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Show oyiiMElF OLD Llffl HALL Theft of Viscount French's Mail Causes Excitement at Military Headquarters DUBLIN, March 4. The military and police yesterday raided Liberty hall, the headquarters ,of Larkin's transport workers; Banba hall, headquarters head-quarters of the grocers' asssitants' organization, or-ganization, now on strike; the Gaelic league offices, the rooms of the Lein-slcr Lein-slcr college of Irish and numerous' private houses. The principal arrest today was that of William O'Brien, leader of the transport workers, who was prominent in the corporation and recently successfully demanded the removal of the mace and sword. Thomas Hunter, Sinn Fein member of parliament for northeast Cork, was also arrested, together with his partner, part-ner, Peter Clancy, In the tailoring business under the style "Republican ', Tailors." i The theft of the letters of Viscount i French. Lord lieutenant, which were I t:;ken from a mail van by armed men today,. has caused great excitement at military and police headquarters. All the houses in the district hare been searched and numerous arrests made, though the letters and other mail have not yet been discovered. Virtually ev-! ery house in Eccles street is occupied i by the military. , ! INFANTRY SEARCHES WORKERS I QUEENSTOWN, March 4. A large force of infantry, fully armed, w ith j seven officers and police surrounded the Rushbrooke docks and held up and searched 300 workers, from manager to messenger boj Every department of the docks was searched 'with the object of finding recently stolen military mili-tary rifles. ARMED MEN HOLDUP TRAIN. BELFAST, March 4. A score of armed men entered the Kincaslough (Couuty Donegal) railway station Tuesday night shortly before the arrival ar-rival of the Londonderry train, seized the station master and porter, bound them with rope and placed them in the Waiting room c When the train arrived the raiders pulled their revolvers, boarded the en-gine, en-gine, placed the engineer and firemen under arrest and then ransacked the train. The passengers were not mo Tested. The cash box on board the train was the only booty secured. nn |