The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1893-04-22
BAD DAY in BELGIUM.
STRIKERS AND SOLDIERS COME
TOGETHER
Four Strikers Killed and Many
Are Wounded in a Fight
With Soldiers at Mons
--BeginninR to Look
Serious.
More Blood Shed.

bruSSelS, April IS.-At Mons to-day
the strikers INDUCED in all manner of
threats against the government. and as
the day wore Oh they became cmbodened
and determined to take possession of
the town for Il labor procession. When
the mob attempted to march through the
streets thev We're met hy II strong de-
tachinent of the civic guard. No atten-
tlon WAS paid to the order to diSperSc
ltootinS 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 their dis
persal. On the contrary. it only infuri-
atc,l them, and charge on miSSe was
made upon the guard. \ desperate hand
to-land conflict cnsued. The main body
of the strikers WAS broken up. but groups
of struggling men could lac seen in the
side streets leading from the main thor
oughiare. The battle was long and bit
terly contested. but finally the guard
We're victorious. IL is known that four
of the miners were killed Many of the
rioters We're wounded and Il number
were taken to the hospital. The killing
of the four strikers has added greatly
to the excitement in the town, and there
Is danger of II more serious outbreak.
Men and women from the adjacent mill
ing villages are tlockins into Mons, and
the authorities are nnXiously awaiting
the events of the r;..ht. Mons is the
center of the great ;.nrinagc coal min
ing district I'hrce-:uurtlls of all the
miners in Belgium are employed in this
district.
T"-,la. a thousand of the dock lnborers
in Antwerp joined the strike movement.
Many of the men in loading and discllarg
ing vessels and in other work about the
wharvcs did not quit work, in obedience
to the order of tha men engineering the
strike. This nllamel the strikers. who
to-day made an attack on the workers.
The latter made II weak attempt to lie
fcnd themselves. but they would, in all
probability, have been driven away had
it not been for the gcnnrmcS who took
Il hand in the atir;ly The strikers were
armed with rcvolvcrs. and used them
The gcnlnrnrs. who also had firearms,
were quick to respond, and it is thought
that several strikers We're wounded. \
number of ringlcadcrs among the strikers
We're captured. The feeling of unrest
continues to spread. There is no deny
ing the fact ,ha, the crisis is acute. In
cited meetings in favor OF universal sui
trage are being held throughout the
country Everywhere impaSSionra nl-
penls are made to those who live 10y toll
to join the great demonstration now in
progress. In TIE CLarlcroi district,
where 10000 mines are employed, work
in the mines may u" said To be at IL
stan,lStill, for 10000 of the miners have
quit work an! az" t'"'"as. M"St OF ,hrse
miners are misr.l;:i '',ur. and they and
their families an" nd I" suffer. ! he
cotton. yarn. la, linen and wo"ln'
mills and factories in Grnmmoht in
East Flanders, are affected by the
movement. II lnr.:e E'!nlrr OF tn" oi'rr.
;tivcs in these iniustrlrS having joined
in the strike movement. Some of the
more enthusiastic and hot-hoo'!e,l
strikers mt Grammont assembled in the
Cafe Hollandaise at that place aud held
an inlprOmptl meeting, nt which fiery
speeches were made by some OF the
lra,lcrs The gendnrmes attempted to
break up the meeting. but met with stout
resistance. TN" fight was transferred to
the street, and though the geildarmcS
had the advantage Of arms and diSci-
pliue, the strikers struggled desperately.
and were only Dispersed after II long roii-
test, and aito.' two of the geii,lalmrS
and Il lar.,. .i,...ll,er OF the rioters were
seriously M'.'.":eni.
In the i..i between the w"rhin?Meh
anu civic Hl.lt'i III wv Sti''1'' vi
to-day, fourteen soldiers wore wounded.
Three will ms; recover. They were re-
moved to the hospital where their ante
morten sta:r.t cnts were taken Tor the
public proSetl.;5
Dispatches tr..,n Antwerp this evening
show that the ,i.natiOn il, that city has
grown mere threat, ling since noon. The
strikers had gathered repeatedly in large
crowds throughout the northern district
before :; o'cloc:.. a squadron of police
riding with dii"'n swords agalnst the
workinglItn .v",c overwhelmed with
showers of stones and ,mlbrrs. The
police retrcatr.l in confusion. While the
reserves were h,,. summoned the strik-
ers threw ZIP hlric;td.S in the side
streets, women and chil'ir.n FASTENED
from til" h"dS"s with firearms.
Another squadron OF polio: supported by
a ,lctachnrn, of the civil, guard tried
half an hour later 10 drive back the mob.
They were me! with vol,rs from the re-
volvrrs and rHeS of the men behind the
bnrrcndcS. Many of thr soldiers were
wounded and removed to the hospitals.
More of the guards w"r" summoned and
after ten charges carried the barlic;id"s.
The strikers retrra,"d. firing. Crowds
are still gathering in the northern district
this evening and more fighting l., eX-
pccted. The concert halls Of the city are
empty. Several thctcrs are closed. The
petroleum reservoirs are guarded by
militia