Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-16
THE CHAPEL BELL IN IRELAND.


1t Is Rung 70 Announce the Coming OF
The BailiR-The WORK of Eviction Begun
In Real Earnest.
The chapel bell has begun to ring in
Ireland, writes a London correspondent
to the New York Star. Before many
weeks have passed it is more than prob
able that there VIII be few parishes in
tine country in which the tolling VIII not
be heard. Even so early as this the
work OF eviction hast commenced in real
earnest and the terocity with which it has
been conducted by the landlords, as well
as the cOntederated vigOr and daring
with which the tenants have 1esisted it,
augurs glOOmily for the winter months
1t is simply narrowing to read of the
scenes that have been Witnessed, especi-
ally Ia bleak and hapless GWeedOre. Up
to the present most Of the eYictiOns are
those Of poor half-starYed creatures, who
try to pay rent for God-forsaken patches
Of earth, to even live on which should be
claim to state or public remuneration.
The government has gwen the landlords
to understand that the force Of the crown
viii be at their service in the collection
of rent, and the words Of encouragement
have revived the old devilish spirit Of the
rack renter, which most of us thought
had Disappeared forever.
But if the landlords are resOlute the
tenants-or, should rather say, the
people,-are Just as dOggedly determin-
ed. In their attitude to resist the col
lection Of rack rents they are being sup
ported by the priests to an extent which
has not been witnessed IN and previous
period of the history Of Irish IaudlOrdism.
The clergy, no less than the tenants
themselves, see that the payment of the
existing rents is an absolute impos-
sibility, and the advice they have given
the farmers is to offer to the landlords
what they believe as a BODY is fair
rent, and if that isrefused to pay no rent
at all.
You have a mild illustration in the
| WOodfOrd evictiOns Of what viii happen.
The marquis OF Clanricarde-a typical
absentee Mrs. Lewis own proper
! ties that adjOin In the County Galway.
| Unlike the surrounding landlords, these
| two owners refused to accept the com
promise Of the tenants, and police, mill
tary, and a body Of emergency men from
Dublin arrived upon the scene.
The Woodford races took place the
/ day before the expected arrival Of the
| crOwbar expedition, and that a fitting re-
| ception should await the strangers a
/ bellman was sent upon the course, who
| proclaimed to al whom it might con
Germ that the sheriff and his bailihs
would arrive the following day to evict
I the tenants at LOOscaun, and that it
I 4 h.. IL
| would remain In town over night. The
hint was takel readily, and with a result
/ which was seen in the complete destruc-
/ ton Of all the bridges that spanned the
river which divides the Looscaun district
! from WoodfOrd. This was the first de-
/ lay in the eviction work.
/ The first house which the sheriff and
his army approached was that OF an old
/ bedriddeu cOttier, but on smashing iu
the door the bailiffs, aided by the emer-
] gency men, found that a solid piece of
masonry had been built up inside which
effzctually barred an entrance. While
contemplating this unexpected obstruc-
ton and connecting plans for its demCli-
ton, the party were suddenly immersed
in a shower OF boiling water and lime
water and an equally destructive shower
of brickbats, stones, and missiles that
had been carefully accumulated by a
body Of men who had concealed them
selves within. The bailihs then battered
down the gable end of the cabin, and the
poor old Occupier, grooming in n death
agony, was conveyed amid the eXecra-
tons OF the crowd, on q strstcher to the
roadside. The defenders, however, sue
ceeded in making their escape.
At one cabin, after an exceptionally
heavy volume came pouring from the
roof, the heads Of two exceedingly pretty
girls were seen TO suddenly rise above
the thatch for the purpose Of observing
the effect OF the last canful This was
apparently more than emergency flesh
and blood could bear, and a fierce attack
being made upon the door an entrance
was effected, and four girls were taken
into custody but Immediately released
At one Of the houses the wife OF a ten.
ant Of Mrs. Lewis, terrified by the ap.
proach of so vast a military force, gave
birth premRturely to a child, and at the
instance Of the dispensing medical ofHcsl
Of the district, who declined to be re-
| sponsible for the consequence If the wO.
men were TUNED out, she was permitted
to remain In her wretched hovel as &
caretaker. But If is worth recording thai
the emergency men were actually re-
solved to remove her, although le WaE
only a couple Of hours mother.
Mrs. Lewis son accompanied the eYic-
tors, and as an illustration Of the InoWl
edge which he has OF his mothers prop.
erty-and he knows more about it thar
she dOes-a wrong seizure was made Ii
one house. Mr. Lewis was actually ig.
noraAt not only Of the house, but the
appearance OF the tenant he was coming
to eYict.
The proceedings continued for week
and each evening after the days Worl
was done a public meeting Of the peopl,
J Of the district was held N front Of fla
! evieted houses, and speeches delivaret
! by the priests. In the last speech Wlicl
Father Coen, P. p, delivered he declare,