The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
IRISH LAND DISPUTE
TROUBLES ARE TILL
 UNDER WAY.
Process Servers Are Asssslted Ana Courts Face q Prohlem--Men Discouraged From EnIist-
 ink fn Army.
pY TIMoTHY .. O.CoNNOR.

Dublin; Nay 15.--Thuries. Tipperary. has long been a storm center In con- rection with the asrarian agitation.
 Great excitsment prevailed the other day over the arrest of two more men In consequence of disturbances on the Clarke estate at Holycross. It was fair day, and immediately & large. hos tile crowd surrounded the police and their prisoners. and an attempt at res- cue seemed to be contemplated. The officers, however. succeeded in forcing their way to the barracks, amid alter nate grooming and cheering from the angry oniookers.
 At Clonmel next day one of the men was sent to prison for two months in default of bail. It was stated that he had taken prominent part in the denionstrations- about Mr. clarke's place. he and others being armed on one occasion with pitchforis
 Another recent incident in the local land war was the granting at petty sessions of ejectment decrees against fourteen tenants on the estate of Coi- onei ,Fitkgibbon Trant.
 In .Tipperary process serving is no joke. and some time ago the local civil bill officer. being apprehensive of per- sonal violence, was empowered. under an order of the court to serve eject ment notices by posting them on doors or other public places. The officer stated in evidence that he had to carry out his duties under the protection of a dozen policemen. and that, in conse- quence of the demeanor of a large crowd. who followed him, he had to nall some of the notices to the doors of the tenants houses
 While the. court was sitting large contingents of people from the sur rounding districts marched into the town. headed by bands and big force of police had to mount guard over the court house. In the ievening | public meeting was held in the mar. xes place, at which Mir Kendall o'Brien. M. F., and others delivered speeches.1 On another night large crowd as- sembied. and. headed by torch bear CTS and a bell ringer. marched In pro- cession towards the square. A house from which Q tenant was recently ejScted was wrecked, the. doors and window frames being smashed to atoms with stones. A conflict with the police was with difficulty avoided
 Cnmpaign In Clare.
 It would seem that in County Clare the agrarian campaign has lately been carried on with great vigor. Twenty claims In respect of alleged malicious injuries. asgregating $4.3s0, are down for hearing before the county court judge at Ennis sessions. There are seven cases of cattle driving four of lncendiarism. three of destroying boundary walls. and two of cattle maiming.
 Tn one case the tails are said to have been cut of six cattle, and in the other It is alleged that seven heifers were not only deprived of their tails, but were also given coat of paint Among other exploits for which com pensatIon is sought from the rate pay- CTS are the killing of a bullock the liberating of number of cells from a tank, and the destruction of 300 traps and a large quantity of rabbits.
 Another instance of the persecution not of grazier but of man who has purchased his holding from the states commissioners. came to light at Limerick Quarter Sessions. The pur- chaser was rigidly boycotted. the win dows and door of his house. were sma shed. and two valuable prize dogs were killed The judge awarded the full amount of compensation claimed.
 slievaragh, District of Tipperary.