The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-27
Troops Fired Upon Mob In
Guiding Women at Dublin,
Ireland, Yesterday
SEVEN INJURED
MAY NOT RECOVER

Gun Running by the Nationalist
Soldiers Confined to Barracks to Pre-
vent Attack.
! DUBLIN, Ireland. July 2T.-The city of
Dublin and the greater part of Catholic
| Ireland was today in a state of the great
! est excitement over Yesterdays conflict
| between the regular troops of the British
army and the Irish nationalSts which re-
suited in the killing of four persons and
! the Woundmg Of many others. 40 of whom
were still in hospitals today in a serious
condition
| Day had dawned before the police sue
! ceeded IN dispensing the crowd marching
through the streets singing patriotic songs
and looking for soldiers of the second bat
talon of the Kings Own Scottish Border
els on whom to inflict vengeance for the
! fatal event OF Yesterday. when the Border
ers We're ordered out to prevent tire land
| ing OF arms and ammunition for the Irish
Nationalist volunteers
| The crowd. finding that the soldiers had
been ordered to remain IN barracks at
tackled the royal barracks where the Bor-
derers are stationed and clamored for the
soldiers To come out
Il
the barracks and fired a couple of shots.
whereupon bugles were sounded, the po-
lice came upon the scene and the crowd
was dispersed. The Nationalist leaders
take the most serious view OF the affair
and viii demand reparation from the gov
/ eminent
The affray was the result of gun-run-
ming exploit Of the Nationalist volunteers.
who We're being aided hy a mob composed
largely 0f women and youths
y consignment of rifles. said To number
/ 10000. was landed at noon today at
fHowth, nine miles from Dublin The YES
sci on which the arms were brought to
Howth was private yacht The Nation
aliSt volunteers cut the telegraph wires
land stopped travel ON the Dublin roads
and according to reports sent away most
of the rifles, together with 10000 rounds
of ammunition. IN motorcars.
\ battalion Of the Kings Own Scottish
Borderers was ordered to capture the
Iarms this afternoon when the authorities
heard that the volunteers We're bringing
them into the city
The soldiers encountered 4 detachment
of volunteers at ClonmeIi Bridge and N
, outbreak resulted There was no shoot
, ing, however \ great crowd soon collect
ed and followed the troops ieerng then
and cheering for John Redmond. the Ma
tionalist leader and Home Rule Finally
the mob began throwing bottles and stone.
and several Of the soldiers were injured
The battalion then replied to the attacl
: of the mob with a scattered fusillade II
an instant the street was covered will
b wounded. while terrified men, women an,
children ran in all directions.
st. Juras Hospital l. situated only 20t
yards from the scene of the affrav an,
! the wounded were quickly taken there
\ Four of them died within two hours. Tn
soldiers and police seized 100 rifles from
/ the volunteers,
a Excited crowds filed the streets o
f Dublin last night some of the men carry
ing rifles The Borderers are confined +
barracks to prevent the people from al
tacking them. A street car in which so
It der was riding was wrecked last night
e but the soldier escaped the mob Furthe
/. riotmg is feared.
Ill DUBLIN, July 27.-The Lord Mayor c
dI Dublin today demanded in the interest
of the peace of the city that the battalio
Of Scottish troops be removed. Nov,
r ments in the barracks indicated that pref
arations were bng made to send the reg
ments elsewhere. The gates of the ba
: racks We're guarded by strong force ,
-, police.
;, LONDON. July 21.-Tnformation as
-. the shocking occurrence in Dublin yeste
2 day as John Redmond, the Irish Nationa
ist leader put it, was demanded imm
OF diatey after the opening of the session
OF the House Of Commons today. Mr.. Re
nl. mond was so dissatisfied with the meag
of information given him that he moved I'll
IS adjournment of the House in order to d
at bate the matter.
re Augustine l. Brrell, chief secretary f
or Ireland, threw the blame for yesterday
la conflict on the assistant police commissio
mi or, who. he said, had requested the mi
No. taIy assistance entirely on his own I
= sponsibiity The official has been ST
pended while an inquiry is being mad
. said Berrill The Nationalist membe
a shouted, "He ought to be hanged"
Mr. Birrell said the major in comma1
of the detachment of the Kings Own Sct
tsh Borderers had denied that he ga
orders to fire on the people. William Re
mond said, Lord Robert Cecil, the min
ter, ought to be hanged Mr. Birr
said the soldiers became eXasperated aft
] several of them had received severe in
I ries The officers stopped the firing INN
1 dately, but four people had already be
4 killed and - injured He added tt
there would be full inquiry immediate
Joseph Devin. Nationalist member
4 West Belfast. called attention to the f;
that Ulster Unionist volunteers had be
allowed to march through streets of 3
ss1 fast carrying rifles,