Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-30

troops captured st. stephens green
and drove them out with bombs. The
rebels sustained heavy losses.
DUBLIN, April 2b.-(Via Lon
don, April 2S.)--Dublln now has
been held up for twenty-four hours
by a combination OF members of the
Sim Fein society and followers Of
James Larkin, head OF the transport
workers union, and widely known as
a strike leader.
There has been the same violence
In the city as marked the big street
car strike In 1913, which was headed
by Larkin, but supplemented by tn )
use OF an armed force with military
pretansions and the seizure OF strate-
gle points designed to give the dis
turbance the aspect Of a revolution.
The lord lieutenant Of Ireland, In
A proclamation, today called the
movement "insurrectlonary" and de-
cared that IT is due to foreign
promptings. 1t is, he says, small. I"
lie adds that stern measures are
being taken to suppress It,"
Far from Being Mere Riot
The revolution thus far Ia considered an
imitation though on q much extended
scale Of Fort Chabrol" IN Paris, which
was held by political rioters some fifteen
years ago. and the riots In sydney street
IN London While II Is declared not TO
have the support Of the people generally,
and even IL not considered by some of
the authorities rising, the situation GER
taInly 10 virtually serious and far beyond
the dimensions OF a riot.
The trouble has gone on now for twen-
ty-four hours and has completely dialo-
Gated the life Of Dublin. No shops are
open and no business is being transacted.
Street cars have ceased to run and the
gas supply has been cut off. Use Of the
telephone between the city and the sub
urbs has been forbidden by the military.
and tho running OF trains to and from
the country Is very Irregular
Yesterday (AIondsy) at midday. the
Slim Fein reyoutionists were assembled
as II for ono OF their usual parades.
They were supposed to be going out for
an Easter Monday march. Some of the
rank and file even imagined this was
their purpose.
sim Hold P0stoffiee.
About COO of them. however, took pos
session Of the general postoffiee In Sack
vile street, which at the time was at
tended by usual small holiday staff of
clerks. There the 600 men remained all
day and night and still hold forth.
The raid was beyond tho power OF the
police TO deal with. Small detachments
of lancers appeared on the Gene. but
after two or three Of their horses had
been shot and two or three Of the men
wounded. they withdrew Since then the
SInR Feiners In the postofflce have been
left alone and they have hoisted the flag
Of the Irish republic over the building.
Various corners In saekv street have
been occupied by the Sim Feiners and
barricades of barbed-wire erected in the
thoroughfare. In this street there has
been a great deal Of footing Of shops and
smashing Of windows
They Dig Trenches.
In ST. Stephens Green. a detachment
OF tho Sim Feiners entered the green,
which is surrounded by a high railing,
and locked themselves in aud began dig
ging trenches The authorities eonsld-
cred that this move as a last stand might
be Ineligible. but as an outset Of the
disturbance they could not guess its pur-
pose.
The Countess Mmrkisvicz, the sister Of
-. a.. ..
WAS prominent figure In the disturb
ance, She was one Of tho leading sym
pathlsera with James Lafkiu in the lela
street ear strike, and her house was
raided in January by the police who are
said TO have seized a printing press aud
typo with which alleged pfosGerman H.
eratura Vas being printed Her husband
Ia said 10 10 a Polish nableman-,
Ia addition 10 Sc, stephen ulfeH Fas
riaus corner points covering thr entrance
to The Freen also we're occupied by tha
slim relners. who fanFshed rifles fram
the windows ~ nearby houses Several
passing ubnt0r cars and iaKiEahs wsrs
vhmnandetrrd Tile eerapaufs &c Theses
machines we're taksn iHaIte the Green.
apparently as hnsiases. and tha ears
we're dfasW up On the roadway as taFs
raadss
fbsrs has been much rifle aua re-
t8Nef nflus sfenHukI1 az HafHIHK il
rsrtNuIar ana seEsTst fFEgans eNE he.s
att-mshHuF bafe HaeH sNift af Injured
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