The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-06-17
MORE FIGHTING.
Rioting Again Breaks Out at
Belfast.
ravcrns Wrecked ana Pilaged. Police
Fire on the Mob With Buclsshot.

A despatch from Belfast, Ireland, says:
The city is comparatively quiet, Seven humid
red extra policemen are now in town. Six
hundred Loyalists drilled near the city Of
Armagh on the night of the 10th. At mid
night mob Of orngemen raijed a public
house kept by Catholic named O'Hare, and,
after sack'ng it, sot it on fire. The
police charged the rioters a dozen
times with bayonets, but each time
were forced back by volleys Of stones. A
great many wounded persons were carried
away by friends, and whether their injuries
are fatal is not yet known, Twenty of the
rioters who received bullet wounds are lying
in one intlrmary. A large number OF
were arrested Four Of the rioters who
were wounded by the police in the
riots died today. -Four others are
dying. Tho Orangcmen arc making largo
purchases Of arms. and arc declaring that
they will have revenge upon tho police for
firing into their ranks; At meeting of
Protestants living on tho Shank Hill road,
resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the action of tho police
from "outlying districts coming to Bel
fast and attacking peaceful citizens" and
demanding their withdrawal. The num-
Der of policemen on duty in Belfast at 8
O'clock on the 10Th, was 1900 A number of
troops from Newry have also arrived to as
sst the police in maintaining order The
magistrate has ordered all the taverns in the
city to be closed. No mobs are to be allowed
to congregate in the streets.
An eye witness of tic riots of the 9th, gives
the following description Of tho scenes Mt.
tending the ,nob's attack on tie Bowers Hill
police station: Women with pokcrs pried
eto fl,,,, t,,tS
sizes for tho use of the rioters when they ran
short Of missiles Women and young girls
desperately cntreatcd the men to continue the
fighting whenever thcy tagged, offering them
aprons full of fresh stones and when entreaty
failed the women and girls drove the men by
savage threats.
"Ihe police station is a moderate sizea
dwelling house. Whom the mob attacked the
building the police responded with yolley
fired fl ON tho doorway, but tho rioters soon
drove the officers in, and they rotreated up
stairs, and thence maintained tho fight on
their side by shooting from the windows oil
| tho front bedroom on the second floor. They
held their position for a half hour, during
| which the battle was hot and savage OIL
DO h side when they were reinforced by the
arrival Of seventy officers. The increased
energy Of the police warfare served but to
| aggravate the mob, and they became down.
right ferocious. They were actually mad
dencd by the sight of their comrades shot
down, writing and bowling with agony, in
the street. l have since heard old officers say
that they never knew mob to show greater
viciousness, violence, pluck and determine
ton. Despite their desperation,
tue rioters hurled their mis-.
siles with regularity and precision, as if they
had been drilled III stoue throwing. Wher
the men in front had exhausted their ammu
milton they would retire to the rear to re-
lie, Il
make way for their comrades with new sup
plies. The battle at the station ceased only
| when $50 soldiers came to the aid of the po
lice. The soldiers were from the Highianders
and the Fusilcers, and they soon drove the
mob away"
"A waitress belonging to tavern adjacent
to the Bowers Hill police station was shot
through the BRAIN A youth standing at the
| bar in a tavern opposite the station was shot
A girl named Minnie McAlster, who was out
to buy pair Of shoes, was shot in the cheek
A boy named kale was shot in the breast.
barmad named Kelly was shot through thf
skull A strange boy was found dead in q
house, iato which he had evidently run tt
witness the riots.
The people living in the neighborhood
where the rioting began say it was caused by
the police under mistaken impression, mo
testing and cudgeiing some orderly workmer
leaving foundry. According to this story
the populace got angry at the police fol-
their cruel and uniustifiable conduct, anc
attemp ed to make them desist. The out-of
town policemen have been withdrawn from
the streets of the city in consequence Of tn,
hostility manifested toward them by til,
Belfast workmen Soldiers have been tolC
Off to take the places OF those retired officer
and &C assist the city police in case they
should need help.
The rioting was removed on the evening O
the 10th. An infatuated mob held possession
of the streets and wrecked and pillaged tn
taverns. The police We're compelled to fir
buckshot into the mob SO far as known, N
one was fatally wounded Many of the polio
were injured by stones. The appeals Of tn
clergy to the rioters to disperse were futile
Eventually the troops cleared the streets
The funeral of Thomas Gallagher, tn
Orangeman who was shot and killed durin
the riot at Luergan on the Sth, took place
The funeral procession was protected by 10
soldiers and 200 policemen. A mob o
Catholics jeered tho mourners and threat
ened to stop the hearse, but the police hell
them in check.
The political and religious excitement j
leading to dangerous quarrels among the VIC
men in the factories at Luergan At on
factory. the Protestant fenal have struc
work, demanding the dismissal Of tho Cathl
lies.