Daily Republican., 1885-04-16
Wild Rioting in Cork.
AN Onion TIL HEOwN AT THE
PRINCE-A DECENTRALIZATION
AGAtNsT
THE ROYAL TOURISTS.

LONDON, April 15.-As the omen car
rage containing the Prince was Cross
ing the Parneli bridge, some one in
the crowd threw an onion at him. 1t
missed the Prince, but hit one of the
footmen behind the carriage, and the
crowd cheered. During their progress
In the parade workmen and boys ran
alongside their carriage and kept up
the cheering to drown the hiss es of the
Nationalists, who lined the entire route
and made hostile demonstrations.
The conduct Of the Leaguers aroused
she 10y alists to q high pitch of enthu-
siasm, and they made the streets echo
with shouts of welcome. John O'Cen-
ner, Nationalist member of Parliament
for Tipperary, marched aJ the head of q
procession of Leaguers, who closely fol.
lowed the royal procession aud sang
"God save Ireland" every time the
Loyslists or their bands started up
God Save the Queen" or" God Save
| the Prince of Wales"
The Prince of Wales betrayed some
feeling when be replied to the address
of welcome presented by the Mag gistrates
Of Cork. He said be was glad to hear
the expression Of loyalty to the British
Constitution and to the Queen which
the address contained, and hoped that
every person possessing influence In
Ireland would exert it to avoid dissen-
sions which would interfere with the
object and progress Of his present tour
! through the country and unite to pro-
mote the real welfare Of the Irish peo-
pie. The Prince and Princess soon
after the conclusion Of the procession
departed for Queenstown.
RIoTING IN THE STREETS.
Early in the evening the Nationalists
held mass meeting, whore inflamms-
tory speeches were made and the latest
London newspapers containing accounts
of the royal progress were burned In .
Ib0nfire. After the mass meeting the
INationalists scattered through the city
in parties numbering from fifty to five
hundred men. Doors and windows
were smashed, flags and decorations
were torn down and heaped upon
blazing bonfres, and many gun stores
were broken into for the purpose of
farming the mob.
} Policemen when encountered singly
or in small squads were attacked eand
beaten numerically with their own
truncheons. In many cases the police
rallied and charged desperately upon
the mob, but they were invariably sur
/ rounded aud repulsed. The police then
resorted to free use of their revolvers
, and bayoDets. 1t was hand-to hand
. fighting of the most desperate sort. the
police standing back to back and re.
csiving and infiicting terrible injuries.
j, THE MOB IN POSSESSION.
At midnight the streets were practi
cally in possession of the mob. The
!. policemen who remained unipjured
J, could not attempt to do more than
q maintain their positions and fight on
1.-The defensive. In addition to attacks
from the crowds in the streets, the
,rolice were exposed to murderous vol
'leys of stones from windows, housetops
and other points of vantage. The be-
lief at midnight WAS that the streets
could not be cleared without the use OF
artillery.
At la. m, the riotiDg had been sup
pressed. many arrests were made, and
the hospitals are full of wounded police
: men and rioters.