The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-18
TIE HKADO AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S.
BELGIUM.
IRELAND.

ANGJ-AAND.
POLITICAL AGITATION AND RIoT-NATIoNALIsrs
AND HOME RULERS IN PIERCE CONFLICT
MANY PERSONS wouNDED-rHE STREETS OF
HISTORIC CITY STAINED WITH BLOOD.
ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.
DUBLIN, April II, 1876.
Limerick to-day.
home rule open air demonstration was ar
ranged. The meeting was to be addressed by Mr..
Isaac Butt, NJ p, and Mr.. O'shaughnessy NJ. p rep
yesentatives OF the Limerick constituency
PROFESSIONALS ATTACKED IN TIE STREETS.
These gentlemen arrived by railway. They were
numbering 10000 men escorted them from the rail-
way station to the OConnell monument, at the Cries.
cent
THEIR MARCH OPPOSED, WITH VIOLENCE.
Arriving there, they found 100 men, headed by
John Daily, armed with heavy bludgeons, loaded
whip handles and other weapons
FIERCE ArrRAY.
~ The nationalist attacked the processionists.
! They Knocked down and dispersed the musicians,
smashing their instruments. Many persons were
injured on both sides, and the banners OF the pro-
ccssionIsts were torn.
THE HOME RULERS VICTORIOUS.
Tie conflict ragged fifteen minutes, but the home
rulers succeeded in compelling the nationasts to
retreat to the back streets, where skirmishng en-
ued, and was maintained during a longer period.
THE WOUNDED.
Numbers Of men were found lying in tho streets,
many OF them dripping blood. These were con-
Quoted to different surgercs.
QUIET RESTORED.
Quiet was restored at three O'Clock in the AFTER
noon.
THE ORATORS TO THE FRONT
Messrs. Butt and O'Shaughnessy delivered brief
addresses to considerable gathering, while some
hundreds OF their sympathizers kept up a melee
on the outskirts Of the assemblagc with the nation
alistswho continued their Interruptions to the close.
THE ARMY NEUTRAL.
The military were confined to barracks.
An ENGLISH KEPokT OF THE INlSH klOT-THE
NUMBER OF THE FORCES ENaAaxD-THE
POLITICAL POINT AT ISSUE
LONDON, April IS, 1876.
The Standards correspondent at Limerick says tho
homo rule procession numbered a. 900, and consisted
OF the trade guilds with bands and banners
Mossrs Butt O'shaughnessy and o'Suvan occu-
pied carriage in the line.
THE xuxnER or rKRsoxs ENGAGED.
Tho natonalsts we're only few hundred in number,
but they well armed with stones bludgcons and
knives, and had evidently drilled for the fight
TIN RATTLE.
Tho nationalists, in the FIRST onset succeeded in
smashing tho musical instruments and destroying the
banners OF the homo rulers, but they werc al last
driven into public house, which completely
wrecked
WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
The cause Of tho riot was the discomfort Of the
tonalsts who form n remnant OF tho FenIan party at
what they declare to be the neglect Of the homo
rule question by the so-caled home rule leaders
ing the present session Of Parliament
BUTT
The intended demonstration in favor OF Mr. Butt was
afalure The crowds which expected from tho
country dill not come in. The speeches could not 10
heard ms the natonalists renewed the disturbances
More fighting was feared during the night and thcrc
vas considerable alarm, the natonalists known
10 have reviewers
rHE POLICE NIGHT PATROL
The police consequently patroIlcd tho streets
At ten o'clock r. NJ. some arrests were made.
ONE HUNDRED WOUNDED.
Its thought that ono hundred persons
wounded in the riot OF whom forty are seriously and
elk IL is feared fatally injured
HOME RULERS HorEs.
At the meeting Mr. Butt spoke hopefully or the pros
poets Of the lie pointed to tho efforts Of tho
party during tho session 10 reforms
ton with Parliamentary anc municipal franchise He
declared II Ireland had a native Parliament to foster
Irish industry, Galway and Limerick would each have
transatlantic packet stations