The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-05-08
LABOR'S MAY DAY,
A Peaceful Day i'm Euro
pean Cities.
German Centres In State Of Minor
Siege.
Demonstrations Decided Failure In
Berlin.

The demonstration of tho LIST Of May was
not passed without bloodshcd In Paris, but
| the blood spilled was not particularly Valua-
| bic, having flowed mostly from the heads
and noses of the sans euottcs. The govern
ment again proved its ability TO control an
uprising in the capital, but the occasion de-
manded heroic measures. There were 81, 900
soldiers In Paris, mostly cavalry, and though
most OF this great force was kept out OF
| sight and the police were able TO cope with
| the rioters, these precautions indicate how
serious the government considered the
| crisis.
| The mob, what there was left OF it,
was absolutely without a single leader. The
Place dc Ia Concorde, where the Anarchists
| had room to organize prohibited process on
was almost empty until noon. Then areport
| spread throughout Paris that Gen. Boulanger
", in the city, prepared to head the reyolu-
| tionists, and in an hour great throngs wire
| moving toward n scene Of possible riot.
There was, however, no opportun cy for n
mob to gather. As suoI rs people began to
| pour into Place de Ia Concorde, a squad of
cavalry dashed across the bridge and drove
them back into the rue Rivoli and up the rue
| Royalc as far rs the rue st. llonore. The
| horses were upon all who Offered. At the
| first charge an old man aud child were
| knocked down and severely injured, aud
another spectator driven under the wheels
Of an omnibus and both legs broken. All
the afternoon the cavalry played tag with
| pedestrians.
The summer sun was obscurcd under n
| simeon of DUST for no street in Paris was
watered, in order that, in case of riot,
cavalry horses might not slip on the wet
asphalt. The Bank dc France, Credit Lyon
nais, Rothschild's Bank, Bourse, Bon
Marche and most of the great shops were
closed, but there was no roting during the
day on the boulevards.
| All the disturbance was confined to the
Place de Ia Concorde, rue Royale aud adj
jacent streets. The cavalry and police sta
toned at the Mandelenc charged crowds of
rioters as far up as the bouIevards DIES
ltaens and DIES Capucnes, creating great
disorder among the groups at the tables be-
fore the cafes, the police being concentrated
at places where disorder was most rife.
The evening organs of the eight-hour
agitators admit that they have been beaten,
but are savage in their defeat.
/ lie Combat publishes an appeal to workers
to train themselves to arms and be ready to
meet force with force next lime.
lie Soir hints mysteriously at ter, ic VEN
gcancc being prepared, and La Cocarde talks
of another reign of terror. IL Boulanger
was in Paris he kept out of sight, but as lie
BRAY general is not fool, he had probably
remained comfortably at his home in Jersey.
| The result of it all seems to be that the work
ingmen of France lost II days wages, and
there were a few hundred broken heads in
Paris the next morning, and a few hundred
more Parisians in the prisons.
Reports from various cities and towns in
the provinces show that while the streets
were crowded there was nothing like dis
| order.
The labor demonstration at Berlin was a
failure, in SO far as that the government
only allowed the police to demonstrate. But
for this very reason the socialists and their
sympathizers will insist that their defeat has
not weakened them at all. They will con-
tnue to boast that, but for physical obsta-
cles of most insuperab!c kind, the German
laboring man would have made march ar
ray compared to which the army itself
would have seemed a corps d'armee. The
obstacles complained of are police, military
and lockout. After the attempt on the ven
cradle Williams life, in 1871 Bismarck had
a bill passed giving extraordinary powers to
the police for the purpose of disCoIragino
socialism, the main features of which facili-
tated materially the breaking up of politica
meetings, the searching Of private houses
and the arrest and expulsion of offensive
partisans.
The public. the military and the police OF
London are disappointed at the outcome OF
the May day labor demonstration, which
was dismissal failure. and the procession
completely collapsed. Through the route tC
which it was restricted by the police, it mum.
bered not more than 1000, consisting chiefly
of loafers, boys and female strikers. Very
few people were assembled on the sidewalks
being kept away through fear of riot. The
procession, such as it was, marched to Hyde
Park, where the assemblage certainly die
not at any time exceed 5000, most of whom
were the usual foreign anarchists and social
lists, and but few OF the English workingmcr
now on strike.
The troops were under arms in their bar
racks, i'll readiness for any emergency, bu
were not called upon at all. The specia
conStables were withdrawn after O'Clock.
The labor demonstration in Belgium la
been fairly successful, no serious breaches o
the peace occurring. In Brussels the work
men worked till late in the day. In TIN
mining district, however, imposing demon
STATIONS commenced in the forenoon an,
continued all day. At Charleroi some 40,
600 men marched through the streets sin@in.
the "Marseillasc." At Lege the burgo
master prohibited professions, but, never
theless. several thousand men promenade,
the streets and presented a petition, withou
the police interfering.
In Brussels some 10000 men marche,
through the principal streets with bands an,
banners, and were not interfered with. Sim
liar demonstrations occurred at ANTWERP
and Client, and no dist .rbance occurred.
noticeable feature of the professions was til
number of women who took part in them
In several towns petitions favoring eigh
hours u day were courteously received b.
the municipal authorities. In some piace
the demonstrations were followed by strike,
but, with these exceptions, the day pre-
duced no harm to anybody.
The most serious disturbance occurred \
Naples. 1t was caused by an attempt @
Anarchists and Socialists to parade til
streets in defiance Of the ficial prohibito.
They started out to the number of 20t
carrying black banners, but soon came int
collision with the troops and police and wer
dispersed without difficulty. In Naples an
other cities few jewclry shops cosed, bu
the majority remained open. There is II
doubt that the men who left work were
the minority.