Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-29
BLEEDING BELGIUM.
twenty Rioters Killed and Upwards Of
One Hundred Women and Men
wounded In Chartered.
troops Ordered 20 Cut Down and fire upon
IN Rioters who DO no, plsper.e--
Labor rrouhiss.
Riors MAR nnussrl !

RIOTS NEAR BRussEis
BRrssK1s, March 2s.--Tho Chateau
ontremont az presles has been DESTROYED
by fire by the strikers. The giass.works !
AZ Marchiennes, Airport, two miles from
Chartroi, We're burned by rioters Satur.
day. The coal mine proprletors at Hers.
tai, three miles from Liege, nave refused
10 accede TO the demand for a % per
cent. increase In wages Their men and
miners win undoubtedly strike. The
rolling mills at Manteccan have been
sacked by strikers. Gangs Of strikers
are everywhere In the milling countries
flrcing men TO stop WORK, and are going
about plllaglng factories. Local authori.
ties are absolutely powerless before the
daily increasing strength Of the rioters
IL VIII now require very large
reintorcemcnts Of troops 10 eneli
the riots. AT Villetic the dauger from
the rioters became SO great to-day that
detachment Of troops With artillery was
sent In response TO au appeal for help,
and the soldiers reached the scene Just
Ia time to save from destruction the Lam
bert works, which the rioters were about
TO burn. Many of the rioters were ar
rested
BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
BRUSSELS, March PA dispatch from
Chartroi states there has been further
riotlng In that town, resulting In the XIII.
ingof several persons and wounding many
others.
The rioters at Jumett, upon the ap.
proach OF the troops sent to dispense
sham f,1onaA L.. a..
ranks. The troops opened Ore and
many OF the women were
wounded. The strike extending
to Namur additional troops have been
ordered from Brussels to Quell the dis.
orders. Later adyices from Chartrol
report that the town Is calmer and there
will probably be no further rotous de.
monstration by the strikers as body.
The strikers who are destitute are COM
PEELED to beg for bread. A number OF
men VIII 20 to work tomorrow They
will be armed with revolvers with which
TO defend themselves 10 case Of attack by
the strikers.
ORDERED 10 CUT AND SHOOT,
BRUssELs, March 2S.--The city Of
Liege Is quiet to-day. 1t is expected that
work will be resumed there to-mor-
row. A circular signed by
Governor Hainault has been placed
throughout Charterlo proolaiming
a state of siege throughout the district
and authorizing troops 70 cut down and
fire upon all rioters that refuse to dis
perse strike is threatened at Flor
ence and Quaregenan, and troops have
been sent to these places. II is asserted
that the Germans organized the present
labor movement.
HEAVY LOSS or LIFE.
CHARTRoI, March 2s, evening "A
reign of terror prevails In this city.
Rioters, thousands In number, and
armed with weapons OF every description,
nave held possession Of the streets all
day. Many stores and houses have been
attacked and pillaecd, and In some cases
burned. The military massed in force
here from all neighboring points
were used TO day with terrible effect 20
dispense the rioters. The troops as soon
as they appeared we're met by the mob
and fercely assailed The order to fire
was finally given, andseveral yolleys were
quickly poured into the ranks OF the
strikers. The result was twenty of the
mob were killed and hundreds OF them
wounded Most intense excitement pre-.
walls. The hope Is that this terrible af-
fair will carry with II Its lessons Among
the buildings burned to-day by the mob
is the convent of Soleilment.
sTREKT-cAR TROUBLES.
PTrTsBURG, Pa, March 2S---No move
was made In the street-cer strike to-day
by either party. The companies did not
try TO run cars, and strikers generally
spent Sunday at their homes. Hostler'
and other stablemen employed at ID,
Pittsburg, Allegheny & Manchester com
pany's stables joined the strike this
morning. They say they will remain on
until the strike Is settled. II Is reported
that an attempt viii be made by this llnG
TO start cars tomorrow with non-unioi
men. The strikers threaten trouble II The
cars are sent out.
Two-EDGED BoYcoTT.
LYNN, MACS, March 20 knights o
Labor have proposed TO submit the keel
boycott TO arbitration. II no settlemeg
is reached members of the Shoe Manu-
facturers' association say there viii DO
general lockout Of the 1875 factories
causing loss Of wages to employees o
81 900 per month.
LIBERAL EMPLOYERS.
CHICAGO, III, March 28-The Enreki
tobacco works OF A. Beck & Go, yesterda.
voluntarily adopted the cight-hour sys
tenn. Joseph Fish & Co, cloak manu-
facturers, took similar action. Zach firm
employs several hundred hands.