The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-12-16
FIGHTING IRISHMEN.
A Lively Procession Preoedes the
Glare County Convention.
SCORES UPON SCORES WOUNDED.

The Parnellites Storm and Capture
the Town Hall at Ennis, but Are
Finally Driven Out by the Nc
Carthyites, Assisted by the Police.
Mr.. DiIlou Among the Wounded.
DUBLIN, Dec. 16.-The McCarthyites
who met at Ennis yesterday for the
Glare county convention had procession
previous to the meeting which was en-
livened by an attack Of the Parnellites,
who made succession of attacks upon
the procession, stones, brickbats and
blackthorns being used in the most eff
fective manner possible by both politi-
cal parties. Time and again were the
Parnellites fewer in number than their
opponents) repulsed, but each repulse
seemed only to nerve them on to re-
newed vigor in another onslaught, so
some idea of the exciting nature Of this
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 on all sides, doors
were broken in, the police were hustled
and jostled about like corks upon an
angry sea until they were mustered in
solid body near the town hall, and were
prepared to use other weapons than their
batons.
Battling at O'Connell's Monument.
The McCarthyite procession, amid
groans from the Parnellites, was halted
at the O'Connell monument, and there
Mr.. Dillon made several attempts to ad-
dress the surging crowds around him,
while the battling with the Parnellites
| was continued in the side streets with
| the utmost vim and enthusiasm on both
sides. In vain did the distinguished
member of parliament attempt to speak,
| but he was groaned down repeatedly by
| the warning Parnellites who We're not
to be cowed by either the constabulary
or the blackthorns and brickbats of
their political adversaries.
Finally the fighting became so general
and furious that the entire local force of
| constabulary, reinforced from the out
| lying districts, was marched to the scene
and fought its way around the Nc
| Carthyites until it formed a Gordon sep
arating them from their enemies. Even
this enforced cessation of hostilities did
not dampen the ardor of the Parnellites.
They gathered their forces together, and
while the McCarthyites' meeting was
being held under the protection of the
police they charged upon and captured
the town hall, where they began to hold
an improvised meeting.
McCartyites Recapture the Hall.
This, however, was more than the
local authorities, to say nothing Of the
Mc0arthyites, could submit to without
protest. Consequently they (the police
and McCarthyites) combined their forces
and literally stormed the town hall.
Then there was scene which Ennis
will long remember. The fighting was
Of the hottest and Of the most furious
description while il lasted. The Par
nellites gallantly contested every inch
of ground, but they were outnumbered
by the police and McCarthyites com
bined, and finally had to give way
fighting like fiends before the superior
force. The police and McCarthyites then
took possession of the hall.
There were, it may be imagined, 6
great many people injured during thii
series of convention fights, but nc
deaths from such injuries are reported
Oh the other hand, the local physician
have treated several hundred bad case!
of damaged heads, in addition to paying
more or less attention to several othei
hundreds Of cases Of slighter damage
Mr.. Dillon was one of tho wounded. I'll,
Is suffering from severe scalp wounc
received from stone which struck hin
near the monument.