Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-06-29

Firing was in progress all the
forenoon and there was an especial
ly heavy burst of fire at IL O'clock
Sniping operations were almost in
cessant with the casualties estimate
ed at fifty. being hourly added to-
The insurgents have extended their
operations in other parts OF the CITY,
Shortly before noon an ambush cf
free state troops was reported from
College Green and the irregulars
were fortifying various outposts- A
party of free state forces on the
watch for insurgent activities pour
ed a yolley into a public house In
the vicinity of yesterdays ambush
One of the outlying places seized
by the irregulars was the Shekville
Street Club, an old fashioned coun-
try gentlemen's club near the Nelson
Pillar. In addition to the various
organized operations of the insur-
gents their sympathizers in several
parts OF the city acting as snipers
made many attacks on free state
ldiers.
Meanwhile the replies from
O'Conner's men to the fire on the
Four Courts were feeble. The gar
rison, which is believed TO number
about $50, is said, however, to has
unlimited supply of ammunition ar
plenty of provisions. The prospet
were that operations at the Ff
Courts would assume the characs
of an investment.
The building lends itself pecui
ly to defensive purposes andn
considered unlikely that theszk<<.
state troops will for the pTesea1e =
least attempt 10 take it by assault
The most menaeing phase of the
situation is the fact that the insur-
gents are developing activities along
guerilla lines, particularly in the
form of ambushes. Many of the in
surgents wear no uniforms and the
free state soldiers are exposed -
attack while traversing narrow
streets TO and from their barracks.
The prevalence of these tactics
makes it seem improbable TO the
government side that the situation
will speedily become much better.
In other parts of the country the
provisional government also has nil
itary affairs on its hands. In Drog-
heda the insurgents who are oceu-
pying the round tower fort on the
/ hill commanding the town, have
been invested by the free stase
troops in the same way as at the
Four Courts in Dublin.
From other parts of Ireland there
are MANY rumors of insurgent ac-
ton but the reports are difficult of
confirmation as Dublin is isolated
as far as telephone service is con-
( cerned.
Both sides have been active in the
| Issuance of manifestos. three state
ments have been given out by the
government within "a hours while.
| Rory O'Conner and Eamon de VAL
I era have made appeals to the peo-
I pie for support. Mr.. de Valera ,
paper which issued O'Connor's COM
munique as a stop-press supplemen.
/ was posted on walls in various parts
/ Of the city. The communique was
| accompanied by an editorial state
| ment saying: "In Rory O'Conner
and his comrades lives the unbought
/ and indomitable soul of Ireland.
/ Erskine Childers. who was defeated
/ for reelection TO parliament. is still
| editing this journal.
! The irregular Irish forces have
captured seven troops of the pro-
visional troops in the Dominic street
/ area, according TO q report reviewed
/ this afternoon.
An appeal for all citizens of the
/ Irish Republic to rally 10 its sup
/ port in this supreme test, contained
/ in a proclamation issued shortly aft
/ er midnight by the insurgents who
/ are holding the Foureourt section.
| Eamon de Valera in an interview
4 today eulogized the Irish army hold
ing Fourcourt as "the best and brar-
/ est in our nation"