, 1890-12-18
Throwing Mud and Lime on
Each Other.
PARNELL is NEARLY BLINDED
Shouting Words of Defiance at
Each Other and Urging
Their Mobs On.

ties repelIed them, after spirited de-
Tense, led by Davitt, DR.. Tanner and q
number of priests. Many persons on
both sides were injured. Parnell pre-
sided over the meeting of his supporters.
Davitt, accompanied by Father O'Hal.
loran, was the first prominent speaker
that arrived at the meeting in Ballina-
kill and he took the stand In the higher
part of the square near the church.
Cheers and countercheers were vocifer-
ously INDUCED in by the assembled fac
tions.
AS Davitt began his speech, wag-
onette, In which were William Redmond,
member of parliament Father Ryan
and other Parnellites, was driven through
the lower part of the square, followed by
cheering crowd. Redmond began
speaking simultaneously with Davitt.
The advent of another party, headed
by several priests, driving briskly
through the streets, put temporary
stop to the speeches ut both meetings.
The new corners ranged themselves
alongside of the car occupied by Davitt
amid a chorus of mingled cheers and
eXecrations.
Sculy took up the speaking and was
expressing his views whom great shout
ing announced the arrival of Parnell and
Harrison and number of their support
ers on horseback and in cars.
Parnelrs appearance beside Redmond
was the signal for cheers and yells of
"Tallyho the fox" and "kitty's petit
coat
Amid the din Parnell spoke TO the
crowd around him. He sharply scored
Hennessy, the antis candidate, as a
man who went to parliament in 1861 as a
tory supporter of Disraeli' and who n ow
wants to go as liberal supporter OF
Gladstone.
Several men made a strong effort to
drag the wagouette into the midst of the
anti-ParneIl gathering, but were dis
suaded
Parnel, resuming, maintained that
the consistency of his public life had
been preserved and amid the unceasing
efforts to create and preserve an indie
pendent Irish party.
Harrison was about to follow Parnell,
and Tanner was speaking, when sud
den conflict arose on the verge of the
crowd. A rush was made toward
Davitts car and general melee ensued.
A forest Of ash plant sticks and black
thorns arose and descended in the air
where the dividing lines of the opposing
factions met.
Davitt leaped from his car welding a
thick hazel stick, and fought his way
foot by foot straight toward Parnelps
wagon, receiving and giving numerous
blows. He finally reached the wagon,
with his face badly marked and
with his men with him, who also bore
traces of the severe usage they had re-
ceiyed in their desperate passage be-
tween the two vehicles.
Standing on the steps of ParnelPs
wagon, Davitt uttered q breathless and
indistinct defiance, then turned and
pushed back to his own car, surrounded
by his supporters, and amid the con.
tinuous yells and execrations of the
two wildly exciting factions, and with
an exchange of u shower of blows,
Davitt remounted his car and shouted;
MEN of Kilkenny, came here in de.
fense of the right of public meeting and
liberty of speech. Our opponents sent
their bluckguards to interrupt the pro-
ceedings, but we have beaten them
back. | was never struck by an English
man, but to-day | was many times
struck by my own countrymen."
The remarks we're greeted with
tumultuous cheers, after which the
crowd began to disperse and the square
resumed its normal aspect
Purnell and friends drove to the castle,
Conner, Davitt and Tanner following in
the wake.
At the castle Conner Davitt and Tan.
ner addressed an open assemblage, dilat-
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asserting that Parnell brought hired
mob there to attack them.
Just then the carriages containing the
Parneliles passed the crowd, which
hooted and pelted them with mud and
stones.
William Redmond appearing on the
edge of the crowd, Davitt sent him n
sage saying if Parnell would agree to
stand beside him and deliver a speech,
Davitt would reply to IL, and would
guarantee Parnell quiet hearing Red.
Iuond bore the message to Parnell, who
instantly replied:
~ am not in II position to treat; am
only in q position to fight"
Atterward, while the Parnellitcs were
addressing crowd, a number of
Davitts followers got toge ther and began
hooting the Parnellites, who closed
around the vehicle from which their
orators were addressing the people, when
police appeared and tried to divide the
factions.
The meeting ended in scene of wild
confusion, and Parnell and friends drove
oil amid showers OF stones and mud.
Frequent attempts to assuil memb bers
of the party were made and several bags
filed with lime we're thrown at them.
Harrison's shoulders were covered
with line. and mass of lime struck
Parnell full in the face, completely
binding him. This insult iniuriated
Parnelrs friends. Harrison turned
and, advancing toward Father Downey,
who was ut the head of Parnell's op.
ponents. shouted, Coward, you are
disgrace To your church"
The police again interfered and Par.
neIrs party finally got away onto the
road.
Parnelrs eyes panied him so he was
soon obliged to stop the carriage and
entered a laborer's cabin iainting con-
dition. A local doctor attended him,
the lime becoming caked beneath his
eyelids and the doctor was only able to
remove some of il 10y using a silk hand
kerchiet and some hair oil he found in
the cabin. The physician finally ad-
yised Purnell TO drive Immediately to
Kilkenny, SO he re-entered the carriage
ana proceeded on his journey.
But again the pain became so intense
that q second halt was made, this time
at IA roadside public house. where the
doctor made further efforts to relieve the
terrible pain which Parnell was suffer
ing Tie doctor was able at this place
to procure "a quantity of castor oil,
which he poured freely into Parnelfs
eyes. He then tried to scrape oil more
OF the lime, using for this purpose the
point of an ordinary lead pencil. The
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