Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-28
Kings Regiment Of Scots
Charges on Volunteers.
and Four Are Dead
MOB COLLECTS TO
STONE SOLDIERS
Arms and Ammunition for
Nationalists Landed as
Police Close Eyes I.

Dublin, Ireland, July 27.-The city
of Dublin and the greater part Of
Catholic Ireland was in a state of the
greatest excitement today over yester-
days conflict between the regular
troops of the British army and the
Irish nationalists. The conflict result
ed in the killing of four persons and
the wounding of many others. Forty
persons were still in hospitals today IN
q serious condition.
Day had dawned before the police
succeeded in dispensing the crowds
marching through the street singing
patriotic songs and looking for sol
diers of the second battalion of the
kings own Scottish horderers on
whom to inflict vengence for the fatal
events of yesterday. The borderers
were ordered out yesterday to prevent
the landing of arms and ammunition
for the Irish nationalist volunteers.
The crowd finding that the soldiers
had been ordered to remain In bar
racks attacked the royal barracks
where the borderers are stationed and
clamored for the soldiers to come out
Finally the mob kicked down gate OF
the barracks and fired a couple OF
shots, upon which bugles were sound
ed. the police came on the scene and
the crowd was dispersed.
viii Demand Rcparation.
The nationalist leaders take the
most serious view Of the affair and Will
demand reparation from the govern
ment
The landing Of arms yesterday for
the nationalists was carried out IN
more daring manner than similar
feats achieved by the Ulster unionists
volunteers as 1t was effected In day
Hight. The yacht from which the arms
and ammunition were brought ashore
already had landed $500 rifles and
1851 900 rounds of ammunition at tso-
lated points along the coast and these
have been hastily distributed by
motor cars among the nationalist
volunteers. At Howth $500 rifles and
100000 rounds of ammunition were
landed under the eyes of the police.
Automobiles carried off 1,5O0 of the
rifles and all the ammunition and a
BODY of nationalist volunteers then
started for Dublin with 1000 rifles but
no ammunition. The police sent to
intercept the volunteers cheered the
gun runners and every thing seemed
to be going smoothly until the bat
TALON of Scottish borderers came on
the scene and demanded that the arms
be surrendered. The nationalists vol
unteers refused to give up the rifles
and the soldiers then charged with
fixed bayonets, wounding number OF
the volunteers. While the leaders OF
the volunteers and the regimental
officers were parleying the rank and
file of the volunteers scattered and
got away with the rifles.
Mob Stones Soldiers.
The news quickly reached Dublin
and q mob gathered to meet the sol
diers on their return. Volleys of
stones were thrown at the troops and
twenty of the soldiers were ordered to
fire. The nationalist volunteers took
no part in the street fighting.
Asquith Alarmed.
London, July 27.-Premier Asquith
who heard of the fighting In Dublin
while he was staying at his country
home Immediately proceeded to Lon
don nv motor car and arrived here
early this morning. AS the premier Is
also secretary for war, he Immediately
LOOK CldEKO VI dudAIo az SAO WA SNAA0O'
Information as to the shocking oc-
currence in Dublin yesterday" as John
Redmond, the Irish nationalist leader
put it, was demanded Immediately af-
ter the opening of the session of the
house of commons today. Mr.. Red
mond was so dissatisfied with the
meager information given him that he
moved the adjournment OF the house
in order to debate the matter.
Augustine Birrell, chief secretary
for Ireland threw the blame for yester-
davis conflict between the troops and
the public on the police commissioners
who he said had requisitioned the mill
tary entirely on his own responsibility.
The off hcial consequently had been
suspended while an inquiry was made.
The nationalist members shouted:
"He ought to be hanged"
The matter will be debated in the
house tonight.