Omaha daily bee., 1891-05-04
EOERNEES LABOR RIOTS.
Detail of the Trouble Hcightcn Its
Political Importance.


fact that six women, several children and
eight men were killed on the spot, while
twenty more were seriously wounded, sew
eral fatally gives the affair the character OF
a massacre. The soldiers were more exposed
to stone-throwing Dut they replied with
successive volieys from their rifles, inhicting
frightful wounds on the victims The houses
exposed to the fire were riddled and there is
every sign that reckless and wauton inhu-
manity was shown by the troops. The local
popular commotion is intense aud it finds
response in the growing excitement in every
wOrking center.
Fourmics tonight is practically in state
o: siege. Cavalry patrol the streets and are
everywhere greeted with yells of rcproOation
from excited groups of men and women. The
tension of feeling may be judged from the
| fact that the military are hailed with cries ot
"vive Prussia
Tue funeral of the victims was fixed for
today but the enormous number OF workmen
arriving from other industrial centers caused
| the government to send for relnforcements
! and to order the postponement of the funeral
| until tomorrow.
The prefect today refused to receive dep
utation asking for the removal of the regi-
| mcnt that fired upon the crowd.
A section of the left and the socialist and
| Boulangist deputcs join in demanding vote
| of censure against Nj. Constans, minister OF
| the interior, as responsible for the slaughter.
| motion to that effect will be made in the
| chamber of deputies tomorrow.
| A majority OF the right and left approves
| generally the measures OF represslnS the riot
| by Nj. Constans throughout the country, but
| favor insttutiug an inquiry as to the CON
| duct of the troops
| 1t is learned that the sub-prefect of Four
mics ordered the firing on the crowd. II
would have been still worse had not the
4l,.A,l h.aft
combatants and implored them to stop fight
ing. This is the first time that the Lebe
| rifle has been used against human beings.
ovemcnt of the German and Austrian
government to isolate France commercially
| begins to alarm the French ministers more
seriously Dispatches from the French en-
| bassv at Vienna state that Germany has
opened negotiations with Russia with the
view of arranging for Russian co.opera
tion in the projected communication
Concessions with Russia at frs
glance appears improbable, but under
the German Austria treaty Is made to trea
other powers reciprocally. Both countrie
} can offer Russia the benefits OF difterentia
tariff. Switzerland and Serva will sent
delegates to the Vienna committee confer
ences. Russia has been invited, but has no
yet replied.
A significant semi-oflicial note in today
| Fremden blatt of Vienna proclaimS the wild
, | economic and political effect OF the German
| Austria treaty and predicts that other pow
| ers will be forced to make similar arrange
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