The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-17
IRELAND'S IRRITATION.
The Insurrectionary Spirit
Spreading and the Gov
eminent Weak
in Troops.
THE BATTLE OF EALLY DE HOB Sc.
QuEL TO THE BATTLE OF
THE SPUDS.

LONDON, June s.-Private dispatches from
Cork say that intense excitement prevails In
the city and throughout the country. The
tenants on the large estates, notably those
of The Earl of EaDlry, the Duke of Devon
shire, Lord Kepmare, Sir George ColEhirst.
Lord Fermoy, the Earl Of Cork, the Earl OF
EgmopL and the Countess of kingston's es-
tates at Mitchellslown, are said TO have con-
spired to make general strike. The Land
League branches are very active and armed
resistance is openly preached. Lieutenant
General Hamilton, The officer commanding
the Cork district, has asked for more troops,
and The attachments at Fermoy, Mal'ow and
Bu,leraut aud elsewhere will be reinforced
at once. The Third Dragons at Ba|lineco-
lig have been split up into half troops and
scattered all over the country. The for,s on
the Lee, Camden, Carlisle aud Haulbowline
have been drained of men and the guard
ship Revenge, lying in Queenstown Harbor,
is Skipped of her marines, aud yet General
Hamilton has not men enough to supply the
demands of The local magistrate.
Just before daylight this morning 30 troops
left for Eallingcolig.
The usual rumors are flying that the Fe-
plans in.end 10 blow up the government
powder works, and three hundred men are
dawn from the first battalion of The goth
Foot. Tue second battalion rifle bI igade
aaG the army service corps were dispatched
by special train to Skiobereen. o, dsrs were
also telegraph ed for .he 10th Foot, lying at
Buttevanr, ana The second battalion, 10Th
Foot, at Fermery, 10 send 10 men each 10
Skull add Eally de Hob.
Ii was reported that both the railways run-
n,ng ives. from COX, the COX aud Banon
and Cork and Mac ooD, had been tampe.ed
with aud pilot engine was sent N advance
OF The spe. al. Four miles from Skibbereen
it was found tba. number Of old raj ) had
been placed ac oss the road ADD that The cul-
verts bad Deen iorn up, but The Train was
| Stopped in zine 10 avoid run of.
Mr.. Marbonh, tbe resident magistrate at
SEibbereeo, accompanied by O'Dooovan, the
| Messis. Swaaton, one of whom was fired at,
| il will be remembered, on the Baltv de Hoo
road three weeks ago, aud other maSisU' ates
| II It tue troops on the load, who wee rein
forced by the arrival OF a body OF constabu-
larry, under Inspector Fraser. The streets OF
| The vowu wele filled with peasants, and The
soldiers aud police were hooted and stoned
as they marched TO the market square. In
| The meantime news arrived OF riot Al Eai-
ly de Hob last night, in which body o. ma
rines wee compelled 10 retreat under tue
p.o.ec.jon OF the priests, apd soon the Ba'ly
| W
| Skull, Dunanway aud lbe dis.ric,s around
aoout, marched mo SEibbereep. The
priests, however, addressed tae people and
utged them 10 dispense. DuriuS the foe
noon peasants flocked mo she town ftom
every side, and at eleven a. m. there were
four or five thousand present. Special trains
later i'm the day brought more troops from
Ferrnoy and Cork, and large drafts on the
coustabulary from the outlaying barracks.
Tue priests, numbering nearly fifty. stood be-
tween the military aud the mob. AT 2p. m
an attack was made on the branch OF the
Munster Bank, stoues being thrown through
the windows. This was apparently done
out of pure mischief, as no attempt was
made 10 batter down the door or enter the
building. The branches Of the Provincial
Eank and Bauk of Ireland were not touch
ed. The troops were ordered at once to dis
perse the mob, aud they charged clean th~o
them, not, however, using their bayonets
A few soldiers were injured with stones and
some OF the rioters were dubbed with tht
butts of the rifles, but no lives were lost
The Munster Bank was probably attacked be
cause the land agents Ia the western part Of
the country deal largely with it. The baul
opens temporary branches on fair and mar
ket days at the villages in the western dis
trict, and lis local manages who, like the
| managers OF other DankS IN lretanu, aTs
mostly Scotchmen have the reputation
among the peasantry of being "GombeeI
men,"
Late in the afternoon desuliory skirmish
ing began between the military aud the mob
Tue main body of the soldiets and police Ii
quarteted for the night in The town hall, bu
strong patrols are on the street and they re
-ai-sa -~-~~~~~~~:~--~l ~~lisy- % s&orsoo.-~Tis.
shebeen houses and hotels are closed at sun.
set by order OF the magistrates.
Al the scrimmage at Bally de Hob las
night the marines were roughly haadled
Some OF The men lost their bayonets an'
only fought their way through by using thei
belts vigorously. Tonight SkibbeEeen Is
small camp but it is thought the wo.st !
ovec. The priests are exhortiog the peopl
to go to their homes and many have left, Blu
tneir places are being rapidly filed by new
crowds.
Baily de Hob has a bad reputation. Twen
ty years age the Battle ofthe Spuds, in whicl
many lives was lost, was fought there. Du
ring the famine The peasantry there wer
compelled to eat thei. asses, aud the peopl
do not like TO have that page oftheir hist Dr..
cast up to them. The Battle Of the Spuds
since renewed in thousand faction fights
broke out on a market day in 1860. Bautr.
meu having tauated the natives with the oil
story, the battle ragged foe two days in a pc
tato field behind the hill overlooking TIL