Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-07-28
More Than Sixty Others Wounded,
Some of Whom Will Die
Shooting Result of Gun
running Exploit of Ma
tionalist Volunteers.
MORE RIOTING IS FEARED
Excited Crowds Throng the Streets
and Some of Men Are
Armed.

Dublin, July 27.-Three mer
and one woman are dead and more
than sixty persons are in the hos
pital wounded as a result of bat.
talon of the Kings Own Scottish
Borderers firing into mob in the
streets of Dublin yesterday after
noon. Seven of the wounded are
expected to die. Among them are
three women and a boy of 10.
The ARRAY was the result of 6
gunrunning exploit of the nationalist
volunteers, who are being aided by
a mob composed largely of women
and youths. A consignment OF
rifles, said to number 10000, was
landed Saturday night at Howth
nine miles from Dublin, from pri-
vate yacht.
MANY ARE WOUNDED.
The nationalist volunteers cut the
telegraph wires and stopped travel
on the Dublin roads, and, according
to reports, sent away most of the
rifles, together with 10000 rounds
of ammunition, in motor cars.
A battalion of the Kings Own
Scottish Borderers was ordered to
capture the arms yesterday after
noon when the authorities heard the
volunteers were bringing them into
the city. The soldiers encountered
a detachment of volunteers at Clon
NELL bridge and an outbreak result
ed, but there was no shooting.
Soon great crowd collected and
followed the troops, jeering them
and cheering for John Redmond, the
nationalist leader, and home rule
Finally the mob began throwing
bottles and stones, injuring several
soldiers.
CUT TELEGRAPH WIRES.
To this attack the battalion re.
piled with scattered fusillade. In
an instant the streets was covered
with wounded, while terrified men
women and children ran in all d.
Tections.
St. Jura's hospital is situated only
200 yards from the scene of the fray
and the wounded were quickly tax.
en- there, where four of them died.
The soldiers and police seized 100
rifles from the volunteers.
Excited crowds filled the streets
of Dublin last night, some of the
men earring rifles. The borderers
are confined to barracks to prevent
the people from attacking them. A
street car in which soldier was
riding was wrecked last night, but
the soldier escaped Further riot
ing is feared.
Among those seriously injured is
M. j. Judge, prominent officer OF
TIE nationalist volunteers.
ARMS LANDED AT NOON.
The arms were landed at noon
yesterday instead of Saturday night
as was first reported. The yacht
was a sailing vessel, the name OF
which had been painted over. A
woman, or a man in woman's cloth
ing, some persons say, commanded
the yacht.
A thousand volunteers marched
openly from Dublin to receive the
arms, but declared. they were max
ing a practice march. Local police
and the coast guard tried to prevent
the landing of the arms, but were
driven off.
When the Dublin authorities
learned of the landing they sent
sixty police to seize the arms. They
were later reinforced by 200 others,
under command of an assistant COM
missioner. The police were drawn
on both sides of the road along
which the volunteers were return
ing with soldiers in the center of
the road.
f.. MOST OF THEM ESCAPE.
When the volunteers saw the mob
ilization 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 re-
volver shots were fired by volunteers
and corporal and a private were