The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-24
British Troops Gradually Re-
gain Control in City.
Fighting Between Factions Is
Slowly Dying Out.
WITHOUT BREAD HEAT OR LIGHT
Belfast Says Eleven Killed
Hundreds Wounded.
Soldiers Are Kept Busy Reseu-
ing NOncOmbatantS.

Londonderry. June 24=More Brit
ish troops have arrived in this city
and their greater activity in efforts to
protect life and property has had a
quieting effect. Only occasional shots
were heard after midnight this morn
ing. Two snfpers have been arrested
by the soldiers.
Besides actually attacking snipers
with armored cars and machine guns.
the troops have done much rescue
work. When it was reported last
night that the Sim Feiners were
about to attack. cluster of houses.
armored cars were rushed to the
scene and the troops removed terrified
women and children to a section of
town where nationalists predominate.
The gas works have also been pro-
tected by armed men.
Gas Supply Cut.
Aside from an occasional shot by a
sniper there was no firing up to early
this afternoon. The gas supply ceased
at o'clock this morning and the in
habitants in some sections were left
in a serious plight, without fuel, light
or bread
Portions of the outlying districts
are being patrolled by Ulster volun-
| teers while nationalist volunteers are
guarding their sections. Many addi-
| tional wounded reached the hospitals
| during the night. A barber named
Mclaughlin was killed this morning
by the bullet of a sniper firing at long
range. John Mckinney. who was
wounded yesterday, died today.
! The body of a commercial traveller
which was lying in the street where he
was killed Tuesday, was recovered
| during the forenoon. Wire barricades
and trees have been thrown across the
main road to Londonderry by faction
alists, apparently in an effort to ham
per the troops. Some of the tele-
graph and telephone lines leading into
the town have been cut.
Charge British ColIusion.
Arthur Griffiths, Sim Feiner leader,
writing in the Irish Bulletin, a Sim
Fein organ, charged that the rioting
at Londonderry was directed and
planned by Unionist leaders in collu-
| sion with prominent men in England
and British officials in Ireland.
Appeal For Help.
London, June 24.-Sir Hamar
Greenwood. secretary for Ireland. to-
day received a second urgent message
from the Londonderry magistrates
stating that the situation there was
desperate and they feared it was be-
coming worse.
Supplies of food were giving out
and a shortage of gas threatened to
throw the city into darkness, the mes
sage said.
1 No Estimates on Casualties.
Dublin. June "a. - Connpa rative
quiet prevailed at Londonderry today
| following a night of terror in which
| bullets raked the streets. All shops of
the city were boarded up and citizens
remained in their homes. Outbreaks
of rioting in outlying districts contin-
ued but outbreaks were under control
on the main streets.
Authoritative estimates of the num-
Der of dead in the rioting which has
been almost continuous since Friday
night could not be obtained.
The food situation was desperate
owing to inability of citizens to reach
the shops.
Actual War Conditions
Actual war conditions existed in the
city. barricades of sandbags having
been erected. Motor lorries and tanks
were stationed at street corners.
Squads of troops patrolled the main
streets. When soldiers rushed to one
point where fighting started, rioting
broke out in another section.
Rumors were current that Sim
F'einers were massing in the north
. west to Join the Londonderry fighting.
Hundreds of heavily armed Unionists
. in the north also were reported pre-
pairing to come to the city.
Efforts of the military to clear ths
J streets where handicapped by orders
to shoot only in event of the gravest
, necessity.
A British cruiser has arrived and
sailors took up posts along the water
front. where some fighting has oc-
, CURED. A troop of cavalry was re-
/. ported en- route to Londonderry.
Cardinal Logue, referring to condi-
tions in the country. announced he
: had receive warning to prepare for
, death He said that IL be were shot
it would be because he was Catholic
primate in Ireland and not because
he had mingled in the country's poll
! tics.
| citizens placed their hopes of
restoration of peace in the city on
the promised arrival of Brig Gen.
Carter Campbell. backed by sufficient
troops to maintain order.
Irish railway men continued In their
refusal to handle munitions or move
: trains carrying troops.
Eleven Killed Is Belfast Report.
Belfast. June 24.-Two more deaths
: have occurred as a result of the fight
: ing at Londonderry, bringing the total
5 number of known dead up to eleven.
A woman named Mills was killed last
night while standing in her own door.
and William Rankin succumbed TO
wounds inflicted by Sim Fein snipers
: who fired upon him while he was on
his way to feed his horses.
Five More /. w. w. Are Arrested.
Kansas City, Mo. June 24.-Five
[ more alleged J. w. w. agitators have