Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-05-09
L ADORE MAY DAY.
s Peaceful Day i'm Euro
pcan Cities.
German Centres In q State OF HinOl
Siege.
Dcmonstra. ions Decided Failure I'm
Berlin.

The demonstration Of the 1st Of May wa
not passed without bloodshcd IN Paris. bu
the blood spilled was not particularly valua
BILE, having flowed mostly from the head
and noses OF the sans cuIottcs. The govern
ment again proved its ability to control al
uprising In the capital, but the occasion de
manded heroic measures. There were "a 90
soldiers in Paris, mostly cavalry, aud 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 il,
was absolutely without single leader The
| race dc Ia COncOrde, where The Anarchists
had room to organize a prohibited process on
was almost empty until noon. Then n report
! spread throughout Paris that Gen. BOulanger
! Was III the city, prepared 10 head the rcvolu-
tlonists, and in an hour great throngS we're
moving toward scene Of possible riot.
lherc was, however, no OppOrtun for Il
| IhoD TO gather. As soon as people began to
| pour into Place de la Concurde a squad OF
cavalry dashed across the bridge and drove
them ba' into the rue Riyoli and up the rue
koyale as far as the rue st. IIonore. The
horses were upon all who loitercd. At the
first charge an old nan and child were
knocked down and severely injured aud
another spectator driven under the wheels
Cf an omnibus aud both legs broken An
the afternoon the cavalry played taS with
pedestrians
The summer san was ubscurCd under
simeon OF dust for no street In Paris was
watcrcd, in order that, in ease Of riot.
hnTEHE Nitsll 1,,t.. liz, o. H.,
asphalt The Bank lc France. credit Lyon
naiS, liothSchid's Bank. Boursc. Bon
Malchc and most OF the great shops were
closed, but there was no rIotns during the
day on the boulcyards.
All the disturbance was confined to the
Place de Ia Concorlc. rue Royalc and ad-
lnctht streets. The cavalry and police sta
toned ut the Mandelcinc charged crowds of
rioters ns far up as the bOucvar,ls DIES
llaIicns and DIES Capucincs, creating great
disorder among the groups at the table, be-
lore the cafes, the police being concentrated
at places where disorder was most rife
The evening organs of the cI.ht-hrur
sgitatorS admit that they have been beaten.
but ARE savage in their defeat.
Lc ombat publishes nm appeal to workers
to train Themselves to arms and he ready 10
meet force with force neat time.
lie Soir hints mNstcriutiSk At ter ihc ven.
granrc being prepared. and La tocardc talk
or another reign Of terror IL Hnu'1n,,rr
was In Paris he Kept out Of sight. but n IT,
BRAY general is not a fool he had probably
remained comfortably at his home In Jersey.
hcresGt Of 1t all seems To be that the work
lnElhrh OF France lost day wages. and
There were few hundred broken head, m
Paris The nest morning. aud few hundred
more ParSians IN the prisons
Kcpn-tN from various cities anl towns in
The provinces show that white the streets
were crowded there was nothing ike dis
order.
The labor demonstration at Berlin was a
iaiiurr. IN so far ms that the goycrnmrn,
only allowed the police to demonstrate. Rut
LOT TINS very reason the socialists and their
s!npatnNrrs W'II Insist that their defeat ha,
not weakened them ut all. They VIII can.
thuc to boast that, but for physical ob,ta.
Sl,s OF most inSupcrabIr Kind. the German
man would have made a march ar
ray compared tn which the army itself
would have seemed y corps d'armcc. The
obstacles complained of are police, military
ana lockout. After the attempt on the ven.
cradle Williams life, in 1871, bismarck had
O bill passed giving extraordinary powers To- |
the police for the purpose of di,rourogin. |
rociai tSm, the main features Of which Caril, |
'Mcd materially the breaking up Of political |
The searching of private houses |
ana the arrest and expulsion OF offensive !
partisans.
The public. the military and the police Of !
London are disappointed ut the outcome Of |
tue May Gay labor demonstration. which |
was uislnlsa failure. and the procession |
completely collapsed. Through the route to |
which 1t was restricted by the police. It num-
bcred not more than 2o0O, consisting chiefly
OF IoafcrS, boys aud female strikers. Very |
lew people were assembled on the sidewalks,
Dei"S Kept away through fear of riot. The
procession, such M II was, marched to HYDE
fark, where the asScmblagc certainly did
not ut any time exceed 5000. most Of whom
were The usual foreign anarchists and social
Sts' and but few OF the English workingmcn
now on strike
The troops were under arms In their bar.
racks, In readiness for any emergency. hut
were not called upon Mt all. The special
'onStables were withdrawn after O'Clock.
The labor demonstration in Belgium has
leen iairly successful, no serious breaches OF
ne peace occurring. In Brussels the work.
men worked till late In the day. In the
mining district, however, imposing demon.
'irations commenced in the forenoon and
continued all day. At Chareroi some 40,
NJ men marched through the strt els singing
he "MarScilaisc." At licgc the bur,,o.
master prohibited professions. but never
heless, several thousand men pr0menndcd
he streets aud presented petition. without
he police interfering
III Rru'sc!s some 10000 men marched
through the principal streets with bands and
banners, anu were not interfcrcd with. Sim.
lar demonstrations occurred at Antwerp
hu hhcht, and 10 dist .rbanCc occurred. 4 |
iotcciDlr feature of the professions WINS thr
lumber Of women who took part In them.
II several towns petitions favoring eight
iours a day were courteOusly received by
ho iihunlclpnl authorities. In some places
ne demonstrations were foIluwcd by Nrioe,
'nt, with these exceptions. the ray nro.
uced no harm TO anybody.
ihc most serious dsturban, occurred ot
aPrS. IL was caused by m attcml. Of
anarchists and Socialists to parade tbr
trccts IN defiance OF the liciiI prohibition.
ncy started out to the number Of 200,
arriving black banncrs. but soon came into
3IllSlon with the troops and police and were
lSrcrsed without difficulty. In NAMES onL
th'r cities few jcwcIry shops oScd. but
he majority remained open. There il no
he minoritV 49, :"