The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
MAY DAY In EUROPE.

MAY DAY IN GUROPE.
PARIS May 1.-The city of Paris, on
this day, anxiously looked forward to in
many quarters, presents its usual smiling
aspect, with the exception that there is
stir somewhat more lively than usual in
the quarters which are inhabited by the
| artisans, laborers and minor classes of
employees. Acting upon the theory that
an ounce of prevention is worth pound
| of cure, the police yesterday and last even
ing arrested about 800 Anarchists, Social
| lists and other persons coming under the
| category of dangerous characters" They
will be held until all signs of danger have
passed to keep them from melting riot.
During the course of the day NJ. Flo
quet, president of the chamber of deputies,
received deputatlon OF railroad men, and
assured them that they had his sympathy
and support in the efforts to secure re-
duction in the number of daily labOring
| hours.
BERLIN, May Labor day is being
celebrated quietly here today. No dis
! turbance is anticipated.
| MADRID, May lit is rumored here
| that Rivas aud Palmers' ship yards at
Bilbao have been burned to the ground
! The fire is said to have been Of incendiary
| origin. One arrest has been made accord
ing to the report in circulation.
LONDON, May 1.-The first meeting of
| the royal labor commission took place to-
day. The commission simply arranged
details of its permanent organization.
THE DAY ON THE CONTINENT.
LONDON, May y1.-Innumerable kilograms
! from all parts of the continent, received
up to midnight, showed that while there
was general foment the workingmen no.
where showed a disposition to cause
trouble or loss of the sympathy of the pub
| lie by illegal manifestations. The London
carpenters and Joiners commenced strike
| tonight. Germany has been almost equally
| quiet. In Austria and Hungary the day
was taken up with merely holiday diver
sions. At Bekes the military were called
to quell a Socialist riot and several persons
were wounded The demonstration held
on the praler at Vienna was smaller than
that of 1890. In Holland there was no ces-
sation of work. In Brussels 10000 men
marched in procession from the bourse
through the town to the strains of the
Marseillaise.
Paris today was even freer from traffic
than on last May Day. The paraders APP
peared to take delight in goading the
police to charge them. After the Place
de la Concorde was cleared at o'clock in
the evening, no further incident was re-
ported. The rumor that Cunningham
Graham was arrested is unfounded. The
total number of arrests is 120.
RIOTS AT LYONS.
At Lyons number of very exciting
scenes were witnessed today The first
disturbance occurred when big crowd of
workmen, followed by large numbers of
women aud children, and bearing banners
containing various sentiments in reference
to the rights claimed by the laboring peo-
pie, attempted to hold a procession. The
authorities had decided to prevent any
marching and as the men refused to dis |
perse when ordered. the police were di-
rected to make an attack on the ranks of
the paraders. The men made a desperate |
resistance and general melee followed. |
The crowd was reinforced by sympathizers, |
and the police had to call for aid TO quell |
the disturbance.
The cavalry WAS sent ont. and, charging |
upon the crowd, succeeded in breaking |
up the procession. The Socialists gathered |
again at the cemetery, and again the !
cavalry was called out. A stubborn fight |
in which theicrowd. fought for their ground |
inch by inch resulted in the final dis |
persion of the mob On the way back to |
town they encountered the police again, |
ahd attacked them so savagely that the |
cavalry had to support them. As in the |
previous conflicts with the military the |
crowds were forced to beat retreat A |
mass meeting of the workmen has been /
called for o'clock tbs evening The |
means to control the immense crowd that |
is expected TO be present. and prevent |
any further outbreaks
ANOTHER FRENCH RIOT.
FoURMIEs, France. May IA mob of |
1000 hooted at a BODY of gend'arme The !
gend 'armes drew their sabres and attempt
ed Tn disperse the crowd. but were received /
with shower of stones and compelled 10 |
retreat. 4 mob attacked the marie this /
evening, in an attempt to rescue imprison-
ed comrades, and wounued two soldiers. |
d.
three men fell dead. The mob then fed
Later. there was A bloody collision between
miners and the police, in which seven per-
sons were killed and twelve wounded.
BLooDSHED IN ROME.
ROME, May IA meeting of working
men took place this afternoon near the
church of San Giovanni. There were five
mem bers of the chamber or deputies pres
ent. An Anarchist speaker urged the as
sembled men to attack the police The
speakers words so excited his bearers that
soon after the mob stoned the troops
which were stationed in the neighborhood.
Some of the rioters hurled stones at the
troops from the windows Of houses IN the
neiSnoorhoot. The zen darmeS at
this point fired upon the rioters. and the
cavalry immediately after charged upon
I hose who hsd not been put TO flight by
the gen darmes' fire. AT the same
time the infantry soldiers near the scene of
tnS E40t were oQeFed 20 storm the houses
from which the stones had been thrown.
y terrible uproar followed
W hen matters had Gained somewhat i
was found that : gnor Bsrziiai. a member
of the chamber OF deputies; Sisnor
Cypriani. Socialist leader, and twenty
five others had been wounded during the
riot. One man was killed outright aud a
gen darme vas stabbed 10 death bv
rioters SiSnor Cipriani has been arrested
The meeting mum bered 5000. Later on
ano her sharp conflict occurred between
ue soldiers and a mob IN Victor En-
manuel square. Several persons We're IN
jured and trooper WAS killed
ROME. May l-AbuutaA evidence is ap-
pearing that there was carefully organ
zed Anarchist plot here The chamber OF