Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-11-25
REICNS or TERROR
Times During Which Law and Or
der Are Dethr0ned.
WHEN CITIES GO STARK MAD.
This Has Happened Many Times In
Different Lands, tho Most Notable
Example Being Frenxied Paris In the
Revolution and In the Commune.


During the insurrection IN Ireland,
which had ita center IN the historic old
capital Of that long troubled Isle and
which resulted IN the execution Of sew
eral Of IT'S lenders, including Sir Roger
CaBcment. Dublin went mad stark,
raying mnd n ia way elites liaYe
sometimes. Then Just as single indi
didlAla DO when smlttcn with insanity.
they purpelrato nIi sorts of horrible
deeds that In their sinner moments they
would be The FIRST 10 repudlate aud con
denim.
Paris wna attacked by just such u
violent ~ Of mental alteration during
Tho stormy and blood Hoaked days OF
the revolution and agnin Immediately
after tie last Franco German war
Tier rev0lutOnistA IN the latter event
called themselves Communists, and
these frcnaied people did pretty much
na ala the Dublin inAurrectlousts that
IL to Huy. they seized public buildings,
threw up street bnrrlcadcs and hi
treuChed themselves in open strategic
spaces, The result In the end too
was the sumo. They were 0verpowered
by the regular troops, and the bulk ~
thcm were Killed or made prisoners
but not until a fourth part Of Paris
had been laid IA ruins. property worth
iB20uo.0o0 being destroyed.
70 find anything IN London approx
mating 20 the Dublin madness we
must 30 haet 10 the year 1850. when
lord George Gor,lon's armed rioters
held Englund'a capital at their mercy
fer several dAys On this occasion
NewEnte jail Whs stormed aud set on
fire, after the prisoners had been re-
leased he Rank OF England was lie.
aicgcd aud hundreds OF houses.
churches, shops aud other buildings
were aet On tirr nnd destroyed
Brstol'a turn came tfty years later.
during the reform agitation Of 1881
The city. long Necthmg with political
excitement suddenly exploded like
powder magazine 10 which lighted
match IA applied. nnd Ia the course Of
IA day md night 500 Of her citizens
were Killed by the military or burnt
tn death la the rrcs they themselves
hnd hlndled and most Of her princl
pal buildings. Including the mnnatou
housc, the hahops palace nud above
100 shops and private dwellings. we're
heaps ut hackeued ruins.
In lNh Newport Monmouthahlre,
underwent similar experience, hat
tho mayor called ont the truops with
commrndahtc promptude. ana after
oricf but bloody conflict IN the mar
kct Nluate the mnddeued rioters hed.
leaving the place "a shnmhlcs or
what ii dcry Welsh mob tx capable
however when it is allowed to yet cut
of hand. WAS shown In tSS2 az Trede
rar la the same county, when the
miuers thete, mfurlate3 hv an attack
mado ga a Protestant religious meei.
'nE by aome Irish Roman Catholics.
st"med the quarter Of the town IN
which the latter lived and literally
WUNd e or the facc Of tho earth
I'm iola tive whitc mechanics work
mg underground at the New klemfon
teiU wlpe. near Johannesburg. were
asked to assent to an alteration of
hours thpt WouDd Involve their work
tng tor tbe tutOro on SATURDAY after
nooue They refused and were dis
missed, wbevul0n practically all tie
white miners an Che Rand came ottt on
strike
THAT week SAW JOHANNESBURG given
M &C. scenes similar te those enacted