The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Dublin Postof6ce Building Has Been Sur
rounded by English Troops Armed
With Cannon
fires IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY
Hand to Hand Fighting Results in Capture of
Over 800 Sim Feiners Entrenched
in City Park.

the first boat load Of passengers ar
irving from Ireland, via Hoiyhead.
These stories agreed that the trouble
started at the stroke of noon Monday
when a force of nearly 1000 rebels,
wearing soft hats and with marvel
GUS collection of rifles, some modern
and some old fashioned, burst into
the general postoffice and ordered the
employees to leave.
A number of women accompanied
the first body of Sim Feiners. They
wore green sashes and carried cart
ridge belts.
The rebel fiag-green, white and
yellow, with large harp-was thrust
from one of the upper windows of the
postofilce and policeman who re-
monstrated, was thrown bodily from
the second floor.
Another rebel force, bursting forth
mysteriously from public houses and
shops along Sackyille street moved
toward Stephens Green, gathering re-
cruits as they marched. Several
policemen were shot down near the
park gates. A nurse girl wheeling a
perambulator was wounded by one OF
the flying bullets and baby killed.
The Westland Row station was cap
tured by another small detachment
while other small bodies of picked
men took possession of all buildings
occupying strategic points, including
the Guinness brewery and the Royal
College of Surgeons. An attack was
begun late Monday afternoon on Dub
lin castle. but small body of gov
ernment troops, armed with machine
guns, brought the marchers to halt.
Throughout Monday night Dublin
was calm, except that numerous fires
broke out. The Sim Feiners con-
tented themselves with throwing up
barricades and looting stores ana
hotels for food supplies.
One old lady, indignant at being
stopped on the way to her 1aVorite
shop. slapped the face of youthful
Sim F'ein sentry, who sheeplshly al
lowed her to pass.
The government troops began a
systematic attack on the repel posi-
tions early Tuesday. The irish guards
took several barricades with little re
sistance, while machine guns spatter.
ed bullets through the windows OF
buildings held by the rebels.
The Guinness brewery and several
DubliC houses were QuiShiy iSSS.p
tured. Artillery was trained on LII b
ertv Hall. the headquarters OF the
Sim Feiners before the outbreak ana
the building crumbled to ruins. IL Is
reported that several scores OIL reoels
were killed at this point.
The Sim Feiners. apparently dis,
beartened at the reverses, abandoned
nositions in the outskirts of Dublin
Wednesday and concentrated IN the
Sackyille street section Upon the ar
rival of reinforcements from Bel1asl
and England, the government troops
threw a ring around the rebel 1orce.
The government continued TO give
out strong staten ents OF support from
irish leaders throughout the empire.
John Redmond, Irish nationalist lead
or gave to a number of corespon-
dents a lengthy statement, express.
ing feelings of horror at the folly OF
tbe Slim Feiners. The situation Is
certain to receive most serious atten-
tion in parliament next week Wnen @
several members will demand resis'a-
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