New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-08
PARIS MOBS AT BAY.
NIGHT OF STUBBORN RIOTING
rur INSIJRGENT MULTITUDE SIX TlMES
CHARGED BY THE MILITARY.
CONFLICTS IN MANY SIDE STREETS.


sooRgs Or RIOTERS WOUNDED IN THE sTEod-
nrrs AROUND THE PLACE DE LA REPUB-
UoUE-THE MOBs COMPOSED OF WORK.
INGMEN AND ROwDIEs-TALK OF A
GENERAL sTRIKE-MUNlClrAL
COUNCILLORS ATTACK
THE GOVERNMENT.
Paris July s-There was fighting between riot
.rs and military at the Place de la Republique
and in the neighborin streets from o'clock last
night until l o'clock this morning
All the cafes in the Boulevard du Temple and
the Boulevard Votare were filled early in the
evening with workingmen and rOwdies Though
the district in the neighborhood Of the Place de
la Republique had remained quiet throughout
the day, infantry and cavalry took possession Of
the Place at night to guard against d recurrence
of the disordery scenes there. The Boulevard
St Martin, Boulevard du Temple, Boulevard Vol
talre, Avenue de la Rcpubque and Boulevard
Magenta, all of which open into the Place de la
Republique, patrolled by strong military
force.
\ little before o'clock the cafes Were empty
Boulevard voltaire and the Boulevard du Temple
the rioters were armed with clubs and few
revolyers They marched, cheering and singing.
toward the Place de la Rcpubliquc At the
corner Of the Rue d'Angoulcme tn" rioters IN
the Boulevard Votaire were met Icy body of
dragons and lancers. They ordered back.
but pressed ahead The military charged, hut.
though many rioters were knocked down and
trampled, the mob did not yield. The soldiers
were received with showers of stones anu scat
tering Shots and several We're struck with clubs
The charge was repeated and the moo Deeah
retreatng slowly There was scattering or
sign of panic The men backed of step by step.
those in front welding their clubs right and
left, and those behind splitting up booths an
lIosks into weapons with which To fight Later Ii
the front. After six charges the military hid
forced the mob back to the Boulevard Richard
Lenoir, where the fighting was Suspended
In their retreat the rioters had set tire 10 the
booths which they did not split into clubs. For
five blocks the boulevard Voltaire is strewn with
broken timbers charred boards and torn
and bloody clothing Most of the windows
were smashed during the conflict. Thirty or
forty rioters are known To have been seriously
wounded and many others received slight IN
iuries Two lancers are said u have been wounded
by revolver shots.
In the Boulevard du Temple similar encounters
took place The mob driven back. but only
after hard fighting. In the Avenue de la Repub-
liane and Oh the Quai de Nalmy, along the
Canal St. Martin, the fighting between the rioters
a.d the Republican Guards was almost nnin-
terrupted from 3: :45 TO 10 O'Clock Booths and
carts were dragged to the middle of the streets
and set on fire. Brands thrown among the
Guards When the mob pushed by the
military from the Avenue de la Repnbique into
the side street Du Grand Pricure, allies OF the
rioters began firing from the windows on the
military Two sodcr, We're wounded. Dozens
of rioters are reported a. having been injured
during the fight in the side street.
Throughout the evening the police treated bru-
tally the Paris reporters who were sent out Z"
describe the riots Several newspaper men were
assaulted and beaten by the police. All of them
have been subjected to as many indignities as the
police have found opportunity 70 iniilct on them
Tie evening opened with the police apprehen
sive Of riots in many parts of the Latin Quarter
Traffic was stopped in the principal streets Every
open space had been occupied by mounted police
and Ill the side streets were patrollcd The street
speakers were compelled 10 move whenever 5hey
tried TO call crowd Most of the agitatois there
fore retired 10 the cafes. where they denounced
tine police and eNhorted their hearers to clear
tie streets of military.
The leaders Of the workingmen, not only In
Paris. but in the provinces, many OF whom are
Socialists are ever ready take adv Nantagc Of any
occasion 10 make a demonstration against the
Government, and they have nos been slow 10
grasp the present opportunity to make trouble
simple students disturbance cond b"
easily quelled, but now the students dis
avow any connection with the dis ric'S
The workingmen have become incensod against
.lo ,oli.. and nrnnn.e to shoXv fhpir iudiuuatiOu
against them and their dlsapproval of the Gov
crnment by starting general strike. An appeal
signed by the delegates OF ] 81 trades >yndi,atcs
WIS issued yes.;crday IN Paris and the provinces
requesting the workinsmcn To quit work. The
troubles between the Government and th" strikers
at CarmauX and other places sill too fresh III
the public mind to allow of the prospect of a
general strike and its attendant disorders being
viewed with any degree OF equanniity.
Tho tension bctwecn the Paris Municipal Coun
Gil some of whose members are aNoWedly Socla-
lists. and the Government shows 10 'lgns OF
less,ning The Council held meeting Nest"r lay
al which the situation III the CITY was di>c"sN'u'
Several members made speeches III WHICH l"y
violently denounced the Government ioi sup
norting tho nolce in what was termed their high
handed and reckless disregard OF the law Inc
action of the Council to-day adds strength TO TIE
report that tne uoNeihV"'
that body.
The Municipal Council held stormy meeting
last evening NJ. IIumbcrt, prcslucH'' h'aoe 1"
bitter speech against the Government ao'io" III
closing the Labor Exchange. lhe Iaoi''c'' ~
said, was trying to strengthen ltS'if oS p"''"'S
to the reactionaries 1t had not scrupled 10
trample on the liberties of the people lor tue eaA"
Of gaining a temporary ADVANTAGE Ihe Ia" o'
1854 compelling trades unions to register was
IN arbitrary and unjust measure, and the Working
men were right when they resisted it, execution
The people were not ready TO see liberty thro''c''
and unless the Government would reconsider LIS
rash 1ction in shutting up the Labor EAcnahSe
Of Pnris WOnld De