The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-07-30
Three Men and One Woman
Killed in Dublin Riot,
OVER SIXTY PERSONS INJURED
Clash Between Troops and National.
lists Results From Landing Arms
About Nine Miles From Dublin
Seven Of the Wounded Are Not Elk.
pected to Recover.

Dublin, July 27.-Three men and
one woman are dead and more than
sixty persons are in the hospital
wounded as the result of battalion
of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers
firing into a mob in the streets of
Dublin. Seven of the wounded prob
women and a boy of ten.
The affray was the result of gun
running exploit of the Nationalist
volunteers, who were being aided by
mob composed largely of women
and youths.
A consignment of rifles, said to
number 10000, was landed at Howth.
nine miles from Dublin, from pri-
vate yacht. The Nationalist volun.
teers cut the wires and stopped travel
on the Dublin roads and, according to
reports, sent away most OF the rifles,
together with 10000 rounds of ammu-
milton, in motor cars.
A battalion of the Kings Own Scot.
fish Borderers was ordered to capture
the arms when the authorities heard
the volunteers We're bringing them to
the city. The soldiers encountered
detachment Of volunteers at ClonWell
bridge and an outbreak resulted, but
there was no shooting. Soon a great
crowd collected and followed the
,,1 nj, 1N,,iY,f for
John Redmond, the Nationalist leader
and home rule. Finally the mob be-
gan throwing bottles and stones, in
juring several soldiers.
To this attack the battalion replied
with a scattering fusillade. In an in
slant the street was covered with
wounded, while terrified men, women
and children ran in all directions.
St. Juras hospital is situated only
| 200 yards from the scene of the af-
fray and the wounded were quickly
taken there, where four of them died.
Soldiers and Police Seize Rides.
The soldiers ana police seized a
hundred rifles from the volunteers.
| ilS oil HIS were lhIuGU lIUll u Sail
ing vessel, the name of which had
been painted over. A woman, or a
man in womans clothing, some per-
sons say, commanded the yacht.
A thousand volunteers marched
openly from Dublin to receive the
arms, but declared they merely were
making a practice march. Local po-
lice and coast guards tried to prevent
the landing of the arms, but were
driven off.
When the Dublin authorities learn
ed of the landing they sent sixty po-
lice to seize the arms. They later
We're reinforced by 200 others under
command of an assistant commission
er. The police We're drawn on both
sides of the road along which the vol
unteers were returning, with soldiers
in the center of the road.
When the volunteers saw the mobil-
iZation most of them got away with
their arms, scattering through the
fields. The police and soldiers tried
to disarm the remainder.
In the resulting affray several re-
volyer shots were fired by volunteers
and corporal and private were
wounded. The volunteers also used
their rifles as clubs.
The soldiers fired and used their
bayonets freely, inflicting many cuts.
Then they held a running fight with
the volunteers and the rapidly grow
inc rooh throuph tho Stroafc IN fheir
barracks.
A number of policemen have been
suspended for refusing to try to dis
arm the volunteers.