Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-27
Attempt to Bring in Arms by
NationaIiSts Results in a
Pitched Battle in Streets Of
Irish Capital
ONE WOMAN KILLED AND
OTHERS LIKELY TO DIE
Cheers for John Redmond and
JeerS for Kings Own Scot
tish BordererS immediate
Cause of Outbreak,


one woman are dead and more than
sixty persons are in the hospital
wounded az a result of a battalion ~
the kings own Scottish borderers fir
ing into a mob IN the streets Of Dub
I'm this afternoon Seven of the
wounded are expected to die. Among
them are three women and a boy ut
ten.
The affray was the result Of a gun
running exploit Of the nationalist vol
unteers who were being aided hy %
mob composed largely Of women and
youths. CONSIGNMENT OF rifles snid
To number 10000 was landed last
night At liowth, nine miles from Duh
I'm, from a private Yacht. The ma
tionallst volunteers cut the telegraph
wires and stopped travel on the Dub.
I'm roads, and, according TO reports.
sent away me st OF the rifles. together
with seventy thousand rounds of am
I'm motor cars.
Capture of Arms Ordered.
A battalion of the kings own Scot
tish horderers was ordered To capture
the arms this afternoon when the au-
thorites heard the volunteers were
bringing them into the city. Tho sol
diers encountered detachment Of
volunteers az Clonmell bridge, and
an outbreak resulted, but there was
no shooting
Soon a great crowd collected and
followed the troops ieering them and
cheering for John Redmond. the ma
tlonalist fcadar lnd home rule. FL
nally the mob began throwing bottles
and stones iniuring several soldiers.
To this attack the battalion replied
with scattered fusillade In an in
stant the street was covered with
wounded while terrified men. women
and children ran In all directions.
St Juras hospital is situated only
two hundred yards from the scene
of the affray and the wounded were
quickly taken there, where four of
them died
Excited Crowd Fills Streets.
The soldiers and police seized a
rifles from the volunteers
Excited crowds filled the streets of
Dublin tonight, some of the men car
rying rifles The borderers are CON
fined to barracks 10 prevent the peo-
pie from attacking them street
'ar in which a soldier was riding was
wrecked tonight, the soldier escaping.
Further rioting Is feared
Among those seriously injured Is
NJ. j. Judge. a prominent officer of
-he nationalist volunteers
Woman Commander.
The arms were landed at noon to-
lay instead of last night. as was first
The yacht was a sailing yes
sell, the name Of which had been
Jainted over. A woman. or a man in
clothing some persons say,
commanded the yacht.
A thousand volunteers marched OPP
My from Dublin to receive the
lrms. but declared they were merely
making q practice march. Local po-
ice and the coast guard tried to pre-
'ent the landing OF the arms but were
lriven off
When the Dublin authorities learn
d Of the landing they sent sixty po-
ice to seize the arms. They were la
er reinforced by 200 others under
ommand Of an assistant commits
ioner. The police were drawn up on
10Th sides Of the road along which
he volunteers were returning with
oldiers in the center Of the road.
When the volunteers saw the mObili
alton most of them got away with T
heir arms, scattering through the
leius. i ne police and soldiers tried I
o disarm the remainder. In the re- /
ulting affray several revolver shots
rore fired by volunteers and cor I
oral and a private were wounded T
he volunteers used their rifles as
lubs
Police Suspended.
The soldiers fired and used their I
ayonets freely, inflicting many cuts. T
hen they had running fight with
no volunteers ana the rapidly grow
lg mob through the streets to their
A number OF policemen
ave been suspended for refusing TO
" to dlsarm the volunteers.
After the troops had fired into the
-owd, the angry populace in a spirit
{ revenge attacked individual sol
Iers and beat them brutally. Mem
ers Of the Scottish borderers, who
ere riding bicycles along the quays,
ere pulled from their machines and
eaten and the bicycles were thrown
ito the river.
The lord mayor has issued strong
tier Of protest. declaring the troops
ere ordered out without permission
sng asked OF the lord mayor, and
q demands that the responsibility
lall be fixed for the calling out OF I
le soldiers and for supplying them I
ith bali cartridges He adds
Dublin and Ireland look with CON /
dence to John Redmond and his coli {
agues to bring to Justice those re- ;
,onsble for the shooting outrage, I
here must no longer be one law for +,
section Of the Ulster people, and an :
her law for the remainder of the I