, 1886-06-10
%TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A Terrible Scene of Disorder
in Ireland.
White House Receptions-Patti's
Marriage.
Democratic Victory in 0regoc-
Celestial Budget.
A Bloody Riot.


BELFAST, June 9.-Last night Il mol
of Orangemen made an attack upon
tavern kept by a Catholic named Duffy
The police were promptly on the scene
and after a stubborn contest, during wheel
they used their carbines, drove the moi
away in disorder. The rioters reassemblcc
with increased strength and again attacked
Duffy S, this time ~overpowering the police
and driving them from the place. In the
first assault, Chief of Police Carr was
wounded. He was carried away and now
lies in a critical condition. When the
| Orangemen returned to the fight they
were accompanied by a large number of
factory girls, who goaded or shamed the
men on to battle and formed a most
dangerous element. When the officers
abandoned Dufy's the mob at once took
complete possession of the tavern. 1t
was at once thoroughly sacked, all taps
and s~piggots were set running and every
body was invited to help himself accord
iuk " nS ldSlt. All DdlltlS VI lNiuOl
found in stock were carried into the street,
lifted up high and let fall until they broke
and liberated their contents. All the
furniture was carried out, piled in the
center of the roadway and burned in a
bonfire to furnish the rioters with light
during their debauch. Men, youths and
girls drank until they fell helpless in the
cutters, the girls acting with greater fury
during the earlier stages of the orgie than
the men, being noisy and %profane.
The disorder was terrible. The mob
ended their work here by firing the tavern
itself, and it burned to the ground. Then
the stronger men, who had become infuri-
ated, and not overpowered by their .pota-
tons, ran through the streets, wrecking
and pi!laging wherever they went and in
creasing their following the further they
proceeded. These rioters after a while
congregated around the police station and
stoned the place until they were tired.
They then marched to another tavern.
The police FASTENED thither in advance
and attempted to protect the property,
but they were o%verpowered and driven
away and the mob left in possession. They
treated this tavern as they had treated
Duffy's, turned on all the taps, broke the
full barrels in the street, made a bonfire
OF the furniture, and finally set fire to the
building. The police returned, and this
time got the better for a time of the mob,
whose ranks were depleted by scores who
had fallen away in drunkenness, and ex-
;inguished the flames before they could
gain control of the structure. But the
officers were unable to drive the rioters
from the locality, and they remained and
dominated until morning. During the
rowdyism of the night Gladstone and Par
nell were both burned in efigy, and a
dummy corpse, labelled Home Rule, "
was crcmated.
Two men named Hart and Mason were
arrested to-day for the murder of Thomas
Gallagher, who was shot dead last night
during the rioting at LurgaD. Gallagher
was a well known local simpleton. He
waved an orange sash in the face Of a
home rule mob during an incessant fire
between that mob and its Orange enc.
mics.
During the riot the situation at one
time became so desperate, that Mr.
Mathers, the local Orange leader, pub
licly declared that unless the authorities
did their duty he and a thousand armed
Orangcmcn would take charge ofthe town.
Mathers was on the point Of carrying out
his threat, when the military appeared.
To-day there was a little stone throwing
in Lurgan, but 9th ,rwise the town has
been quiet. A number of police were so
badly injured last night that they are still
in the hospital. Twenty rioters are now
under arrest. The coroner's Jury found
that Gallagher died from the effects OF
gun shot wounds and censurcd the author
tiles for not having efficient police to pre-
serve order.
Rioting was renewed here this evening
and the riot act was again read. The mol
increased in size, and began throwing
stones at the police The latter feed, Kill
ling four persons, one of whom was a bar
maid, who was looking out of Il tavern
window at the fighting. The mob re
turned the fire and a brisk fusilade wa
kept up fer twenty minutes. Soldiers are
now parading the streets to assist the pc
lice in case of necessity. The mob drove
a force OF 100 policemen into their barrack.
and then attacked the buildings, firing re
%volvers and throwing stone at the door
and windows. The police fired, killinl
five persons. Several Protestant clergy
men tried to disperse the mob but thei
efforts were %unavailing. One of the per
sons killed was a widow with two child