The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
THE;MANCHESTER MARTYRS.
A Celtic Memorial Cross Erected II
Their Honor.

Little indeed did the English govern
ment or the English people who so
brutally glOated over the execution of
three obscure Irishmen in Stafford Jail
in a period of panic and excitement
imagine that their memory would be
cherished thirty-three years after
wards with the intensity of feeling and
devotion which on Sunday, Aug. 5,
brought forth demonstration of
lrishmen that will rank with the fu-
neral of Terence McNIanus or the
O'Conncll centenary celebration, says
the Dublin Freeman. From almost
every part of the three kingdoms came
representative Irislmen to testify by
their presence in great English city
that the cause for which Allen, Larkin
and O'Brien died on the scaffold is as
vigorous and Interchangeable today as
it has been any time this century. The
scene enacted on Sunday in the city
where the martyred three were con,
drmncd gave English onlookers an OBJ
irct lesson. Twenty thousand Irish
men and women, with a clearly defined
purpose, orderly in demeanor, respect
able and intelligent, marched in solid
phalanX with band and banners at
their head through the heart of the
city to the Catholic cemetery at Mos
tyn, four miles out, to witness the un-
yelling of memorial to the Man
chester martyrs, and after all the Won
der is. not that they should be there,
but that they should have faced n
rainstorm, the like of which is sell
dom experienced in these ATTITUDES. At
first it was only slight drizzle, and
the people gathered along the line of
march to see the bright banners and
to praise, as they did, the fine ply
siQue Of the demonstrAtionlsts. There
was throughout a show of sympathy
with the demonstration, and men and
women on the sidewalks Joined in the
chorus to the music or checred for old
Ireland. Before half the distance to
the cemetery was traversed the rain
came down in torrents, but the pro-
cession went on steadily, and one
could hear from the spectators express
sion of sympathy with an admiration
for the sturdy spirit of endurance dis
played by these gallant Irish people.
The Irish National Foresters of Liver
pool in their picturesque costumes and
mounted on horses formed n striking
feature of the parade, and what a
contrast the conduct of the police Of
fered to that which we know of the
conduct Of the Irish constabulary to
have been towards similar demonstra-
tions in Ireland. In Manchester the
police gave every help to keep the
route clear and facilitated the process
sion in every way that they could. 1t
was arranged to have meeting out
side the cemetery for speech-making,
but owing to the terrible rain that part
| of the program was abandoned, and
the speeches were delivered Mt night
to the multitude that thronged the
spacious st. James Hall.
Between 500 and GOO men came over
from Dublin OH Saturday. Among
these were the mayor of Limerick, the
sword bearer of Dublin, and Mr.. I. d.
Sullivan, M. p: the deputation from
the Wolfe Tone Memorial association
! including p. J. Dunno, secretary; j..
NIullett, G. Sparks, ]. P. Cox and
| others. The Dublin branch of the Ma
tional Foresters brought their beauti-
full banner and also the Americans
Irish flag that was presented by the
Daughters of Erin '9S association of
New York. There were also deputa-
tions from the Robert Emmet '9S
clubs of Dublin and Belfast. The Fa-