UPROAR IN DUBLIN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1844, 2 September 1913, Page 7

UPROAR IN DUBLIN.

TRAMWAY STRIKERS OUT OF HAND. STONES AND BOTTLES. POLICEMEN MAULED. MOB'S WILD STAMPEDE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrijbt London, August 31. There has been serious rioting in- connection with tho tramway striko in Dublin. Tlio crowd throw stones and bottles. The ]tolico charged with drawn batons. Ono man was fatally injured, and five of the police wero hurt. Sir. Larkin, one of the strike leaders, publicly burnt tlie proclamation prohibiting tho demonstration. He attempted' to address the crowd, but was arrested after tho police had used their batons on- tho mob, leaving fifty unconscious in tho street. Two hundred civilians and thirty constables were injured. The riot lasted for five hours. Four hundred persons have been sent to hospital. There were further baton obaasos in various districts to-night. Fiftyaxrests were made, tho military assisting 'the police. The Strike Committee has abandoned to-day's demonstration. Tho Coachbuildors' Association at Dublin has locked out every member of the Transport Workers' Union. Tho transport workers have pledged themselves not to pay any rent till their demands aro conceded.

ANGRY SCENES. POLICE INSPECTOR ATTACKED. (Reo. September 1, -10.25 p.m.) Rioting began early on Saturday, in tho direction of Kingsond, whore the mob attacked tramcars laden with visitors proceeding to a football match. Tlio polico charged the crowds, and ono of tho rioters snatched" a sword from tho polico inspector and attempted to stab hinv The latter knocked down his. assailant. Wild scenes followed, and the ambulances were kept 'busy. Tlio greatest disorder was that which prevailed round Libertv Hall. Tho authorities allege that the rioting was started by those within tho Ilall hurling broken bottlos and stonos at tho police. Several times tlio polioo fought their 'way through tho mob, but the latter returned repeatedly until tlio polico we.ro reinforced and the riotors driven pellmell along tho northern and southern quays. A crowd subsequently collected near the Abbey, and cheered Larkin. The polico wero ordered to clear thestreets, and many innocent people were caught in tho ensuing rush, and injured by batons' or trampled by the crowd. •Showers of missiles -were thrown from liousos, and several constables were severely injured. Three of t3io constables wero roughly handled' by a party of women and girls, many of whom wero drunk. Tho polico drovo off tho rioters, but they again congregated in Sackvillo Street, where three polico charges started n stampede.. AYomen screamed, and juveniles wero trampled by tho crowd. The ambulance had heavy work to do. Sunday Night in Dublin. The rioting resumed on Sunday night, at widespread points, and tho ' polico wore unable to cope with the outbreak'. Military help was then sought. Traders arc busilv barricading their premises. Tram lines havo been torn up at-Incliicoro and Fairviow districts. Tho polico wero accused of batoning old peoplo and children when they wero proceeding to church. Tlio polico casualties total 30. . Soventv-fivo arrests havo been made. Owing to tho spasmodic disturbances at Londonderry, tlio Cheshire Regiment is in readiness, and the polico havo been equipped with service revolvers. During some fifing by .civilians & man named O'Neil was seriously wounded. Tho police kept tlis factions apart. Irish Parliament's Task. Mr. William O'Brien (Independent Nationalist), addressing a mooting of tho All-for-Iroland Loaguo at Skibbercen, urged a policy of national reconciliation and peace. Tho task of tho Irish Parliament was all too desperate, but it would be quite impossible unless tlio Protestant hostility to it was mitigated and Unionists in England could be persuaded to drop deliberately fomenting civil war until tho general election.