Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-27
TROOPS Kill FOUR
N DUBLIN STREET
SIXTY OTHERS WOUNDED WHEN
SCOTTISH eoRDERERs FIRE
ON MOB.
CATHOLIC IRELAND is
AROUSED BY INCIDENT
Troopers Attempt to Recover Guns
Concealed by NationaIists and Clash
Is Preeipitated = Nationalists Will
Demand Reparation Of Government
Show Daring in Gun Running.

Dublin. July 27--The city of Dublin,
and the greater part of CATHOLIC, Ire.
land. was today in state of the great
est excitement over yesterdays conflict
between the regular troops of the Brit
ish army and the Irish nationalists.
whlch resulted in the killing of four
persons and the wounding of many
others, forty of whom were in hospi-
tails today in serious condition
Day dawned before the police sue
ceeded in dispensing the crowd march
Ing thru the streets singing patriotic
songs. and looking for soldiers of the
second battalion of the Kings own
Borderers, on whom to infict ven-
geance for the fatal event of Yesterday.
when the Borderers were ordered out
to prevent the landing of arms and
ammunition for the irish nationalist
volunteers
Mob Attacks Barracks.
The crowd, finding that the soldiers
had been ordered to remain in barracks 3
attacked the royal barracks, where the
Borderers are stationed, and clamored
for the soldiers to come out. FINALLY
the mob kicked down a gate of the
barracks. and fired couple OF shots
on which bugles were sounded, the 20.
lice came on the scene and the crowG
Was dispersed
The nationalist leaders take the mos,
serious view Of the affair, and will de.
mand reparation from the government
The landing of arms yesterday for
the nationalists was carried out in a
more daring manner than similar feat.
achieved by the Ulster unienist volun-
teers 1t was effected In daylight
Show Daring in Gun Running.
Inc yacht from which the arms and
ammunition We're brought ashore al
ready had landed $500 rifles and 125
600 rounds of ammunition at isolated
points along the coast. and those had
been successfully distributed by motor
cars among the nationalist volunteers
Yesterdays attempt was undertaken to
snow the nationalists could do what
the Ulster uniopsts had done.
At Howth $500 rifles and 100 600
rounds OF ammunition were landed un
der the eyes Of the police. the telegra pa
wires having been cut to prevent com
'ithi'he"Ii VIII lpuplltl. AutoInOnlies
carried off 1.5o0 OF the rifles. and AL
the ammunition and a body OF nation
alist volunteers started for Dublin
with 1000 rifles but no ammunition
The police sent to intercept the vol
unteers cheered the gun runners and
everything seemed to he going smooth
ly until the battalion Of Scottish Border
ers arrived and demanded that the
arms he surrendered.
Troopers Are Outwitted.
The nationalist volunteers refused to
give up the rifles. and the soldiers
charged with fixed bayonets, woundins
number OF the volunteers While
the leaders of the volunteers and ths
regmental officers We're parleNing. the
rank and file of the volunteers scat
tered and got away with the rifles.
The news quickly reached Dublin and
mob gathered to meet the soldiers
on their return. Volleys of stones were
thrown, and twenty of the soldiers
were ordered to fire. The nationalist
volunteers took no part in street fight
ing.
The lord mayor of Dublin today de-
manded In the interests OF peace OF
the city, that the battalion of the Scot l.
itch Borderers be removed. A move
r,ent in the barracks indicated that
preparations were being made to send
the regiment elsewhere. The gates of
the barracks were guarded by strons
force Of police