Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
MORE THAN 500 DEAD
AND HURT IN IRELAND


about the remaining forces Of the rebels
and Il Is believed they win surrender,
In Sackvlie street, in Dublin, the Sim
Feiners still hold some improvised bar.
racks In the streets. but the men are cut
of from supplies and the military officials
believe they will soon be starved out.
British troops in the district northwest
Of the -Four Courts. In Dublin, are pro
ceedins in a methodlcai way to clear the
buildings Of snipers, but. in the words Of
Field Marshal Frnech, the clearance Of
these snipers Is a matter of time"
The worst fires In the Irish capital;
Field Marshal French says, occurred In
the district around Sackville street, where
the fighting was very severe on Thursday.
Field Marshal French's official report
concludes:
In the other parts Of Ireland the
principal centres of disturbances are
in County Galway and in Enniscorthy.
Disturbances also reported at Kill
larney, Clonmel and Corey.
The other parts of ireland appear
normal
The general trend OF the reports re-
ceived indicates that the disturbances
are of local character
LARKINGTEs JOIN REVOLT.
In their operations in Dublin. the Sim
Feiners we're reinforced by radical Social
list followers of James Larkin, the we'll
known labor leader. Many women some
OF them in green uniforms, fought side by
side with the rebels in the trenches In
St stephens Green. II is believed that
some OF these women were killed. II Is
known that some were wounded.
The exact number of dead may never
be known for bodies OF rebels were re-
moved at night by sympathizers and Sc
cretly buried.
II has been just five days since the first
shot in the revolt was fired on Monday.
but already the rebellion has spent its
force and the white and green flag with
its harp (the flag of the Irish Republc)
has been torn from practically all the
buildings which the rebels had occupied.
wGMBoRNE'S NARROW ESCAPE.
1t is now learned that Lord wimborne.
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. had a
narrow escape from death during the
height of the nghting II is not known
whether an attempt was made TO as
sassinate him or whether his adventure
befell him at the time the rebels made
their attack upon his residence.
Details of the first days fighting say
that the rebels placed small bodies of
armed men through the outskirts of
Dublin. At a signal these began firing
to distract the attention of the soldiers
and constables while the main body made
an attack upon the postoffice, the castle
occupied by the Lord Lieutenant, the
Hotel Metropole, Four Courts, st.
Stephens Green, Trinity College and the
fashionable Shclbourne Hotel.
Telegraph wires were cut and a detach-
ment broke into the telephone exchange
and smashed all the instruments. Along
Sackville street the rebels broke into
stores. carrying the counters and other
articles into the streets for the erection of
barricades. During the afternoon and
night of Monday the post Office changed
hands several times, The rebels were well
armed, although their weapons were of
various patterns. It was regarded as re-
markable that all their guns were pro-
vided with bayonets.
It was part of the plan to seize the
barracks. but the rebels were easily frus-
trated in this attempt
When the British forces began to rain
shellire against Liberty Hail. the head
quarters of the rebels many people be-
came terror-stricken and fed from the
city
The capture of the Dublin postoffice is
thus described:
Just upon the stroke of noon, on
Monday. about 100 young men, wear
ing bandoliers and soft hats with
bands of green ribbon, and all armed
with rifles bearing bayonets, dashed
into the postal building and brusquely
ordered all the officials and clerks
to leave. There were about 400 EN-
ployes at work at the time. Postal
officials tried to reason with the
rebels, but they brandished their
bayoneted rifles in such dangerous
fashion that discretion was deemed
the better part of valor. AS the
postal employees fed, the rebels be-
gan turning the building into a block
tyhf n Md To ba
and began firing into the street at
constables and soldiers.
MANY HOSPITALS UIPRovIsED.
Scores of buildings i'm Dublin and on the
have been turned into hospitals
In some of these wounded soldiers and
rebels lie side by side Some of
The soldiers that were rushed to Dublin
from England were seasoned veterans who
had campaigned against the Germans in
France. They declare that the Sim
Feiners put up a fight of the most
desperate character and that many of
hem who could have saved their lives
~ surrendering refused TO do so
II is reported from both Dublin and
'ork that cooler heads among the Sim
'einers wanted to postpone the uprising
,ut that they were overborne by the more
iery leaders, who had just learned of the
,apture of Sir Roger Easement by the
British.
The Sim Feiners are said to resent |
Ingrily the charge that the rebellion was |
and financed by Germans. They |
lain IL is purely Irish movements.
Demands for the resignation of Au- |
;ustine Birrell. Secretary of Ireland, and |
ord Wimbourne will be made in Par |
lament next week
King George has been deeply moved by |
he revolt He is said to have requested |
'remier Asquith to furnish him with all |
he data relating to IT,