, 1881-12-28

against a mouse III which were SIX Careta-
kerS. The house was blown down, and the
caretakers had q marvellous escape. 1t
may illustrate the spirit which animates
the loyal lab0urerS Of the association to
say that III the morning, on q chimney
stack which was still standing, they ran
up the Union Jack, and sent to the EXecu-
tive i'll Dublin a request that they might
stay where they were. 4 curious ease
occurred at Tumelick, county LongfOrd.
The tenant, on being evicted, went to live
in his ~coach-house, which, though only five
or six yards from his d~welling-hGuSe, was On
another estate, and having put his cattle
into his dwelling-house, defed any man TO
take possession Of it. Mr.. Goddard an
swered the challenge, and brought down
two caretakerS, who have held it now for
many months, and have herded So head of
cattle which the landlord placed on the
farm. To procure food for these caretakeTs
is a matter OF the greatest difficulty. In
most districts the people will not supply
them with any food whatever. Some care
takers near ThurleS have had to live
for a fortnight on biscuits, although their
provisions are lying at a railway station
within five miles OF them. They dare not
leave the house, and TX carman will
bring them to them. Two caretakers near
This are guarding the house ola gentleman
Who has been obliged to leave the country
because he refused to give back without
compensation q farm which he had pur-
chased Il years ago.
But by iir the largest and most eXpen-
siye operation OF the association was the
saving Of crops. This has been carried on
in Louth; Meath, Longtord, Fermanagh,
R~0suomm0n, Galway, Limerick, Kerry,
ff,nl- IT.+n,fnVl N-ovf,pJ o,I fTi,,,r,,~
Hundreds OF tons of hay have been saved
and a great number OF acres of corn cut,
the corn being thlashed and amarket found
i0r il by the association. A steam prcSSer
mas been purchased by the committees and
has just finished pressing a large quantity
OF hay i'll Iippe2ar}. These operations
required a large staff Of workmen, as many
as 80 being employed at one period during
the autumn. IN nearly ali these cases OF
saving ''b0ycottedp crops the owner has
been Che victim Of the gr0SseSt injustice.
In one ease in Wexford tae eyicted tenant
owed seven years rent and refused to pay
anything. He was offered the crops for
nothing, but refused to take them, as the
order OF the Land League, which was sup
porting him, was that the crops should rot
on the gr0and. In another ease near Wa
terf0rd the tenant was also offered the
crops for nothing b. the landlord, but
dared n0t take them. III a case near Lis
more the eyiCted tenant Gwed $500, and
was offered a receipt in full on payment Of
ESQ. which offer he refused. He is now
awaiting his trial for threatening the agent
Of the property.
70 carry on harvesting under such
circumstances involved a very heavy
expenditure, but as there was 10 part
OF the Land League programme which
was more insisted on than the ruin Of
landlords and loyal tenants through
their not being able to save their crops,
the association did not shrink from
the task. To procure Iabourers who were
able to face such risks and undergo such
hardships without Offering large wages was
utterly impossible. At the same time, to
charge the landlord the actual cost to the
association Of employing such labourerS
would be to carry out the Land League
scheme for running him. 70 meet this
heavy expenditure, the committee called
q meeting in Dublin of landlords in August
last, and a number of landlords guaranteed
a fixed percentage on their rental, whether
rents were paid or not. A considerable
number since have done the same, but,
owing to bad times and their receiving no
rents, a great portion of the Irish landlords
are unable to subscribe.
Meanwhile, the position of loyal subjects
in the country parts OF ireland grows every
day more dangerous and helpless. The
police of the country are to a great extent
employed on special duty-that is, guard
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