Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-11
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Trouble Not Over in
Ireland.
RIOTS IN BELFAST AND LURGAN
Preparing for New Election in
England--The Celebration of
PATHS Wedding.

Preparing for New Election in
England--The Celebration of
PATHS Wedding.
special TO the Herald bgthe Associated Press.
BELFAST, June l0.-People here have
been wrought up to state of great
excitement by the riotous demonstra-
tons Of the Oraugemen during the past
two days. All work was stopped, stores
closed and many residences are closed
aud barricaded. Mobs are on every
street prepared for further deeds of vio-
lence. At midnight a mob OF Orange
men raided a public house kept by a
Catholic named O'Hara, aud after sack.
ing it set it on fire.
The police charged the rioters dozen
times with bayonets. but each time
were forced back by volleys of stones.
The police were finally forced
to take refuge in the barracks. where
they fired upon the mob from the second
story windows. The mob, however,
held their ground twenty minutes longer,
although the firing of the police was
heavy and incessant. Scores of rioters
we're wounded. 1t is known positively
that six men and two women were killed
A great many were wounded. Twenty
rioters, who received bullet wounds, are
lying in one infirmary. A large number
Of Orangemen who took part in the riots
were arrested to-day. An inquest on
the bodies Of those killed was opened
this afternoon.
LATER.-Four of the rioters who were
wounded by the police in yesterdays
riots died to-day, and four others are
dying.
The people at Shank Hill Road meet
ing to-day attacked the police. The
military were summoned and the crowd
dispersed. 1t is now stated that the
meeting was summoned to denounce the
police, and also all other persons for at
lacking the houses and property OF
peaceable people, and to urge upon citi-
zens their duty to do the most in their
power to bring the disturbers OF the
peace to justice irrespective OF creed or
party. The meeting appointed depu-
tation to ask the Mayor of Belfast for
the names of the officers in charge OF
the Shank Hill police barracks yester-
day evening at 6 P. NJ. The police have
been withdrawn from the streets OF the
city in consequence of the hostility man
Tested towards them by Orangemen.
Soldiers have been told off to take the
places Of those officers and to assist the
city police in case they should need help
tonight.
HOW 1T OCCURRED.
The city was comparatively quiet this
forenoon. Seven hundred extra police
men are in town. Six hundred loyalists
drilled near the city Of ARMAGH last
night. An eye witness of the riots on
Wednesday gives the following descrip-
ton of scenes attending the mob's at
tack on the Bowers Hill police station:
"Men armed with pokers pried up paw
ing stones and broke them into suitable
sizes for the use OF the rioters when they
ran short of missiles. Women and
young girls desperately entreated the
men to continue fighting whenever they
tagged, offering them aprons full OF
fresh stones, and when entreaty failed
the women and girls drove the men on
by savage threats. The police station
is moderate sized dwelling house.
When the mob attacked the building
the police responded with a volley fired
from the doorway, but the rioters soon
drove the officers in and they retreated
upstairs and thence maintained the
| fight on their side by shooting
from the windows OF front bedroom
on the second floor. They held their
position half an hour, during which
time the battle was hot and savage on
both sides. when they were reinforced
by the arrival of seventy fresh officers.
The increased energy of the police war
fare served but to aggravate the mob
and they became furious Thay were
maddened by the sight OF their comrades
shot down writing and bowling with
agony in the streets. Old officers say
they never knew mob to show greater
viciousness, violence, pluck and deter
mnation. Despite their destruction the
rioters hurled their missiles with regu-
larity and precision as il they had been
drilled in stone throwing. When the
men in front had exhausted their am.
munition they would retire to receive
fresh ammunition from the women, and
thus make way for their comrades
with new supplies. Some OF the
throwing was extraordinary. The
be ter armed of the rioters
ers carried what we call here Belfast
kidneys" These are stones about i've
and half inches long, three and half
inches broad and weigh an average of
about one and half pounds. There
we're many boys among the rioters and
they were as desperate and plucky as
the men. The battle at the station
ceased when two hundred and fifty sol
diers came to the aid of the police. The
soldiers we're from the Highlanders and
FusiIeers and they soon drove the mobs
away. People living in the neighbor-
hood where the rioting begun say it was
caused by the police, under isiaken
impression. molesting and oudgeling
some orderly workmen leaving foun-
dry. According to this story the popu
lace got angry at the police tor their
cruel aud nnjustifiable conduct and at
tempted to make them desist. When a
conflict was imminent. the story goes,
that the mob offered to behave If the
police were withdrawn but not other
wise.
AT LURGAN.
The funeral of Thomas Gallagher, the
0rangeman who was shot and killed
during the riot AZ Lurgan was held To-
day. The funeral procession was well
protected. A mob of Catholics jeered
the mourners and threatened to stop the
hearse, bnt the police held them back
The political excitement is leading to
dangerous quarrels among the inmates
Of the factories at Lurgan. AT one fac
tory the Protestant families have struck
work, demanding the dismissal of the
Catholics.
Rioting was renewed tonight. An in
furiated mob held possession of the
streets and wrecked and pillaged the