The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-02
RAILROAD WARFARE
KEEPS UP IN IRELAND
Government and Sim Fein Seem Re-
solved to Place Blame on Each
Other for Amy Failure That
May Develop.

| may Develop.
| Dupblin, Aug, 2.-The Irish railway
situation apparently has resolved it.
self into a contest between the gov
eminent and Sim Fein, and all the
moves on each side are calculated from
that point of view.
If there is to be general stoppage
of all traffic each side is determined
to make the other responsible for it.,
and there will be an argument as to
whether it is a strike or a lockout The
government has been accommodating
transport, and has no difficulty in CON
veying any quantity of guns and NUM-
tions TO any part of Ireland. 1t has
therefore not chosen to force the pace
by rendering munitions for the Irish
goods trains, which, on the refusal of
the railroad men to handle them, would
have meant depriving Ireland of many
of the necessities of life.
The trouble, which has occurred, has
been solely on the passenger trains
and has been mainly concerned with
the carriage of small parties of police
men or of troops, who are being used
as supplementary to the police. AT first
when the railwaymen refused to carry
them the soldiers or police took it calm
ly and returned to their barracks. Lat
er on the government issued an order
that the soldiers or police should sit
tight in the railway carriages and in
sist on being carried. They were also
directed to present themselves at the
next train starting for their destina-
ton.
Hence series of spasmodic holdups |
of trains all over the country, which !
cannot be relieved till the police de- |
eide to withdraw. Wherever the police
insist of being carried the trains cease
to run beyond that station, and the
railwaymen responsible are dismissed.
But the passenger trains, which do not
stop at that station are unaffected, and
run through as usual. On the midland
line this has meant that trains from
Dublin cannot get past Athenry and
Castlerea, while trains up to Dublin
still run.
The driver, fireman and guard start
ng from Dublin convey their train as
ar as the point where the police want
% get on. They refuse to go any fur
her, and there is a regular daily list
If dismissals.
How small on the whole is the trou.
'le so far may be estimated from the
act that the total dismissals after
hree weeks or a months conflict is
ess than GO on all the lines in Ire |
and Business has suffered but slight !
Y. The situation may be relieved any
sy by decision of the government [
o send their men by motor. That c
rould be hailed, however, as a victory !
or Sim Fem. :
The Irish judges, who are now going
ut to hold the assizes have decided to
rave, by motor, Usually they 60 by
rain, accompanied by an armed guard
I honor. IL they went by train with
be guard they would not be allowed c
, leave the terminus. II they went a
ithout the guard it would be ac- I
the Sim Fem power. and b
ley would be liable to be held up
Ike any other passengers at any sta h
on, where police wanted to come on a
,ard. The barristers in many cases il
-e doing the same thing, and as q spe- "
al concession to the difficulties the
me have obtained permission to ap-
ar in court without their wigs and
owns, which are usually carried by
e bar attendants by passenger trains m
NV liable to incalculsble chances of
lay. The dispute is not at all Il
AIDES union, and no union can now h
ntrol it. The funds for the support h'