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Show I JGBolf Ell I 'General Walkout Called to Protest Treatment of Political Po-litical Prisoners HUNGER STRIKERS AT DANGER POINT Inquest Into Murder of Lord Mayor Adjourned Until Next Saturday ! LOXDuX April 13. A general 1 strike began in Ireland today in pro-I pro-I test against the treatment of thc po-I po-I lltlcal prisoners in Mount Joy jail at I Dublin, who are on a hungor strike. I Earl reports to thc Irish office hvrc J said that the strike had gono into effect, ef-fect, but the officials gave no details I regarding the scope of the movement. The ctrike call eliminated employes of newspapers, those In the ieicsnph service, thc humanitarian services, thc bakers and the necessary workers caring- for cattle and horses. The latest official report given out here said that tho hunger strikers all were weak and that somo were Hearing Hear-ing the danger mark. Struggle Growing. DiIiBLI.-ApiaLJLSc(Bv ciatcd Press.) The Mount Jcjy prison hunger strike has assumed dimensions of a struggle between tho people .i.nl tho authorities. The government, however, cannot be moved from ns refusal to enter Into a compromise. Field .Marshal Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland, again declined to Intervene today. A general strike has bo-jn called for tomorrow in protest against tho treatment treat-ment of the prlsonerc. Tils ;.ccplc will not be deprived of their bread and milk, for nocessaiy services are exempt for the strlcie. Tram car service ser-vice will cease. Tomorrow is the first day of thc Punchestown race3, and as the automobile auto-mobile drivers will join the' strike, spectators cannot get to tho race course. Stable boys, it is expected, will refuse to bring out horses. The Dublin corporation endorses the strike. The lord mayor and- the sher-if sher-if today sought an audience with thc consuls of France and Belgium to present pre-sent a protest to be conveyed .o their government, but they refused. Tho American consul has agreed to meet them tomorrow. Near Danger Point. LONDON, April 13. The attorney general- for Ireland, replying to a question in the houso of commons, said that according to latest information informa-tion the hungor strikers in Mount Joy prison at Dublin were a'll weak; some were nearlng the danger point. Inquest Adjourned. CURK, April 1'. Tho inquest into the murder of Lord Mayor JMacCur-taln, JMacCur-taln, which was adjourned over tho j Easter holiday, was resumed today, but again was adjourned until Saturday. Satur-day. Summonses calling for thc attendance, attend-ance, of Field Marshal Viscount French and Sir John Taylor, under secretary to thc lord nontenant, very issued. They were Issued following presentation by the jury of u resolution resolu-tion saying: "Seeing that the Dublin castlo authorities au-thorities arc said to bo Aware tho identity of tho murderers and the motive inspiring the crime, we I'esirc tbe attendance, of the lord lieutenant and Sir John Taylor, under secretary." secre-tary." Tho resolution refers to an Interview published in a London newspaper at-tibuting at-tibuting to Viscount French a aiaia-ment aiaia-ment that Sinn Felners murdered tho mayor. no |