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Show Setback to Mormons in Massachusetts Permission to Hold Street Meetings Is Refused nt Springfield. Spring-field. Special to The Tribune SPRINGFIELD, Mass . June 2.1 This, a city which has tolerated almost every Beet that has sought to convert people Into their religions body, gave a severe BatQaclf to Mormons todny Agents of the Latter-day Saints have been actlvo here within the last few weeks trying to Induce local Inhabitants to Join the Mormon church. This method having failed, the rt pc s.-ntatlves of the Salt I-ak church decided (to hold street meetings These were planned on an elaborate scale, but when an application was made, today to Chief of Police Bteb-bena Bteb-bena to hold the outdoor gatherings th-rcpiest th-rcpiest was turned down. This practically practi-cally ends the Mormon crusade here |