The Bottineau pioneer., 1893-04-22
BLOODSHED IN BELGIUM,
FIERCE LABOR OUTBREAKS CON-
TlNUE.
A Tumultuous Sunday Is Witnessed
In Brussels--The Mayor As
saulted and Badly Injured
--Mons In Possession
of Mob,
A Sanguinarv Sabbath.

Brussels, April 17.-This has been q
day of extreme watchfulress and anxiety
on the part of the authorities throughout
Belgium. Reports from all points indi.
cate that the strike is spreading rapidly
ana that the temper of the strikers is
growing worse. In this city the morning
passed without disturbance Several suf-
rage meetings We're held. but they were
orderly and the speeches were not yio-
lent. This afternoon. however. thousands
OF Workmen held a turbulent meeting
| on the road to the race course outside
| The city limits. The advertised object of
| the meeting was to denounce the procla-
| nation of Mayor Bulls prohibiting public
| demonstrations in favor of universal
| sulrage. Nolders, the extreme socialist
| leader, who was arrested and released
on April Ii. made an incendiary speech,
Ill which he applied the most obnoxious
eplthets to Mayor Bulls. The crowd be-
cameuproarious. shouted for revenge upon
the mayor, and encouraged Volders to
stlll more lntemperate language. The
pOllce ordered the crowd to disperse.
| Ihe wOrkingmen answered with jeers.
Ihe police drew. their swords and ad-
| vanced toward the platform. Some of
the crowd fired revolvers and others
threw stones, but the rest retreated with
out show of fight toward the city. No
body was injured. Mayor Bulls was
| walking home on the Avenue Louise
| about an hour later when some two
hundred socialists returning from the
meeting came down the street. They
hooted and jostled him. but allowed him
to pass. After he had left the mob about
hfty PAGES behind three men ran out
and one of them struck him a heavy
blow with stick OH the head. AS Bulls
turned he received another blow and
was laid unconscious on the pavement.
A resident of the Avenue Louise who
had seen the first of the encounter and
had run for the police, returned with
| help just as the mayor was struck down.
The police charged the socialists, and
after a fight of ten minutes dispersed
them. Two of the crowd We're arrested,
but it has rot been ascertained whether
or not they are of the three who at
tackled Mayor Bulls. A witness of the
mobbing has informed the police that Just
before their arrival workingman fired
seven shots from a revolver at the pros
trate mayor. NJ. Bulls was still uncon-
scious when taken to his home. He re-
covered consciousness toward evening,
and probably will be able to resume his
official duties within a few days. Mean
time Alderman Andre will be acting
mayor. King Leopold has twice inquired
by special courier after his health. 1t
is reported that Volders will be arrested
for his part in the meeting which pre-
cedeG The assault.
This evening turbulent crowds have
fought the p6sice in several districts Of
the city. In the Rue de la Bavier, near
the Maison du Peuple, the mob became
so threatening that mounted police
charged them with drawn swords. The
rioters threw Jars of Greek fire and
stones among the police. Many of the
mob We're cut and trampled upon. Twelve
were arrested. Several policemen were
burned and bruised. The city is as if
in state of siege. All places of amuse-
ment are deserted. The police and the
rioters have the streets to themselves.
A dispatch from Mons says that the
strikers have had possession of many
streets there since early in the afternoon.
Reinforcements of soldiers have been
sent from this city.