St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-02
EUROPE IS ON A TEAR.
Anarchists and Socialists
Make it Lively in Big
Cities.
Military Forces and the Mob
at Lyons Fight for
Blood.
Also a Sprinkling Of Blood
in the Rome Demon
Stpation.
Prediction Of a Universal
Strike in London Not
Fulfilled.

LYONS, May IA number of very eX-
citing scenes were witnessed in this city
to-day. The first disturbance occurred
when big crowd of workmen, followed
by large numbers of women and chill
dren and bearing red cards containing
various sentiments in reference to the
rights claimed by the laboring people,
attempted to hold procession. The
authorities had decided to prevent any
marching and, as the men refused
to disperse with order, the police were
directed to make an attack on the
ranks of the paraders. The men made
a desperate resistance to the Off
GERS, and general melee followed in
which a policeman was seriously
wounded. The noise of the conflict at
tracted great crowd, and the work
men were soon reinforced by many
sympathizing companions. The au-
thorities finding that the police were
unable to cope, unaided, with the in
creased force of the workmen, called
upon the military for assistance, and
body of cavalry was dispatched to the
place where the riOting was in progress.
The horsemen charged down upon the
ranks of the excited and deter
mined workmen, who assailed
them with volleyS of stones.
The workmen we're unable to withstand
the combined attack by the cavalry and
police, and were finally compelled to
retreat sullenly and with defiant shouts.
A number of arrests were made, and
several of the prisoners were found to
be heavily armed. Subsequently the
mob marched to the cemetery, headed
by number of men carrying black and
red flags. The visit to the cemetery
was made for the purpose of holding
services over the graves of those who
had
Lost Their Lives
in former riots. The authorities were
again compelled to appeal to the military
for aid in dispensing the crowd, force
of cuirassierS were hurried to the
ridden down upon the people. The mob
obstinately resisted The repeated
charges made on them by the cuiras-
siers and desperately disputed every
inch of the ground. Showers of stones
and other missiles were hurled at the
soldiers. several of whom were seriously
injured before they at la t succeeded in
clearing the burying ground of the
mob. Upon being driven from the
cemetery the crowd again formed in
procession and marched back to the
city, defiantly denouncing the author
tiles and singing la Carmagnole" in
daunted by their two defeats, had no
sooner reached the city than they made
an attack upon their early antagonists
the pollce-and so savage was their as
Sault that they Overcame the officers
and broke through the Gordon which
they had established. Again was it
found necessary to call upon the
cuirassiers to disperse the rioters,
who, flushed with their victory over the
police, were prepared to engage in more
riotouS demonstrations, and again did
the soldiers charge upon the shouting
mob and thunder down into their ranks.
AS in their previous conflicts with the
military, the crowd were forced to beat
retreat. 1he lighting which has taken
place between the rioters and the
Police and Military
has caused the greatest alarm among
the people of this city, and the excite
ment intenSitieS as each succeeding hour
passes. The police are utterly power
less to control the bowling mob, who,
emboldened by this fact, have become
more defiant than ever, and the author
tiles have been compelled to summon
additional reinforcements of soldiers
for the protection of the city. The
rioters have cut the telephone and tele-
graph wires, and are holding uproar-
iouS meetings at their working head
quarters, where anarchist speakers are
vociferously and wildly haranguing
their hearers and melting the
already maddened men to commit fur
ther acts of violence. A dense crowd
surrounds the labor exchange, which
building the soldiers have cleared of all
persons at the point of the bayonet. The
military are taking every precautlon to
subdue the mob and have brought a
cannon to the place for the purpose of
lntimidating them. A mass meeting of
the workmen has been called for 9
O'Clock this evening. The place Sc
lected for the gathering is the principal
square of the city. The authorities
nave determined to use every means to
control the immense crowd that is eX-
pected to be present and to prevent any
further outbreaks.
The cuiraSsiers again charged the
crowd at 10 p. m. Several persons were
injured. The total casualties of the
day are ten soldiers and policemen in
Jured. Sixty persons were arrested.