The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-24
Police Guard Temporary Pastor From Furious Outburst of ParishjOn- CTS Dissatisfied With Young Clergyman Sent Here to Replace Late Father JankOIa.

Father Panik, and Other
 Clergymen and Guests
 Seek Refuge from WO-
 men Raging Through
 His Household, Barri-
 cading Themselves Be-
 hind Doors in Upper
 Rooms. A mob of about 400 women led by malcontentin in the Roman Catholic parish of the Church of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, this morning attacked the par 1 ish house on Church street, at ! the intersection of Crescent avenue with sticks, stones, and eggs.
 Battering down doors to gain entrance to all parts of the rec tory, score of the women ragged through the house. Father Gaspard Panik, follow ling the death of Father Mathew Jankola, and rector of the church of the Sacred Heart, Torrington, was forced, with others in the house, to take re- fuge behind a barricade in an upper room of the rectorY.
 Police finally rescued him, Father Stephen KrasuIa of St. Johns Slavish R. c. church, ] Mary XouIz oi4x1 oDJ 4xrvo ,,aTo lives of Father Panik, the Misses Ofstrofsky, but not be- fore both exterior and interior of the house had been shower ed with eggs, many of them of ancient vintage. During the excitement and wreckage which prevailed for 45 minutes before word of the trouble was conveyed to the 1 police, several Sisters of Mercy in the parochial school had diff. f1culty in restraining their pupils.
 When rescued from their danger ous predicament, Rev. Panik and his guests. were taken to the second pre- cinct police station for protection | from the mob of women who sur AOOAA0ON bAAO cd11NA LII 0oAlSAAEO his person.
 Later he was conveyed to the parish house under guard Of five policemen. A police guard will remain until the difficulties have been settled Though it is admitted by the police that over 50 persons were participants in the active demonstration and fol- IowingItt1e arrest of 1 3 women whom the police claim to be IringIeaders, nearly 25 othe CTS surrendered them selves at the police station admit ting their participation in the. event and asking to be locked up; they were not accomm odated,
 The prisoners are:
 Charged with both breach of
 peace and injury to property:
 Annie Hanshik, aged 16, 168
 Church street;
 Catherine Pstonia, -2s. 16e Hal
 let street; Lt
 Agnes Adams. 20, 1o8 chureh
 street;
 Mary Ptvovarnik. Church and Hallett streets, 21.
 Charged with breach of the
 peace:
 Mary Jurof, aged ss, Casey
 Mary Rivasute. 21. 2s1 Harett
 Annie Drantic, 2s. ss8 HalIett
 Jessie Elisonie. 2s. ee Hamilton
 street;
 Katie Felicl1, 2s. 4 Green street;
 Mary Caco, 2S, 162 Ha1lam
 street;
 Annie Gala. s5, 172 Hallam
 Bertha veidan. 22. 757 Arctic
 Mary zitka, 22. 1Os Church
 The The trouble which is the third large demonstration in this city against the clergy during the past 20 years, is said to have arisen over the appointment of Rev. Panik to tenn norarv charge here. While attached to Sacred Heart church, Torrington, for eight years he has been assigned temporarily to this city.
 During the recent illness of Father Jankola he was sent to this city by Bishop John J. Milan. Several re- forms were instituted in the financial conduct of the church, which while meeting with the approval of DOT ton of the parish, were resented by others.
 Open hostilities broke out about two weeks ago when a rumOr spread that Father Panik had asked for the removal of Father JanlxoIa from the parish house. Though supporters of Father Panik declare that the sug- gestion was made to secure hospital treatment for the dying priest, others Father Panik was heartless in his tor.
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