River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-12
SURPRISING Ii LEAGUE.

0toPPo" ny the Aul horit1es Several
Collisions Occur ia which Many Persona
are Hurt-O'Brien's Defiance.
kHRUsH April q On Saturday night
some policemen who were trying TO pre-
vent the erection of platform for the
meeting announced to be held Sunday were
pelted with stones by mob and were COM
PEELED to charge the crowd Many civilians
were badly injured
MI. Tanner, member of Pr lament held
meeting outside Macroom at o'clock
Sunday morning. He there burned a copy
OF the Government proclamation AT u
m, the adver Used hour, he attempted TO
hold another meeting, when the police re-
moved him from the ground There was
only slight excitement
About 5000 persons belonging TO the
various league branches of Kilrush Gs-
sembled at $50 o'clock D. m There was
large contingent on horseback The police.
led by Magistrates Welch and Irwin,
charged the crowd, injuring many
number of triumphal arches were torn
down Father Glynn, of kilmihili, was at
tackled by two policemen with rifles
farmer felled one policeman to the ground
with a blackthorn stick
A riot being imminent the Berkshire regi-
ment, with fixed bayonets, led by Captain
Lynch, charged the crowd and many
persons were badly wounded Order
was somewhat restored on the
crowd being appealed to by priests
and MessrE. Redmond and Crilly. 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
tue 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 TIE town was
quiet throughout the evening.
ENNIS, April 8 -Messrs Davitt O'Connor.
Rev Mr. Cory and other league leaders
left Carmody's Hotel in Ennis at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon and drove
ten miles into the country, followed
by eighty hussars under Colonel Turner
BY preconcerted arrangement Mr. Con-
don, Nj. r., remained in town to hold the
proposed meeting in an unoocuped store.
This programme leaked out and a Gordon of
soldiers was placed around the building
The doors of the building had been barri-
caded, but soon We way TO sleCge-ham-
mers in the hands of the police. This
aroused desp srats res stance on the part
of the people presen. and many were
injured, including reporter of the Irish
Times Fifty persons we've arrested.
among them Mr.. Dunleavy, editor OF the
Clare Independent Mr. Halpin, poor law
gu rian, was also there r lin is falling
in torrents Cavalry AMI infantry are pa
trolling the town. Tie men arrested were
afte,waId released
LoUGHREA, April 9--Mr. O'Brien held his
meeting. While the police were dispensing
the people Nh. O'Brisn spoke ten minu.eR
He called the police towards for not arrest
ing him instead of ill-treating the people.
Mr. 0'Brien left the Bishops residence
at 2 p IT,, followed by a crowd
numbering 1000 persons, and took
his way toward a field outside the Town,
where a platform had been erected He
was met by an imposing force of police
and military, which barred the way.
Mr. O'Brien then caleb TO the people to
halt and addressed the magistrate to
the following cffec. Il wish to hold
meeting to tell the people the truth about
English rule in Ireland, bu5 no meeting VIII
be held if it has been resolved to cisperse
the people forcibly. Tie 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 tdat If force lee use 10
use 1t upon him, not upon the people. A long
collOquy tetween the two then ensued, Mr.
OBr,en insisting that bis arrest would end
the meeting, and that if any other action
was taken the responsibility would rest on
the police. The crowd then advanced to-
ward the platform and the police imme-
distely attacked them, knocking down
those who resisted Only Mr.. O'Brien and
two clergymen were left
Stones now began 20 fy ADD the police
brought their batons into rcIuisition. At
this critical moment Father MeagheT, in
few well-chosen words, begged the crowd
to desist from violence, Tut his efforts were
only partially successful The police then
pressed upon tn, people and cleared the
field, several civilians receiving scalp
wounds in the operation.
At 1870 O'CLOCK Mr. O'Brien addressed q
NEE ing at Temperance Hall A few
clcrgymen and about twenty of tie leading
Nationalists were present Police arrived
on the ground after the meeting had closed.
KANTURK, April 9-Scvorll hundred men
with National League cards displayed on
their caps paraded here yesterday
In accordance with the announcement Of
aleague meeting Messrs HeaIy and F ynn,
after considerable trouble in evad-
ing the police, attempted to adj
dress crowd of people that had
assembled in the town. They fail L as tho
crowd was immediately dispersed by the
police. In the meantime, however. a sue
cessful ting had been held two miles
on 81 lie the town.
TIE proposed league meeting at Rams
grange WAS postponed for week on ac-
count of the presence OF a formidable po-
lice force.
three thousand persons assembled at
Midtown Malb y. bat dispersed quieIy on
the advice of the leaders when the police
threatened to charge.
Messrs Tanner and O'Shel addressed
meetings at Macroom Ia er IN the day,
evading the police.