St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-18
Collisions Between Strikers
and Military in Antwerp
and Mons.
Several OF the Rioters In the
Former City Badly
Wounded.
Four Miners Killed in the
Sanguinary Conflict in
Mons.
Fourteen Soldiers Wounded,
Three OF Whom Will Not
Re cover.

BRUSSELS, April 1.-THE industrial
revolution against the chamber OF depu-
ties is in full progress. Today thou
sand of the dock laborers in Antwerp
Joined the movement, and much excite
ment prevails there. The strikers cut
off communication with the vessels
lying at the quays by THROWN their
gangways into the river. AT Liege,
though the strike is still on, there hay
ing been disorderly demonstrations,
there have been no additions to the
strikers forces today. The strikers at
Mons have resorted to the use of dyna-
mite to enforce their demand for uni
versal suffrage. A bomb which had
been placed close to the Petit Washes
church exploded this morning with
great violence. SCATTERING the stained
glass windows of the church and doing
great damage. There is no clue to the
perpetrators, but the act is generally
ascribed to the socialists.
Many of the men employed at Ant
weru in loading and diScharging vessels
and in other work about the wharves
did not quit work in obedience to the
order of the men engineering the strike.
This
Infamed the Strikers,
who today made an attack on the work.
ers. The latter made weak attempt
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 atfray. The strikers
were armed with re vOlvers, and used
them. The gendarmeS, who also had
firearms, were quick to respond. and it
Is thought that several strikers were
wounded. A number of ringleaderS
among the strikers were captured. The
feeling of unrest continues to spread.
There is no denying the fact that the
crisis is acute. Excited meetings in ia
vor OF universal suffrage are being held
throughout the country. Everywhere
imprisoned appeals are made to those
who live by toll TO join the great dem
onstration now in progress.
In the Chartered district, where 80. 600
miners are employed, work i'll the mines
may be said to be at standStill, for 90,
600 of the miners have quit work and
are riotous. Most of these miners are
mlSerably poor, and they and their fam
lilies are bound to suffer. The cotton
| yarn, lace, linen and wooden mills and
| factories in GrammOnt in East Flanders
are affected by the movement, large
| number of the operatives in these in
| duStrieS having
Joined In the Strike
movement. Some of the more enthusi-
| astic and hot-blooded strikers at Gram
mont assembled in the Cafe Holandaise
at that place and held an impromptu
meeting. at which fiery speeches were
| made by some of the leaders. The gen.
| darmes attempted to break up the meet
| ing, but met with stout resistance. The
! fight was transferred to the street. and
| though the gendarmes hal the advan-
tage of arms and discipline the strikers
| struggled desperately, and were only
dispersed after long contest and after
| two of the gendarmeS and large num-
| Der of the rioters were seriously wound
| ed. Order now prevails, but is liable to
! again be disturbed at any moment.
At the meeting today some of the
| cOuucilmen expressed deep Indignation
at the outrage perpetrated upon the
| mayor yesterday, and proposed that
delegation be appointed to wait upon
| Mr.. Bulls and express the councils SYM
pathy with him. 1t was also proposed
that the police measures ordered by the
mayor be approved by the council.
These proposals were objected to by
| minority of the members of the council,
the opponents of the mayor holding that
! his orders to the police and his hostile
| attitude toward the strikers we're the
sole cause of the attack that had been
made upon him. They claimed that
everything the mayor had done had
tended to aggravate the excited feelings
of the working men, and instead of pur
suing conciliatorv course, he had, by
his StubbornneS5,
Caused the Trouble
that had befallen him. This attitude of
the cOuncilmen who were in sympathy
with the strikers gave rise to a pro-
tracted debate on the proposals, and the
discussion waXed violent at times. FL
nally the proposals were adopted, and
committee was appointed to wait on the
mayor and express their warmeSt SYM
pathy.
The dynamite explosion at Mons to-
day seems to have acted as an incentive
to the strikers TO commit further out
RACES. The strikers INDUCED in all
manner Of threats against the
government. and as the day
wore on they became embolaened
and determined to take possession of
the town for labor procession. When
the mob attempted to march through
the streets it was met by strong de-
tachment of the civic guard. No atten-
ton was paid to the order to dispense.
HOoting and yelling, they attempted to
march on, and notified the guards to fire
upon them. The guard fired upon the
crowd, but this did not effect its dis
pelsal. On the contrary, it only lnfur-
ateds it, and a charge en- masse was
made upon the guard. A desperate
hand to hand conflict 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 th0roughfare. The bat
tie was long and bitterly contested, but
finally the guards were victorious. 1t
is known that four Of the miners were
killed. Many of the rioters were wound
ed, and number were taken to the
hospital. The killing of the four strik-
ers has added greatly to the excitement
In the town, and there is danger of a
more serious outbreak. Men and wom-
en- from the adjacent mining villages
are tiOcKing into Mons, and the authOri-
ties are anXiously awaiting the events of
the night. Mons is the center of the
great Borinage coal mining district.
Three.fourths of all the miners in Bel
GUM ale employed in this district
The governor of the province of Bra
bant, in which the city is situated, has
instructed all mayors of cities and towns
within his administrative district that
they must prohibit all public demonstra-
tons for universal suffrage. The city
| council of brussels have voted thanks