The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-12-14
Michael Dayitt and Others Whacked with
BlackthOrn Shillalahs snd Injured Before
the Police Could Stop the Fray.
officers Denounced by William 0'Brien
for Taking the Parnellites' Part
Views of English Publishers on the Copy
right Law-HOw Lawyers Look at Interna-
tional Marrisges-Anotker Severe Gale.
MICHAEL DAvITT INJURED.
Struck ON the Temple During q Battle with
ParneIlites at Waterford.

Struck on the Temple During q Battle with
Parnellites at Waterford.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
DUBLIN, Dec. 13.-Messrs. Davitt and
O'Brien, who went to Waterford to-day in
support of Mr. Keane. the anti-Parnellite
candidate, were met on the Kilkenny side
by about six hundred McCarthyites, who
escorted the leaders across the bridge. On
the Waterford side they were met by o
mob of Parnellites armed with sticks and
stones. The Parnellites first smashed in
the drums and instruments of the McCar-
thyites, and then turned their weapons
against the main body of the antis. The
police. who were very tardy, then put q
stop to the fight. Mr.. Davitt, who had
been in the thick of the scrimmage. re-
ceived severe wound on the right temple.
which bled profusely. A number of others
were also badly bruised. After things had
quieted down Messrs. Davitt and O'Brien
were escorted to Mr.. Keane's committee
rooms. where the situation was talked over.
Mr.. Dsvitt here informed the COMMITTEES
that owing to the scenes he had just witt
messed. he had changed his mind, and il
they still wanted him as q candidate he
would make the contest in Mr.. Keane's
place. Mr. Davitt's position was heartily
approved by MIR. O'Brien, and the formal
announcement of Davitts candidacy will
be expected.
Later reports from Waterford City show
that the riot was one OF the most sane
culinary and vicious of any of the political
rows that have recently occurred. OmInous
rumors of an impending row had been exc
citing the populace for some little while.
and force of six hundred police had been
drafted into town in the hopes that their
presence would secure order. The Par
nelllte leaders-Messrs. Redmond. Leamy
and Dalton-had been in Waterford some
days. This afternoon special trains
brought hundreds of the supporters of the
rival candidates, and the various contin-
gents armed with formidable black
thorn shillalahs. marched through the
streets to the music of brass bands.
Messrs. Dayitt and others. also attended by
band of music proceeded for the quarters
of the National Commercial Club. En- nroute
there the disorder arose. A mob composed
of members of the Parnellite faction began
one of the fiercest conflicts that has char
acterized the prevailing hostilities. Tho
opposing crowds fought at very close quAr-
ters, and surged to and fro through the
streets. seemingly regardless of the presence
of the police. Volleys of stones were
hurled through the air, and the black
thOrns moved with a vicious celebrity that
police station, and then home for prompt
surgical attention. In the midst of thej af-
fray Mr.. Davitt received a nasty cut on
the forehead, from which the blood flowed
freely. Mr.. Tanner and others were in
jured. At last the police formed Gordon
and divided the opposing mobs. and the
Davitt crowd reached the club-rooms.
Mr.. OBrien made the speech of the day.
He bitterly denounced the assault upon his
forces, and said the mob that had injured
Davitt had struck a glorious blow for the
was that now he was q candidate 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 Parnellites, while the force
of their blows was devoted to the Nc
Carthyites.
There were slight skirmishes as the va
rious deputations were departing to the
railway station on the road home. Alto
gether the day and the occasion has been
disgraced by cruel. vicious row, and the
feeling among the adherents of the re-
spective factions is regarded as bitter and
as intense as ever Ii was.
Mrs. Della Stewart Parnell. mother of
the late Irish leader, left Liverpool at Md
night for Dublin. accompanied by her son
John. She spoke hopefully of the Par
nellite cause. and said that she believe
that her presence in Ireland would give an
impetus TO the Parnellite movement. and
denounced the anti-Parnellites. Develop
ments show that Mr.. Parnell, although far
from bankrupt. was considerably in debt
at the time of his death, and his friends
claim that these debts were chiefly in.
CURED in expenses that ought TO be met
from Nationalist sources