EXTRA EDITION LATE NEWS
IRISH SITUATION
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT
REFUSAL TO WORK TRAINS.
(UXITID PSHJ.S ASSOCIATION.—COPTBIGHT.)
(AniT."..iL:iS - HETT ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.J
(Received May 25, 3.15 p.m.)
LONDON, 24th May.
The latest development of the Irish situation 'i the refusal of the Irish railwaymen to work trains conveying Government munitions to the military stores, or can-ying Sinn Fein prisoners. They based their refusal on that of the British railwaymen to handle munitions for Poland, the Irish railwaymen declaring that they nad an equal right to prevent the distribution of munitions . which were to be used to kill Irishmen.
Thus far soldiers have been employed as stevedores to unload ships which the dockers refused to handle, but it is expected that signalmen and other Irish railwaymen will strike if military engineers are used to drive trains.' Much will depend on 1 whether the Executive of the National Union of Railwaymen will approve the action of the Irishmen. So far, Mr. Thomas's reply has-not been received. ...
■When the railwaymen refused to carry Sinn Fein prisoners to Sligo a military lorry was used, but felled trees and stone barricades blocked all roads around Ballinamore. The lorry only reached Sligo with the greatest difficulty.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 123, 25 May 1920, Page 8
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199EXTRA EDITION LATE NEWS Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 123, 25 May 1920, Page 8
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