Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-24
SCORES ARE SHOT
DOWN ON STREETS
OF IRISH SEA PORT
lContinncd I.rom Eirst pare. J

In constant danger. for few windows
and doors arc left intact in the bat
tie area
Priests today organized civil
guard to protect property.
Ordinary trains wero unable to
enter or leave the city today with
the exception of one which carried
hundreds OF refugees. mostly old men
with women and children. taking with
them only the clothes on their backs
Late this afternoon artillery men
arrived with IA battery OF six inch
guns.
The post-oftice staff was removed
from the town under military escort
Death Roll HiHhcnt Yet.
Today's death roll is the highest
SINCE the reign OF terror began.
Organized Irish volunteers entered
the fray for the first time today.
From Colcraine. some thirty miles
northeast OF this city. comes word
that battalion OF Cheshire troops
dctraincd there because their com
mander feared the train would he
wrecked. The battalion Is on the
march hithcr.
Every street is barricaded. In
some vcritable trenches have been
dug. SandbagS and barbed wire arc
in evidence everywhere. Some Of the
snipinE battles are fought from be-
hind barrirades only forty yards
apart.
The human iackals that thrive on
fratricidal war have ncgun to ply
their morbid trade; looting is wide
spread, and so is the boarding OF
food. Women and children are flee
Ire In pitiable hordes 10 neighbor!nG
towns. Most of the cmbattlcd un-
ionists and nationalists have dis
cardcd their clothing except trousers
and shirts.
bioody Hand-to-Hand Battle.
Toward noon today the Nation
aiis,s scored IA victory over the un :
ionists by penetrating the latter's
stronghold on tn. waters side, after
bloody hand to hand fighting. The
Na,ionalists also hdvc stormed The
folice barracks on the water-sidc and
arc now preparing TO take the gas
works where the Gnionists ar, en-
trnnched behind barricadcs surmount-
cd with sandbags
Early today an attack was mad.
on the Catholic 81. Columbus Collage
man named McKcnna. a Catholic.
was killed priest bravcd the con
iinu"ns hail of bullets, walked into
,ne rn'G Mn,, OF The street to the spot
ministered the last rites
m Nobody In City Snfe.
me outside world has little idea
OF me reign OF terror Londonderry
s s,as pGen experiencing without re-
spite since Friday last The casually
hgures from day to day are aIarnin :,
enough. hut they picture only ,hc
shadow OF the gri a.Nality. The
ruin is none OF the $4,000 inhabi-
began. '"''h .
The city is virtually controlled hv
extremists Of the Unionis,s and Ma
Iiohaii ISIS, who probably number nm
They hfc volleys down the s,rects
WITHOUT warning and apparently
without reason. and the citiznns sn - ~
mus put In state of continuous
panic sallyinE forth only when Inc
announcement of food becomes nbsol-
, uteiy necessary Many shopi,eepers
ahch refuge on the top floors of their
! BUSINESS premises for safety.
Mcn who are compelled 10 be in
.nSlF o'hces sleep there rather than
I,sh stepping into the streets. me
nost-ocicc force has been Tediccd ~
"A mere handful and the postmastcr is
neins p.titioncd by many OF the
WORKERS !or relief from duty. untiI
The trouble subsidies.
Every Person liz Challenged.
nc ni'itary so far has confined its
ehortf to Keeping the two sides mar,
ou' without great success Evcrvonc
+, arriving in the city is CHALLENGED fnr
c'enehtials and is searched for arm
n I'M, ammunition. The real test for :,
NH ,i'' H. ""wcNcr' comes when he is
10
or me tnionists. With hands in tho
ar staring INTO the ynuZzic of a rc-
nolVer he IS thoroughly searched
some nave come out OF this OK
animation rather badly.
Each morning the engagement ~,
me night before is resumed How
many persons have been killed is NOT
known now. After the .irst DIR; or
Two. II becomes Impossible 10 figure
en- me victims. as the dead are re-
moved, +Ad many OF the injured arc
treated by their comratN,s and car
ricd away
proclamation was issued bv tho
magistrates tonigh: warning ali ci,i-
oIary and military. the proclamation
announces. have received Instructions
70 take prompt measures and. II
a asTtsSa.y' Iisperse by force all as
cen nn'.as. me magistrates strongly
condemn Dublin Castles inactIyIiics
Many Trenches Dug.
IN addition to the erection of bar
'!cades, trenches have been dug IN
some OF the streets within the battle
zone \ special train, carrying Two
Snhpanies OF soldiers. arrived at the
Great Northern Railroad station this
evening. The county inspector an
houhced that "a detachment. of sol
diers WAS leaving Belfast for Lonton.
perry. He also said he proposed 10
telephone the authorities In Iondon
OF the true situation
40 bTr:d was delivered In the city
inns week. Hotels and homes arc run.
! hlne snort OF supplies. No gas IL be :
when the present suppIy is .sbnus,aJ
the c'ty VIII be without lights.