The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-25
PITIFUL WRONGS.

SOME OF THE BRUTAL suFFERIEGs INFLICTED ON
THE IRISH PEOPLE.
Mr.. James Redpath says In letter to the New
York Tribune, In describing the woeful wrongs
from which the Irish people suffer:
Between Killarney and Tralee travelled at
different times and in difersnt directions more
than 200 miles in jaunting cars. The country is
everywhere Of the same wild and mountainous
character Women work In the fields at the same
hard toll as the men, 1t is common to see wo'
men with large, heavy baskets or kreels. strap.
ped on their backs, carry ing turf or seaweed in
the fields or staggering under the heavy load
along the roads, Boys work, children work;
wherever and when ever there is work to do there
are eager and willing hands to do 1t At 5neam
between Kenmare and Cahircaveep, saw four
women, one of them a comely girl, carrying gra-
vel in kreels away down from the shore Of the
little stream or river up a steep bank and throw
ing 1t on the road Five hours work Of this kind
per day was hard enough for a man, for the
steep bank made the task harder than carrying a
hodful Of bricks up 10 the third story Of a New
York House. l asked the women how many
uOulh a uhI tuGy WOlhGu, 1WGlN6s huu uUW
much do you get? 'Tenpence a dayl' (twenty
cents)-for twelve hours work. But you get
your food, too2 No, sir And yet the parasites
OF English rule have the cruelty to call these peo
pie lazy r. ... t."".
And here Is specimen case of suffering that
we confess is TO us as shocking as any story Of as
sassiuation:
"ArchdeacOn Bland belongs to school of the.
ology that attributes all the political troubles Of
Ireland to the errors Of Rome and all the agri
crl urat calamities to acts Of Providence The
a chdeacon undertook to convert this poor Pap.
list peasant from the error of The ways Of Provi
dence by turning him out ofthe cottage that his
grandfather and father had built, and that he
had improved and adorned. There was rain
falling when the family was evicted, and the
man Of the house was away from home. His
wife and family took refuge in the COW house,
and moved In their furniture pell NELL to save it
from the rain. When ArehdeacOn Bland heard
Of this conduct, he sent brace Of officers to the
evicted family to turn them out Of the COW.
house, Mr.. MacMahon was In town when the
officers came.
"'But we wouldn't let them In" said Mr Mac
Mahon.
"'How did you prevent II Q asked,
""Deed, sir, 1t was the two little girls, and par
ticularly that one, pointing to the youngest. We
had pot OF boiling water, and we threatened to
throw 1t in their faces II they cane In
II inquired II they had since been disturbed
by the Archdeacon.
"'Yes,' the man said, we have been brought
up for trespaSs."
Here Is the latest news from this family. II
is only three days old (as copy ~, from the
Freemsn's Journal:
John MacMahon was arrested to-day, with his
wife and four children, and conveyed 10 the
county JAN. Mr. MacMahon was evicted for the
non payment Of rent on the 24sh Of June, being
In debt to Archdescon Bland for one gale OF rent
(six monthB remit and the customary hanging
gale (That Is, one years rent In all) The re.
lievlng officer got no notice Of the eviction.
THAT is Archdeacon Bland did not regard the
requirements Of the law The mother, who had
young infant In her arms, sought refuge In the
cow-house, and she was Joined by her husband
and the rest Of the family. Here the whole fam.
lily, consisting Of thirteen, have remained up to
the present time. MaoMahon, his wife and four
children zone being lad Of eleven years., were
fined at the Tralee Petty Sessions ten shillings
(s2 SOY each for this trespasa about tn rec weeks
ago, and the lne not being paid, they we're ar.
rested and lodged In the county Jail. The fine
has been paid for the wife, but MoMahon him
self, two Of his sons and two daughters-all un .
der nineteen years Of age-are still IN Jail"