The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-07-27
TROOPS FIRE INTO
MObON STREETS
Of DUBLIN
Three Men and a Woman Dead
and More Will Die
sixty PERSONS WOUNDED
Battalion OF Scottish 6orderers Re-
turn Attack of Jerring Mob with
Deadly VoiIey
sixty PERSONS WOUNDED

Dublin, June 27-Three men and
one woman are dead here and more
than 60 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 yesterday afternoon. Seven
of the wounded are expected to sue
cuinb To their injuries. The wounded
include three women and a boy OF
10. The ARRAY was the result of a
gun-running exploit of the nationalist
volunteers who were being aided by
a mob composed largely of women
and youths.
\ consignment of rifles, said TO
number 10000. was landed at noon
yesterday at Howth, nine miles from
Dublin. The vessel ON which the
arms were taken to Howth was a
p-ivate yacht. The nationalist yolun-
teers cut the telegraph wires and
stopped travel ON the Dublin roads,
and according to reports, sent away
most of the rifles. together with 10
GOO rounds of ammunition. in motto
cars
A battalion of the Kings Own Scot
fish borderers was ordered To cap
ture the arms yesterday afternoon.
when the authorities heard that the
volunteers were taking them into
the city. The soldiers encountered
detachment of volunteers at Colon
mel bridge. and an outbreak resulted.
There was no shooting. however \
great crowd soon collected and fol-
lowed the troops. jeering them and
cheering for John Redmond, the ma
tional leader. and home rule. Final
ly the mob began throwing bottles
and stones. and several of the sol
diers were injured
The battalion then replied to the al
tack of the mob with a scattered tus-
illade. In an instant the street was
covered with wounded. while terri
fed men, women and children ran in
all directions. st. Juras hospital is
situated only POO yards from the
scene of the ARRAY, and the wounded
were quickly taken there. Four of
them died within two hours. The
soldiers and police seized 100 rifles
from the volunteers.
Excited crowds filed the streets OF
Dublin last night, some of the men
carrying rifles. The Borderers are
confined to barracks to prevent the
people from attacking them a street
car. in which a soldier was riding,
was wrecked last night, but the sol
der escaped the mob. Furthe' riot
ing is feared.
Among those seriously wounded in
the ARRAY is NJ j. Judge. prominent
officer of the nationalist volunteers.
The yacht from which the arms
were landed was a sailing vessel, the
name Of which had been painted ov-
e.. A woman. or a man in womans
clothing, some persons say. command
ed the yacht. A thousand volunteers
went openly from Dublin to receive
the arms. They said. however. that
they were merely making a practice
march. The local police and the
coast guard tried to prevent the land
ing OF the arms, but were driven OF.
When the Dublin authorities learn.
ed of the landing. they sent so po-
lice to seize the arms These police
later were reinforced by 200 othe IS
under command OF an assistant com
missioner. The police were drawn
up on both sides OF the road along
which the volunteers were returning
with the military in the center OF the
road.
When the volunteers saw the mob
ilization. most OF them got away with
their arms. scattering through the
fields. The police and soldiers tiled
to disarm the remainder. In the re-
sulting ARRAY several revolver shots
we're fred by volunteers. and a cor
poral and a private we're wounded.
The volunteers also used their rifles
as clubs. The soldiers fired and used
their bayonets freely. infiicting many
cuts. Then they had a running lght
with the volunteers and the rapidly
growing mob through the streets to
their barracks.
4 number OF policemen have been
suspended fof refusing 70 try to dis
arm the volunteers.
After the troops had fred into the
crowd. the angry populace in a spirit
Of revenge attacked individual sol
diers and beat them brutality Mem