The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-07-30
4 killed, So HURT
IN DUBLIN AFFRAY
SEVEN MORE WILL DIE As RE.
suit OF SOLDIERS FIRING
.. INTO CROWD.
ARMS SHIPMENT IS CAUSE
Regulars Sent to intercept ConsiQn
ment Of Muni:ions-Meet With
Resistance-Bottles and Stones
Hurled BY unconditional.
lists Are Wildly Excited.

Dublin, July 2S.-Three men ano
one woman are dead and more than
60 persons are in the hospital, wound.
ed as the result of battalion Of the
Kings Own Scottish oBrderers firing
into mob in the streets of Dublin.
Seven of the wounded are expected to
die. Among them are three women
and boy of ten.
Cause Of ARRAY.
The ARRAY was the result of a gun
running exploit of the Nationalist vol.
unteers who were being aided by a
mob composed largely of women and
youths. A consignment of rifles, said
to number 10000 rifles, was landed at
Howth, nine miles from Dublin, from
a private yacht.
The Nationalist volunteers cut the
telegraph wires and stopped travel on
the Dublin roads and, according to re,
ports, sent away most of the rifles, to-
gether with 10000 rounds of ammuni,
ton in motor cars.
Ordered to Capture Arms.
A battalion of the Kings Own
Scottish Borderers was ordered to
capture the arms when the authorities
heard the volunteers were bringing
them into the city.
The soldiers encountered detach,
ment of volunteers at Olonmell bridge
and an outbreak resulted, but there
ohD0terr
collected and followed the troops jeer
ing them and cheering for John Red.
mond, the Nationalist leader, and
home rule.
Finally the mob began throwing
bottles and stones, in1uring several
replied with scattered fusillade. In
an instant the street was covered with
wounded, while terrified men, women
and children ran in all directions.
Battle Near Hospital.
st. Juras hospital is situated only
200 yards from the scene of the ARRAY
and the wounded were quickly taken
there, where four of them died. The
soldiers and police seized 100 rifles
from the volunteers. ,.
Excited crowds filled the streets OF
Dublin, some of the men carrying
rifles. The Borderers are confined to
barracks to prevent the people from at,
lacking them. *
Prominent Man Hurt.
Among those seriously wounded il
M. J. Judge, a prominent officer of the
Nationalist volunteers.
The arms were landed at noon Sun.
day instead of Saturday night as was
first reported. The yacht was sailing
vessel, the name of which had been
painted over. A woman or a man in
woman's clothing, some persons say,
commanded the yacht
A thousand volunteers marched
openly from Dublin to receive the
arms, but declared they were merely
making a practice march. Local po-
lice and the coast guard tried to pre-
vent the landing of the arms but were
driven off.
Police Sent to Scene.
When the Dublin authorities learned
of the landing they sent 60 police to
seize the arms. They were later rein.
forced by 200 others under command
of an assistant commissioner
The police were drawn on both sides
of the road along which the volunteers
we're returning with soldiers in the
center of the road.
When the volunteers saw the mobili.
cation most of them got away with
their arms, scattering through the
fields. The police and soldiers tried to
disarm the remainder.
In the resulting ARRAY several revolt
yer shots were fired by volunteers and
= corporal and q private we're wound
ed. The volunteers also used their
vifles as clubs.