Evening star., 1920-06-26
Raj WAY SYSTEM
Of IRELAND FACES
ENTIRE COLLAPSE
Men Determined Not to
Work on Trains Carrying
Munitions or Troops.
By the Associa ted Press.

| By the Associated Press.
| LONDON, June 2S.-Ireland's rail-
| way situation is daily becoming
worse. according TO Dublin dis
| patch to the London Times. more
| men being dismissed and fewer trains
! being run. One town after another
is becoming isolated. and the prob
ability OF the eventual paralysis OF
the entire railway system is looked
for.
The men are determined not to
! work trains carrying munitions.
police or soldiers, but soldiers and
police continue to attempt travel by
trains, with the inevitable conse
quence that trains remain in a depot
and passengers get nowhere. Con-
ductofs, fremen and drivers who re
fuse to man these trains are die
is now an individual strike rather
than a collective strike in full swing.
The raiiwaymen have announced IL
as their intention to live up to their
word. Their recent statement out
lining their attitude. SO far as
known, hAs met with 10 reply from
off8ci54 quart efs, nor has any attempt
been made 10 bridge over the DIM
entity.
Nany towns have been isolated be-
cause the trains which daily run from
Limerick have not left their depot
Tho Times dispatch reports that
large sums of money. some of 1T from
many places outside Ireland, have
been collected on behalf of the rail
men.
Castlebar, the first incident OF the
kind on the Midland and Great West
ern system.
Cork to Ala Railwaymea.
CORK. June e5-Announcement was
made by the lord mayor at a meeting
of the corporation today that a system
ATTIC levy would be made on the city
to support the railwaymen- The lord
mayor said the corporation was ono OF
the bodies Of the Irish republican gov
ernment, and that its decreeS had to Be
obeyed II this was released. he added.
It might be necessary to make clear to
the people that they were subject to
the corporation, which. he stated, was
not recognized as British
RobbeFies BY Masked Men.
BELFAST. June 25.-Two armed
masked men heid UP the stan OF the
pa ayrnasters oifice at the Great North
ern Railway Terminus this afternoon,
and carried on $1,000. The robbery
was committed although several peo-
pie were in the station.
A score of masked men also hbad ue
a mail car near Lough- They blind
folded and then chlorof0rmed the t~o
eccupants Of the car ana aftefward
took Official documents from the mall
bags
DUBLIN. June 25.-Raiders Thurs
day night stopped a mail train ffoir
Sligo to Dublin at Nilfree Junction.
They took from the mail bags corr
spondence for the lord lieutenant aho
other officials at Dublin Castle.
Conditions In Londobderry Better.
LONDONDERRY. June 25.-The sit
uation in londonderry following the
week of civil warfare showed further
Improvement today. when business
again started up. A peace conference
is now in session, largely with y view
to getting refugees back to their
homes. It is being attended by THE
Protestant and Catholic bishops. the
magistrates and Irish undersecfeta-v.
Gen. Carter Campbell, commander
of the government troops. today frit
Grated his guarantee to protect all the
routes leading to the shipyafds ana
factories. thus insuring a resumption
Of work in these plants. Col Chaplir
Of the Scottish Rines is in charge OF
the troops in the city.
At the inquest today over the bods
OF Augustus Austin. a former soldier.
who was killed while crossing .
street, the coroner promised to give
Austin's widow every opportunity ~
identify the person who slew her hpS
band. The coroner said he regarded
all such cases as that Of Austin es
nothing less than willful murder.