The Forrest City times., 1893-04-21
HE BELGIAN RIOTS.

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 BRUSSELS, April 1s.-Meetings in fa- vor of universal suffrage are being held throughout the country, and great ex- citement prevails at all of them. Everywhere the speakers declare that the time has come for the downtrod- den workingman to assert his right to a voice in the government of the coun- try, and impassioned appeals are made to those who live by toll to leave their work and join the great demonstration now in progress.
 In the Charleroi district it is esti- mated that 30,000 miners are em- ployed Work in the mines may be said to be at standstill, for 20,00o of the miners have quit work
 Most of these miners are miserably poor. and they and their families are bound to suffer in this fight for prin- ciple.
 The cotton. yarn, lace, linen and wool mills and factories in Granmont, in East Flanders are affected by the movement. large number of the oper- atives in these industries having joined the strike movement.
 The gendarmes attempted to break up a meeting at Granmont, but not without a stout resistance. The fight was transferred to the street and though the gendarmes had the advan- tage of arms and discipline the strik- CTS struggled desperately and were only dispersed after long contest and after two gendarmes and large num- Der of rioters were seriously wounded. Order now prevails, but is liable to again be disturbed at any moment.
 Many of the men employed in load ing and discharging vessels and in other work about the wharves did not quit work in obedience to the men en- gineering the strike. They continued their work as usual, and this fact in- famed the strikers against them, and threats were made to compel them to stop work.
 During the course of the morning the strikers, many of whom had been drinking freely. made an attack on the workers. The latter made weak at- tempt to defend themselves, but they would in all probability have been driven away had it not been for the gendarmes, who took hand in the af- fray.
 Some of the attacking party were armed with revolvers and when the po- lice intervened to protect the non strikers, they displayed no hesitancy in using their weapons. The gen. darmes. who also had fire arms, were quick to respond to the fire directed against them, and it is thought several of the strikers were wounded. A mum. Der of the ringleaders among the strikers were captured by the gen. darmes and locked up.
 The feeling of unrest continues to spread slowly but surely, and deeds of violence are being reported from most of the industrial centers.
 The dynamite explosion at Mons yesterday seems to have acted as an in- centive to the strikers to commit further outrages.
 The strikers filled the drinking places and indniged in all manner of threats against the government, and as the day wore on became emboldened and determined to take possession of the town for labor procession. The in tentions were known to the authori- ties, who have many spies among the workmen, and when the mob, singing the 'Carmagnole" and the ''Marseil- laise." attempted to march through the streets they were met by a strong de- tachment of the civic guards The usual order was given for the strikers to it by the strikers. Hooting and yelling, they attempted to march on, when the order was given for the civic guard to prepare to fire.
 The ob defied the guards to fire upon them, and threw heavy stones, bottles and other missiles at them. The guard fired upon the crowd, but this did not effect their dispersal On the contrary. it only infuriated them, and a charge en masse was made upon the guard. A desperate hand-to-hand con- f1ict ensued. The main body of the strikers was broken up. but groups of struggling men could be seen in the side streets, leading from the main thoroughfare.
 The battle was long and bitterly con- tested, but finally the civic guards were victorious. It is known that four of the miners were killed. Many of the rioters were wounded and num- Der were taken to the hospital. It is thought that the exact number of wounded will never be known, as some of them were carried away by their friends to prevent their falling into the hands of the authorities.
 The killing of the four strikers has