When he finally closed with a tremendous appeal to the wealth of Milton to use its power for the good of the place, for the tearing down and remodeling of the tenements, for the solution of the problem of no work for thousands of desperate men, the audience rose to its feet and cheered again and again.
"At the close of the meeting the minister was surrounded by a crowd of men, and an after meeting was held, at which steps were taken to form a committee composed of prominent church people and labor leaders to work, if possible, together toward a common end.
"It was rumored yesterday that several of the leading-members of Calvary Church are very much dissatisfied with the way things have been going during these Sunday-evening meetings, and are likely to withdraw if they continue.

They say that Mr.Strong's utterances are socialistic and tend to inflame the minds of the people to acts of violence.

Since the attack on Mr.Winter nearly every mill-owner in town goes armed and takes extra precautions.

Mr.Strong was much pleased with the result of the Sunday-night meetings and said they had done much to bridge the gulf between the church and the people.

He refused to credit the talk about disaffection in Calvary Church." In another column of this same paper were five separate accounts of the desperate condition of affairs in the town.