The Irish standard., 1914-02-28
COST OF THE
DUBLIN STRIKE
Recent Labor Unrest Disastrous
to Irish People
Loss of Life and Property Traceable
to Methods of Larkin
Crippled Condition of Labor and
Loss of Prestige

LOSS OF Prestige
Now that the strikes-which have
agitated the city for the past five or
six months, seriously affected the
trade and commerce of Dublin, result
ed In the loss of life and injury to
person and property, and involved
thousands Of people in suffering
nave spent their fury, it may not be
uninteresting to give a brief glance
back at the stirring and heart-rendine
scenes through which we have passed
since August last, when the Irish
Transport and General Workers.
Union, under the leadership of Mr..
James Larkin, began to dominate the
labor forces in the metropolis. The
salient features Of the great struggle.
which has been waged between capi-
tai and labor in the city, and in which
the personalities of Mr.. VIM. NJ. Muir.
ply and Mr.. Larkin entered SO largely
are:
i. The loss of four lives. Two la.
borers died from injuries received in
baton charges, little girl named Alice
Brady lost her life as the result of
revolver wound inflicted by free"
laborer, and free" laborer was re.
Gently murdered on the quays.
2. The injury to life and property.
Hundreds of people were injured.
more or less seriously in the course
of the baton charges, while manv
police also sustained wounds at the
hands of rioters. Numerous trans
were wrecked, ana shop windows bfok.4
en-, and serious allegations were made
against the police of breaking into
rooms in Corporation Buildings.
smashing furniture and windows, and
Datoning inmates of both sexes.
Liberty Hall EIoquence.
3. The violent speeches delivered
nightly to enthusiastic thousands from
the windows of Liberty Hall by Mr..
Larkin. who, with number of his
lleutenants, was arrested early on the
morning Of the 28th of August. and
charged with seditious libel conspi-
racy, and unlawful assembly. All the
defendants were returned for trial to
the Commission, but released on bail.
Mr.. Larkip announced the holding of
meeting in O'Connell street on the
following Sunday. The Executive pro.
claimed the meeting, and on the 29th
August Mr.. Larkin read the proclama.
tion from the windows of Liberty Hall
and delivered a violent speech in
connection with which a warrant was
ISSUED for his arrest on the follow
Ing day. Mr.. Larkin, however, succeed.
ed in evading arrest on that day.
a. The dramatic appearance of Mr..
Larkin, disguised on the balcony of
the Imperial Hotel on Sunday, Aug.
81. his arrest, and the ndiscriminate
batoning of spectators by the police.
Mr.. Larkin was sentenced to seven
months imprisonment on the 2Sth of
october, but released by the Govern
ment on the 18th of November. The
charges against his lieutenants were
not proceeded with.
b. The deportation of children of
Catholic workers to English homes.
This aroused the most intense indig.
nation in the city, and priests and
people assembled at the North Wall
nightly for the purpose of preventing
the Catholic children being sent into
a on-Catholic and Socialistic atmos-
phere, and the result of the crusade
was that the deportation scheme had
to be abandoned. His Grace the Arch.
bishop, when he learned Of the depor-
tation Of the first batch of children.
solemnly warned parents against en-
dangering the faith of the little ones.
The "sympathetic" Strike.
i 6. The Inauguration of the sym.
pathetic strike as a weapon in the
fight against capital; the almost COM
plete paralysis Of the trade and COM
merce of the city; the street process
sions of strikers; the lockout of en-
ployes by various firms; the banding
together of over 400 merchants with
view to combating Mr.. Larkin's
methods, and the rioting in Redmond's
Hill, 1nchicore, where the military
were brought out; Beresford place,
Butt bridge, Eden quay, Marlborough
street, Corporation street, Townsend
street, Capel street, etc.
i Z. The failure Of the various con.
ferences at which English labor dele
: gates assisted with view Of bringing
I the deplorable state of affairs in tia
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