, 1886-03-28
Immense Destruction of Property
by Rioters.

ny hlOltIh-
BRrssEIs, March %. Property of i'm.
mense value has been DESTROYED by the
strikers in and around Chartered; country
estates have been pillaged and burned at
Jumet, three miles from Chartered; the
Sadin, Dedorlead, Deyilles, Jouet and
Loudron glass works have been looted and
destroyed, involving a loss of II, 900, 900
and throwing thousands of persons out Of
employment. At Roux, two miles from
Chartered, in a conflict between the troops
and the rioters, five Of the latter were
shot dead. The strikers are armed with
bludgeons and axes where they cannot
obtain firearms, and stubbornly resist the
troops.
The chateau Oultromont, at Presles,
has been destroyed by fire by the strikers.
the glass works at Marchiennes, Au Port,
two miles from Chartered, were burned by
the rioters to-day. The rolling mills at
Montceau have been sacked by strikers.
Gangs of strikers are everywhere in the
mining countries, forcing men to stop
work and are going about ~pillaging the
factories. The local authorities are abso-
lutely powerless before the daily ~increas-
ing strength Of the rioters. 1t will now
require very large reinforcements of
troops to quell the riots. AT Yillette the
danger from riots became so great to-day
that a detachment of troops with artillery
was sent in response to an appeal for help,
and the soldiers reached the scene just in
time to save from destruction the Lam
bert works. which the rioters were about
to burn down. Many Of the rioters were
arrested.
Midnight-The city is in a state of the
widest excitement growing out of the
news Of uprisin0s and riots in many parts
Of Belgium. Crowds of roughs are parad-
ing the streets, breaking windows and
assaulting citizens. The police are making
the most heroic exertions to disperse the
mob, which is composed of the worst ele-
ments of the population.
Later advices from Roux say hat the
fight there to-day between the troops and
strikers was of the most desperate charac-
ter. Ten of the strikers were shot dead
and a large number wounded. At Bau-
doux a troop of %lancers ~endeavored to dis
perse the mob. The rioters fought des-
peraiely and succeeded in driving the
troops before them, A lieutenant and
several of the soldiers we're wounded II
is reported that the Mariemont %colliery
has been set on fire by the mob, and that
the rioters have invested the Pirmese and
Moudron Glass works.
CHARTERoI, March 27.-This evening
a reign of terror prevails in this city.
The rioters, thousands in number and
armed with weapons of every description,
have held possession OF the streets all
day. Many stores aud dwellings have
been attacked and pillaged and in some
cases burned. The military massed in
force here from all n~eighboring points and
we're used to-day with terrible effect to
dispense the rioters. The troops as soon
as they appeared were met by the mob
and iercely assailed. An 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 we're killed and hundreds Of them
wounded. The most intense excitement
prevails. The hope is that the terrible
affair will carry with it its lesson. Among
the baildings burned to-day by the
mob is the convent of 5oleilmonte.