Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-12
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Rioting Still Continues al
Belfast.
ULSTER UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Princes Expelled from France-A
Statement from Parnell-An
Earl Accused of Praying.

Special TO the Herald bs the Associated Prsss.I
BELFAST, June 1.-THE rioting last
night was less disastrous thas ON
Wednesday. After the days labor was
ended thousands Of workingmen gath
cred in the vicinity of Bower Hill po-
lice station. They execrated the police,
and cried out; 1--WE will have ten lives
for every one of the murdered" The
county police were then withdrawn and
some we'll known local constables we're
sent out to reason with the mob. The
latter demanded the withdrawal of all
the police. Archbishop Levre and sew
eral Presbyterian clergymen after this
implored the mob to desist. Their adj
dresses proved entirely useless, as while
the clergymen were speaking the rioters
kept up a desultory stone throwing at
the police. One stone struck divine
squarely in the face and hurt him
severely. Captain Lestrange, resident
magistrate, who was present to counsel
order, was struck by a brick on the
head When the preachers ceased the
mob surged up to the gate OF the bar
racks and defied the police to come and
take square fight. Things went on in
this way until about ten O'Clock, when
two troops of Dragons galloped up.
They were followed by three hundred
infantry. These men had been under
arms eleven hours. The mob was for
the moment powerless with surprise and
dispersed. The ruDaways, however, be-
came ashamed of themselves and returned
to the scene. The soldiers had taken
complete possession Of the streets
around the barracks. The mob, real
izing the impregnability of the police
position, now departed in sections. ours
ing the Pope. denouncing home rule,
singing The ''0range Lily" and "Rule
Britannia" While all this was going on
at Bowers Hill barracks q mob had taken |
possession of York street. They first
concentrated in front Of a wine store.
kept by Catholic named McKenna.
The building was soon seized and
wrecked, and all of McKenna's stock of
wines was emptied in the street. This
mob then proceeded to McCloskey's
tavern. The police had taken warning
and got there first. A set fight took place.
1t was waged with desperation on both
sides. The police fired twenty-six
rounds OF buckshot at the rioters but
the mob finally drove them away and
smashed McCloskey's tavern to pieces,
distributing the liquor to all who would
drink or carry the liquor away. Several
of the rioters were wounded in this
fight and were left helpless iu the streets
BY their mrades, who, maddened with
liquor and excitement rushed TO the work
of wreck and pillage. A number OF tay-
erns were destroyed and ali their stocks
OF wine, whisky aud beer thrown out TO
the crowd ia the streets. Towards mid
night the men. after having wrecked and
looted all the taverns III the vicinity, re-
turned to McCloskey's and set it on fire.
The glare attracted the police, who re-
formed and marched down there 10 put
out the fire and save the town from con-
hagration. They had to fight for every
foot of way they made. At times when
the flames Jared high. uniformed off.
GERS scattered among the mob filling the
street from house to house could be seen.
Each officer lighting on his account and
all in the same direction, every man
shouting or cursing. women and chill
dren at the windows shrieking and ges-
ticulsting. 1t was terrible sight. Fl.
nally the police got together and carried
on their battle with buckshot. This
eventually scattered the mob and the
fire at McClosky's was put out before it
could extend. McClosky and his family
and number of his Catholic neIghbors
were rescued from the fury of the mob
by an Orangeman, who took them to his
house and there gave them safe refuge.
UNDER MARTIAL Law.
The government has placed the dis
tricts terrorized by the mobs in the
province of Ulster under martial law.