Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-08-28
THE RELIGIOUS RIOTING IN BEL
FAST, IRELAND.


: NEW YORK, August 20.-A specia
; dispatch from London says that tn
riot i'm Belfast continue with unaba
ted fury, and the city is at the mere,
OF the bloodthirsty mob. Martial Law
has been declared. Fearing a repeti
ton of the terrible scenes of 1866, al
places of business were closed a
noon. A regular panic prevails ant
many respectable people have fled tn
city. The Orangemen, in bodies o
three tofOur hundred, issue from thei
headquarters in Sandy Row, anC
rush through the principal streets liki
demons, firing in all directions. 1t il
apprehended that they will attemp
to dimOlish several Roman Catholic
institutions, and large reinforcement.
OF the constabulary have accordingly
/ surrounded them to repel an attack
Several regiments, including detach.
ment from the Royal barracks in
Dublin, were drawn up to-day in
High street, Donegal street and in
the vicinity of Linen Hall, ready tC
charge on the rioters. Dragons and
mounted eonstabulary patrolled the
city last night, but the shooting was
as brisk as ever. In many instances
| innocent victims were killed.
Bitter outcries are made against the
city authorities, who, Just as during
the riots of 1866, allowed the fiends
TO pelt the troops with brick bats,
wreck churches, pillage stores, and
perpetuate atrOciOus murders before
they gave the. word of command
The Orangemen are mostly favored,
although they have been charged on.
The mode of warfare is eOwardly in
the extreme, and people walking qui-
city along the streets are shot down
like dogs. At this writing, the hos
pital in Great Patrick street is filed
with wounded and dying, and the
screams of the sufferers as they are
conveyed there, are heartrending.-
Several women have been shot. The
troops can do nothing without the
sanction of the Mayor, who, owing 10
the great indignation of the citizens,
has at length been compelled to order
the military to engage with the riot
ers. About a dozen persons have
been shot at the so-called BOyne
Bridge, near the railway station.
During the riots in 1866, the Orange
men made an efiigy of O'COnnell,
tied a rope around his neck and
plunged it into the water. Subse-
queptly they placed it in a coffin and
after mimicking the last rites of the
Roman Catholic church, burst open
the Catholic cemeteryat Friars' Bush.
The ringleader, a man named James
Connell, was next day shot dead by
the police, while leading a gang of
rioters to burn the Roman Catholic
orphan asylum. The Orangemen de-
test the memory of Daniel OCOnnell,
owing to his having won Catholic
emancipation In 1929, and it rras be-
cause the Roman Catholics were
celebrating that victory, that the
Orangemen again commenced the at
tack.
The scene since Thursday last, has
been terrible. 1t was at first thought
that order would be restored in day
or two, but the partiality and bad
management of the authorities have
led to the present dreadful state OF
affa rs. Many private houses have
been torn down or burned. Worked
up to fit of desperation, the Roman
Catholics from the district known as
Pound Livery" and Hercules street,
have appeared in the streets to resist
the ferocious assaults of the Orange
men, who for the last two or three
days, have made the most appalling
threats. Respectable citizens are
seized with terror, and are trembling
in their houses with fear. The ship
carpenters, mostly Orangemen, have
Joined the rioters with their formida-
bic weapons. The opposing parties
had several engagements last night
and this morning, and several men
were killed. If the authorities pre-
vent the military from clearing the
streets and shooting down the rioters,
the city will be gutted. As last Ie-
source a quantity of ammunition and
rifles have been distributed among a
of deputy eOnstables, who
will assist in enforcing order.
In order to keep the Orangemen
and Roman Catholics apart, several
soldiers belonging to the fortieth regi-
ment Ofinfantry were seriously woun-
ded and conveyed to the hospital
is going on at q place called
bank, where navies are
Another engagement Oc-
Cured late last night near the County
Down railroad station, in York street,
AID it was not till several men had
been cut down, that the constabulary
in dispensing the opposite
parties.