St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-30

The market place, while the meeting
was taking place, presented a most
brilliantly picturesque and decidedly
animated scene. being Illuminated by
scores of blazing tar barrels and small
forest of torches. To such degree was
The enthusiasm of the multitude aroused
by Mr.. O'Brien's glowing words that
many OF the women, who plentifully
besprlnkled the throng of burly Cork
onianS. were worked up to such pitch
of excitement that they climbed upon
the Jaunting car from which Mr..
OBrlen was delivering his imprisoned
address and tried most energetically to
embrace the speaker.
In the meanwhile the routed Parnell-
ties had sought for and found reinforce
ments among those who were in SYM
pathy with their candidate. With these
additions to their strength they made
another onslaught upon the Mccarthy
ties, and scene which will long be re-
membered by all Corkonians followed.
The attack of the Parnellites was we'll
planned, well led and well carried out
with abundance of pluck and dash.
They charged into the square with vim
and go, slashing right and left with
their blackthOrnS, and splitting many
McCarthyite head as they tried to force
their way up to the car upon which
stood Mr.. o. Brien and his supporters.
| gazing with commendable calmness
upon the battling mass of humanity.
On pressed the ParneliteS with roars
of deriSlon, which were answered by
fierce counter cries upon the part of the
McCarthyiteS.
The latter. though they fought with
the most desperate energy, stone for
stone, brick for brick, b!ackthorn for
blackthorn. Insult for insult. were
slowly but surely driven back with
howls of triumph. The Parnell men
overturned the blazing tar barrels and
kicked and rolled them, smoking and
glaring, into the river. Then for
time, with eXultant cheers and shouts
of victory, they held the market place.
Not for long, however. Defeat only
served to heighten the pugilistic
McCarthyites' appetite for battle. Fol-
| lowing the example of the Parnellites,
| they also fought for and found strong
| relnfOrcementS, and. thus strengthened,
| they again mustered in compact body,
and. with laundering shouts, they made
| dash at the ParnelliteS in the market
| place. Then the music of the clashing
! blackthOrns once more filled the air.
| 1t was give and take on both sides. with
no question of quarter or hope of mercy.
| After desperate battle, the Parnell-
| lite force was routed. Many on both
| sides were injured. The Parnellites
had to relinqulsh possession of the mar
ket place, and were driven heller skel-
ter, once the retreat commenced, down
| the neighboring streets. And the once
again triumphant McCartnyites made
the old market place echo and re-echo
with the bowling p2ns of victory.
Similar scenes, though on a somewhat
more modest scale, occurred at Bandon.
twenty miles from here. The streets of
that town were filled with enthusiastic
and uproariouS rival torchIight process
slons. ready for fight at the slightest
proyocatlon, and there were numerous
affrays between the opposing parties.
While procession of McCarthyites was
passing the butter exchange the occu-
pants of the building jeered at the process
sionists and hurled tantaliZing and in
sulting remarks and suggestions in their
direction. This reused the ire of the
| McCaIthyites to Such an extent that the
procession was halted, by common con-
sent, and the men who composed it
made desperate attack upon the ex-
change. They burst in the doors in
spite of shower of missiles thrown at
them from the windows. and completely
wrecked the board room. During this
fight a number of the contestants on
both sides were severely cut and
bruised.
The city to-day is full of echoes of the
fights of last night. The angry passions
aroused have not by any means Gained
down. As an example of the feelings
prevailing, it is noted that boy who
was cheering for Mr.. Redmond, the Par
nellite candidate, was struck in the face
with stick handled by a priest with
such terrific force that one of his eyes
was destroyed.
One prominent Parnellite expressed a
fervent purpose to dine on Canon O'Ma-
hOney's heart during the struggle last
night, but was interrupted in his dietic
arrangements by about pound of mud,
we'll aimed, which lodged in his throat
and nearly Strangled him. An excited
McCarthylte shouted his intention to
make Parliamentarian Jack O'Connor
bite the dust, or, rather, the mud, but
Jack seized the fellow in his Samson
grip and shook him like a rat. OF the
men wounded in the ARRAYS of the past
three days it is feared that several may
die.
Both parties boast of their ability to
carry the election, but the Mccarthy
ties, although working earnestly, do not
seem to be confident. The Parnellites
have so far shown themselves i'll the
majority in the street fights, and but for
police and military protection the Nc
Carthyites would have been driven out
of Cork.