Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-09
Riotous Proceedings at league Meetings
in Ireland.


Riotons Proceedings at League Meetings
in Ireland.
KILRUsH, April Sth-On SATURDAY. night
some policemen, who were trying to pre-
vent the erection OF a platform for a meet
ing announced TO be held to-day. were
pelted with stones by mob, and were com
PEELED to charge the crowd. Many civilians
were badly injured.
Mr. Tanner, member of Parliament. held
meeting outside of Macroon at 5 o'clock
this morning He there burned a copv of
the Government proclamation. At2P'M..
the advertised hour. he attempted to hold
another meeting, when the police removed
him from the grounds and there was only
slight excitement
About 5000 persons belonging to various
branches OF the League assembled at 2:30
P. NJ. There was a large contingent on
horseback. The police, led by the maeis
trates charged through the crowd, iniuring
many. A number of triumpha arches
were torn down Father Glynn was pro
tected by policemen with rifles.
CHARGE WITH BAYoNETs.
A farmer felled one policeman with
stick. A riot being imminent, the Berk-
shire Regiment, with fixed bayonets.
charged the crowd and many persons were
badly wounded.
Order was restored, and the crowd ap-
pealed to by priests and Messrs Redmond.
q, Rilly and other members of Parliament,
who advised the multitude TO disperse.
SERIOUS TROUBLE AT ENNIS
ENNIS, April Sth.-Messrs. Davitt. 0 Con
nor, Rev. Mr.. Cory and other League lead
ers left Ennis this afternoon and drove ten
miles into the country, followed by eighty
Hussars under Colonel Turner, and by
| preconcerted arrangement Mr.. Condor, NJ.
T., remained III town to hold the proposed
meeting in an unoccupied store
This programme leaked out, and a cor
don of soldiers were placed around the
| building. The doors had been barricaded,
but soon gave way 10 sledge-hammers in
| the hands of the police. This aroused a
desperate resistance on the part of the peo-
| pie present, and many We're injured. Fifty
| persons were arrested, among them Dun
leavy, editor of the Clare Independent.
SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS AT LoUGHREA
LoUGHREA, April Sth.-O' 'Brien held his
| meeting to-day. While the police were
dispensing the people he spoke ten minutes.
| He called the police towards for not arrest
| ing him, instead of ill-treating the people.
Reaching the platform out of town, fol-
lowed by 1000 people, he was met by an
imposing force of police and military.
" DtleH Cdiltu tHe people 10 matt, ana az
| dressed the magistrate to the following
effect: g wish to hold meeting to tell
| the people the truth about English rule in
Ireland but no meeting will be held if it
has been resolved to disperse the people
| forcibly."
O'Brien then said that if force was to be
used, to use it on him, and not on the peo-
| pie. The crowd advanced toward The plat
form, and the police Immediately attacked
them, knocking down those who resisted.
| OTHER MEETINGS DISPERSED.
| KANTURK, April Sth.-Several hundred
men, with National League cards displayed
on their caps, paraded here to-day. In ac-
cordance with the announcement, Messrs.
| Healy and Flynn attempted to address the
crowd of people that had assembled in
town. They failed, as the crowd was i'm
mediately dispersed by the police.
The proposed League meeting at Rams
grange was postponed for a week on ac-
count OF the presenceo OF formidable police
force
Three thousand persons assembled st
| Milltown, Milioay, but dispersed quietly
on the advice Of their leaders = hen the
| police threatened to charge.