Show s IRS ERS RULE ROLE CK FOR FORr FORI r I PERIOD r r 1 r mt r of Walkout Defy o ders Under Mil 1 lil- lil 1 L P City Law w i y i lt fay ay 6 Corroy Corro- Corro Ireland Os iu u The ThO A ot of resumed the old city has after atler an i of oC h tier fOot r government of oC Hit n a r f ie the thc admin admin- which ate aO 1 6 lea faderS thc 7 community community's a affairs affair and time the 4 ot of timet regulated anttan o t eleven days da s eth hY petted I a of some and e a Ings of British soldier r In th the a facts faco hots f gigs constables Irish e of the leaders leader o of ono one S no Mme statement can now no see w we wel do doSt dp I l the to govern our ourselves aches aches' ability St t y the Inc ae 41 t time the real ai motive forbs for tor bs t tAken n In controlling power The Ir action I Irish or organizations desired de leding the falsity j prove rove to th the a ro Cement government Fo statement that Irish Ell P- P t e themselves ci govern Sovern s sOne tl f Slain In Riot I III One experiment orl originate t ln I LImerick The dating d g h c Mck bacic to last yeaS yea yead I 1 h Is members Incident S of th the Rojal Roal I Irish ConI Con Con- hen the iho house hous 0 of r e I 0 d' d rt lIU s searched stab clerk and fou found nil n rick postal erick this he 11 was teas sentence For f There ho he refuse In prison r f to fob a term necessary to re re- a Md d soon oon It was r dare Clare workhouse tr the to era him him his b'S life of his friends s entered 1 Shero pl a 1 party and clashed w with Uh th f Il I Ih hospital constable was shot dead d One OM a the clor cler 1 others other wounded wound ell and tr JI He died within a n few hours whit O hit authorities learned that military 1 The file e It clerk clerks clerk's s friends were ere tr lead dead the ile df i 11 iL tr to she glee I e him Im a n. military funer funeral l at 31 all Limerick and Clare dare men tare In the uniform o of their mere e to appear Vol- Vol Volt organization the tho Irish f i. i Orders were Is issued ud from tb the t Limerick for- for military headquarters In funeral The Irish a 1 military eI decided to attend the tho funeral la It H their lr ordinary attire 1 Gang At funeral II X The he f funeral iii wll never nc c be DC uc forgotten Lin tl n a rn Limerick All Ml busl business ess essIg Ig l louses louse use were closed d and the blinds s drawn dran F Factories and work work- I i s al also alo o were ere c closed sending man many i to the all streets I 1 t. At tt 2 I o'clock parties of oC armed men r IH appeared appeared at strategic points in side a 01 streets oft off tho the line of oC march At each d bl I point an nn armored car CU was r. r its guns AUns commanding the theto route to be followed b by the funeral t J procession f the The funeral was held at 3 p p. p m. m m and the tie march from the cathedral bc began an J No Io o man mm wore a uniform but they t- t a with the steady stride a an rid and I ranks of well drilled soldiers thousand of them were with Ith r O OMara Iara and other city in the line 1 arr Line I l The next day Limerick was prof pro- pro 4 f l G f clamed chimed a restricted i area areL Military had been established so o dividing dl c Title city that workmen living In Claro r p I Find fad nd employed in Limerick must h have ha e I to RO go Into tho the city k Th angered the trade unionists unionists who K f deduce declared d they ther ou ought ht to have hac the right IP to to to so to and from work ork without the tho s rant of the British government so I 1 t The Tae tr trades des and l labor bor council called a e 1 strike A proclamation was Is- Is Ise sued lIed M closing ef e every factory factor and arid store and abd generally placing the tho activities of I r. r th the the city dt under control of tho strike l It wa was Instantly obe obeyed d. d not P s a tore or r shop opening E Even Een I en en the thein 1 and mo In moving picture houses f ed in th the tho su suspension P nIon order t f Tae ne military erected 1 barbed ena entanglements en- en a nJ athe the Shannon bridges ad tanks and nd armored cars Were oro 1 0 o I placed as to command o er every ery approach I 1 All AI roads road leading into the tho eft city were F n and soldiers took station In m I r the railroad depot I r ra Control Con trot City GU The strike l leaders ordered the people r il k o se rd l to apply appl for p passes asses hut but this p 1 Ru not genErall rall obeyed CJ- CJ In IQ other reI re- re I the strikers controlled the 5 city city's s sit r r 6 I JIll Not ot a tt public house was Vas it Pery Per- Per pert perI I c y t witted to sell intoxicants and not one ono oner r I I T t drenken man Va was seen on the streets a P were I opened by proclamation nt a n. t few hours bouts dally daily in ln that People r oil gh t buy food and f cl f el but clothing r 1 od totes stores were ke kept t closed All Alland J 1 toed and provision as well as milk iere told sold d oh a schedule prepared d b y I u the 1 strikers an and anci much lower than the r Ordinary wy prices An automobile could r 12 obtained only on oti a 1 strikers striker's permit I then tho the car must bo be driven by y a union man manThe and The rime strike was political pure simple No 10 question of wages or oJ working work worle- working ing in conditions was involved cd It was a tho the of ot prot protest st st. against military power the government and the Limerick leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers believe that If they had been aLlet able aLle t 19 command tho the united support of other othor trade unionists in Ireland and tho the fi financial financial financial fi- fi support of trade unionists In England they would have o Inaugurated tho long expected general strike against the British go government eminent o which lj la the hope liopo and aim o of a a. vcr very great man many southern Irishmen But Dut the strike failed because some of or I its wisest leaders believed ed tho the timo time had hadnot hadnot hadnot I not come for Cor anything thing thing- more than a protest They Thc surrendered to tho the po cr power of ot the military because they said their only desire was vas to show Eho the world they would not submit quietly to have havo their liberties trampled upon Not Kot a aI ashot ashot shot was fired not a man Injured while whilo I the political strike was in progress |