Omaha daily bee., 1893-07-04
STUDENTS AND THE PARIS POLICE.
Hard Fighting In the Latin Quarter.
bloody ARRAY.

Hard Fighting In the Latin Ouarter-A
Bloody ARRAY.
PARIS, July 3.-On Saturday last an affray
occurred between the police and number of
students IN the Latin quarter The students
who lodge there determined to lay tho facts
in the case before the government and to OBJ
tain satisfaction for what they
deemed the arbitrary and overbear-
ing conduct of the police. When the
Chamber of Deputies met today students
to the number of 1000 proceeded to the
executive building and sought to gain admis-
sion. The officials of the Chamber, fearing a
riotous demonstration, gave orders to close
the gates to prevent their ingress. After
considerable parleying, during which the
students expressed themselves very freely,
the whole number was admitteds to
the Chamber. The spokesmen Of the stu
dents were accorded q hearing by the
Chamber They stated the facts in the case
as they appeared to them, and declared that
their only object in coming to the Chamber
was to urge the deputies to support motion
ceDsuring the government, which was to be
offered by M. Millerand. M, Millerand submit
ted his motion, asking the house to censure
the government for its connection with
the ARRAY, and the debate is still proceed
ing.
M. Loze prefect of police, has resigned his
Office because, as he believes, the govern
ment is disposed to make scapegoat of him
in the matter.
In speaking on his motion, NJ MIllerand
maintained that the police had brutally as
saulted a number of persons, who were sim
ply looking at the struggle between the
students and the gendarmes.
Nj. Dupuy deprecated the discussion as
premature, adding that stringent inquiry
was proceeding into the facts Of the case.
The order of the day, expressing the trust
that the government would do its best to
punish the guilty officers, was finally adopted
by the Chamber.
Efforts are now being made to induce NJ
Loze to reconsider his resignation. AT 9:30
o'clock this evening 1000 students sur
rounded the prefecture of police, 1eered the
officials and threw stones through the win
dows. While the police were preparing to
charge the mob upset all the booths in the
neighborhood and smashed the street lamps
The charge of the police was resisted stub
bornly. The students fought back with
clubs and stones In the fight several stu
dents were wounded and two policemen
stretch ed unconscious on the pavement.
The second charge resulted in more in
juries on both sides, but the students were
driven back about fifty or sixty yards. After
dents marched, singing and shouting, to the
Place st. Michael. The police retired and n
call for cavalry was sent out from the sta
tion. The students were rioting in the
Boulevard st. Michael at 2 p: m.
The immediate cause of the riots today
was the death of NJ. Neuger, student who
was injured mortally by the police in their
| encounter with the students on Sunday. A
| disorderly demonstration will be made,
| probably, by the students at Neugers
| funeral
Whipped the Police.
The cavalry called out to drive the stu
| dents from the neighborhood of the palais
i de justice and the prefecture de police re-
| turned TO its barracks after the mob had re-
treated to the Boulevard ST. Germaine. The
| mob then hurried back TO the Boulevard
| ST. Michael and across the bridge to the
Boulevard du Palais between the arms
| with their clubs and heavy
| piece of timber the massive doors
| of the Palais de Justice and knocked the
glass out of all the windows within reach.
| The police hastened to the spot and charged
| with drawn swords. The rioters overcame
| them, tore their swords from their hands
and drove them back TO the Hotel Dieu. Sew
eral policemen were cut severely with the
swords which the students had taken
from them. Three of the police
men have been taken to the hos
also injured with clubs. One policeman was
caught by the students, stripped of his
clothing and carried TO the river. He begged
the students, on his knees, not to throw hin
in and was eventually released by them.
The republican guards We're called at mid
night. The students retreated down tn,
Boulevard ST. Michael as the guards ap
preached and disappeared shortly before
O'Clock. The guards remained stationed a
the bridge 10 prevent the return of an.
rioters 10 the Palais de Justice.
NJ. Loze denied late last evening that h
had resigned.