The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-10
The kloter. ReassembIe.

BELFAST. June e.-Last night a mob
OF Orangemen made an attack upon q
tavern kept by one Duffy. The police
W. re promptly on the scene. and after
a stubborn contest. during which they
rIuss1 rueir carbiues droye the mob
away in disorder.
Therioters re-assembled, with increasesdd
strength and again attacked Duffy's,
this time oyerpowering the dice and
driving them from the place. In the
first assault. the chief of police wa
wounded. He was carried away. and
| now lies in critical condition. When
the Orangemen returned 70 the fight,
they were accompanied bY large num-
DER Of factory girls. who goaded or
shsmed the men on to battle, and
formed the most dangerous element.
Wben tue officers abandoned Duffy's,
the mob al once took complete posses
sion OF the tavern. Ii was at once
thoroughly sacked. All the tips and
5 IIgkets were set running. ana every
body was invited 10 help him.
self according to his taste. All
barrels of liquor found in stock were
carried into the street, lifted up
high and let fall, until they
broke end liberated their contents. All
the furniture was carried out, piled in
the centre OF the roadway, and burned
in bonfire TO furnish the rioters with
light during their .debauch. Men,
Youths and girls drank untIl they fell
helpssss in the cutters. the girls acting
wltH greater fury during the earlier
stages o. the orgie than the men. The
noise. profanity and disorder we're ter
rible. The mob ended their work here
BIZ firing the tavern itself, and il burned
TO the ground. Then the stronger men.
who became infuriated and not over
powered by their pot tons, ran through
the streets, wrccking and plllaging
wherever they went. and increasing
their following the further they pro
ceetied. These rioters. after awhile,
congregsied around the police station
and stoned the place until they were
tired and then marched TO another
tavern. The police FASTENED thither in
advance and attempted TO project the
property. but they were overpowered
and driven away. Tue mob, left in
possession, treated the tavern as they
mad treated Duffy 's-turned on all taps
b 'oke full barrels in the street. made a
Donfre of the furniture and finally set
fire TO the building. The police re-
turned and this time got the bettsr for
time of the mob. whose ranks
were depleted by the scores who
had fallen away in drunkness,
and extinguished the flames be-
fore they could gain control of
the structure. But the officers were
unable 10 drive the rioters from the
lots, and they remained and donnin-
atsd it until morning. During the
rovdYism of the night. Gladstone and
Purnell were both burned in effigy, and
dummy labelled Home Rule was
cremated.
Two men named Hart and Mason
were arrested to-day for the murder Of
Thomas Gallagher who was shot dead
last night during the rio;ing at Lurgan.
Gallagher was 4 well-known local SIM
pletol. He waived the orange sash in
the face OF the Home Rule during an
incessant FIRE between that mob
and Orengemen. During the riot
came so desperate that Mr..
Mothers, local Orange leader, publicly
declared that unless the authorities did
their duty, he and thousands Of good
Orangemen would take charge of the
town. Natl ers was on the point of
carving out his threat when the mill
tary appeared.
To-day there was little stone throw
ing in Lurgan, but Otherwise the town
has been quiet. A number Of policemen
were so badly injured last night that
they are yet in the hospital. Twenty
rioters are now under arrest. The
coToner's jury found Gallagher died
from the effects OF gun shot wounds
and censured the authorities for not
having sufficient police 10 preserve
order. The rioting was renewed here
this evening and the riot act was again
read. The mob increased in size
and began throwing stones at the police.
The latter fired. killing four persons,
one OF whom was a barmaid, WHO was
looking out OF the tavern window at
the lighting. The mob returned the
fire and brisk fusilade was kept up for
twenty minutes. Soldiers are now par
aiding the streets to assist the police IN
case Of necessity. The mob drove a
force Of $50 policemen to the barracks
and then attacked the building, firing
revolyers and throwing stones at the
doors and windows. The police fred,
killing five persons. Several Protestant
clergymen tried to disperse the mob.
but their efforts were unayailing. One
Of the persons killed was a widow with
two children.
DuBLrs, June a. ne hundred and
fifty policemen left this city for Belfast
TO reinforce the police there.
LURsAS, June 9.-Arthur and Andrew
Donneily, leading Catholic merchants,
have been arrested on the charge Of
firing from their windows. A mob
wanted to lynch the prisoners; the
magistrate ordered that all taverns be
closed a; 6p.m. The shop keepers also
closed their shops at the same hour.
The mob which stoned the police was
dispersed at the point OF the bsyonet-
Managers OF a number OF factories have
called upon the police TO keep order be-
tween the Catholics and 0rangemen-
Troors are arriving here.