New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-27
Four Killed and Others
Fatally Wounded by
the Troops.
BATTALION TOLD
TO SEIZE RIFLES
Kings Own Scottish BOr-
dererS Fire on Irish
NatiOnaliStS.
DUE TO GUN-RUNNING
Volunteers Attacked as They
Bring in Arms Landed from
Private Yacht.

Dublin. July 2s.-Three men and one
woman are dead and more than sixty
PERSONS arc in the hospital, wounded.
as the result OF battalion OF the
Kings Own Scottish Borderers firing
INTO a mob in the streets of Dublin
this afternoon. Seven Of the wounded
are expected 20 succumb to their in
juries.
The ARRAY was the result Of a gun
runninS exploit OF the Nationalist Vol
unteers. who were being aided b. a
mob composed largely of women and
Youths The wounded in the hosrital
include three women and boy zen
wears old.
4 consignment Of rifles, said to num-
ha- 10000. was landed last night at
Eowth. nine miles from Dublin. The
vessel on which the arms were brought
% Howth was private yacht. The
Nationals. Volunteers cut the tele-
graph wires and stopped travel on the
Dublin roads. and. according 10 reports,
sen. away most Of the rifles. together
with 10000 rounds Of ammunition, in
automobiles.
\ battalion OF the Kings Own Scot
,ish Borderers was ordered TO capture
nc arms this afternoon when the
authorities heard that the volunteers
we're bringing them into the city.
The soldiers encountered a detach-
rrent Of volunteers at Clonmell Bridge
and an outbreak resulted There was
no shooting then, however. great
crowd soon collected and followed the
troops. jeering them and cheering for
John Redmond, the Nationalist leader
and for Home Rule. Finally the mob
began throwing bottles and stones, and
several Of the soldiers were injured.
The battalion then replied to the at
tack Of the mob with scattered fusii-
lsde. In an instant the street was
covered with wounded, while terrified
men. women and children ran in all
directions.
s.. Jura's Hospital is situated only
200 yards from the scene OF the afray'
and the wounded were quickly taken
there. -Four of them died within two
hours.
The soldiers and police seized hun
dred rifles from the volunteers.
Excited crowds filled the streets Of
Dublin tonight, some of the men car
wing rifles. The Borderers are con
Aned in barracks 70 prevent the people
from attacking them. A streetcar, IN
which a soldier was riding was wrecke
.o.nigh.. but the soldier escaped the
mob. Further rioting is feared.
Among those seriously wounded IN
the array 10 VI. J. Judge, a prominent
oHeer Of the Nationalist Volunteers.
The arms were landed al noon TO
dav. instead Of last night, as wac first
renorted. The yacht from which they
uere taken was sailing vessel, the
name of which had been painted over.
woman, or man in woman.s 3
clothing, some persons say commahc-
thousand Volunteers marched
openlv from Dublin 20 receive the
arms. They said. however, that they
wer. merely making practice march;
The local police and the coastguard
.ried 20 prevent the landing Of the
sryo,. but we're driven OIL.
when the Dublin authorities learned
~ the landing they sent sixty police
% seize the arms. These police were
is,er reinforced by 200 others, under
command Of an assistant commission,
o.. The police were drawn up on ootn o,i
,d.s Of the road along which the VOL
yn,eers were returning, with the mill
,sry in the centre Of the road.
when the Volunteers saw the MOP
H.zstion most Of them got away with
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