The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-15
A CONFLICT with POLICE.
Disorderly Demonstration Re-
sumed in the City OF Brussels.
SEVERAL BATTLES FOUGHT.
Enormous Crowds Resist Attempts to
Dispense Them.
Tradesmen Become Panic Stricken and
Close Their Shops from the Mob
The Entire Civic Guard
Under Arms.

BRUSSELS, April 14.-Disorderly dem
onstrations were renewed today. The
strikers paraded the streets and twice
came in conflict with the police. The
strikers threw stones and bottles at the
police and resisted orders to dispense.
Several persons were hurt. The strike is
gaining ground in the district OF Mons,
in the province of Haninaut and more
trouble is fermenting there. A batillion
of infantry has been sent to the town of
Dour. nine miles from Mons, where there
is disposition to violence. At Quareg-
non, four miles from Mons, strikers are
again violent and at Washes. six miles
from Mons and Paturages the situation
has already assumed a dangerous aspect.
Strikers have been paradlng the streets
armed with spades and picks and have at
tackled and plundered number of houses
and wrecked the works of colliery. AS
the numbers increased they have grown
more violent and aggressive and at latest
advices were threatening to cut the tele-
graph wires and thus prevent news of
their depredations and outrages from
being carried at once to the authorities.
The greatest anxiety prevails.
At a meeting today OF the committee of
the chamber of representatives appointed
to prepare revision of the constitution,
Janson and Feron announced that they
and four other members left would accede
to the scheme of Nyssen, based on the
principle of plural voting. This would
give the government who accept Nys-
sens scheme the requisite tWo-thirds
majority for carrying the revision in the
house, thus solving the electoral prob
lem. 1t is hoped this may result in calm
ing the present agitation in favor of uni
versal suffrage.
The police made an attempt this even
ing to dispense an enormous crowd out
side of Peoples hall. The crowd resisted
stubbornly and many workingmen were
wounded. Great crowds afterwards
gathered in various parts of the city,
tradesmen became panic stricken and
closed their shops, mounted gen d armes
made repeated charges on the crowds and
many persons We're seriously injured. A
mob in the rue Vilette extinguished the
lamps and attacked the police in the
dark. A number ofshots were discharged
and there was some bloodshed, Several
newspapers were compelled to suspend
publication because their compositors
Joined the strikers.
Most of the theatres closed their doors.
The entire civic guard is ordered under
arms and the regular troops confined to
the barracks in readiness for any emer-
gency. feeling of dread prevails every
where. Reports of disorders continue TO
come in from the provinces. verltable
battle was fought in Louvaine today
The gen d'armes became powerless to
cope with the strikers, and the authori-
ties had to call on troops to preserve orr
der.
dispatch from Liege this evening says
the strike there is ended and all mines
are now fully manned. A desperate en-
counter took place today between strikers
and police at Wasmuel, near Mons.
Twenty-seven strikers were arrested.