St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-14
DAVITT IS WOUNDED.
The Distinguished Irishman
Injured in a Riot at Wa
terfOrd.
One of the Parnellites Hits
Him in the Forehead With
a Shillalah.
Storms on the British Coast
Do Considerable Damage
to Shipping.
Five Hundred Native Chris
tianS Massacred in the
Patton District.

DUBLIN, Dee. 13.-MichaCl Davitt, the
famous Irish leader, was seriously
wounded during riot in Waterford
City today. Mr.. Davitt and William
O'Brien had gone to Waterford to sup
port the canGidature of Mr.. Keane, the
nominee of the McCarthyiteS for the
seat in parliament made vacant by the
death of Richard Power. Mr.. Keane's
opponent is MI Redmond, a member of
the Parnell wing of the Irish parlia
mentary party. Mr.. DaYitt was strongly
urged by the McCarthyites to stand for
Waterford, but ne declined to do so,
and in consequence of his refusal
Mr.. Keane was made the nominee.
The riot was oneOf the most sanguinary
and vicious of any of the political rows
that have recently attended the discus
sions in Irish towns of the rival leaders.
OminOuS rumors of
An Impending Row
had been exciting the pOpulace for some
little while, and force of 600 police had
been drafted into the town, in the hopes
that their presence would secure order.
The ParnelIite leaders, MessrS. Red
mOnd, Leamy and Dalton. had been in
Waterford some days. This afternoons
trains brought hundreds of the sup
porterS Of the rival candidates, and the
various cOntingents, armed with for
midable blackthOrn shillalahs, marched
through the streets to the music of
brass bands. MesSrS. Davitt and others,
also attended by band of music, pro-
ceeded to the gu arteIs of the National
Commercial club. En- route thereto the
disorder arose. A mob composed of
members of the Parnellite faction be-
gan one of the fiercest conflicts that has
characterized prevailing hOstilities. The
opposing crowds fought at very close
quarters and Surged to and fro through b.
put the streets, seeming utterly regard
less of the presence of the police. Vol
leys of stones were hurled through the
Rir, and blackthornS moved
With a Vicious Celebrity
that sent many of the bowling rioters
TO hospitals, the police station, and then
home for prompt surgical attentian. In
the midst of the ARRAY Mr.. DavItt re-
ceived a nasty cut on the forehead,
from which the blood flowed freely. MIR.
Tanner and others were injured by
stones. At last the police formed
Gordon and divided the opposing mObs,
and the Davitt crowd reached the club
rooms. Mr.. O'Brien made the speech
of the day. He bitterly denounced
the assault upon his friends, and
said the crowds who injured DAY.
lit had struck glorious blow
for the Irish cause. Davitt's answer to
that blow was that now he was candI-
date for Waterford. O'Brien, in his
concluding words, accused the police Of
using their batOns more in favor of the
attacking mob than otherwise. The
police, he asserted, protected the Par
nellites, while the force of their blows
was devoted to the McCarthyiteS.
The EKain Fight
occurred for the possession OF the bridge
leading to the town. The police were
entirely unable to quell the contest.
The respective bands of musicians re-
ceived much ill usage. Their brass
horns were twisted ana their drums
torn into shredS. Constant skirmsheS
continued until the Dayitt crowds
reached their rendezvous, the in
discriminate blows of the police
on the heads and backs of the mob pro-
ducing little effect. While Mr.. O'Brien
was making his speech DR.. Tanner was
busy dressing the wound on Mr.. Davitt's
head, and after he was Salved and band
aged, that gentleman appear ed at one
of the windows of the club house and
spoke briefly. MIR. Redmond. upon
hearing of the affair, Immediately drove
to Mir. Davitt's hotel and left note
expressing his regret for what had Oc-
CURED. There were slight skirmishes
as the various deputations were depart
ing to the railway station on the road to
their homes. Altogether the day and
the occasion have been disgraced by a
cruel, vicious row, and the feeling
factions is regarded as bitter and as in
tense as ever il WAS.