y %r ,es q shouted Mr.. Conner. 1T. wa.
Here the applause drowned him out. The
original motion was put and carried. Then Co
nsr got the door and shouted:
Church will please remain"
Amoton to adjourn was carried.
This meeting 10 adjourned" announced Mr..
Erana There will be q meeting Of the vestry,
n the room below. Immediately. The vestry.
nan will please follow me there"
Hardly had the rector and Dr.. Gallaudot
Quilted the room when q man who was said to
s. the assistant sexton Of st. Johns began to
! put out the lights. At this Q number Of the deaf
\ nutes became very much excited and ruohed
about the room frantically. Mr.. Conner
tried to stop the assistant sexton, who
d q little man, whereupon that function
NY ran him out Of tho room and half
way down the stairs. Tho whole crowd ran to
the back Of the room and got wedge. Into the
narrow hallway at the top Of the stairs, and
everybody began pushing. Two or three blows
were struck, women screamed and climbed over
benches, and there was every requisite for o
lively little riot. But just here the corpulent
youth on the rear bench announced In gtentortan
tones that he was going to hit somebody. He
picked out a deaf mute about half his size and
struck him, but before he could hit twice his
friends had dragged his 200 pounds Of desh
away.
Meantime Mr.. Conner had come back. and
there was more showing. until the assistant REQ
TOR and tho clerk of the vestry came upstairs,
threw themselves into the centre Of disturbance,
and in Ave seconds had restored quiet.
Gied Mr.; Conner. "Ill show you whether you
But he didn't hold a meeting. The fervor Of
he crowd had evaporated In the little "scrnp,"
nd the room was quickly empty. The vestry's
nstng was peaceful. 1t received tho resolu.
npassel by the other meeting and fled It for
UnideratiOn.