The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-18
A MELEE All ENNIS.
Irish Factions Indulge in q
Fierce Row.
DILLON WOUNDED on TIE HEAD

Hundreds of the Participants Keep the
Doctors busy After the "shecvo" Is
Over-A Battle Royal I'm the Town Hall,
in Which the McCarthyites Pool Issues
and Blackthorns with the Police-The
Parnellites Beaten After = Desperate
Ruction.
DUBLIN, Dec. 16.-The McCarthyites held
a convention and n parade at Ennis yes
terday. That is they did what they could
in that line in the intervals of fighting
the Parnellites The beginning of the di-
version was when the procession started.
The Parnellites opened the fight with u
succession of fierce attacks upon the Nc
Carthyites, stones, brickbats and black
thorns being used in the most effective
manner possible by both political parties
Time and again were the Parnellites few-
er in number than their opponents) re-
pulsed but each repulse seemed only to
nerve them on with renewed vigor in an
other onslaught, so some idea of the
exciting nature of the procession
may be formed. On both sides there
were scores upon scores of wounded,
the majority of the sufferers complaining
of broken heads. Windows were broken OH
on all sides, doors were broken in, the po-
lice were hustled and jostled about like
corks upon an angry sea.
Effective Work by the Police.
The procession, amid groans from the
Parnellites, was halted at the O'Connell
monument, and there Dillon made several
attempts to address the surging crowds
around him, while the battling with the
Parnellites was continued in the streets
with the utmost vim on both sides. In
vain did the distinguished member OF par
lament rise to the occasion in a jaunting
car and from the foot of the monument; he
was groaned down repeatedly by the war
ring Parnellites, who were not to be cowed
by either the constabulary or the black
thorns and brickbats of their political adj
versaries. Finally the fighting became so
general and furious that the entire local
force of constabulary, reinforced from the
outlying districts, was marched to the
scene and fought its way around the Nc
Carthyites until it formed Gordon separ-
ating them from their enemies.
A "Peeler"-McCarthyit Alliance.
Even this enforced cessation of hostilities
did not dampen the ardor of the Parnell-
ites They gathered their forces together,
and while the McCarthyite meeting was
being held under the protection of the po-
lice they charged upon and captured the
town hall, where they began to hold an
improvised meeting. This, however, was
more than the local authorities, to say
nothing of the McCarthyites, could submit
to without q protest. Consequently they
the police and McCarthyites) combined
their forces and literally stormed the town
hall. Then there was a scene which will
be long remembered. The fight was one
of the hottest description while it lasted.
The Parnellites CALAMITY contested every
inch of ground, but they were outnum
bered by the police and McCarthyites com
bined, and finally had to give way, fighting
like demons before superior forces.
Dillon Severely Wounded.
The police and McCarthyites then took
possession of the hall and the Parnellites
concluded that the best fun of the day was
over. There were, it may be imagined @
great many people injured during this
series Of convention fights, but no deaths
from the injuries are reported. On the
other hand the local physicians have
treated several hundred bad cases Of
damaged heads, in addition to paying
more or less attention to several Other
hundreds of cases of slighter damages
Dillon was one Of the wounded. He il
suffering from a severe scalp wound re
ceived from a stone which connected with
him near the O'COnnell monument.