Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-08-02

Grove Interviewed - no Iohs
Terrible story About forpedoes
and Destructive Plots By The
Fenians Against English ships
and Commerce.
Peoria. H., August "A reporter
interviewed P. W. Grove. the gasoline
lamp contractor here. who 10 connected
With tho internal machine matter.
Peoria has always been the head OF the
Fenian agitation here. and Grove 10 ono
OF the most desperate sgitators. hei
q man OF small stature. dark. INTEL
l.o,ual oouu,susnos. aud talked ~ com.
posedly as on ordinary topics.
Crows produced q letter from George
Holsats, dated Philadelphia. August 81
1880, setting forth that Mr.. Holsst'
owned the MeCllntook torpedo boat,
which did such terrible execution during
the rsbsllion. aud that be had been con-
Quoting experiments with IL under water
which caused MoClIntook to lose his life'
and that he had refused . proposition
from Spain for the boat. Hs claimed
the boat would blow up any vessel In the
British feet, and could blockade any
port regardless OF all the msn.of-war 10
the world. It would cost about $20.0 0o
to build II, and he would place 1t at
Groves disposal. he claimed that the
boat would do more good for Ireland
and fetch the British government TO
terms quicker than half . million Of
men.
Grove said that. shortly after. the
Executive Committee Of United Irish.
msu met In New York. Judge Brennan
Of Iowa, Captain @. Spiermau OF New
York, James Ksnfe OF Providence. 7.
q. Dryer Of Chicago. 0'Donovan Rosss
and himself were present. They dis
cussed Holasts's proposition and the
scheme OF devastating Enslsnd's shores.
But on Groves representations they
decided that II would DO too expensive.
and that they could do better work by
d~epositipg torpedoss In British ships.
which could be done for S25 apiece. aud
which would bring England TO terms by
making II dangerous for psopl. TO 60
aboard British vessels. They decided
to take that course.
Some time later the United Irishmsu
and Fepians Joined hands In order to
execute these plans. They wsrs 5000
strong In the Quilted States and Canada.
There we're branches in Toronto. Que
bee, Montreal and nearly every import.
ant city in the United States. These
internal machines are being made In
every city where there 10 . branch OF the
order. and will continue to be made.
They are working for the good Of the
old sod, and they we're no more liable
than are the makers Of fsvolvsrs and
cannon. Dynamite was NO more vicious
than powder. and with these weapons
they could drive from the sess their
enemy. destroy her trade and make
profitable business impossible. Some
people would have to die, and It would
be worse than Boycottipg, but war was
always cruel. aud that war was easiest
which went strsightest to ths mark.
killed most in the shortest time and
compelled nations to make peace.
The machines captured In Epglsnd
were made In Peoria. His answers gave
the reporter confidence Of the truth OF
this statement. They were Of Zinc In
terror. In which the clock work and n
plosives were packed. The clock work
operated with o spring. and after SIX
days running II liberated Q hammer
something like o gun trigger. which
struck . percussion cap and igni.ed the
charge. The charge consists OF an
ounce and . half OF the illuminate Of
silver aud Q pound and 3 half Of dyns.
mite, and would destroy the largest block
Of buildipgs 10 the world. The whole
thing weighed As pounds. Any warfare
good enough for Eoglsnd, Who
didn't conduct honorable warfare her.
self and could not expect others TO do
90. II she did not do Justice to Ireland
every English ship would DO sent to tbs
bottom. until people no longer dared
embark 10 them. Every government
building would bs torn down and . sys-
TEN Of terrorism begun.
He claims that there are many OF these
dread machines already oomplstsd. some
In France. 10 charge OF Trustworthy
patriots, who would use them quite
freely. They had already warned the
British; had destroyed the Manchester
p~ostofaos and the Victoria docks, In.
Aiotipg Q loss OF Ave million dollars; sx.
plodsd machines at Stafford, Glasgow, o.
London and Liverpool and inflicted an
aggregate loss Of atty million pounds.
Grove has an easy. disnihsd manner.
and was In no way excited at bis hor-
ribls recital. He says the manufacturs
of machines still poes forward here.