A STATE OF ANARCHY.

Northern Advocate, 2 September 1913, Page 5

A STATE OF ANARCHY.

WILD SCENES OF DISORDER. BLUDGEONS, BOTTLES AND BATONS USED. MILITARY ASSISTANCE CALLED. LONDON, Sept. 1. The tramway rioting began early on Saturday in the Ringsend direction where a mob attacked the tramcars which were laden with visitors to the football match.

The police charged the crowds. A rioter snatched a sword from a police inspector and attempted to stab him. The officer knocked his assailant down, and wild scenes followed.

The ambulance was kept busy and the greatest disorder reigned.

The Liberty Hall authorities allege that it is stated by those who were within the hall that the mob hurled broken bottles and stones at the police.

Several ' times the police fought their way through the mob but the latter returned repeatedly until the police were reinforced, when the rioters were driven pell-mell along the northern and southern quays.

A crowd collected near the Abbey cheering Larkin (the leader of the transport workers). The police were ordered to clear the streets and many innocent spectators were caught in the rush and injured by batons or trampled upon.

There were showers of missies from houses and several constables were severely injured, three of them being roughly handled by a party of women and girls, many of whom were drunk. Rioters congregated in Sackville Street where police charges started a stampede. Women screamed and juveniles were trampled on. The ambulance had heavy work during the day. Rioting was resumed on Sunday night at widespread points and the police being unable to cope with the trouble, military help was sought. Traders are busily barricading their premises along the tram lines in the Uptorn, Inchicore and Fairview districts. The police are accused of batoning old people and children while proceding to church. , When Larkin was arrested there were thirty police casualties and seventy-five arrests.