The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-10
RIOTING IN uLs1ER.
A Night Of Destruction and Terror in Belfast
Trouble in Lurgan.

Night of Destruction and Terror in Belfast
Trouble in Lurgan.
BELFAST, June 9-Last night the Orangemen
were again rioting here. They wrecked 100
houses in the city, two of which they burned
The rioters broke into several whisky stores and
possessed themselves of the contents. Num-
bers of the men were found lying about in the
cutters, drunk; others, made desperate or maud
lin by drink, prowled about the streets. crying
ont, '"ro hell with the Popen In the various
assaults made by the police upon the rioters,
twenty five of the latter were severely wounded
by the buckshot fred at them. The police have
been ordered to fire tonight in the event of any
general renewal of the rioting.
During the night the mob made an attack
upon the tavern kept by a Catholic named Duffy.
The police were promptly on the scene, and
after stubborn contest, during which they used
their carbines. drove the mob away in disorder.
The rioters returned with increased numbers
and again attacked the place, this time over
powering the police and driving them from the
place. In the first assault Chief of Police Carr
was wounded. He was carried away, and now
lies in critical condition.
When the Orangemen returned to the fight
they were accompanied by large number of
factory girls. who goaded or shamed the men on
to battle, and formed a most dangerous element
When the officers abandoned Duffys, the men at
once took complete possession of the tavern, and
it was thoroughly sacked. All the taps and
spiggots were set running, and everybody was
invited to help himself according to his taste.
All the barrels of liquor found in stock were
carried into the street, lifted up high and let fall
until they broke and liberated their contents.
All the furniture was carried out. piled in the
center of the roadway, and burned in bonfire
to furnish the rioters with light during their
debauch Men, youths and girls drank until
they fell helpless in the cutters, the girls acting
with greater fury during the earlier stage of the
orgie than the men. The noise, the profanity,
the disorder were terrible. The mob ended
their work here by firing the tavern itself, and
it burned to the ground. Then the stronger men,
who had become infurlated and not overpow-
cred, ran through the streets, pIlaging wherever
they went and increasing their following the
further they proceeded. These rioters, after
while, congregated around the police station and
stoned the place until they were tired. They
then marched down to another tavern. The police
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protect the property, but they were overpowered
and driven away. The mob, left in possession,
treated the tavern as they had treated Duffys,
turned on all the taps, broke the full barrels in
the street, made bonfire of the furniture. and
finally set fire to the building The police re-
turned, and this time got the better. for time,
of the mob. whose ranks were depleted by the
scores who had fallen away in drunkenness, and
extinguished the flames before they could gain
control of the structure. But the officers were
unable to drive the rioters from the locality, and
they remained and dominated it until morning
During the rowdyism of the night, Mr.. Glad
stone and Mr.. Parnell were both burned in eff
gy, and a dummy corpse labeled Home Rule.
was cremated.
Two men named Hart and Mason were ar
rested o-day for the murder Of Thomas Gala
CHER. who was shot dead last night during the
rioting at Lurgan. Gallagher was well-known
local simpleton. He waved an Orange sash in
the face of the home-rule mob during an in
cessant fire between that mob and its Orange
enemies.
During the riot the situation at one time became
so desperate that Mr.. Mathers, a local Orange
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ties did their duty, he and q thousand armed
Orangemen would take charge of the
town. Mathers was the point
of carrying out his threat when the
military appeared To-day there was little
stone throwing in Lurgan, but otherwise the
town has been quiet. A number of policemen
so badly injured last night that they are
yet in the hospital Twenty rioters are now
under arrest The coroner's jury found that
Gallagher died from the effects of gunshot
wounds, and censured the authorities for not
having sufficient police to preserve order.
The rioting was renewed at Belfast this even
ing, and the riot act was again read. The mob
increased in size and began throwing stones at
the police The latter fired. killing four per-
sons, one of whom was bar-maid, who was
looking out of tavern window at the fighting.
The mob returned the fire, and brisk fuslade
was kept up for twenty minutes Soldiers are
now parading the streets to assist the police in
case of necessity.
The mob drove a force OF $50 policemen into
the barracks and then attacked the buildings,
firing revolyers and throwing stones at the doors
and windows. The police fired, killing five per-
sons. Several Protestant clergymen tried to
disperse the mob. but their efforts were unavail
ing. One of the persons killed was widow
with two children.
One hundred and fifty policemen are en- route
from Dublin to reinforce the Belfast police
An internal machine, consisting of jar, filled
with black substance and some clock work was
thrown last night against the door of a Protest
ants house in Lurgan, County Armagh. When
the machine was hurled 1t had lighted fuse at
tachsd TO 1t and 1t exploded In the doorway.
Arthur and Andrew Donnelly. leading Catho-
lie merchants Of Lurgan, have been arrested on
the charge Of firing from their windows. A mob