The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-27
Nationalist Gun Running Ex-
plot May Lead to Serious
Strife In Ulster
Volunteers Resist
Orders to Disarn
|olice ShouIdered Aside, But
Regular Soldiers Fire Into
Crowd After Warning Goes
Unheeded-W Dead


Dublin, JULY 26.--There was a
serious riot here this afternoon
during which four persons were
killed and thirty seriously wound
ed, BY the bullets and bayoucts OF
regular soldiers. The affair,
which. IL Is feared. IL the precursor
| Of further serious troubles. may
even possibly he the beginn's,.ss Of
The dreaded internecine coiEfks.
The outbur-ss today was the out
come OF n Nationalist gun running
exploit. About ono thousand
National volunteers parasied early
| in the day and marched TO Ho~th.
about ten miles away, Tor the
purpose of landing Il thousand
rifles. On their arrival At the
pier signals were made to "A
white yacht which had been
niancuvcring In the bay.
The yacht promptly started to-
warsis the shore. and when she
came 10 the pier began di-.'iEeg-
ing her cargo Of rit3e% and ann
anu,sition Two rperslecs-s OF the
Rcsat irssl, 7onstai,uiary esss'
lrts,' 80 .ntcrfcr. were ~isoui6eiffi
aside ssINi forced outside the lines
X. ti.t National volunteers. Who
tna!i the pier and harted afse>st
10 It.
body Gf coast guards got
beside the yacht iii their boat.
Lat were ordered asvaY aud IL j.
rt -is1vesi were threatened with
rsyt,sst.rS A. soon aS all the
Fargo had been handed the Ma
tiona..ss volunteers started to re-
knrn 10 Dublin
Meanwhile. the authorities at le4A
hal been warned Of what va
Ing m and a detachment of slxt'
eighty policemen and leo raeu o
kings own scottish hordeFers
n been geui 70 intercept ti!e Vol
beers When the latter arrived q
iahsde Road in Gientarf they touh'
Dir way blocked by the police II
mi and the soldiers With fixed iaay
ets behind
City Greatly Excited
Tha police were ordered 10 eisarfl
volunteers. who resisted. ana
arp fgh, ensured Several persons
ire s,lirt by the citihs Of the poiic'
IA BY rifle butts and butlsts -
,orts as te the subsequent happen
q differ, but the main body @f ias
unteers fed and reached the Cit
cutting across fields. with thei
es
Meantime, the lighting had becon'
own in The city which was ahlaz'
kh excitement. and big u1ohs col
lied n, tho streets through wh!cl
soldiers were expected 10 return
soon a. they appeared there weT'
p;her shouts ~ rage and these wer'
iowed he yo ieys II stones.
rhe soldiers mare he'd on until fhe'
Ached the Bachelors Walk qua
dge. where the shooting began !
said that some of the mob ffreI
Il with reyolvers. The mob thei
essed forward and threatened Y
eep the soldiers with the reviewers
Ignored Overhead Sofiey.
rhc troops were ordered 20 fire vol
over the heads OF the mob. whiei
d done. The mob Ignored this. AM
soldiers then fred 81 vciiey OF Pal
bridges into the crowd 4 number
people dropped and there were
Fieks of rage and main. AFTER tnii
soldiers proceeded 10 their bar
Ks.
ubseonent inquiries showed the
lee men ard q woman had been slio
a. and that from thirtT to FiXtl
sons. mostly men. had been wonnd
It !s reported that some of th'
unded. including a child or ter
Lrs of age. are dying.
INTER- the volIeying by the troops
mob beat and kicked every soldier
y saw, None Of these soldiers hae
ii concerned IN the fight and mos
than, were ignorant of the reason
their being attacked.
seems that the mob displayed M
Ter against the police. II is rumored
Of policemen have been suspended
policemen have been suspended
refusing to disarm the Nationalist
unteers