Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-16
Fighting FANATICS.
The Orangemen and Catholics Of BEL
last Are at War Again Sew
eral Fatalities Reported,
4 Fierce Rife Fight in the suburbs
Lasting from Midnight UntiI the
Moon Went Down.
ARegnlar warfare Kept Up from tho Roots
OF Houses--rhe Police are Repeated.
" Fired Upon,

REprAM IN nELFAsr.
DrniN, Aug ls.--R iotlng has been
resumed in Belfast.
From midnight last night until
O'Clock this mornlng ride Eight was in
progress on the shanklell eroad and the
Old Falls road
One person was Killed and many
wounded.
The town Is seething.
dispatch from Belfastsays, SectariRn
strife has required In deplorahle. cold
blooded fashion.
Expert marksmen this morning con
Quoted rifle fight from the rooi.tops,
chimney stacks and street.corners.
immense crowds OF partisana, who care
fully kept out OF range, were prepared 20
assist by supplying ammunition and n.
moving the wounded
sides were equally divided.
The moon shone brightly throughout
the contest.
The 0rangemen admit that one Of ,their
men named MAcfarlane was Killed, aud
that two others, named Smith aud John
son, were mortaliy wounded; also, that
there We're numerous mluor casualties on
their side.
! They claim they killed and wounded
many Catholics, but the latter deny that
they sustained serious losses.
Many houses were riddled with bullets.
| Whenever the military appeared the
combatants shifted their ground
Finally sc o'clock, after the riot act
had been twice read, the troops charged
upon the crowds and cleared the streets
temporarily.
An old mau and two women 10 male
attire In house on Conway street from
which many shots had been fred were ar
rested
They stated that three men had forced
an entrance into the house and had 70.
manned there ali night, tFins from TIE
roof.
A bowling crowd escorted the prison
ers 20 jail,
The moi to-day repeatedly nred upon
the police,
,vern owned by Catholic situated
In Protestant district was looted
The order instructing the police 10 IRE
buck-shot instead ofbullets has been can.
celed
The populaee IL suilen aud menacing,
An Orange procession while passing
through the Atreets Of Widnes, Lanes
shire, yesterday evening, was ieered at
by spectators. The OrangeInen theroupon
r.
One OF the spectators was stabbed and
MORALLY wounded, aud two policemen
and number Of other persons were In
iured
SOME LLusIfArIoss.
The saddest case Of all IN Belfast Is
that Of the widow Strain, who was solely
dependent on her son Robert, Protest
ant. He WAS shot without warning OF
reason by the police. He had arranged
TO take his mother to New York, wnere
he worked previously, and was lust on
the point OF sailing when he was shot
while stepping across the street to meet
u friend,
The honors as regards attacks on WORK
girls and other inoffenslye woTk-people
were pretty evenly divided between the
Professionals and Catholics Both sides
have shown the utmost brutality 10
women and boys, az well az 10 men.
WHAT A PROTESTANT MAGISTRATE asYs.
A Protestant magistrate OF many years
service In Belfast, In spite Of his religion
and social position, says;
~ regard the Rrotestants as entirely
IN the wrong IN this rIotiDg. The Catho.
: lies have done their utmost to keep the
, peace and 10 prevent the evaporation Of
the 0rangemen The priest, at great
personal fisk and by much exertion, have
kept the people from resentlng insults
Might after night priests have watched
until daylight the dangerous points, using
the full influence Of the church TO prevent
outbreaks, and even arresting rioters
themselves when necessary. The Pro.
tesiant clergy have not done this, and
have made no effort TO keep the
Protestants quiet. On the contrary, the
clergy have walked IN professions and
funerals, thus keeping up the bad feeling.
Look atgto.day's funerals The Catholics
had only half dozen nouTners, and took
a route through the back streets IN order
TO avoid giving cause for fresh 1ioting.
The Proteslanie had regular Orange
wake, with great crowd " mournefs,
two ministers passing through The most
dangerous part " the Catholic district,as
l1f In brayado. The whole trouble hus
been caused By our syttem Of borough
magistrates, which permits men fhtn-
, rated with local prejudlces 70 try Ciimi-
nails, and also ilnpedes the action OF the
police when quick and sharp action Is
necessary. There are only eleven CathO.
lic magistrates, - against thirty-1ye
Professionals A. the majority Of the
board decides the punishment awarded,
the Catholics have been outVoted. Ihnye
seen magistrates frequently deal out
punishment according 10 the street. on
which the criminal ivcs-l0 shiilingB 70
one, six months 70 smother.
CATHOLIC POLICE.
"rhe riots were largely caused by the
Orange desire 70 return 70 the days Ut the
Old policemen, wbtn the whole force was
composed OF Ofaugemen. Lthink this
wrong. think the Catholic request for
the abolition Of unpoid magistrates and
the substitution Of paid judges, responsl-
BILE only 10 the crown and free from locAi
and business preiadlces, Is perfectly
proper This would likely DO away with
one great source ~ ensuing between the
two religions. The Protestants would
then depend less upon their iriends on
the bench, snd Catholics would lose their
sense OF ipiuHtice. think that 4 M
UgHtlnuea on I'm PaQe.