Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-08-09
The Red Flag In Paris.


At the funeral yesterday of General Eudes,
the 1.Communist, who dropped dead while
addressing body of Paris strikers Sunday,
| fifteen thousand persons marched in front
Of the hearse bearing the remains. They
we're bouquets Of red immortelles. NJ. Basly,
member of the Chamber of Deputies, WIS
present, and he and M. Rochefort were
greeted with cheers and shouts of"Vive Ia
Revolution" and "Vive la Commune" The
procession started at eleven o'clock. The
| pall.besrers were MN. Valiant, Lefrancais
and Arnold, members of the Commune of
1871, and M. Ostyn. Louise Michel marched
after the hearse. A brigade OF police headed
| the procession. Large bodies of workmen
and strikers followed quietly. The walters
and hair dressers in the line were noisy, and
demanded that the red flags, which we're
carried covered, be unfurled. The crowds
along the route shouted "Vive la Commune"
as the hearse passed. When the procession
| reached the Boulevard Voltaire three red
| flags were unfurled. A commissary of police
attempted to seize one, when some one in
the crowd fred revolver at him. but the
| bullet went wide of its mark. Another COM
! misssry was beaten with sticks; M. Roche
handled him quite severely. The police
| were powerles before the menacing attitude
of the mob. The gendarmes made charge in
front Of the Prince Eugene barracks, strik-
ing in every direction with the butt ends of
their muskets. They succeeded in releas-
ing the police, who bad been surrounded
by the mob, and captured the red flags.
When the procession arrived at the Marie of
the Eleventh Acknowledgement revolver was
fred and bomb thrown close to the police
station. but the bomb did not explode. The
reserve force of police lefG the station
and charged upon the crowd with drawn
swords, wounding and taking into custody
many persons. The procession continued
on its way to the cemetery, but grew smaller
as it progressed. A number OF orations were
delivered at tho grave, amid cries of "Vive
Ia Commune" "Vive Ia Revolution At
the conclusion of the orations the gathering
dispersed. The police did not oppose the
display of red flags inside the cemetery. Af-
ter the conclusion of the ceremonies at the
cemetery, the persons composing the pro-
cession withdrew quietly. NJ. Rochefort,
who rode in an open carriage, was, in some
places, greeted with boots and cries of "a bas
Rochefortn and "a bas Boulanger." The
conflict on the Boulevard Voltaire was the
most serious event of the day. The roting
lasted fifteen minutes. When the crowd re.
treated before the charge of the gendarmes
they left their flags and number of funeral
wreaths behind them on the pavement Eff
teen persons were wounded, and twenty. FIVE
arrests were made. MIR. Scudey, secretary
of the league for the suppression of the reg
istry Offices, was arrested on the charge of
melting to murder and pilage
The glassmakers Of Lyons threaten to
strike unless the firms oil Mesmer and Jayet
amalgamate, and permit their employees to
work in patches in rotation. II strike oc-
ours In Lyons, it will in all probability ex.
tend to the gassworkers of Paris and the
rboI of Eropco