The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
SURPRISING THE LEAGUE.


Riotous Scenes at Various Towns In Ire
land on Sunday-The League Meetings
Stopped by the Authorities = Several
Collisions Occur in Which Many Persons
are Hurt-O'Brien's Defiance
KHRUsH, April g. On Saturday night
some policemen who were trying to pre-
vent the erection of a platform for the
meeting announced to be held Sunday were
pelued with stones by mob and were COM
PEELED to charge the crowd Many civilians
were badly injured
Mr.. Tanner, member of Parliament, held
a meeting outside Macroom at o'clock
Sunday morning He there burned copy
of the Government proclamation. At p.
M, the advertised hour, he attempted to
hold another meeting, when the police re-
moved him from the ground There was
only slight excitement
About 900 persons belonging to the
various league branches of Kilrush as
sembled at $50 o'clock p m There was a
large contingent on horseback. The police,
led by Magistrates WEIGH and Irwin,
charged the crowd, injuring many. A
number of triumphal arches were torn
down. Father Glynn. of Kilmihill, was at
tackled by two policemen with rifles A
farmer felled one policeman to the ground
with blackthorn stick.
A riot being imminent the Berkshire regi-
ment, with fixed bayonets, led by Captain
Lynch, charged the crowd and many
persons We're badly wounded. Order
was somewhat restored on the
crowd being appealed to by priests
and Messrs. Redmond and Chilly, members
of Parliament Mr. Redmond then at
tempted to organize the meeting which had
been heretofore announced, but was pre-
vented by Magistrate Irwin. Mr.. Redmond
protested that the Governments action in
proclaiming the meeting was illegal, and,
together with the priests, advised
the multitude to dispense. Ten persons
were seriously wounded with batons and
bayonets and two mounted policemen were
injured with stones There are three seri-
GUS cases in the hospital. The town was
quiet throughout the evening
ENNIS, April 9-Messrs Davitt, OConnor,
Rev. Mr.. Cory and other league leaders
left Carmody's Hotel in Ennis at Q
o'clock Sunday afternoon and drove
ten miles into the country, followed
by eighty hussars under Colonel Turner.
By preconcerted arrangement Mr.. Con-
don. M. P, remained in town to hold the
proposed meeting in an unoccupied store.
This programme leaked out and Gordon of
soldiers was placed around the building.
The doors of the building had been barri-
caded, but soon gave way to sle6ge- ham,
| mers in the hands of the police This
aroused desperate resistance on the part
of the people present, and many were
injured, including a reporter of the Irish
Times. Fifty persons were arrested,
| among them Mr. Dunleavy, editor of the
| Clare Independent Mr.. Halpin, poor law
guardian, was also there. Rain is falling
in torrents Cavalry and infantry are pa
trolling the town. The men arrested were
afterward released.
LoUGHREA, April 9-Mr O'Brien held his
| meeting. While the police were dispensing
| the people Mr.. O'Brien spoke ten minutes
He called the police towards for not arrest
ing him instead Of ill-treating the people
MIR. O'Brien left the Bishops residence
| at 2 p. H., followed by a crowd
numbering 1000 persons. and took
his way toward field outside the town,
| where platform had been erected He
| was met by an imposing force of police
| and military, which barred the way.
Mr. O'Brien then called to the people to
| halt and addressed the magistrate to
the following effect: II wish to hold a
meeting to tell the people the truth about
| English rule in Ireland, but no meeting will
| be held ii it has been resolved to dispense
| the people forcibly. The magistrate replied
| that he could not allow the meeting to be
| held. Mr.. O'Brien then insisted upon his
right to hold the meeting, saying that he
| took all responsibility upon himself, and
| asked the magistrate that if force be used to
use it upon him, not upon the people. Along
| colloquy between the two then ensued, Mr.
O'Brien insisting that his arrest would end
the meeting, and that if any other action
was taken the responsibility would rest on
F., the police. The crowd then advanced to-
ward the platform and the police imme-
diately attacked them, knocking down
those who resisted. Only Mr.. O'Brien and
two clergymen were left
Stones now began to fly and the police
brought thoir batons into requisitiop. At
this critical moment Father Meagher in a
few well-chosen words, begged the crowd
to desist from violence, but his efforts were
only partially successful The police then
pressed upon the people and cleared the
field, several civilians receiving scalp
wounds in the operation.
At 4:30 o'clock Mr. O'Brien addressed a
meeting at temperance Hail. few
clergymen and about twenty of the leading
Nationalist were present Police arrived
on the ground after the meeting had closed
KANTURK, April 9.-Several hundred men
with National League cards displayed on
their caps paraded here yesterday.
In accordance with the announcement Of
aleague meeting Messrs Healy and Flynn,
after considerable trouble in evad-
ing the police, attempted to adj
dress q crowd of people that had
assembled in the town. They failed, as the
crowd was Immediately dispersed by the
police. In the meantime, however, a sue
cessful meeting had been held two miles
outside the town.
The proposed league meeting at Rams
grange was postponed for week ON &C
count of the presence of formidable po-
lice force.
Three thousand persons assembled at
Midtown Malbay, but dispersed quietly on
the advice of the leaders when the police
threatened to charge.
Messrs Tanner and OShea addressed
meetings at Macroom later in the day,
evading the police.