The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-03
NO COAT OF TAR THIS TIME
The Elders Were Escorted Half Mile
Out of the Town and Painted.
MOB THEN NOTIFIED DOwIE.
Sent Telegram to the "Overseer" An
nouncing What They Had Done
Zionites stood Their Ground
and Police Attempted
to Assist Them.

CNews-Democrat Leased Wire Service. I
Mansfield, July 31.-Two hundred
young men, Monday night, painted two
Dowie Elders, Fisher and McCluskin,
took them two miles from town, gave
them a coat of sky blue paint and
turned them loose. They sought refuge
in the city jail where they still are to-
day.
After the nights work had been done,
the mob sent the following telegram to
"Overseer' John A. Dowie at Chicago:
Elder Fisher and his mate have been
nicely painted blue. The police were SO
busily looking for the nut spielers at
tached with the Nickel Plate show,
hence the elders were nicely dabbed
with the original otter meren blue.
Waiting for more elders. (Signed),
MANSFIELD BLUES"
A mob of 200 young men surrounded
the house of Mrs. Ella Frederick, about
10 o'clock, while Dowieite meeting
was in progress. Evangelist Fisher,
who had been in charge of the work
since Fockler was mobbed, Elders
Stevens and McCluskin, of Chicago, and
Elder McFarlane, of Marion, were hold
ing services. A dozen women and
children were also in the house. Stones
and clubs were thrown through the
windows, doors were smashed in, and
considerable furniture was destroyed.
A STATE OF SIEGE.
The occupants of the house put out
the lights and barricaded the doors.
The police were slow in arriving, and
the mob and spectators increased until
over 1000 people were at the scene Of
the trouble. Efforts were made to get
the Dowieites out of the house, but they
TODD their ground. After the trouble
had continued some time, Officer Swas-
hick called on the mob to disperse, but
| the men refused. He offered the
preachers conveyance to the city prison,
but they asked for more protection be-
fore venturing into the crowd.
| Chief of Police Clark and Sheriff
Puliver arrived later and endeavored to
have the crowd disperse. The distribu-
tion Sunday Of 1000 copies Of "Leaves
of Healing" abusing Mayor Brown and
others made additional enemies for the
| Dowieites. The crowd demanded all
four preachers. Cries Of Hang them!'
and "Give them a swing in the air!"
were heard. Several men in the crowd
were hit by stones either from within
| OF WITHOUT. marry NCr dIidHu was Su'
about the eye and otherwise injured
While stones were being thrown
through windows women in the be-
sieged house were praying and crying
The crowd offered no resistance to the
women and children who were in the
house and wanted to go home. At 11:3(
o'clock additional policemen arrived.
TWO DOWIEITES CAPTURED.
The crowd jeered at the Dowieites
and called them bad names. Shortly
after midnight the mob obtained pos
session of two Dowieite preachers, de-
spite the efforts of the police to save
them. Evangelist e. p. Fisher ant
Elder McCluskin were taken to thu
Lean Harrow works, quarter of
mile from the scene of the trouble
There they were stripped and given {
thick coat of blue pant. Then thu
crowd marched its victims to centra
park, about half a mile from the har
row works. 1t was proposed to throw
them in the fountain, but this wal
finally abandoned.
Instead the elders were taken to tn
city prison and turned over to the Of
fcers. The victims of the mob wer
placed in the prison for safe keeping
as were also the other two preacher
who escaped being painted. No furthe
trouble is expected tonight.