The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-04
IRISH REBELS SENT
TO.JAIL IN ENGLAND
Last Stronghold Of Sim Feiners
s,. Raced.
1000 CAPTURED BY BRITISH
ReVolutlonlsts In Dublin Quit as Re-
volt Fails-LIst Of Dead Put
at 2oo-$to,Ooo,o 600 Prop.
erty Loss.

cry GSSAs
London, May ALI the rebels in
Dublin have surrendered and those in
the country districts are doing like
wise, according to an official statement
issued here. The statement says:
"All the rebels in Dublin have sur
rendered, and the city is reported
quite safe. The rebels in the country
districts are surrendsring to the mo-
bile columns
There were 100 0prisoners in Dub
lin. Of whom 4s9 were sent to Eng
land.
1T is reported from Queenstown
that hopes were entertained that
arms would be handed in during the
day in the city of Cork.
Give Up Internationally.
During the night of April 30-May~l
the rebels in Enniseorthy made an
offer to surrender their leaders and
their arms on condition that the rank
and file be allowed to return to their
homes. They were informed that the
only terms that could be entertained
were unconditional surrender. =
These terms we're accepted by
them at six o'clock in the morning.. 1t
was reported that the rebels were sur
rendering on these terms.
"A column composed of soldiers and
Royal Irish eonstabulary captured
seven prisoners In the neighborhood
of Ferns, County Wexford.
''Wicklow, Arklow, DunlaVin. Ba-
genalstown and New Ross and the
counties of Cork, Clare, Limerick and
Kerry are generally quiet, The whole
of Ulster is quiet"
| Connolly and Pearce Quit.
James Connolly, one of the leaders
of the Irish rebellion, is alive and sur
rendered with Peter Pearce, 1t was
definitely stated. Various reports
have had Connolly dead and seriously
wounded.
Telegraphing from Dublin, the corre-
spondent of the Evening News says:
THE. last rebel stronghold to be
taken was Jacobs factory, which was
surrounded at midday. Cut off from
the center of the city, the beleaguered
insurgents here had not heard of the
Eoapitulation of their chiefs. They kept
up a desu1tory fusillade from the roofs
and windows and finally had to be sub
dued by battery of artillery"
Dead Put at 200.
The latest estimates place the total
number of dead and wounded in the
seven days fighting at about 200 and
the property loss at more than $l0,-
100000.
! Proclamations were posted through
out Dublin announcing that the rebel
leader, Pearce, had called upon all
his followers to surrender Sim Fem
snipers wounded several men past
ing up proclamatiOns.
Within a few hours, however, small
groups of rebels, cut off and surround
ed in the business section, began sig
mailing for a truce. After a converse
ton with British officer, a commit
tee of Sim Feiners returned to their
barbados apparently convinced that
their leaders favored surrender and
presently several bands laid down
their arms.
Conditions Approach Normal.
Dublin, May "A return to nor
NAL conditions is being accomplished
gradually in Dublin.
Confess Cause Is Lost.
Rebels of the rank and file followed
the example of their leaders and con-
fessed the cause of the Irish republic
was lost by laying down their arms
at the foot If the ParnelI monument
in Sackville street and surrendering
to British troops.
A correspondent visited the entire
area of the disturbance. The desola-
ton and destruction showed how Sc
we're was the fighting while it lasted.
Great damage was done in SackVille
street and adjacent thoroughfares.
Bodies of slain rebels we're being
carried away in groups by soldiers,
many of them having been shot sew
eral times.
General Maxwell, the British COM
mander, announced that The O'Reilly
was among the prisoners.
The Irish commandment, ]. H. Pearce,
who is now a prisoner, is a schoolmas-
ter. He was wounded by a shot in
the leg. Before being captured he
took a most active part in the uprising
and was looked to as the head of the
movement. .-=...