Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-07-27
Ten Thousand Rifles and a
Quantity Of Ammunition
Landed from Yacht
-FOUR KILLED WHEN
SOLDIERS CHARGE
Many Wounded Among Them
Several Women and Child
rem; One Woman Killed

Dublin, July 27-Bent on the slaugh
ter of the soldiers who fired into
home rule crowd Sunday, killing four
and wounding s0.odd, a furious mob
today stormed the local barracks, broke
down the gates and exchanged several
shots with the troops before the police
succeeded in scattering the people.
The outbreak was renewal of the
disorders which continued all Of last
night and only ceased when those en-
gagged in them were forced by exhaus
tion to snatch few haurs slumber.
The authorities had hoped quiet was
permanently restored but as the day
advanced throngs began to assemble
again about the barracks and finally
the rushes against them were resumed
with even greater violence than before.
Many in the crowd had firearms.
Nearly all carried heavy black thorn
clubs and brickbats, and cobblestones
flew in showers. The troops were heav-
lily outnumbered, and but for the police
the soldiers might have Jared badly.
The bluecoats had won the people S
good will by refusing yesterday to at
tack the crowds, and succeeded, rather
by persuasion than force, in dispensing
them.
There was every indication, however,
that there would be more attacks on the
barracks, and urgent messages were
sent to the London war office, repre-
aenting that peace would not be possi-
ble until the Kings Own Scotch Bor-
derers, who were responsible for Sun
days tragedy, were withdrawn.
1t was expected orders to this effect
would soon be received. Some even
predicted that it would be hard work
TO get the troops out of Dublin alive.
Dublin, July 27.- Catholic Ireland
was in a violent state of excitement
today over Sundays killing of foul
troops who had been attempting tht
disarmament of home rule gun-runners
at Howth, ten miles from Dublin.
The government S order against thu
importation of arms into Ireland, wa
intended primarily to prevent the arm
ing of the Ulster anti-home rulers, wht
were threatening civil war if the homt
rule bill passed. 1t was effective alst
against the home rulers, however. Ii
view of the "antis threats and o
the fact that they were smuggling
quantities of weapons into the coun
try in defiance of the order, the ma
tionalist volunteers were anxious to pro
vide themselves similarly.
Arrangements had accordingly bee
made for a landing at Howth Sunda
aft hn nttbl =
ceived orders early in the day t
march to a destination unknown e1
cept to the officers; arrived at Howt
Just after noon and found awaitn
them yacht, its name printed ou
which Immediately begun unlOadin
rifles.
Members of the royal Irish col
stabulary tried to interfere but stoo
no chance against the hundreds of di
ciplined volunteers who opposed then
Coast guards also approached in th
yacht in a launch but were kept off {
the pistols point by three men and a
equal number of women, who const
tuted the crew.
10000 Rifles Landed.
Ten thousand rifles and a quantit
of ammunition having been landed, Il
yacht put to sea again after putin
ashore one of the three women, wi
started for Dublin by automobile.
In the meantime the Dublin autho
tiles had been notified. 1t was il
possible to get reinforcements to How
in time to prevent the landing but
strong detachment of earbine-armt
constables and 100 of the Kings Ov
Scottish Borderers were rushed to Il
end of the Howth road near Fairvie
to intercept the volunteers as they /
turned to Dublin.
The volunteers made a detour
enter the city by different route b
encountered another force of soldie
The latter started to disarm them Al
actually had taken their weapons frC
few when someone-it is not certa
whether a soldier or volunteer
fired. Several shots were exehang
and two soldiers were wounded.
Taking advantage of the eonfusit
the volunteers bolted into the eli
most of them getting safely to tn
homes with their rifles.
The soldiers then started to mar
back to their barracks. The peop