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Show EYE-WITNESS OF DUBLIN FIGHT People Generally Are Not in Sympathy With the Rebel Forces. London, pAril 29, 12:08 a. m The following graphic description of the revolt in Dublin was given by an eyewitness eye-witness who reached England from Dublin last night: "The first incident of the outbreak was a sudden firing of musketry in St. Stephens green, about midday Monday, which started the populace. The streets speedily filled with people peo-ple rushing out to see what had happened. hap-pened. "Some more shots were heard on Sackville street Soldiers and members mem-bers of the Royal Irish Constabulary were being fired at from windows and houses. Much glass was being broken by the shots. "Rebels inside the postofflce took possesion of it, and allowed their comrades to march In. There was no military or civil guard to overcome them. Most of tho employes of the postoffice were turned out of tho buildings, girls as well as men, at tho point of the bayonet In some cases revolvers were held at their heads. "Several persons were killed or wounded hore. Two mounted constables consta-bles were shot dead. Sackville street became the chief center of excitement. excite-ment. Crowds Antagonistic. "It was ndted that the crowds as a whole were decidedly antagonistic to tho rebels, but they were cowed by the rebels' show of force. Tho first soldiers and members of tho police sought shelter wherever they could when they saw the Sinn Felners, several sev-eral hundred strong, marching about the town. "Having cut the telegraph and telephone tele-phone wires, the rebels posted men in windows and on roofs and constantly con-stantly fired on the soldiers and police po-lice Inside the postoffice building, barricades of tables and desks soon were thrown up. None of tho employes em-ployes seems to have offered resistance. resist-ance. Tho republican flag was hoisted hoist-ed soon after noon. "In St. Stephens green neighborhood neighbor-hood the rebels seized a number of houses. "Many shots were fired at the Shel-bourne Shel-bourne hotel. Many soldiers and policemen po-licemen in the crowds wero picked off. The rebels wore ordinary civ ilian clothes and carried old fashioned fashion-ed rifles. All Traffic Stopped. "All traffic was stopped. Sometimes Some-times drivers were fired at without first being told to halt. "The rebels took possession of all the public houses near the green, over ov-er oue of which they hoisted the republican re-publican flag. Soon after this incident the firing became very indiscriminate, and manv more civilians were wounded. wound-ed. l"The rebels also took possession of a public house near Portobello barracks bar-racks and constantly fired from it. Thii stronghold afterward was captured cap-tured by the military, with the aid of a machine gun. "Throughout Monday afterndon the night firing was heard in different parts of the city. In the outskirts, however, there was no trouble whatever. what-ever. "An attempt was made on Dublin castle, but the guards defeated the mob after considerable fighting. "At the railroad stations trains were stopped, the tracks were torn up and the employes were dispersed. "In College green, St Stephens green and Sackville street, street cars and other vehicles were commandeered com-mandeered and used as barricades "Throughout tho greater part of Mondav afternoon, most of the city was In the hands of the rebels. Tn considerable portions of the city, however, there was no fighting. Perfect Per-fect calm prevailed. Theatres and moving picture shows were open as usual, and the people were allowed to pass through the streets as in ordinary or-dinary times. "Early Tuesday troops began to arrive ar-rive and a concerted movement was begun to eject the rebels from the positions they had taken. The plan of the authorities was obvigusly to surround them, and with this aim, troops were hurried to strategic points Fire was opened upon the Sinn Feiners, who were in strong force in Sackville and Dame streets Military snipers upon the roof or the college and sheltered by chimneys fired continuously at the rebels approaching ap-proaching the college. One rebel was shot dead immediately in front of the building and his body taken inside "On Tuesday the rebels in the trenches on St. Stephens 'green were barricaded with a great collection of automobiles, other vehicles and paraphernalia para-phernalia of all sorts. A little boy was seen peering through the railing here and was shot by a rebel sniper. During the day ambulances made many visits to the hospitals, carrying injured. "Just before lunch time Tuesday a big body of rebels sallied from the postoffice and marched to the Gres-ham Gres-ham hotel to commandeer the provisions. provi-sions. They returned to the postoffice postof-fice with supplies of meat, flour, bread and vegetables. "In the evening the authorities, determined de-termined to drive the rebels from a shop at Kelly corner, whero there had been much sniping, trained a machine ma-chine gun on the building and its front was quickly smashed in. A number num-ber of prisoners were taken here. "The situation was taken more strongly in hand by the military early on Wednesday. Nobody was allowed to stand in the streets, and concerted measures were taken against Liberty Liber-ty hall, the headquarters of the Sinn Felners. A plain green flag floated over this building. Two small guns were brought up and fire was opened upon the hostile headquarters. Forty shells were fired In five minutes. "The first shot carried off the flag and little was left of the building when the firing stopped. Most of the people managed to escape by back exits. "As soon as the bombardment stopped stop-ped soldiers rushed the hall from different sides and took possession of the ruins with loud cheering. "At noon the military closed Camden Cam-den .street, which leads to the Portobello Porto-bello barracks. There was a good deal of firing here and the soldiers took possession of a saloon -which the rebels were occupying and made prisoners of the rebel garrison. " "Soon afterward all the saloons in the city wero closed by order of Colonel Kenard. As soldiers began to appear in greater numbers the excitement ex-citement died down somewhat. "Although there were still some parts of the city in possession of the rebels when I left Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, there was no fear of any further fur-ther outbreak." |