The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-24
IRISH IN
BLOODY
CONFLICT
Orangemen and Sim Feiners
Continue Rioting in All
Parts Of Bel
fast.
SEVENTEEN ARE KILLED
Hospitals Filled With Wounded, Scores
Of Buildings Set on Fire and
City is in Hys-
SEVENTEEN ARE KILLED

BELFAST, July 24.-Three more
persons died in hospitals here today
from injuries received in last nights
rioting, bringing the death list in the
factional fighting between Orange
men and Sim Feiners during the last
week to seventeen. 1t was believed
other deaths occurred in homes which
were not reported. More than $50
have been wounded, many seriously.
Unionists have posted notices de
claring they were mobilizing all avail
able forces. Nationalist also were
gathering adherents. It was feared
today ws,lld develop more serious
fighting.
Some idea of the bitterness exist.
ing can be gained from the fact that
ambulances laden with wounded were
stoned. All hospitals were crowded
to capacity and relief workers erect.
ed tents on the outskirts to care for
the wounded.
Sim Feiners were discovered
garbed as women attempting to leave
the city. Mobs looted saloons and
shops and piled furniture in the
street, to which they set fire. dancing
about the blaze drunkenly.
Tie ul9uI 0SOlcS VI
ings were set ablaze Unionists did
not attack those shops over which a
union jack flew.
Many were beaten into insensibility
in rough-and-tunlble fighting. Troops
intervened only when shooting start
ed. generally allowing the hand-to-
hand fighting to proceed.
A mob captured Catholic church
and fired shots from the steeple.
They held the church until driven
out by troops. 1t was estimated the
damage would run close to a million
dollars Cavalry we're patroling all
streets and further military reinforce
ments were arriving hourly.
An attempt to burn a nunnery was
frustrated by military authorities.
Troops fired on the crowd, wounding
four persons. In many places the
troops returned the fire of Sim Fein
snipers.
Using Explosive Bullets.
BELFAST, July 24.-Police today
charged that Sim Fein snipers sta
toned in windows and on house tops
were using explosive bullets terribly
their victims. Military
charged snipers who were firing from
the Clonard monastery today. Two
women and two men were wounded
when an armored car fired on hos Tile
crowds which had gathered around
convent The crowds were dispersed.
Civil War in Ireland.
LONDON, July 24.-The anxiety of
the British government over the out
break of what amounts to civil war
between north and south factions in
ireland was heightened today by re-
ports that Sim Fem leaders had or.
dered the Irish republican army"
to hold itself in readiness for defense
or counter-attacks against the union
lists, whose mobilization was already
under way.
1t was learned the cabinet had dis
cussed a plan amounting to dominion
home rule for the south of Ireland on
condition it remained part of the
British empire. Under this plan, the
matter of foreign relations would re-
main in the hands of England.
Unionists have al large quantity of
arms and ammunition which they
have had hidden since 1914. The Sim
Feiners also have considerable
amount of materials and a number of
machine guns Arthur Griffiths, Sim
Fein leader, told the United Press the
Sim Fein army numbered 100000 men
all of whom were well equipped. He
said practically all these men had
uniforms.