The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-16

stoned the police was dispersed at the poin
Of the bayonet. The managers of a numbe
Of factories have called upon the police t'
keep order between Catholics and Orange
men. Troops arr arriving here.
During the ruwdyism of the night Mr.
Gladstone and Mr.. Parnell were burned il
ciiigy, and Il dummy corpse labeled =" HON,
Rule was crematod. Two men NAMED
Hart and Mason were arrested yesterday fol
the murder OF Thomas Gallagher, who wa,
shot dead Tuesday night by the rioting al
Lurgan. Gallagher was a well known 10
cal simpleton. He waved AN Orange sash in
the face of a Homc-Rulc mob during an in
ce,sant fin between the moi and its Orange
enemies.
Men. youths, and girls captured Duily's
tavern and drank until they fell helpless in
the cutters, the girls acting with greater fury.
during the earlier stages of the orgie than the
men. The noise, the profanity, the disorder
were terrible. The mob ended its work here
by firing the tavern itself. and il burned to
the ground. Then the stronger men, who
had become Infatuated and not %overpowered
by their ~potations, ran thruugh the streets
wrecking and pillaging wherever they went.
and increasing their following the further
they. proceeded.
These rioters after a while congregated
around the police station and stoned the
place until they were tired. They then went
down to another tavern. The police hasten
ed thither in advance and attempted Ia pro-
tect the property, but they were o~vcrpowered
and driven away The mob, left in posses
sion, treated the tavern ~ they had treated
DuftyS-turned on all the taps, broke the
full barrels in the street, made a bonfire of the
furniture, and finally set fire Ia the building.
The police returned, and this time got the
better for a time of the mob, whose ranks
were depleted by scores who had fallen away
in drunkenness. and extinguished the flames
before they could gain control of the strnc-
tnrc.
The people here have been wrought To a
state of great excitement by the riotous dem
onstrations. All work is stopped, stores are
dnSsd, and many residences are closely bar
ricided. Mobs are in every. street, prepared
for further deeds of violence. The Orange
men are greatly incensei AT the constabulary
for firing upon them. and threaten To- sack
their barracks DctachmentS OF soldiers and
police from Dublin and other cities are being
forwarded Ia Belfast to assist the authorities
in restoring order. At midnight a mob of
Orangemen raided IA public house kept by a
Catholic named OHara. and after sacking it
set it ON fire.
The police charged the rioters a dozen
with ~hayonets, but each time were
back by volleys OF stones. The police
were finally forced 10 take refuge in the bar
rack, where they fired upon the mob from
the second story windows. The mob, how
ever, held their ground twenty minutes long
or, although the firing Of the police was
heavy and inccSSant. Scores of the rioters
were wounded, and il j. known positively
six men and two women were killed.
\ great many wounded persons were carried
away by friends, and whether their injuries
are fatal i, not known.
Twenty of the rioters who received bullet
wounds al. lying in one iniiunary, and a
large number of Orangcmen who took part
in the riots were arrested to-day. An in
quest on the bodies Of those killed will be
opened thi, afternoon.
BELFAST, June 1.-THE rinting was renew
I'd last night. An Infatuated mob held pos
session ofthe streets and wrecked and pillag-
ID the taverns. The police were compelled
o fire buckslIot into the mob. 30 far as
no one was fatally wounded. Many
If the police were injured by stones. The ap-
seals of the Clergy to the rioters To dispcrSc
we're futile. Eventually the troops cleared
hc streets.
Orange riots have broken out in Fintona.
'ounty Tyrone. Many houses have been
wrecked by the mob.
An Associated Press reporter who was de-
allied To remain ON the scene ofthe riots. at )
'clock thism morning reported a. follows:
J remained among the rioters al night.
The greatest damage in the way of wrccking /,
nd looting was lone along the Shank Hill
nd York roads. The fighting on both thor :
'ughiarcs was desperate and continuous.
The mob was composed 90 the lowest ~ruffians.
he hayonets of the police had no terrors for
and IN many eases / saw the mob. in
overwhelming numbers, press up against the ,
Of the police and drive them back.
he only instances in which the police drove +,
he mob az all. 80 far ~ ! observed. were /:
m which the officers. in compact lnes'
rcd AT close range rapid yollcys of buckSi"t-
hcSc the rioters could not stand against
they were driven back. But even hilder
uch CALLING fire the rioters would drop !" inc :
ayement and ,ush mon the police while
IeY we've rcloading. IL Is imp"ssinle ne
ribe the state of terror under which reslec-
bic Catbolic r.enplc of Belfast are now hv- :
in consequence of tine prevalent anarchy ,
big,try The brivesi of them hardly dare
y,utur, ont of doors. in daylight even. | :
s. nights riots. Isaw ten taken to hoSpi-
X his morning. II is feared that every flu
raj of a victim of h riots may provoke 81
outbreak. The law-ab:ding citizens lie
and of the Government the appoint nent of
special commission Ia inquire into the
uses Of the whole disorder. Fighting of
liz kind, at such close range as % he prac-
cally hand-to-hand. was continued until >
clock tins morning, when twilight began
dawn, and ~ many of the rioters disaI-
n Ia leave the mob of insufficient
.rength Ia longer cope with the armed po-
&c. who succeeded in dispensing it. Ny OBJ
'ryation shows that the mob of last night
rs composed ofthev very scum of Belfast. !
Nv members of it throw paving stones
fifteen and twenty pounds. even
Nv fiends hurting rocks at the gallant fire
zen who were imperiling their lives in at
'mpts To save dwellings from destruction by
.lcendiary fires, and the helpless inmates
horrible deaths. If anything else were
-anting 10 prove abe character of the mob.
would be furnished by the dozens of ruff
ans ! saw during the night sneaking from
rocked or burning buildings laden down
18th loot.
Horrible Suicide.