The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-28
HARD FIGHTING AT CORK
THE RIVAL POLITICAL FACTIONS
CLASH IN THE STREETS.

Mounted Police Charge the Combat.
ants With Drawn Swords-The Hos
pitfalls Full of Men With Cracked
SkElls-A Reception to Messrs Dill
Ion and O'Brien at the Bottom of
the Trouble.
CORK, Oct. 27.-The feeling aroused
throughout Ireland. and especially in this
city, by the recent political and factional
sayings and doiugs is very bitter and
threatens to result in serious conflicts be-
tween the McCarthyites and Parnellites
There were several afrays here yesterday
evening at the close of various political
meetings, and sticks aud stones freely
used by both parties. The result is that a
number of members of the two opposing
parties are being nursed in the hospitals and
elsewhere for severe wounds incurred during
the trays. A girl who was on the scene
during one of these political scrimmages
was severely wounded about the head aud
face by stones.
BITTER SERMON.
A sermon preached last Sunday at Kill
kenny by Father Fidelis Of the order of 81.
Francis, is much commented upon here and
elsewhere. Father Fidelis, upon that oc-
casion, bitterly denounced the late Charles
Stewart Parnell, saying that "the most de-
praved monster who ever lived was now
swept off the face of the earth" The rev
erend gentleman also said that the women
who were supporting him were climbs of
the devil,' and that the Workingmen's
Club was "synagogue of hell"
DILLON AND o'BRIEN ARRIVE.
Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien arrived here
to>dey to attend political convention, and
were escorted to the convention hall by a
large crowd.
KISSING AND HooTING.
As the procession passed through the
streets there was considerable Kissing and
hooting, and several stones crashed
through q large portrait of Will
lam OBrien, which was carried in
the parade. Upon arriving at the as
sembly rooms, Messrs. Di Ion and O'Brien
we're given an enthusiastic reception. dur
lug which several warmly applauded
speeches were made. While the speech
making was in progress body of Parnell
ties attacked the band men of the McCar-
thyites, and tried to demolish their Instru-
ments, now favorite proceeding upon the
part of the contending factions. A warm,
| free fight followed but 1t was only of short
| duration, as the police charged in upon the
combatants and soon put an end to the hos
| tilities.
o'BRIEN's SPEECH.
MIR. OBrien, during his speech, said that
he was willing to give fair play to bis OPP
| ponents, but, he added. he would not yield
| to "brickbats and dynamite bombs,n q re-
mark which was received with considerable
| loud applause. Continuing, Mr. O'Brien
said that they (the Parnellites) might blow
| up the Office OF the newspaper representing
the views of the McCarthyites, but, he ex-
claimed, 'they cannot destroy the spirit
which animates that party" Tremendous
applause, mingled with some hooting.l
FIGHTING RESUMED
After the Cork county convention had
| adjourned there was serious fight in the
streets between the McCarthyites and Par
| nellttes. AS soon as the convention had
closed its proceedings Messrs. Dillon and
| O'Brien passed through the city, still
accompanied by the procession which had
met them at the railroad station. Sud-
denly the McCarthyites we're attacked bv
a large mob of Parnellites and both sides
fought desperately with sticks, clubs,
shovels and picks. A detachment OF
| mounted police was sent for and they
lines Of combatants, striking right and
left with the fat OF their snbres amid two
crossing showers of stones and bricks.
MANY WOUNDED.
A large number of wounded were
stretched bleeding and groaning in the
streets before the troopers restored order.
The neighboriug hospital had to find ac-
commodations for many wounded persons
by the time hostillties were
suspended. There Is great exclte%
ment everywhere in Cork this evening. The
antagonistic groups. it is feared, will reas-
semble. and there is danger that the battle
between them will be resumed. At Liner
ick one young boy fractured another's
| skull with a stone for refusing to declare
either for Mr.. Parnell or MIR. Healy.