New-York tribune., 1886-06-10
RIOTING IN BELFAST.
NINE PERSONS KILLED BY THE POLICE.


ONE HUNDRED HOUSES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PARNELL AND "HoME RULE" BURNED IN
FFrIGY.
BELFAST, June 9.-RiO!ing was renewed here
this evening and the riot act again read The mob
increased in size and began throwing stones at the
police The latter fred, killing four persons one OF
whom WAS barmaid who was looking out OF a tavern
window n the fighting The mob returned the fire. and
brisk fusi,lale kept up for twonty minutes
The mob finally drove a force Of $50 policemen
into the barracks and then attacked the
buildings firing revOlvers and throwing stones at the
doors and wndowa Tho police fired. killing five per-
Several Protestant clergymen tried TO dsperse
the mob but their efforts were unavailing One OF tne
persons killed widow with two children. Soldiers
paradng the streets to assist the police In case OF
necessity. One hundred and fifty Dublin policemen are
on the way to reinforce the Belfast force.
Last night q mob Of Orangemtn made an
attack upon the tavern kept by Catholic of the
name of Duffy. The police were promptly on the
scene and after stubborn contest during which they
used their carbines the mob away in disorder
The oters reassembled with Increased strength and
again attacked Dnnys. this time oyerpowel1ng the
police and driving them from the place. In the first
assault Chief of Police Carr was wounded. lie was
carried away and lies in a critical condition.
When the Orange returned to the 6eht they were
ctompanied by large number of factory girls who
gOaded shamcd the men on 10 Dattlc anu
most dangerous element. When the officers abandoned
Duhys the mob took conn lee posse The tavern
was at once thoroughly sacked. All the taps and
spiggos set running and everybody was invited
to help himself according his taste All the barrels
of liquor found in stock carried into the street,
lifted up high and let fall until they broke and liberated
their contents All the furniture carried out piled
in the centre of the roadway and burned in bonfire TO
furnish the rioters with light during their debauch.
Men, boys and girls drank until they fell helpless in
the cutters. the girls acting with greater fury during
the earlier stage OF the orgic than the men, The noise,
the profanity. the disorder. were terrible.
The mob ended its work here by firing the tavern
itself and burned to the ground Then the stronger
men, who had become infuriated and not ovorpowercd
by Their potations, through the streets, wreckng
and paging wherever they went and increasing their
following the further they proceeded. These rioters
after awh bile congrogated around the police station ana
stoned the place until they tired. They then
arcbed down to another tavern. he police fastened
thither i'll advance and attempted to protect the prop
erty but they ovcrpowcred and driven away.
The mob, left in possession treated tie tavern a. II
had treated Duys turned on all the taps. broke the
full barrels in the street made bonire of the furnl-
ture and finally set fire TO The buidne. Ihe police re-
turned and Gis time got the better OF the mob whose
ranks were denctcd by the scores who lad fallen
away in drunkenness and extingnished the flames be-
they could control OF the structure. But the
officers were unable to drive the rioters from the
locality and they remained and dominated il until
morning Mr. Gladstone and Mr.. Paruell were both
burned IN efigy and dummy corpse labelled Home
Rule was cIemattd.
The Orangemen wrecked in all 100 houses Men.
made desperate O maudn | V drink. prowled about
the streets crying cut. To he'll with the Pope" In
the various assaults made by the police twenty-five of
the rioters were severely wounded by the buckshot
fred at them. The police have been ordered TO lire
bell in the of general renewal OF the riotug.
Thomas Gallagher, who shot and killed in the
riot at Lurgan last night. was wcll-known local
simpctOn. He waved an Orange sash III the face OF a
Home Rule mob during inccssant fire between that
mob and its Orange eLcmies. Two men, Hart and
Mason were arrested to-day for the murder OF
Gallagher.
Tie situation at one time fast night became dts
pcrate that Nh Mathcrs. local Orange leader pub
hcv declared that unless the authorities did their duty
he and n thonsand armed Orangcmcn would take
charge of the town. Math,r on the point OF
carving out his thiea hen the military appeared.
To-day there little stone throwing in Lnrgan.
but otherwise the Town has been quiet Several police
men were badly injured there last night that they
are yet in the hos ital Twenty rioters are now under
arrest
An internal machine consisting of jar filed with
black sub.tarc c. and clock kwork thrown last
night against the door OF PrOtcstants house III
I.urgan When the machine hurled il had a
lighted fuse attached and il exploded i'll the doorway
The coroners jury found that Gallagher died from
the effects of gunshot wound. and censured the
authorities for not having sufficient. police to preserve
order