The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
Londonderry Citizens Venture
on Streets First Time.
fractional Fighting Ends With
Arrival of Troops.
UNIOkISTS ENTRENCH OUTSIDE
Irish Volunteers Demand Brit
ish Eyacuate at Once.
Three More Deaths Are Re-
pOrted-One Is Woman.

Londonderry, June 25. London
berry. since last Friday the scene of
violent street warfare btween Union
lists, Nationalist and Sim Fein fac
tions today was approaching a normal
condition, the banks and many shops
were open and people ventured into
the street, the food supply was short
however, and the town still without
gas.
Fighting between the warning fac
tions since midnight was confined to
sniping, the rival elements evidently
fearing to attempt massed activities
in view of the increased military
forces. The soldiers, in trying to fer
ret out snipers took over st. Columbia $
college. The trees in the campus had
sheltered a number of snipers.
City Is Armed Camp.
Dublin, June 25.-Several regiments
of British troops. including a cavalry
company. controlled the situation at
Londonderry. The city had the ap-
pearance of an armed camp. Tanks.
machine guns, motor lorries and
barbed wire entanglements effectively
dampened the ardor of Sim Feiners
and Unionists.
Two more men. one Sim Feiner and
| a Unionist, died early today from
wounds received last night. The only
disturbances reported today were on
the outskirts of Londonderry Sew
eral refugees arriving here said Union
lists had strongly entrenched along the
road from Carrigan to Londonderry
/ Cathedral Roof Is Fort.
/ Soldiers were stationed on the root
of the cathedral to pick off snipers or
housetops. A battalion of the Che
| shire regiment was reported march
ing toward Londonderry.
| No finr1 Urac rnOoixvpd nf ra-
ports that disorders had occurred ir
J other northern towns. altho rumor:
! were current that Sim Feiners were
massing near Belfast.
/ The Irish volunteers issued a man.
| ifesto declaring unless the British mil.
itary authorities maintained order
Ethey would take over control.
/ The only vehicles in the city since
Friday night have been the militar,
trucks and tanks. Occasionally &
hearse would be seen.
One Woman Was Killed.
A woman named Mrs. Mills was sho
dead as she stood in the door of hel
home.
An empty military barracks on thu
outskirts of Dublin was burned las
night.
The magistrates at Londonderry ex
pressed dissatisfaction at the reply o,
the Irish office at London to their re
!
rioting. The Irish office informed the
magistrates that General Campbell
would take all possible steps to rem
edy the situation.
Make Raids On Sim Fein.
Bantry, County Cork. ireland. Jun'
25.-What was apparently a concerted
series of outrages against Sim Fein
ers occurred here last night, on
death and the burning of severa
homes and shops resulting.
Cornelius Crowley, 20 years old, wa
shot dead in bed by masked men whit
later set fire to the shop and dwellini
of a local merchant. Both Crowle.
and the merchant were reputed to b
prominent in Sim Fein circles. Thre
other houses were broken into an
threats of shooting made against tn
occupants. One of these houses wa
destroyed and two damaged by fire.
An attempt was made to burn store
on the quay. where all the employe
are Sim Feiners. The residence o
the recently elected chairman of tn
guardians of the Sim Feins also wa
destroyed by fire.