| Show THE BELFAST A grapple of the bloody business by a news kewa Corres correspond CorreO Bd ent ento on uthe the spot CONWAY STREET belfast ireland august letb 1886 editor deseret yew knowing that the reports of the riots in belfast will reach your ears and seeing that it is almost impossible for or 41 party paper to j judge udde fairly upon such stich matters as these I 1 going under the ne title of neither liberal nor con serva tive and add against neither will endeavor to give you a brief synopsis of the late disturbances in this city and if you feel so disposed you oil may insert the same in your roar valuable columns on hearing so many stories of ef ireland from my youth I 1 was always desirous of seeing A REAL IRISH HUSH FIGHT but if I 1 can ony onia net get the scenes from f rom the late riots f from rom before my eyes I 1 will never again let jet such another ano ther idea enter my bead for the last eight days I 1 have seen but precious little of anything else and I 1 can truly sly say I 1 have seen enough being raised in the peaceful valleys of the mountains among that class of people called mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 never could before imagine that human beings beines could be so brutally wicked as are a portion of the inhabitants of this beautiful it little atle isle the thirst for blood among the cannibals yea among our common prairie wolves could hardly hard lybe be compared to that existing 1 in the breasts of a 9 great many of the inhabitants of this so called christian city the bitter feeling and hatred existing between the and protestant patties parties in this land could be understood better by personal experience than by written descriptions and feeling satisfied that I 1 could not begin to portray the same I 1 will leave it to your imagination think your worst and then I 1 am sure you will come com e short of what it really is I 1 about the tha let of june TROUBLE FIRST BEGAN between the two parties by bv a body of roman poman catholics driving a small body of protestants 1 from a shipbuilding ship buildt building nn ard where the two parties were work 9 this of courso course Ar aroused Ovied the I 1 irish to io the and lor the sake ot 01 revenge q on pae ae following ollow leg day some acme say three and some say fifteen hundred anyhow a large body ol of the Pro protestants grotestan ts proceeded to toe the spot where the trouble on the day day previous and alter after a severe b hand A to hand caifa conflict succeeded in giving 69 the e catholics a severe seating beating and ili r e the dod dock kInto into the tide one sian man was drowned sod and many asay ethels death by bv swimming to where some boats lay and paddling off from frein the scene this caused a spirit of revenge to burn in the hearts of both parties and stone fights and hand to hand conflicts ensued between them up till the ath of june when matters had reached such a pitch that househ bouses were being wrecked and plundered sod and some of them set act on fire by the opposing mobs of course each party would have to do an act equal to the one committed by their opponents in order to get even and in many instances they i could not feel satisfied unless they had bad worsted their enemy and for this reason the riots kept getti getting fig worse and worse until the coni constabulary saw that their batons were no longer of avail aidlin order to restore peace they were C commanded to WALK TO THE CENTER WITH THEIR MUSKETS in ID so doing doin it only tended to still more enrage the defount mobs and instead of hurling burling their missies at each other both parties be can an on the police the officers fu in order to save their own lives and protect the property perty of respectable e citizens read res ar the he riot act so t to the mob and warned them of the consequences it if they did not stop such auch savage conduct this made the crowd more furious and they hurled burled the pavers bavers and brickbats brick bats with renewed vigor the officers leers off owing to the position in which aich they oey t were placed gave command to i fire the order was obeyed and the I 1 result was that nine persons lost their lives and many more were wounded this seemed to have the desired effect the crowd were dispersed and ana quietness tor for the time prevailed but ws ao is generally the case nearly all who were shot were not the painted who took part in the riots on the following day the pressmen and many of the leading merchants partly lor for fear of having their own places wrecked and partly for lack of understanding what they were doing sided with the me roughs boughs against the police tor for killing innocent men and women it must be remembered that these innocent persons who were shot were so biked with curiosity that instead of being in their own homes where respectable persons should have been they were mostly standing among or close to the rioters and when the command was given to fire they felt that they had bad perpetrated no crime and instead ot of running from the buckshot many of them stood stul still and allowed themselves to be shot down while the roughs boughs escaped however hoge ver when the rough element found t anat t t the h e papers and many of the leading men sympathized with them in THEIR dastardly WORX WORK they renewed I 1 their heir efforts in abusing abasing the officers and in casting a tone stone wherever they could see a helmet it of course provoked the police to see that in the performance of their duties they received the whole blame of the riots and in many instances when being belted pelted with stones and brick bats they themselves acted both both unseemly and unwise the result was that much injury was done both to and by the officers and many lives were lost from the of june until the of july comparative quietness prevailed still at the least excitement large crowds would gather and stone throwing ng would 0 d be indulged in until stopped by y the 0 officers cers the I 1 might say Is a ce celebrated lebrat by the orangemen orangeman Oran gemen in remembrance tue mem m bra brance a P oi the battle of the boyne where the protestants i became victorious over the catholic party and established on this day a great demonstration is held and the orangemen orangeman Oran gemen turn out in their colors with their bands and banners forming a beautiful pro procession ceshion on this anniversary stone throwing and a few cracked heads are quite common occurrences curren ces but owing to the coot cont confused contused used state of the town great precautions were taken and a large body of the constabulary and militia both foot and mounted were stationed at the most critical points to try and preserve order but Butina in spite pite of ail aft their efforts the two parties met RIOTING AND FIGHTING BEGAN which las lasted for nearly a week and in which quite a number were killed and wounded by the off officers leers and a great many more were badly bruised braided and cut by f sticks and stones from the opposing mobs from that date until the slat the officers were successful in keeping down disturbances of an any moment but feelings of revenge sti still existed in both parties and only for the want of a favorable chance to get at their enema were they in quietness on saturday evening of the a lar large e mob gathered to getker in secret ging and made it their special object to wreck certain houses and drive the occupants out of the district the plan was carried out but not with the success that the cowardly ruffians wished the officers again interposed ter posed and made it very uncomfortable for a great many of the roughs boughs As aj soon as the police appeared on too scene acene the he wrecking was no long longer er their object but the main point was WAB now to try and drive the officers from their midst in some instances they succeeded and in others they failed however great injuries were received both by the officers and the filo rioters tors AU all the following week elm similar ar disturbances took place and every morning paper told a tale taie of the eath of from two to ten and the wounding wouida of many aut saturday ath capped the climax never since liucc belfast had hada a name lias has such I 1 I 1 BLOODY WORK beep known lil 16 its d in lathat that three thousand men were draft ed to try and preserve order their efforts were 4 almost entirely ip in vain vaid the common weapons sticks and stones were ah h many instances done away and revolvers and rifles were used in their stead the two parties par tiep in spite of the officers succeeded in getting Ret tins to getner glether and until I 1 suppose sup in many instances both were satisfied the ape ra re corded eleven deaths an and hundreds wounded but according to bystanders stories the figures given liae papers will not inot more than cover one fourth oleither of either in tacit little is known re garding the exact number for reporters were quite willing to take some ones word instead of becoming eyewitnesses to the abe sc enesi and it is thought that many dead or wounded were taken to private places where the reporters learned nothing about them all day on sunday the reports of revolvers could be heard in different localities cali ties and quite a number of deaths ensued on monday the ath more officers were drafted and it is hoped that the result will be good this mornings paper states there is a welcome lull in the fierce tempest of riot which has been raging ragine for the past week in belfast a luu lull which it is the fervent prayer of all may be the heraldon herald heral dof of a itskin fasting calm and from all appearances I 1 thins think it is but belfast is left in A deplorable CONDITION go into nearly any quarter and you will see windows smashed and the shops pillaged the paying paving stones instead of remaining on the sidewalks are torn and scattered from one end of the street to the other all in all Pelf agit looks more mere like a battle ground than a christian city there arc ara now in the cit city about 1670 1570 police 2000 infantry an and 10 troops of cavalry the citizens and the press of both parties are struggling hard to release the blame irom their own shoulders and place it upon those of their opponents but judging from a neutral standpoint and without prejudice ican ichu I can sympathize with neither he the actions of either would be condemned by an honest e st cannibal in fact the time Is at their doors when the wicked shall slay the wicked and when each mans neighbor shall be his toe and except the whole will repent and give heed to the teachings of the str servants of god they will tate take part in the s sufferings uffe rings when the angel aneel shall say 06 babylon baby ion 1 is 1 8 fallen is fallen I 1 it yours etc E ED D CLYDE ST GEORGE august 18 1886 editor deseret news I 1 was reading in the DESERET NEWS the remarks of 11 I 1 did not think it wits was right richt lor for him to dismiss hit bid audience without giving the women 6 chance to speak and as I 1 came to salt lake the first year following the pioneers and driving my team I 1 thou thought bt f L would add a few words my mind minT went back to my leaving nauvoo being driven out by a mob my husband during the winter of 0 built us a wagon the timber was boiled in brine to season it the wheels were tied with rawhide e and hickory withes I 1 was very proud of our wagon we did not own a team the mob was coming into nauvoo and women and children were being taken over the river and set down on the bank without shelter my family had a little shorts no groceries or of any klad kind not even salt brethren would come with their teams and help us on a few miles till we reached bonaparte in iowa where we epro procured cured flour our bybell by selling our clothing oth when hen we sto stopped pe we were in a wagon and tolerably lerant ce comfortable while there were h hundreds adre s of sick without food or abel shelter r ou on the bank of the river I 1 I 1 when reading the of yoman oman visitor to salt lake of fe ahe he mormon women a home ho me in new york to get away from polygamy A home home inde indeed edl it made my blood boil I 1 thought defore before you ou preach to us change sh anse your you r v practice rac tice in new york city the there re are thirty thousand prostitutes with their multitudinous pimps and para mours all all honorable ho nora afe men 01 I 1 embraced the gospel in the city of new york in 1838 and came to nauvoo in 43 my forefathers came to america in 1620 and were in the war 0 of t the he revolution axe a number as comis sinned officers yet 1 I the defendant of valiant men could not vot vote e because in my y husband was keeping the laws of god ged I 1 visited my native state and city new york in 1871 and saw so 8 0 much wickedness and evil that I 1 fe felt it to ta pray to my heavenly father to keep me tul till I 1 got safely back to my mountain home the people of the united states do not care how many women the mormons cormons Mor mons have if they will do us the former donot marry but make bistre distresses stresses mi em were we driven yen from fro in now new york to ohio for polygamy or from jackson clay and caldwell counties and out of the state at missouri for that alleged offense no we were not it was because this people eople are united keep tale the principles laid down by all the holy prophets and apostles that they were driven if we are to be tried till we are made perfect berfect through suffering let it come r I 1 would stay in prison till I 1 was carried out abut before 1 r would answer some questions A WOMAN forty I 1 |
