The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-28
Stacking THE SHOPS.
Fearful Work of the Strikers
in Belgium.
4 PERFECT REIGN OF TERROR
Twenty Rioters Killed-The Immense
Destruction OF PrOperty-Secretary
Manning's ConditiOn-Notes.
The Belgium Strikes.

BRUSSELS, March 27.-Property. of
immense value has been destroyed by
strikers in and around CharIeroi.
Country estates have been pillaged and
burned. at Jumct, three miles from
Charleroi. the Sadin, Dedorlead, De-
villes, Jonet and London glass works
have been looted and destroyed, lin.
volving 100000 loss and throwing
thousands of persons out OF employ
ment. At Roux, two miles from Char
leroi, in conflict between the troops
and rioters, five of the latter were shot
dead. The strikers are armed with
bludgeons and axes. where they cannt
obtain fire arms and stubbornly resist
the troops.
BRUssELs, March 81 The Chateau
Attremont at Presles has been de-.
stroyed by fire of the strikers. The
glass works at Marchiennes, point
two miles from Charterio, were burned
by the rioters to-day. The rolling mills
at Montceau have been sacked by
strikers. Gangs of strikers are every
where in the mining countries forcing
men to stop work and are going about
pillaging factories. The local authorities
are absolutely powerless before the
daily increasing strength OF the rioters.
1t will now require very large reinforce
ments of tro Dps to quell the riots. .
At VllletIe the danger from the riots
became so great to day that detach-
ment of troops with artillery was sent
in response to an appeal forhelp, and
the soldiers reached the scene just in
time to save from destruction the
Lambert works, which the rioters were
about to barn down. Many of the
rioters were arrested.
CHARLERoI, March 27.-Evening.-A
reign of terror prevails in this city.
The rioters, thousands in number,
armed with weapons of every descrip-
ton, have held possession of the streets
all day. Many stores and dwellings
have been attacked and pllaged and in
some cases burned. The military.
massed in force here from all nelghbor-
ing points, was used to-day with
terrible effect TO disperse the rioters.
The troops, as soon as they appeared,
were met by the mob and fercely
assailed. The order to fire was finally
given and several volleys were quickly
poured into the ranks of the strikers.
The result was twenty of the rioters
were killed and hundreds of them
wounded. The most intense excite
ment prevails. The hope is that the
terrible affair will carry with it its
lesson. Among the buildings burned
to-day by the mob is the Convent of
Saleilmonte. 1
BRUSSELS, March Midnight-The
city is in a state of the widest excite
ment, growing out of the news of .p-
risings and riots in many parts of Bel
GUM. Crowds of roughs are parading
the streets, breaking windows and as
saultlng citizens. The police are max
ing most heroic exertlons to dispense
the mob, which is composed of the
Dispatches from Charleroi late to-
arrived there and that the towd is IN a
STATE of Siege. Troops are posted
throughout the place and no one is
permitted to pass the sentries without
authority. The inhabitants are urged
by the town officials to remain within
doors.
A body of strikers attacked the Couil-
let Iron WorKs to-day. They were re
pulsed by the troops, who fired upon
them repeatedly. The rioters threaten
to return in force and renew their at
tack upon the WORKS. Later advices
from Roux say that the fight there to-
day between the troops and strikers
was of the most desperate character.
Ten of the strikers were shot dead
aud a large number wounded.
At Baudox troop OF lancers endeav-
ored to dispense the mob. The rioters
fought desperately and succeeded in
driving the troops before them. A
lieutenant and several of the soldiers
were wounded
1t is reported that the Mariemont
Colliery has been set on fire by mob
and that the rioters have invested the
Pirmese and Moudron glass works.