The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-02-07
THE CRUSADERS ROUTED
Mrs. Nations First Failure in Her
Saloon Smashing Career.
"HATOHET BRIGADE" sTAMPEDED

Wreck = Restaurant and Were Met
With Determined Resistance-Live-
ly Fight Ends In Her Arrest
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 5.-Mrs. Nation
yesterday afternoon met the first de-
feat in Ser saloon smashing career
Later, at the police station, she laugh
ingly declared that it was by no means
her Waterloo, and she would soon
again be at her chosen work.
With six women, each armed with
new hatchets, she had started out at
O'Clock to wreck restaurant in East
Sixth street that also dispensed liquors.
Before she could WELD her hatchet she
was disarmed and free for all strug-
gle between the restaurant people and
wreckCTS was begun. The greatest eX-
element prevailed for a time, during
which numerous eyes were biaCkened
and many noses bled. Mrs. Nation,
herself unable to accomplish anything,
shouted orders to her followers to re-
open the onslaught, but the hatchet
brigade had been StampCded, and not
another hand was raised against the
obnoxious restaurant. Mrs. Nation was
LED away to the station Oh a charge of
disturbing the peace, and she was fol-
lowed by a jeoring crowd.
She took her determination to raid
the place very suddenly. At meeting
Of the "hatchet brigade" in the Uni
ted Presbyterian church yesterday af-
ternuon she announced that raid
would be made on drug store and a
joint at O'Clock this morning. The
women were greatly alarmed at the
publicity which Mrs. Nation gave her
plans, but Mrs. Nation said she was
mot particularly interested in keep
Ing the matter IA secret"
'Ail those women who will promise
me to come with their hatchcts to-
morrow at ! O'Clock to do some work
stand up, said Mrs. Nation. Nine
women stood up.
"I hats good exclaimed Mrs. Ma.
ton. "TWO are enough to smash IA
Joint, and three women are Il host. |
broke up a joint myself all alone in %
minutes. Now want to give you a lit
tie advice. We are not IoIlu- angat
this thing, We are in holy warfare.
Dent be scared. If you are at,.u 10
/ IL.
Above all, be- quick about il. Smash
just as hard as you can. ~ sylDon
men wont hurt you. Nou VII. see
them shake ms if they h.d ,hn aoup
when you come near them. ll.r are
afraid Of The arm Of Gud. NuG men
need not come %jh hatchos. don't
come armed. Tor there is to be no
bloOdshed. But if saloon man tries
to stop us women you may have the
privilege of rolling him in the snow
That won't hurt him. Now everybody
take courage and come around brigh,
and early tomorrow morning"
Then came the conference and the
determination to wreck joint immedl-
ately Surrounded by half dozen
women, all armed with hatchets, Ms.
Nation led the way down Kansas .. -
nue.. She was followed by thousands
Of people, who tramped behind and be-
fore her in the deep snow, shouting
like mob. Mrs. N2liJn had no
hatchet. She stopped at Il store and
bought one. The procession went on
until the Unique restaurant, 1l6 East
Sixth street, was reached. a few min
utes before 3 o'clock. Then the wo-
men, headed ny Irs. Nation, made a
rush for the door, She had warned the
proprietors that she would raid the
place if they did not stop selling
liquor, and they were prepared for her
attack. The hatChet was ierked from
her hand 10y stout man and the wo-
men We're forced back.
fierce fight followed between the
restaurant men and Mrs. Nations de-
tenders. For a quarter of an hour they
struggled in the street, while the mob
yelled encouragingly to Mrs. Nation.
Many personal encounters took place,
but the police seemed without power to
stop it, Finally in despair they ar
rested Mrs. Nation and took her to Jail.
At the police station Mrs. Nation
was formally charged with disturbing
the peace, and her name was entered
on the docket. The police Judge was
at the station. Mrs. Nation refused
TO go to his room to see him regard
ing her offonse. but insisted that he
come to her. which he did Mrs. Nav
ton was informed that she would have
TO report for trial at the police court
today and was then released on her
own recognizanCe. She said she
would be glad to do so, and then pro-
ceeded to hold an impromptu prayer
meeting in the police station. While
she was praying a drunken man was
brought in by a policeman. Mrs. Ma
tion then delivered a scathing address
10 members OF the police force present.
Followed by the crowd Mrs. Nation
went to the federal building, where
she mounted the steps and made an ad-
dress to the crowd. She said she would
smash all the joints of the city and she
would stay here long enough to ac-
compish this purpose, if it took
clOnths.