The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1921-02-04

Cashel were shocked to hear that
James LOBBY and William De Laney
had been shot dead while returning
home from Tipperary. LOBBY was
nineteen years of age. His body was
| found on the road next morning
The young men had been visiting
their cousins.
Killed in His House. Mr.. James
Walsh, farmer and merchant, who
! lived in the village of Carrig-on-
Bannow, was reading a newspaper
! in his shop. Two revolver shots
rang out and his body was found
living in a pool of blood by the local
police. He was defending his store
and shop from being raided.
Labor Party Proves British Burn
ed Cork. The Black and Tans are
blamed for the burning of Cork in
report made by the Irish Labor
Party and the Trade Union Con-
gress The report charges:
/. That the Military refused to
use their appliances to help put out
the fire. 2. That fire hose of the
Cork Fire Brigade were cut by bay
onets of the soldiers. 3. That
thirty policemen, including head
constable, turned off water from
the hose used by the fire DEPART
ment. 4. That ambulances, civilians
and firemen were fired on by the
police. 5. That the police and Mil
itary looted stores. The report con-
tains 100 affidavits from leading
CITIZENS of Cork as well as from
some Americans. Troops were seen
to swarm into the streets, and using
more than 300 gallons of gasoline
set fire to the heart of the city.
Most of the troops were drunk, the
report said. 1t is hard enough on
Irishmen to have the heart burned
out of one of their finest cities, but
it is worse to be told that they did
it themselves. 1.-THE government
which stoops to such methods is not
only a bully but a sneak" the re-
port continues.
The British Labor Party are in
dignant with their government for
suppressing General Strickland's re-
port of the Burning of Cork City.
The report was returned to General
Strickland three times for revision
He modified it slightly as the gov
eminent desired. On the fourth oc-
casion he absolutely declined to vio-
late the truth further for them. The
moral is obvious.
Ireland charges the British gov
eminent with invading their country
with an army of ex-convicts,
murder gang" which spares not
even the Irishmen's domestic ami
mails, for eye-witnesses have seen
them kill the COW, chickens, ducks
or dog, and even the cat which may
be lying on the kitchen doorstep,
stunning herself, will never again
defy the British Empire.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
sent the following telegram of pro-
test against deportation of Mayor
O'Callaghan of Cork, Ireland, to
Secretary of Labor, w. B. Wilson,:
"The Chicago Federation of La
Dor, representing upwards of Three
Hundred and Fifty organized men
and women, urge you to use the
power and influence of your office
to prevent the deportation of the
Lord Mayor of Cork, Donald OCal-
laghan. The British Trade Union
Commission that investigated the
atrocities of their government in
Ireland reported that action of the
British government in Ireland made
the British government a stencil in
| the nostrils of all other nations.
eff your Department permits the
| deportation of this splendid man
who was democratically elected to
the highest position in one of the
largest municipalities in the Repub-
lie of Ireland, thereby turning him
10 h. L, -. H.. Il
the British Empire who seek his
life, you will make the democratic
administration of our Republic a
stencil in the nostrils of all liberty
loving men and women"
| T. j. WIND,
Secretary, Labor Bureau, American
Commission on Irish Independence.