New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-13
injured. just before the gate fell woman and
two children passed by to the stairway of the Man
haitian Beach waiting rooms
TALKS WITH WILD FRESHMEN.

WHY THE CONVENTION AT CHICAGO NOT EX-
PECrED TO BE HARNoNIoUs-INrE3SAL MA
CHIMES AND DYNAMITE.
The NewYora delegates to the Clan-na-Gael Con
OF them said that the convention was the most impor
tant gathering OF Irish revolutonists ever assembled
m m this county The proceedings were secret and
Any member or ex-nember of our organization"
he declared who d,scloses It's secrets will meet
win tate that VIII be II warning to all Others
we are not in favor of dynamite and internal mach
ines nor 90 we have anything to do with ODonovan
organization. We have determined bold pro-
granmc and the British soldier will have to
show his worth that is all can tell YOU
ODonoyan Rosa said Thursday to tribune
reporter that the lack OF harmony in the convention
Of the Clan-na-Gael at Chicago was to be expected.
There were diverse elements present, and it to
ADJUST fractional differences if possible that the con-
ventlOn was called
asked.
"There are many good Irish patriots in the Clan
and used their position as directors for their own
political advancement in this country. On this ac-
count the society has practically done nothing for
several years There Is Il general cry on the part
OF all tho sincere memheIs of the order that active
work against ENGLAND should be going on. SO
think that unless the society can be put on better
footing by the action Of the convention that the
organization will be dissolved. would not be sur
prlsed TO see committee appointed to confer with
the United Irishmen who will hold convention
in this city within a few weeks"
1t has been stated that the memberShipOf the
trueg"
No, the society itself is not limited to any
number, and in fact is largely supported by those
whose names are no. upon the rolls But what we
call the working force is limited to 800 This
perform any commissions assigned them, without
regard to hazard to liberty or nfe. A society
numerically strong is not the thing Money is the
thing, and men who are ready to dare and do
Is it true that your party is opposed to the Land
9" 1t is not opposed to it. We do not care what
ORGANIZATIONS exist SO they annoy England; but we
are of the opinion that no permanent good can be
Does not the United Irshnen's party, then cor
respond to The terrorist party in RusslaG"
lou can't EXACTLY say that. In general the policy
is the same. but we do not ann at individuals.
Why, would rot give 80 to accomplish the death
the Queen. 1t is not the excrescencc but the root
of the evil that we want to strike at. Gladstone
and Forster are the real tyrants-tbcy are the
active agents of tyranncal Government in Ire
land The Queen is merely a puppet in their hands.
Forster deserves death for the policy he has pursued
against lreland-a public execution"
O'RoSsa's eyes kindled up when dynamite and
Internal machines were broached as if no more
agreeable , subjects could have been mentioned;
" got the better of the British Consul when he
secured money from him for pretending to play the
spy. Pretending. mind You! The very money he
received for information about internal machines
will be used against England
ODonovan Rosa said further hat it was a mis-
take to suppose that all the internal machines that
are manufactured for the use of his party made
here. There was no need of making them on this
side of the Atlantic They could be made as well
on the Continent and in England itself He also
SAID that 1T was designed to use machines only in
England, and then every precaution to be
taken against taking life. AS the success the I'M
before he ded-Inade free by England in order that
she might get rid of troublesome enemy.
Several other wild Irshmen with whom the
reporter atterward engaged in conversation talked
freely of the uses to which it proposed TO put
dynamite. 1t was asserted that Patrick Coleman,
Of the Mansion House plot notoriety, had returned
to England.