The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-18
LABOR RIOTS IN QUEBEC.

PISTOLS DISCHARGED, STICKS BRANDIsHED,
STONES THROWN AND MEN FLYING FOR THEIR
LIyEs-LIsr OF THE WOUNDED.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HEnALp.l
QUEBEC. August IT. 1870
Many of tho parties injured at the labor riots
yesterday lying at present in very
critical condition. The following is list Of
the wounded for the day:--A carter named
Trudel. who shouting and brandshing pistol
in Champlan street. about noon. taken from his
vehicle. knocked down and badly beaten about the
head Another man. named Dryer. was seriously
assaulted near Cap Blanc. feeble old man. named
Crowley. a resident of Cap Blanc. while quietly
walking the street, set upon by three four
men and beaten within inch of his life.
His wounds dressed by DR.. Alleyn. In
the evening carter named Healey went to the Paais
to purchase hay. and being attacked. very seri-
ously cut and beaten with sticks and stones. His
father who with him. had to fly for his life and
SO had another carter from the upper town named
Nicholson. A private of the Eighth battalion
named Spiers, by trade baker. badly
beaten late at night. He had been home
for supper, and was picked up almost
insensible on a street the Quarry, in Montcalm
ward. by the police and conveyed to the Central sta
ton, where DIR. Parke attended him. His had
been stabbed in the groin with his own bayonet.
BEATEN MANNED.
young named Brown residing in Waller
street, st. Rochs, was badly beaten on Dorchester
Bridge in the morning. On Saturday night another
pei son. whose name cannot be ascertained was vio-
leny assaulted and compelled to seek shelter tho
toll house at the bridge.
Two English speaking residents of St. Rochs. while
on their way homo from the jacques Cartier Mar
ket Saturday morning. were violently assaulted.
the life of Of them being saved by
his butcher. To-day being Sunday. no fighting has
occurred but there grave apprehensions for tho
morrow. The old society men, who principally
Irlsh met late last night and refused to agree to the
terms of the French section and to reduce wages
formed another society with new rules. in
sst upon parading through the streets like the
them from passing through Champlan street. An
other bloody fight Is therefore probable.
OF FRESH TROUBLES
At conference tonight between the Mayor.
magistrates and military heads 1t was agreed to ask
the government to put the Blake act into operation
the s"o holding V wherever it is operative. Of
any firearms, spears. dirEs, and so forth.
The feeling in town is so uneasy over the
prospects of monster row that there is
agitation now for the presence of British regiment
from Halifax. number of ladies have taken refuge
to-day in the Citadel. Arms. ammunition and pro-
visions have to-day. it IL said been sent from st.
Roch's to the assistance of the French of Cap Blanc
Tonight Mountain Hill and ut the various roads
leading to the bands of Irish outposts
keep sentry with loaded muskets. They stop all
carriages and examine them and II satisfied with
their contents and occupants allow them to pass
without molestation If the French. with their new
acquisition of firearms. attempt to force pas
sage up Champlain street to-day the loss
of life may be fearful The Eighth bat
talon, Irish regiment, have been sta
toned tonight on the Queens wharf. close to
the locality referred to. Colonel Forsyth, Of the
Quebec Hussars, is commandant Of the whole garri-
son. and magistrate ready to read the Riot act &C
companies each division of the troops. The upper
town and other parts usually visited by the tourists
clear of trouble, and travellers visiting Quebec
do so without exposing themselves to any risk.