The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-12
THE DISTRESS In IRELAND.
The Vessels Bringing the Relief Supplies
Attacked by Destitute and
Starving Men,

letter from Clirden. In the extreme west
of alway county, written on the twenty third
of january. has been published at DUNN,
which gives terrible picture OF the position 70
which things have already come all through
that region. "Last evening Clifden presented
an appalling picture. Crowds Of ragged. lam
ishad mon and women thronged around the
doors Of the meal shops clamorlng for tood.
Many had waited up all through the
h h" ns - of I'll the relief committees. several
thousands locked into town during the
day demanding relief Several men
seized members ut the COMMITTEES. crying .
We are starving: We must have foodF The
police had TO be gathered ~ 70 elear inc
meal shops Of the mob. They gathered
tbreataningly around tho house where we
relief committee were sitting. The Rev. Mr..
Corcoran had to address them from the win
dow, imploring them TO give the committee
two hours to arrange. The crowd Dispersed
for a time. Five hundred relief tickets for
half d bag nf meal each were Issued during
the day Two hundred more were Issued the
previous day. There we're sttll applications
urpruvtded Tor. Knots Of men aud women re-
NAMED iii the street until midnight, though
the air was intensely cold. The oommltteea r.
sources are now exhausted. They are ESQ IN
debt for meal. The dsmoralizlng Influence OF
relief In charity instead OF work is already
making itself painfully felt. Charity has
mpre than enough to do In feeding and cloth
Ing school ehttftrpH Httt hrtrtng the etek and
aged The first day thenew Industrial sehoo!
Mt Artibear opened over 400 children appeared
for their breakfast. Owing TO the want 81
funds only seventy can now be fed. Inc S,s-
ters Ut Mercy are giving breakfast daily 70
100 children, and are doing wonders IN the
way of clothing and nouriahing the sick
Fever has broken out at Carna. -Four taml-
lies are stricken down In one village. They
have no food but what the nelghhora give fot
charity" The writer added that 'unleta
employment Is provided In fortnight
deaths and disturbances are inevitable.
very serious incident is also reported.
The Liverpool committee Ut relief had for
wardsd ten tons OF Indian meal for Clifden
which were being conveyed around the coast
from Galway In a "hoaker," or fishing smack
When passing Slyme Head. of Errismore
the hooker was boarded by n crowd 81 meI
who came out Ia boats. They declared they
were starving. aud demanded the RELIEF meal
The pilot said he had but one life to lose. and
would lose 1t In defense of his vessel. The
raiders tried to drag the hooker OF sthe rocks
but were dalnteh by the display 81 firearms
They broke open the matches. saying they
wanted nothing but the reIiet meal. The
| master said II was at the bottom OF the boat
and that the bugs of meal on the top be-
longed to Clifden merchants. and had thei,
names on them. and that II would be piracy
to touch them. They were finally persuaded
to leave without taking anything. The
hooker arrived safely at Clfden. 1t la RI
mored that a guDboat will be sent to cruise
In Galway waters for tho protection or pro-
visions arriving by sea.