Daily Republican., 1886-08-10
THE BELFAST RIOTS
ANOTHER DAY OF STREET fight.
ING AND BLoODsHED.
The City's Wrecked Appearance-Large
Bodies of Troops Arriving From
All Directions to the CITY.

| BELFAST, Aug, 9.-There is q lull &c
night in the rioting at Belfast, No
from any disposition ON the part o. tn,
mob to desist in their warfare, bu
simply because they they are ternpc
rarily overawed by the large bodies O.
troops which have been pouring iutt
the city. But mischief shoulders aud
the rioters are Watching their opportu
mites. All the streets are biistlipa
Win soldiers mounted and ON foot, nd
iurther reinforcements are expected
before the morning. II riotipg bresks
out again, martial law will probably
be proclaimed.
Ihe city, owing to the wreck and
ruin Of houses, presents q deplorable
aspect. Its appearance is similar to
that OF Paris after the Commune 1t il
reared that numerous deaths resultinp o
from the riots have taken place which
Will never be heard of. The hospitals
are taxed TO the utmost to accom- mo-
uate the great number of wounded per-
sons in need of attendance. A painfuI
feature OF the riots is the number of
children wounded. Yesterday q boy
was shot while returning from SUNDAY
school. To-Day a little girl WAS shot
and was carried away apparently life
less. She can not live.
THE STORY OF THE DAY,
The day has been series of battles.
In the morning the police charged
tne rival mobs q. the point of. the bay =
onet and fierce encounte ter between the
soldiers and the mob resulted in the
wounding of 80 of the former. A sol.
oier hred at close quarters on q boy,
shattering the little fellows hand. The
soidler was arrested. The police fred
at the people withou. the slightest show
OF mercy and the feeling against them
~ very oitter. During commotion on
shank Hill the police were preparing to
nre when they were confronted by the
mliitary and peremptorily ordered to
aesist. The police sullenly lowe red
tneii rifles and the military commander
succet ded in urging the rioters, most of
whom 1t is believed were Protestapts.
to return to their homes.
a certain man was chased four hours
by q mob ihirsting for his blood, bat
ne eluded his pursusrs, fter a desper.
ate effort, when nearly succumbing to
exhaustion. The police rescued him by
charging ms pursuers at the point of
the bayonet. A boy was chased by a
mob on emerging from the back en-.
francs OF factory and was badly beat
en-.
A PITCHED BATTLE.
During the day two opposing mobs in
out lying districts managed to elude the
police and retired to q sheltered field.
where for an hour there was desperate
melee. Both parties claimed q victory,
Ii is believed that two persons were
killed and that their bodies were SNUG
gled to their homes. The witness de-
clares that sixty persons fell, many of
" hom were dead. 1t was evident that
each party intended to annihilate the
other. Soldiers and police eventually
cieaved the field with the aid Of bullets
and bayonets.
Iee sst -nat5 ol 10 lays kill>it ard
wounded will probably equal, il not ex-
ceed, yesterdays, when the returns from
evening to an early hour this
morning were IL killed AID 130 wound
ed, mostly with bullets 1t is difficult,
however, to give definite facts, as many
OF the mob crawl away grievonsly
wounded or are carried to die in their
homes A touching incident of Satur-
days battle is as follows: Mrs. Nell
waine on Saturday harangued a small
crowd OF ntighbors in regard to the
riots, and roundly abused the police for
firing upon the people. She afterwards
expressed fear that she wonld lose her
life on account of her speech. She there
fore, in order to avoid recognition, put
on black dress yesterday instead ofI
the white one which she wore Sstur-
Jay. During the progress of the riot
she ran to her door to gather in some
children. A bullet struck her
10 the head and she fell lifeless in the
doorway.
Fifty rioters have been sentenced to
erms OF imprisonment ranging from
me month to six months.