Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-19
CHARGED wIrH CONSPIRACY.
John Dillon and william o'Brien Placed
Under Arrest

John Dillon and william O'Brien Placed
Under Arrest
DUBLIN, September 1Sth-John Dillon
was arrested this morning at his residence
near this city, and conveyed on special
train to Tipperary, accompanied by large
military escort.
William 0'Brien was arrested st the
hotel al Glengariff and taken to Cork
Warrants have been issued for the arrest
of Sheedy and Condor, members of the
| Commons, and Patrick O'Brien and Rev.
David Humphreys of Tipperary.
! The charges on which Dillon was arrested
are conspiracy and melting the tenants on
Smith Barry's estate not to pay rents. The
| charges against BTien are similar 10 those
under which Dillon was arrested O'Brien
| was Immediately carried to Dublin.
In addition TO those already mentioned,
| it is ascertained that warrant has been
issued for man named Dalton, who has
been active in the work of the Land
League.
LONDON SURPRISED
LONDON. September 18th The one topic
in London TO-DAY is the news from Ireland
| The general feeling is that of profound
| surprise that the Government has kept its
secret so well. No hint of the intended
action had reached the public.
! No explanations of the reasons for the
| Governments course is vouchsafed. On
| all sides doubts are freely expressed as to.
| the political wisdom displayed, but i is too
early to predict the effect on the public of
| England. The Parnellites, while greatly
| surprised, are not cast down. Their theory
| Of arrests at this juncture is that the Gov
eminent has decided to prevent the depart
ure of Dillon and O'Brien to Americs, be-
! cause they feared the effect of the el ches
of the Irish orators in America woi ne to
create fresh ou,bursts of America pa
| thy with Irish Home-rulers, whit uld
| be of great moral help 10 the Libs Ause
championed by Gladstone.
NO REASON KNOWN FOR THEIR ARREST.
LONDON, September 1Sth.-Up to this
evening no definite information had
res ched here Of the specific utterances of
| Dillon and O'Brien for which they were
arrested. 1t is supposed however, that the
ostensibie grounds of 0'Briens arrest are q
| speech he made last Sunday at Schulz.
| Speaking of the failure of the potato crop
| and the gloomy outlook. he said the ten
/ ants should meet aud consult as to what
proportion of rent they could pay and abide
! by the decision. If the tenants would
absolutely refuse 10 pay penny of
rent until every family that titled the soil
| was placed beyond the reach of starvation,
/ anu IL lII6 SNlCttu lUc
people, it would be swept out of existence
by torrent of English indignation, and
the whole civilized world would send money
| and assistance.
Michael Davitt takes a hopeful view of
| the situation, and says the effect will be
| favorable TO the cause. Balfour, he said,
has never made a greater mistake.
RELEASED ON BAIL.
| DUBLIN, September 1Sth.-O Brien aW1
wife arrived at Tipperary to night. T iUy
were enthusiastically cheered during their
passage through town. In Court the
! Prosecutor asked that O'Brien be renlanded
until Thursday in 1000 pounds bail. This
was done. The Police Inspector denied on
| examination that his mission to America
| had anything TO do with the arrests.
! Dillon was also received bv y large
crowd, and after giving bail ado the
| people from the steps OF his b. The
| warrant mentioned the offenses mr.
ring between March and Septemb ne
| Constable served papers on Sheehs lid
not arrest him.