The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-09-06
Roman BuIldOzing at SteubenviIIe, Ohio
True to Their Nature, They Interfere With Public Mseins-6mdak
ing Mayor and Owner Of nssis-A Hot Campaign Nov On

The city steubenve in the eastern Ohio valley has becOms
one Of the ormentes in the battle for free speech and the
right peace assembage Incidentally the citizens Of
the who used smile when the influence of the Rom
ALL would have very blind indeed bs
persuaded that Rome exe powerful influence only her
hcnchmcn but quite number OF
some Of whom occupy positions Of prominence community
Some time number Of patriotic citizens Of the had
been paying particular attention the condition affairs
community and who able least mperfec signs
Of the times decided TO hold meeting whore they could dis
the problem and the Of peaeabe asmbage
Of free speech These representative Of the very best
de Of the Protestant churches Of the labor unions ministers
Of the gospel These knew that would be impossible hold
orderly meeting IL oue mnon the hall
and fearing repetition of the dgacul proceedings Pittsburgh
decided to issue tickets of admission interested the
ter supposed any effort would be made
to Interfere with the legal and constitutional rights Of the individual
to hold private meeting consider private matters But Rome
American citizen.
committee appointed who waited upon Mr. W. G.
bo manager of the National Thaer and Amusement Co.,
three weeks before the date set for the meeting and about
before the building actually evasion The
committee frankly stated that they the pu
of holding anti Romani meeting The manager
willingness the building any purpose adding
that he had rented IL TO the Catholics for the
by the other side One member Of the
that there had been trouble other places where meetings
lar character had been held The
care what the meeting long he his money
merely business On being reminded
extremely heater was cool and that the
electric fans would be in few selected
and speaker secured The date Sunday August 10th
the speaker the Rev. b. r. Johnson wesve Ohio pastor
Of the Christian church of that place After had been
made with Rev Johnson the treasurer of the committee called
Mr. Hrtshon gave ha for the desc.
sufficient backbone meeting was well advertised
aroused and large then the tide
turned There must have been CONSERVATION in the camp
did not take long for the big machine work
postha to nmdae the heater manager
that he waited by very influential
time Tuesday the 5h and that consequence interviews
all of his evaporad He stated the Protestant
that he had been approached requested
the hall for the purpose holding meeting He as
serted that the ROmans had declared that they would
sPonsb for the results if the meeting held they did
what the lower order of the Roman Catholics might
further stated that he coudnt building being
ho up ana hat one egg thrown against the curtain would
damage than could be covered by the rental He
that he scared and informed that the threat bluff
Some time afterwards committee called upon
ro and he demanded $4,000 bond protection
e dy peceSnO the g0i Of b V@ It t morg august M gus s'
mttee met by agreement with the He
nand that the bond be signed He also
the demanding bond for like amount from
Romanss him in case damage suit should arise from
his refusal to allow the building be used We whether
the mentioned bond signed not The members of the
esant committee absolutely refused sign the bond required
was then asked whether he intended lock the doors Of the
heater against the Potstan OF Seubenve He declared that
he intended that he would do that very thing unless
signed He then informed that he would sufficient police
protection would to the securing of IL
His What's the You've already admitted that
Aic After further discussion manager agreed to meet
at his attorney office with the attorney representing
esants The committee attorney there the appointed time
and after waiting for went back to his
made second attempt and after waiting for some
time the managers attorney in The committees attorney
asked How about this committee meetngi and told
no one had put in their appearance
the Sunday morning the lecture member Of
the committee waited the of the city and asked police
protection for the meeting stating that threats had
Do think that it is right meeting at
this tmei He said the strike then going causing him
BILE enough He also claimed that the whole thing directly
at him After the promised consider the the
ended At o'clock another committee met te
the of Fourth and Market evidently
waiting for The asked had
for police protection He replied that something
him in regard the matter and he meeting was
not mistake He claimed that the speaker
Roman priest and that he had been of
mmorayas Rome dismissed of her faithful
immoraty He then informed identity of the sneaker
that he member of the denomination mayor and
that he had held evangsc services preceding winter
The then took the and left the city police
protection afforded