Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-11
TnE BELFAST TROUBLES.
more Rioters DenA-Osange Denuneia'
fioux Of ahe Police.

BELFAST, June fO.--Four OF the rioters
who were wounded bythe police IN yester'
days iiOis died to-day. -Four others are
Dying. Orangemen are making large ptIr.
chases Of aims and declaring that they VIII
have revenge upon the police for firing into
thtr ranks. At n meeting OF Protestants
living on the shank-Bill rod resolutions
were adopted derouncing the action OF the
police from outlying districts coming 10
Belfast and attacking peaceful citizens
"and demanding their Withdrawal" The
number Of policemen on duty In Belfast
This afternoon nj 3 O'Clock was 1900. "A
plumber Of troops from Newry have also
arrived to assist the police in maintaining
orcer. The magistrate has ordered all The
taveTns IN the city 10 be closed io-nignt.
No mobs are 10 be allowed 70 congregaie Ia
the streets.
AN EYEWITNESS STORY OF TUESDAYS
RIOTS.
BELFAST, June 10.-An eyewitness OF
Tuesdays riots gives the following de-
scriptiou Of the scenes attending the moo>
attack on the Bower-IIill police Women
with pokers pred up paviDg-stones ana
broke them in suitable sizes for the use Of
the rioters when they ran short ~ missiles.
Women and young girls desperately en-
treated the men 10 continue fighting when
ever they tagged, offering them aprOnfuls
sf fresh stones, and when entreaty failed
the women aud girls drove the men on by
savage threats.
The pollcc.Sta,iOn is a moderate-sized
house. When the mob attacked the build
ing the police responded with a yolley
fred from tee doorway, but the rioters
soon drove the officers in, and they re-
treated up-staiTs, and thence maintained
the fight by shooting from the windows OF
the front bedroom on the second door.
They b Ill their position for hall an hour,
during which the battle was hot and saw
age on both sides, when they were re-
inforctd by the arrival OF seventy
fresh officers. The increased energy
OF police warfare served but TO aggrayaie
the mob. and they became downright fero-
cious. They were actually maddened by
the sight 81 their comrades shot down,
writing and bowling with agony In the
street. | have since heard an officer say
that he never knew 4 mob TO show greater
yiciousness, violence. pluck, aud determi'
nation. Despite their desperation the riot
ers hurled their missiles with regularity
and precision. ~ If they had been drilled
in stone throwing. When the men in front
bad exhausted their ammunition they would
retire TO the rear 10 receive fresh armfuls
from women. and then make way for their
comradcs with new supplies. Some OF the
.tCn6-thrOwing was quite extraordinary.
| saw man throw a stone with such yigOr
that IT crashed through the window. struck
the rear wall, and rebounded with such
force that il struck and hurt policeman.
The better-armed OF the rioters carried
what We call here "Belfast kidneys"
These are stones about five and
half inches long, three and half
inches broad, and weigh on an
average about one and one hall pounds.
There were many boys among the rioters,
and they were as desperate and plucky As
The men. The battle at the station ceased
only when $50 soldier, came TO the aid Of
the police. Tire soldier, were from the
HjgbAnders and FusilcerS. and they soon
drove the mob away.
Tie people living in the nelghborhOod
where the riOtIng began say il was caused
by the police. under mistaken impression.
cudgchmg some orderly wOrkmen leaving
a foundry.
The people at the shank. Hill road
meeting to-day attacked the police. The
military were summoned, and the crowd
wa, disuersed. II j. now stated that the
meeting was summoned TO - denOuncc the
police and also all other persons for attack
ing houses and property OF peaceable peo-
pie, and 10 urge upon citizen, their duty To
do the utmost in their power 10 bring the
disturbcTS Of the peace 70 justice, ire
~, ctiyc - creed or party"
The meeting appointed ! deputltiou to
ask the mayor Of Belfast for the names OF
the officers in charge Of the ShInk-uill bar
racks yesterday evening.
$50 j. M.-Thc out-oi-toWn police have
been withdrawn from the streets Of the city
in consequence OF the hostility manifested
toward them by the Belfast workmen. Sol
ders have been told of to take their places
and 70 assist the city police in case they
should need help tonight.
The funeral u Thomas Gallagher. the
Orangeman who was shot and killed du.
ring the riot al Lurgau Tuesday, took place
to-day. The funeral procession was pro
tecieS by 100 soldiers and 300 policemen.
A mob OF Catholics ieered the mOurners
and threatened to stop the hearse, but the
police held them IN check. The political
and religious excitement Is leading 10 dam
cerous quarrcls among the factories. At
one factory the Protestant females have
quit work, demanding the dismissal Of the
Catholics.
TIE RIOTINC RENEWED.
Tho rioting was renewed tonight. An
infuriated mob held possession OF the
street. and wrecked and pllaged the tly-
ems. The police were Compelled 10 fire
bucL.h into the mob. SO far As now
known no one Was fatally wounded. Many
of the polce were injured by stones. The
Appeals Of the clergy to The rioters = dis
| perse were futile. Eventually the troop,
| cleared the streets.
| IoNDOS. June 1l.-lierbert Gladstone,
speaking At Leeds last night, attributed the
| Belfast riot, 10 Lord Randolph ChurchilTs
| violent speeches. The riots were not due,
| he said, 10 religious antagOniSm, but were
delibertcly-pIanned attacks upon the po-
| ice gnd the Executive.
Orangelrlot- have broken ont in Fintona,
| County Tyrone. Many houses have been
| wrecked 10y the mob.