The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-25
Expectation that Meetings of the League Will
Be Declared Illegal-0utline of Policy To
Be Pursued by the NO-Rent People.
The Business Element in the Marriage
Of the Salvation Army's Chieftan.
A Mysterious Murder on the London Under
ground Railway-Russia Will Interfere in
Bulgaria ON Very Slight PrOvOcatiOn.
IRISH AFFAIRS.
A Fight with MoonliGhters-The Belfast Gar
risOn To BE Increased

A Fight with Moonlig ighters-The Belfast Gar
rison To BE Increased.
DUBLIN, Sept. N.-The police last night ran
down and surprised party of moonighters at
Feale Bridge County Kerry. A fight ensued, in
which one of the moonlighters was shot dead,
and six were taken prisoners. The affair has
caused much excitement throughout Kerry
Later particulars of the encounter show that
three constables, toward midnight, had concealed
themselves short distance from the Feale
Bridge police hut Not long after the constables
were in hiding they noticed the moonlighters
approach The constabes ordered the moon
lighters to "halt in the Queens name" The
moonlighters replied to the summons with vol
ley from their rifles. aimed in the direction
whence the summons came The police then
fred buckshot at the moonlighters, who were
in plain view of the officers. One of the moon
lighters fell He was not instantly killed, as at
first reported, but was badly wounded. The
others turned and fed. The police pursued
them, menacing them with their weapons, and
succeeded in overtaking and manacling six, who,
with the wounded man, were taken to jail. The
police then began securing the country for the
others, of whom they have arrested twelve and
taken them to Listowe.
The government has decided to greatly in
crease the garrison at Belfast. The increased
garrison will remain in the town permanently.
How the Rent Question Will Be Met
t. P. O'Connor's Cable Special.
The National League, it is now positively
stated, will be proclaimed in November The
proclamation will doubtless be followed promptly
hU fha Nf rrnnninnnt parnnllita
members of Parliament, Nationalist officials and
other men of influence among the Irish on the
popular side. The government will, if possible,
do without the sanction of special legislation,
after the manner of "Buckshot' Forster, in 1881.
The Irish are prepared to fight. There is no in
tention of sitting down and tamely submitting to
everything the government may think proper to
do. Every lesson of the previous campaign has
been laid to heart. The Nationalist leaders of
to-day Ejn profit by the mistakes of the
past afE be guided by the experience ac-
quired in former struggles. They have adopted
general plan of action to meet the intended
procedure of the government. It is mixture
of boldness aad prudence the object being to
keep carefully within constitutional bounds
Following this plan, the tenants will abandon
the proclaimed league meetings Instead of
gathering in defiance of Castle authority as
members of the League, they will meet by
will hardly object to the tenants estates meet
ing together to talk over their mutual interests.
Interference with the personal liberty of the |
subject and right of meeting in such cases as
these would be too monstrous to be tolerated by |
the public opinion of England, Scotland and |
Wales. This method Of proceeding will violate |
no law, will be perfectly constitutional; will not
indeed cannot without special legislation, be |
reached by action of the government |
will meet with universal sympathy on
this side of the channel, and do more to range |
the two democracies in line for mutual support |
in the same cause in both countries than any
thing else that could have been conceived. There
will be interference with the proclaimed |
branches of the League for the simple reason
that they will have ceased to perform the func
tions for which they proclaimed, except in cases
where the branches composed entirely of
tenants of an estate In such cases other means
of resistance will have to be resorted to- always
within the limits of constitutionality.
Nothing in the shape of no-rent manifesto will
be sent out Landlords offering a reasonable |
abatement of rent will be met in a spirit of fair
compromise. Those alone will be resisted who
ask impossible rents down to the last farthing.
The no-rent movement will be confined strictly
within the bounds defined by eminent English
authorities. and must therefore command En-
plish and Scotch svmnathv