Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-18
RI0TING IN BELFAST.
FOUR MEN KILLED BY THE POLICE
AND FOUR MORE DYING.
Militia Despatched to Maintain Order
Police Beseiged by the Rioters Urged
to the Fray by Women and Girls
A Desperate Battle.

BELFAST, June 10.-Four rioters, who
were wounded by the police in yesterdays
riots, died to-day. Four others are dying.
The Orangemen are making large pur-
chases of arms and are declaring they will
have revenge upon the police. At n
meeting of Protestants, resolutions were
adopted denouncing the action of the
police from "out lying districts coming to
Belfast and attacking peaceful citizens"
and demanding their withdrawal. Troops
have arrived to assist in maintaining
order. All taverns have been ordered
closed. No mobs are to be allowed to con-
gregate.
An eye witness of Wednesdays riot
gives the following descrip ton of the
scenes attending the mobs attack on
Bowers Hill police station; Women
with pokers piled up paving stones and
broke them into suitable sizes for the riot
ers. When they ran short OF missiles, the
women and young girls desperately en-
treated them to continue fighting, when
ever they tagged Offering them aprons
full of fresh stones, and when entreaty
failed the women and girls drove the men
on by sharp threats When the mob at I
tackled the station the police responded
with volley from the doorway. The pc
lice renewed the fight by shooting from
the windows, and held their position Tor /
an hour, curing Whicn tne pa t "as ne.
ntiiaor 90 ~ ,or,,ad :" a,,lrro,nta Tho nnh
and they became downright ferocious.
They were mqddened by the sight of their
comrades writing ana howlng WIN
aiSomy,l ime n"S " 'i'o ,,ioia,oo
nluck and determinrd desnprotion The
pi, hair lar
ity and precision as if they had been
drilled. The battle ceased only when %'o
H Hl "'IlNe"' anu SUM uioNc '"e "'''
back.
Itople Ill tue iGlEnpolnooi 81! ti.e
ilollhS was cHuaeu ny lhe ponce iioItSl-
ing ana cudEelihS some orderly Workihen
leaving lolIdIS' Inc peoPle Eol ali3I!
lor lheIr cIuei anu uhJiSlllI't'lt CoHV ny
anu attempted 10 ilahe lneih utSIHu' llc
0ut oi Town Pollceihtii were WItnuraWii
lroil Ine Guy because Vi Ihe ho9Illl'S maui
tested toward thell' M.
ne rioIing was renewed 10 iiIEht,c ne
inltllldueu lnoo hGiu po9seS0IUu Vi tne
streets and wrecked tayerns. me police
were collipeileu 10 llre mo Ihe ii'op' ou'
no one WIS laIaiIS "ouhueu'
Ten Dead Policemen Demanded for every
Dead Rioter.
BELFAST, June IA mob of about 49,
600 men and women congregated at
Bowers hill to-day crying 1--WE will have
10 lives for every one of the wee murdered
girls" An attempt was made to reason
with the mob, who demanded the with
drawal of all the police. Archdeacon
Lever and several Presbyterian clergymen
implored the mob to dispense, in vain.
! While the clergymen were speaking, the
rioters kept up continued stone throw
ing at the police. One stone struck a di
vine squarey in the face and hurt him Sc
verely. When the preachers ceased the
mob surged up to the gate of
the barracks and deiled the po-
lice to come to a square fight.
About 10 O'Clock two troops of dragons
galloped up, followed by 300 infantry. The
mob was pOwerless with surprise and dis
! persed. The runaways soon however be-
came ashamed of themselves and return
ed to the scene warmly jeering the troop
ers, who took complete possession OF the
streets. The mob realizing the impregna-
bllity of the police position departed in
sections, curSing the pope, denOunciug
/ home rule, and singing The Orange
| Life" and Rule Britannia" While this
was going on, the mob had taken posses
sion OF York street, and wrecked num-
! Der of saloons
Ouestioninp the Earl of Aberdeen,s Re.
Ii,ion WI, s,,rted tha Kiotso
] 8
Gladstone was asked IN the House or
/ Commons, this evening, by William
Johnston, conservative, II 1t was true as
reported that the Earl OF Aberdeen, irish
Vlceroy' during his recent Visit TO CORK
had kheit at the aitar Oh Cathollc
cathedral IN that city. Glapstone replied
that II the earl had done the KheellhS OF
which he was accused, he Gladstone was
not aware of it, He added, eve must de
cline to ask an inouirv into such a oues-
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never known Il better Christian, nor a