Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-06-18
MORE FIGHTING.
Rioting Again Breaks Out at
Belfast.
Caverns Wrecked and Pillaged, Police
Fire ON the Mob with Buckshot.

A despatch from Belfast, Ireland, says:
The city is comparatively quiet. Seven humid
red extra policemen are now in town. Six
hundred Goyalists drilled near the city Of
Armagh on the night of the 10th. At mid
night, mob Of Orangemen raided public
house kept by Catholic named O'Hare, and,
after sackng it, set it on fro The
police charged the rioters a dozen
times with bayonets, but each time
were forced back by volleys Of stones A
great many wounded persons were carried
away by friends, and whether their injuries
are fatal Is not yet known Twenty of the
rioters who received bullet wounds are lying
In one intirmary. A large number Of
Orangemen who took part in the riot
were wounded by the police in the
riots died today. Four others are
dying. Tho Orangemen are making largo
purchases of arms, and arc declaring that
they will have revenge upon tho police for
firing into their ranks At meeting of
Protestants living on tho Shank Hill road,
resolutions were adopted denounc-
from ''outlying districts coming to Bel
fast and attacking peaceful citizens" and
demanding their withdrawal The num-
Der of policemen on duty in Belfast at 3
o'clock, on the 10Th, was 1900 A number Of
troops from Newry have also arrived to as
s!st the police in maintaining order. The
magistrate has ordered all the taverns in the
city to be closed. No mobs are to be allowed
to congregate i'll the streets
An eye witness OF tic riots Of the 9th gives
tho following description of tho scenes at
tending the Inobs attack on Q Bowers Hill
police station: Women with pokcrs pried
up paving stones and broke them into suitable
Civnc for tho nc IF tho 1intOrc 1uhan fbny
short of missiles. Women and young girls
desperately cntreatcd the men to continue the
fighting whenever they tagged, Offering them
aprons full of fresh stones, and when entreaty
failed the women and 6 rls drove the men by
savage threats.
"lhe police station is a moderate sizeo
dwelling house. When the mob attacked the
building the police responded with volley
fired from tho doorway, but the rioters soon
drove the officers in and they reiterated up
stairs, and thence maintained the fight on
their side by shooting from the windows OF
the front bedroom on the second floor. They
hsd their position for half hour, during
which tho battle was hot and savage on
DO il side, when they were reinforced by the
arrival Of seventy officers The increased
energy of the police warfare served but to
aggrayate tho mob and they became down.
right ferocious. They were actually mad
dened by tho sight of their comrades shot
down, writhing and bowling with agony in
the street. have since heard old officers say
that they never knew mob to show greater
viciousness violence, pluck and determine
ton. D,spite their desperation,
the rioters hurled their mis-
siles with regularity and precision, as if they
had been drilled in store throwing. When
the men in front had exhausted their ammu,
milton they would retire to the rear to re-
ceive fresh armfus from the women and thus
make way for their comrades with new sup.
| plies. The battle at tho station ceased only
| when $50 soldiers came to the aid of the DO
| lice. The soldiers were from the Highlandcrs
and the Fusileers, and they soon drove tho
mob away"
A waitress belonging to a tavern adjacent
through tho brain. A youth standing at the
bar in a tavern opposite the station was shot.
A girl named Minnie McAlister, who was out
| to buy pair of shoes, was shot in the cheek
| A boy named Kale was shot in the breast. A
barmaid named Kelly was shot through the
| skull. A strange boy was found dead in a
house, into which he had evidently run to
witness the riots.
The people living in the neighborhood
where the rioting began say it was caused by
the police under mistaken impression, mo.
testing and cudgeling some orderly workmen
leaving a foundry. According to this story,
the populace got angry at the police for
| their cruel and unJuS5lnable conduct and
attempted to make them desst The out-of-
town policemen have been withdrawn from
the streets of the city in consequence of the
hostility manifested toward them by tho
Belfast workmen. Soldiers have been told
off to take the places of those retired officers
and &c assist the city police in case they
should need help.
The rioting was renewed on the evening Of
the 10th. An Infatuated mob held possession
of the streets, and wrecked and pillaged the
tavelns The police We're compelled to fire
buckshot into the mob. So far as known, nc
one was fatally wounded Many of the police
were injured by stones. The appeals of the
clergy to the rioters to dispense were futile
Eventually the troops cleared the streets.
The funeral of Thomas Gallagher, the
Orangeman who was shot and killed during
the riot at Luergan on the Sth, took place
The funeral procession was protected by 10(
soldiers and 200 policemen. A mob oil
Catholics jeered he mourners and threat
ened to stop the hearse, but the police held
them in check.
The political and religious excitement /.
leading to dangerous quarrels among the wo
men in the factories at Luergan At one
factory, the Protestant femal have struck
work, demanding the dismissal Of tho Catho