The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-10-29
Chs 1ailg 8nlletin
FRIDAY. OCT. 20. 1886.
THE tvlCTloss AT wooDFORD.

Last week zoo policemen and
soldiers and 80 Emergency men
made another and successful effort
TO cvict Saunders. The place, as
on the former occasion, was defended.
The house was slated, and in the
roof were holes through which boil
ing water and lime water were
thrown on the Emergency men and
bailiffs each time they tried to effect
an entrance through the windows.
They were provided with six lad
ders and kind of canopy made of
zinc to protect them from the scald-
ing lime water. Three Intellectual
efforts were made to gain an en-
trance, and the authorities, seeing
that there was no other course left,
ordered the police to climb the lad
ders with swords drawn. Mr.. Muir
ply, ID. l., was the first to mount,
and when he tried to get inside he
met with stubborn resistance, and
when he put his hand in to get
through the hole in the roof q man
inside, with an adze, nearly severed
three fingers from his hand. He is
only promoted about q month, and
was sent from Kildare TO Woodford.
A constable who followed was
severely scalded, and he had to be
conveyed to the infirmary at Gal
way. While the siege was going on
for two hours, two hives of bees
were flung down among the police,
and about 100 of them were stung.
The greatest excitement prevailed,
and were it not for the exertions of
Father Coen, PIP, and Father
Egan, &C, there would likely have
been a collision between the police
and people. When the police en-
tered they found % men inside, all
of whom they arrested. One man
who was filling hot lime water into a
can to throw it at the police was
batoned by the police, and this was
the only assault committed. The
prisoners were handcuffed in pairs
and brought into Portumna, where
they were charged before Mr.. Brady,
r. NJ, and Mr.. Smyth, r. NJ, and
remanded to Galway Jail. 1ntelli-
gence having arrived in Ballinasloe
of the arrests it was the impression
that the prisoners would be brought
here by cars from Portumna as on
tho previous occasion. The brass
band of the Temperance Hall turned
out to meet them, and upwards OF
1000 persons waited at the railway
station until IL o'clock at night eN-
pecting their arrival, but they did
not come. To-day at half past 10
five two-horse drags arrived in
town with twenty-five prisoners and
twenty-seven police under charge of
Mr.. Shaw, d. L., Roscommon, and
Mr.. Hamilton, ID. l., Athenry. The
band Immediately turned out, and as
it was market day upwards of 1000
people accompanied them to the
railway station, cheering and shout
ing "Down with evictors and land
lordism." The police guarded them
at the station with swords drawn
until the train arrived. No attempt
was made to interfere with the police
but the traders refused this mornin Q
to give any supplies for Portumna
Bread and other stuffs had to be
brought from Galway. The police
succeeded in getting about five Oh
six hundred weight of butter il
Ballinasloe, and 200lbs of timed
beef. The police and Emergency
men started this morning for Loos-
caun, where they expect to meet
with resistance, but it is stated or
good authority that if the leaders o.
the National League offer any fail
terms the evictions will be adjourne d
for two months. The police have
no way of sleeping but on bundles
of hay. The new and old castles
at Poltumna, belonging to the Mar.
quis of Clanricarde, are filed witt
police, and soldiers are billeted il
the town on the people who refused
to give supplies. The police spent
about four shillings day, and now
the people have to accommodate thu
soldiers and provide them with bee
each day for about Is Irisl
Times.