The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-08

IN sECRET.
Meeting Of Representative IFIshmen q,
Chicago.


Chicago.
CHICAGO, August Further develop
ments regarding the UonYention Of Irish
Revolutionis!s, now in session In this city
show the gathering to hs one Of marked
importance-perhaps the, mcst important
one ot the kind ever held in Amer
lea. The number and character oi
che delegates In attendance, as
we'll As the serious work in hand-thAt ol
devising means and ralSihg funds to worry
England in every way possible show that
this 10 no mere mob Of oiblAthertkites, but
Z conclRve oI able, earnest hen, who are
intensely dOsirous Of doing something
practical aud tGtgible toward iurtherlng
what they denominGtO the cause Of Irish
freedom.
The sessions Of the Convention were 70.
aHmed to-day Of the quarters In the Pal.
meI House, and were conducted with
secrecy. 1t 10 probable the body adjourned
tonight, but this fact could not be- def
nitely learned. Ils presiding officer 10 the
Rev. George Q. Belts, an .EpiscopAllan
clergyman OF st. Louis, and who
Is the son Of the Rev. DR.. Belts,
rector oil the Parish ol Enniskilen,
in Ireland. The day was spent In per.
tecting the organization, In elecliuR or Gp.
pointing permanent officers, aud In max.
ing arrangements for a propaganda Of
Irish nationality. The members profess
to be much amused al the supposiiious
reports Oi pToCeedinHA given In some OF
the Chicngo pnpers, and say that many OF
those mentioned a. Ia attendance have
never been In Chicsgo. John O'Leary,
who was stated to be here As tha agent Of
O'Donovan Rosa, is now In Paris, and
moreover, O'leAry Is not q friend or sup.
porter OF Rosa, but condemns him and
bis methods. II can be absolutely stated
that no friend Of Rossas appears for him
at the Oobventisn, and that the Order OF
United lrshmen has no representation
therein, and the correspondent 10 able 10
state that bis Information 10 derived from
first hands, aud Ia entirely reliable, no far
% II gpes.
ThS paucity Of representatives Of tue
nationSl organizations In Chicago in this
Convention 10 commented upon. Tue fact
ls, eaid prominent local fevolutiuniat,
the Irish national organizations IN Chicago
are In bad stale. They have too often
been made use oi by politicians to the det.
riment OF the cAuse Of Irish national.
ian. As 10 the origin ol the pFet.
ent convention, 1t Is learned that
In December last circular signed by
several prominent members OF the Fenian
Brotherhood, was sent out from philadel.
phis, setting forth the desir&bility Of
holding q general conclave oil Irish Nation.
alists, and In reply to these circulars Obi.
cago was almost unanimously urged az
the best place for such q gathering. II
has now been virtually decided that
Chicago 10 10 be tho headquarters
oi the governing body Of the Irish reyelu.
tionAry movement and that William ].
HyneS, an Irish lawyer Of good standing
ing here, and who wGB formerly a member
OF Congress from Arkansas, will be placed
at the head ol The Central organization
here. A 10 what steps have been taken
or are under consideration Ills difficult
TO speak with cenGiuty, 40 the
members are 80 silent a. the tomb, but
the Tact hGs leaked ont that q deputatiun
has visited Professor De LIE Foniaipe,
Professor Of Chemistry In the Chicago
High schoola and made inquiries CT him
concerning the ubject u explosives. No
hecrst 10 made oil the purpose Of this move.
ment 10 organize In America A system oil
actively, aggressivs operations IgAinSt