The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-24

Itrates stating that the situation there
I was desperate and they feared it was
! becoming worse. Supplies Of food
were giving out and a shortage of
gas threatened to throw the city into
| darkness, the message said.
| Night of Terror.
DUBLIN, June "a. - Comparative
quiet prevailed at Londonderry today,
| following a night OF terror in which
bullets from rifles and revolvers
ra1zed the streets. All shops OF the
city were boarded up and citizens
remained in their homes. Outbreaks
, of rioting in outlying districts con-
tinued, but outbreaks were in con-
troll on the main streets.
Authoritative estimates of the
number 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 existed in
the city, barricades of sandbags hav-
ing been erected Motor lorries and
tanks were stationed at street cor
ners 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
Feiners were massing in the north
west to join the Londonderry fight
ing. Hundreds of heavily armed
unionists in the north also were re-
ported preparing to come to the city.
Efforts of the military to clear the
streets were 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 enroute to Londonderry.
Cardinal Logue, referring to condi-
tions in the country, announced he
had received warning to prepare for
death. He said that if he were shot
il 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 re-
storation Of peace in the city on the
promised arrival of Brigadier General
Carter Campbell, backed by suffi-
cient troops to maintain order.
Irish. railwaymen continued in their
refusal to handle munitions or move
trains carrying troops.
Additional Troops.
LONDON, June 24,-Several hun
dred additional troops have arrived
at Londonderry with armored cars,
machine guns and some heavy artil
lerv. according to dispatches today.
A train load of physicians, nurses
and medical supplies has left Dublin
to aid in relieving the hundreds OF
wounded filing Londonderry hos.
pitals.
At the Irish office it was stated that
the situation in the city had become
1uiet, although fighting between the
Sim Feiners and unionists had &C!
Cured during the morning.
Military authorities have taken I!
measures to replenish the food sup j
Div and strong patrols of soldiers in
he streets permitted citizens to pur. !
,hase their Immediate needs.
The known dead today stood at !
,welve, with many OF those at the |
hospitals mortally wounded. Shipping |
rom roofs continued today, but most (!
If the fighting was personal encoDl. !
ers. Neither side has shown especial |
,nimosity toward the military or !
police. Several cases were reported ,
o Sim Feiners taking shots at the |
British troops, but these were few and
considered as significant.
1t was suggested that the govern, !
nent feared to remove troops from
,ther parts of the country to London.
Jerry as rioting may break out in
he sections evacuated by the trooDs.