The sun., 1907-08-14
BELFAST CEASES ITS RIOTING
pRJDSTS AND WELL KNOWN MEN
p,TROLLED THE STREETS.
poyuIace Had Gathered stones Tor Head
BrraI,lng Purposes. but Peace Counsel
pre-, allied Conference an Labor
troubles Hope az settlement.

.,el,1l cable Despatch 10 rHE SIN
ErllAsT Aug. i3.--Although the Ma
,,,.i,f, spent the hours Of daylight In
s,orips stones and otherwise preparing
s,ai, 10 attack the police and soldiers.
a, nishtHal there had been no renewal
81 tho rIoting. The priests. Joseph Dew
I'm N =. for West Belfast. and other lead
mo heal Nationalist patrolled the Falls
Road district persuading the people to keep
the pace
Leading Orangenaen followed similar
cour-c IN the neighl,oring Shank Hill quar-
,sr. where the Orangemen showed signs
Of attacking their traditional Catholic
enenips There was some hooting and
uroaping by the rivals. but there was no
Stone throwing and the police and soldiers
were ont Of sight.
Meanwhile a conference OF strikers and
employers is going on, with Manager Car
Bsl. If the Harland Wolh company as
mediator No decision has been reached.
hut the attitude Of both sides is conciiatory
spd there il hope that a solution Of the
labor trouble will be reached. Mr.. Devlin
saws il is certain that the labor disputes
and the trouble in the Falls Road district
will be settled tomorrow
The military resumed street duty this
morning. but the weather was rainy and
most of the people remained indoors.
The Lord Mayor, at the request OF the
principal Catholic residents Of the district
in which the rioting took place last night,
decided this morning to withdraw the mill
tsrv from the streets tonight.
There were animated scenes in the police
courts this morning. Throngs Of military
and police were present as witnesses, all
bearing strong evidence Of the severe NAL
treatment they had received on the previous
night. Forty prisoners we're tried for in
decent behavior or riot, and prolonged
sittngs we're held. Among the earliest
Gases TO he tried were those of three women.
who we're fined for cursing the military.
The city was sullen during the morning.
In the afternoon an angry crowd gathered
10 Lemon street in the Falls district. and
fresh heaps OF stones and other missiles
were piled up in some OF the narrow side
streets, presaging more trouble tonight.
In last nights rioting in the Culling
Tree road district many houses were COM
petely wrecked and the stone pavements
Of a number Of streets were torn up to
furnish missiles for the mob. Twenty eight
injured persons were treated at the hos
pitfalls but huItireds, wounded by stones,
we're treated at their homes.
The troops last night displayed great
coolness. So keen were the soldiers that
thew returned the fire of the mob repeatedly
with the stones thrown at them before
charging to disperse the rioters. The
Protestant crowds loudly checred the troops
and stoned the Nationalists vigorously
The local population, with the exception
of the Nationalists, is with the soldiers to
man.
Investigation this morning placed be-
yond doubt the fact that elaborate arrange
nents had been made for an attack upon
the forces of the Crown. Throughout the
day great heaps Of stones, bottles and other
missiles had been piled up in handy but
inconspicuous localities.
In the small streets emerging FROM the
main thoroughfares and in the houses and
the yards adjoining ropes and chains had
been provided to be stretched across the
thoroughfares for the tripping up of the
cavalry, whose presence evidently had been
anticipated.
Men, women and youths participated
with the greatest zeal in the stone throw
ing which began about O'Clock and lasted
until long after midnight. For three hours
the soldiers and policemen were subjected
10 an almost continuous bombsrdment.
Repeated bayonet and baton charges were
made, but they did not seem to terrify the
crowds, enraged as they were against the
soldiers. 1t was only when every effort
had been made and had failed TO defeat
the attacking party that the order to fire
was given.
The first volley momentarily checked the
mob A second volley proved the de-
termining factor OF the fight After il had
been fired the spirit of the mob was broken
and the police were able to cope with the
tloters