The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
Week-En1 NeUs ofDubLr,
BY TIMOTHY 2, O'CoNS0R.

OHBAA1f GGC-H aN--f1AAAVtH bh0 E1AcOh passengers who landed at Queenstown By tho Lusitania on her last voyage was R. M'0hee, ex-M. P, who went to New York with the Irish Envoys in September to the Convention of tlfe United Irish League at Boston. Before
 Messrs. Redmond and Fitzgibbon re. turned. the Irish leader asked Mr. M'Gheo was only too pleased to do and address the Irish gatherings in the various cities of America. which MT. MGhee wa sonly too pleased to do, and he spoke at Lowell. Lawrence, Wor- cester. Lynn, Boston. Brooklyn, Pitts burg and Philadelphia. At each of those places. says Mir. McGhee. the halls were thronged and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
 At six Of the meetings upwards or 310,000 were subscribed. There was absolute unanimity everywhere ex- pressed in favor of the Irish party and its policy and also unstinted confidence in Mir. Redmond's leadership, and MT. McGhee added that special feature of the meetings at Lowell and Pitts- burg was the large attendance or mem bers of the Clan Ma Gael Society.
 At the worcester meeting Mfr. Devlin was unfortunately prevented by indis- position from attendance. and the duty involved on Mir. McGhee of presenting inc Irish question to the assembled multitude. and the enthusiasm of the meeting was most inspiring. and con yfnce,f him that not alone Irish but all Americans as well were enthusiastic in their support of the Ifish cause. and of the action of the Irish Party throughout. At Philadelphia over D.. 900 persons were present and on all aides if was admitted to be the most .AAaxNws aunr held Tn efe ousker City in support of the Irish movement. Mir. McGhee declared that Wr. DevIin's mission was phenoinenafly successful. and the country should never forget his priceless services.
 About Irish Coal.
 Al a meeting of the Central Branch of fha limited Irish League in this city the Lord Mayor presiding. Mr, " K. M,Adoo, chairman of the ArfgTa Mining Company, said he had been asked to give some information with regard 70 irish coal in the Roscommon dlstric., vvith which he was connected. and with whIeh he has been identified for the mast eighteen years. No one knew the great value of this coal for bringing to perfection other minerals which were found in the district.
 n inc AriRna district they had been carrying on the mining industry with a good deal of success for the past eighteen years When they got the business eighteen years ago the mines were about to be closed as being no longer productive or workable. The canItal that had been put into the in-- ,justrv before had been exhausted. and the mine was in a state Of practical
 He spoke to the chairman, the Eari nf KIn1ston. about taking over the mines. and the Eari of Kingston told hin, he would have an uphill fight. and that the project was a doubtful one. Three efforts had already been made to develop the mines, and they had been failures. However, they dld take over the mines, and in the first eighteen months they were so successful that they cleared off tho debt that existed at the time. and In addition to that they paid a dividend to the sharehold- CTS of per cent. They had continued to pay that dividend of five per cent .ar annum ever since. They had had difficulties to contend with. There was the question of labor, They had their recurring strikes They had their pitched battles. but when ths bat ties were over they were all In the best. of temper and ready to so on again. The last battle they had was in Febru- ary last It was strike which lasted for fourteen weeks, and 1t gave them a stagEer. but they had got over that again, and were working away as well as ever. Last year their output of coal was 15,000 tons, and they paid $500 week the whole year round in wages. one great difficulty that they had to contend with was the lack Of transit facilities.
 Millions of Tons.
 aSan. 90 00n 00n million tons of coal In this district. Last year they turned out 1b,oo0 tons. so that they were really only scratch ing at this vast mine of wealth. As to the quality of the coal. 1t was splen- did for domestic use, it was good for burning lime and bricks, 1t was a bet- ter steam coal than Welsh coal for smeltiug, and he did not think there was anything to equal 1t ip the uni verse. There were other minerals be- sides coal in the district. There were splendid seams of iron from nine to fifteen feet deep. The ore contained 57 per cent of iron. and 1t could be profitably used for the manufacture Of basic steel. There was also rich fire clay there. There was. in fact, in the district vast field for enterprise. and it only wanted money and the united effort of Irtshmen to make that wealth available for employment and for na- tional benefit
 At the Leinster Assizes a yonng man named James Byrne of Coolegra nde, County Kilkenny. was charged with he willful murder of his brother on Nov. 8. The case for the Crown was hat the prisoner. while in America. mad sent his brother a considerable sum of money to purchase e farm. On his return. 1t was alleged that there .wo brothers, owing to the way In which accounts had been kept. and hat, as the result of a dispute. the prisoner shot hts brother dead. The