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From: Pat Connors <>
Subject: [Irish-American] The Irish-American newspaper, July 12, 1884 continued
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 21:31:25 -0700

LIMERICK, continued

On June 17, a number of Limerick City Artillerymen, while being conveyed
by steamer to Tarbert, made free with drink in possession of the
steward. When the steamer arrived at Glin, a number of the Artillerymen
insisted on going ashore, where they quickly came into collision with
some of the inhabitants. For some time the Artillery had the best of
it, and badly assaulted a number of persons; but the inhabitants,
gathering in force, drove them back after a severe fight to the steamer.
The vessel steamed off as quickly as machinery could move her, but not
sufficiently to prevent those on here decks being stoned by the outraged
parties on the pierhead. Several of the Glin men have been very
severely injured, and one man so badly that he is in very dangerous
condition. Some of the parties assaulted proceeded to the camp at
Tarbert, where they identified five of the artillery as engaged in the
outrage, and they were at once arrested by the police.

At New Pallas Petty Sessions, on June 18, a number of farmers were
summoned for refusing to pay what is called "blood tax" by the people of
certain districts. Some two years since, Richard ROCHE, an emergency
bailiff, in charge of a vacant farm in the neighborhood, was murdered
while on his way home, and his widow was subsequently awarded £300
compensation by the Lord Lieutenant under the provisions of the Crimes
Act. The tax was ordered to be assess on the rate payers of the
locality in which the man was murdered, and it was for refusing to pay
their proportions a number of farmers were summoned. The magistrates
granted decrees for the amount claimed.

A strike has occurred among the female employees at the Limerick Army
and Auxiliary Forces Clothing Factory. On June 16, some four hundred
females refused to work in consequence of the introduction into their
factory of some new machinery by the manager, Mr. Robert TAIT.

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