The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-09
FRANCE.
PARTICULARS OF RooHEroRr's ARREST.

PARTICULARS OF RoCHEFoRrs ARREST
PARIS, Feb. S-Noon.--The following de-
tails of the disorder in the Northeastern
ACCOMPLISHMENTS are cleaned from the news
papers,
Rochefort was arrested as he was on the
point of entering political meeting, in the
Rue de Flandre, running from Belleville to
La Villette. Although there was a great
crowd of people present, and mainly of his
own partisans, be made no resistance and no
appeals to the crowd.
RECEPTION OF THE NEWS.
As soon as the arrest was made known to
the meeting the widest scenes occurred
Gustave Flourens, who presided, rose ex-
citedly, drew a sword, fired his revolver, and
declared that the insurrection had begun.
The meeting broke up in disorder
BARRICADING.
The crowd, under the leadership of Flou-
rens, Immediately proceeded to barricade the
streets This was accomplished without loss
of time, by the appropriation of omnibuses
and other vehicles from stables in the neigh
borhood. The Commissary of Police, who
accompanied the guard charged with the
duty of arresting Rochefort, was forced along
with the crowd and badly maltreated. The
district lying between the Rue Faubourg du
Temple and the Notifications at La Villette,
u
sion of the rioters.
ATTACK ON BARRICADE REPULsED.
At II o'clock body of police charged the
barricade in the Rue Faubourg du Temple,
and attempted to carry it, but were repulsed.
One of the Commissioners was dangerously
wounded, and one policeman killed At other
places barricades had been erected, but were
not defended.
THE MILITARY CALLED OUT.
The military are now out in force, but thus
far have made no use of their firearms, al
though the insurgents have. The latter had
pillaged the armories, and in that way OBJ
tanned their weapons Several policemen
were wounded with these in the skirmishes
in the morning
NUMEROUS ARRESTS.
A great number of arrests have been made,
and at 3 A. M. over three hundred persons
had been imprisoned in the barracks. Many
of these were mere boys, all armed, and most
of them under the influence of liquor.
THE LEADER OF THE MOB.
It is reported that Gustave Flourens, who is
looked upon as O leader of the rioters has
been arrested, but this is not confirmed. He
is said to have announced to his mother
before going from home to the meeting, thai
if Rochefort were arrested she probably would
never see him again.
At this hour all is quiet.
THE RIOT DISCUSSED IN THE CORPS.
PARIS, Feb. Sc p. Mn the Corp,
| Legislatif to-day, M. Keratry, one of til,
Liberal Deputies, demanded to know VIII,
Rochefort was not arrested before he started
for political meeting where five THOUSAND
| persons were assembled. 1t was not neces
sary that this meeting should be thus dis
| ha hn ~;
| were aroused to violence. The act of tn
Government was a provooation to the dis
turbances which took place.
member of the Ministry explained tina
the authorities had refrained from arrestin
Roehefort at the Chambers to avoid the scan
dal to which his arrest at such place woul
have given rise. He asserted that the friend
of Rochefort were prepared to make tn
demonstration which they had made, and upo
this fact the Ministry would rest the respo1
sibility of what had taken place, and tn
country would Judge between the Ministr
and the rioters. He said there need be n
necessity for the people to fear, the Cover
ment was animated by the best sentiment
toward them.
The Minister of the Interior followed wit
the assertion that the friends of Rochefo
had determined on a demonstration, had b
been arrested at the Chambers.
Nj. Olivier praised the conduct of I'll
police in dealing with the disorders, and sal
they had acted with prudence and humanit,
TRANoUnLrTY RESTORED.
PARIS, Feb. $40 p. MAJ noon to-ds
tranquility had been restored in all the di
tricts where disturbances arose last nigh
and up to this hour the city has RENAME
quiet -