Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-22
EIGHT ARE SLAIN
| AS BATTLES RAGE
IN LONDONDERRY
fractional Fighting Con-
tinues, With Troops
Practically POwerlcss.
WHOLE OF IRELAND MAY
SOON BE IN GRIP OF WAR
Unionist Volunteers Mass in
Ulster for Concerted At
tack on Sim Fein.
700 SOLDIERS LAND AT DUBLIN
Malls Arc Seized and Gcnc. raj
Crippiing OF Roads Is
Imminent.
700 SOLDIERS LAND AT DUBLIN
Malls Arc Seized and General
Crippiing OF Roads Is
Imminent.

jBy Associated PrcssI
LONDONDERRY. June 2i.-Sevcn
were killed In the fighting here this
afternoon anG-nnother man was killed
this evening. Pools OF blood were
seen In many places In the streets.
Portions OF the skull OF man who
had been beaten 70 death, wer.
found.
The man killed this evening was
Harold Mckay. lie was cycling from
the railway station when struck. IIis
pockets were r!tied and his bicycle
was stolen as he lay dead.
Iie was the son Of Grand Master
Mckay. OF The Apprentice Boys"
hn orange organization with ram
i6cations in CanaGa and Australia.
and formed in memory OF the sicsc
OF Londonderry.
The Unionists were well provided
with rifles OF the --latest types and
with ammunition despite the assur-
ancss OF the Carsonites that all arms
had been withdrawn.
All ireland May Soon lie Abln,c.
II is feared that ali OF Ireland Will
soon bc ablaze with civil war, al
though republican leaders dscoun-
tenancc threatened rcprlsals in the
south.
Unionlst volunteers are mobilizlng
in all parts OF Ulster, and will march
to Londonderry.
The mob this morning openly fred
on the troops.
The hght!ng today was Of desperate
intensity Women and children took
part in 1t. Many. women had thAr
hair torn from their scalps in hand
fuls
The opposing factionists held fun
possession of the AREAS In which the,'
f'rght. Efforts Of soldiers to Gordon
nf the sections whtrc the trouble he
gan were unsuccessful.
Mails for Dublin and Bclfast were
seized by masked men this morning
Regiments entra.ned tonight In the
south OF Ireland for Londonderry
shops aud schools Close.
Shops and schools were closed to-
day and many houses were harricade
because OF the rioting. The streets
were deserted by all except those
hghting or protecting vantage points
The dock workers struck. declaring
Z they would not handle freight until
peace had been restored
From 10 o'clock this morning
there was intermittent firing In many
parts OF thc town. Bctwccn and z
o'clock three unionists were shot.
one OF whom was thrown into the
river Thcrcupon. "a large body of
Unionists charged down Carlisle
Street, firing vollcy after vollcy to-
ward the Sim Fcin stronghold In
Bridge Street. The Sim Feincrs re-
turned the fire.
The two sides Unanswered between
the streets. keeping up II fusillade
mos, OF the day. Troops with an
armored car broke up the fghtinp
temporarily at 10 O'Clock this morn
irg. More troops arc being sent to
the scene of the rioting.
More Troops Arrive.
Today's addition to the number of
troops reaching ireland was about
TOO men with matcril which the
railroad men ard dock workers re-
fused to handle. T,e supplies were
unloaded at Dublin by troops
In section OF the water front.
where the rioting has been most
severe, barricades OF sandbags were
being erected by troops this after
noon. The soldiers will remain on
duty during the night.
AT ono time the military was
obliged TO fire on a Nationalist crowd
at William Street. but no casualties
have been reported.
Mails were taken TO the Great
Northern Station under an armed po-
lice escort. Masked raiders attacked
freight train arriving at the same
: terminus. but made no attempt to
tamper with the mails.
Large Union Jacks floated through
out tho day from both ends of tho
u Cariisie bridge and in other Unionist
districts.
The inquest over Sunday victims
was formally opened today but ad-
t1ourhment Tor week WAS taken.
Rnil Strike Inevitable.
DUBLIN, June 21-A railway strike
is now regarded as Inevitable. Most
or the irish companies hitherto have
turned blind eye to .the refusals
OF the men to handle munition trains
and thereby avoided a strike. but
Premier Lloyd Georges attitude
makes 1t plain the government will
press the companies to accent mu
milton traffic. and as the men out
side Ulster will not handle muni-
tion and troop trains, n conflict 4.
looked for.
The driver OF the train which w,a
held up at Cloughjordan because tho
|arailway men refused to take It fur.
ther, with armed policemen aboard
has been summoned to Dublin ana
the expectation is that this action Will
lead to trouble. ,e
plan Motor Transport system.
LONDON, June. f21.----Arrange ments
for = motor iorry Transport system
Continued on Third 5PaeS.5 u