St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-08
PARIS Streets BED.
quiet During the Day, but
Things Were Lively at
Night.
The Rioters Were Armed
With Clubs and a Few
RevOlvers.
They Bravely Stand Against
Repeated Charges by
the Soldiers.
Thirty or Forty Of the Stub
born Mob Receive Sc
rious Injuries.

PARIS, July Though the district
in the vicinity of the Place de la Re
publique remained quiet throughout the
day, this evening infantry and cavalry
took possession of the place to guard
against a recurrence of the disorderly
scenes that have taken place through
the Boulevard st. Martin, Boulevard
du Temple. Boulevard Voltaire. tie
Avenue de la Republique and the
Boulevard Magenta, all of which open
into the Place de la Repubique. are
patrolled by strong military force.
The Radical deputies who represent
Paris in the chamber and a majority of
the members of the municipal council
met this afternoon in the editorial
rooms of the Germinal and approved
the Issuing of manifesto to the people
or Paris protesting against the closing
by the government of the labor eX-
change, and urging the people to pre-
serve calmness. the deputies of the
party OF the extreme left also held
meeting today, at which NJ. Tony Re-
vllion, member of the chamber for the
Seine. was entrusted with the duty of
interpellating the government tomor-
row
In Regard TO the RfOting.
This evening opened with the police
apprehenSive of riots in many OF the
Latin quarters. Traffic was stopped sn
the principal streets. Every open
space had been occupied by mounted
| police, and all the side streets were
patroIled. The street speakers were
compelled TO move on whenever they
| tried to call crowd. Most of the agi-
tators, therefore, retreated to the cafes,
where they denounc, the police and
eXhOrted their hearers to clear the
streets OF military. Round tue Place
! de la RepubliQue the signs of trouble
were especially numerous. All the
| cafes in the Boulevard du Temple and
the Boulevard Voltaire were filled at s
| O'clock with wOrkingmen and rowdies,
| who were expected shortly to follow the
! chief agltatorS into the streets aud
| begin the attack on the police and
military.
Shortly before O'Clock the cars were
empty and the mobs were again in the
| streets. In the Boulevard Voltaire and
the Boulevard du Temple the rioters
! were armed with clubs and few re-
voIvers. They marched
Cheering and Singing
towards the Plaza de la Republlque.
| At the corner of the Rue d'Angouleme
| the rioters in the Boulevard Volta;re
were net by body of dragons and
| lancers. They were ordered back,
| but pressed ahead. The military
| charged. but, although many rioters were
| knocked down and trampled, the mob
| did not yield. The soldiers were re-
| ceived with showers of stones and scat
tering shots. Several were struck with
clubs. The charge was repeated. and
the mob began retreating slowly. There
| was no scattering or sign of panic.
The men backed off step by step, those
in front welding their clubs right and
left and those behind splitting up
booths and kiusks into weapons, with
which to fight later in the front. After
six charges the military bad forced the
mob to the Boulevard Richard Lenoir,
where the fighting was suspended.
In their retreat the rioters had set fire
to the booths which they did not split
into clubs. For five blocks the Boule-
ward Voltaire is Strewn with broken
timberS, chaIred boards aid torn and
bloody clothing. Most of the windows
were
Smashed Burning the Conflict.
Thirty OF forty rioters are known to
have been seriously wounded. Many
others received slight injuries. Two
lancers are said to have been wounded
by revolver shots. In the Boulevard
Du Temple similar encounters took
place. The mob was driven back, but
only after hard fighting. In the Ave
nue. de la Republic and on the Quai
de Valmy, along The Canal st. Martil,
the fighting between the rioters
and the republican, guards was almost
uninterrupted from S:45 to 10 O'Clock.
Booths and carts were dragged to the
middle of the streets and set afire.
Brands were thrown among the guards.
While the mob was pushed by the mill
tary from the Avenue de la Repuu-
lique into the side street Du Grand
Prieure, the rioters began firing from
the windows on the military. Two sol
diers were wounded. Dozens of rioters
are rupOrted as having been injured
during the fight in the side street.
Throughout the evening the police have
treated brutally the Paris reporters who
were sent out 10 describe the riots.
Several newspaper men were assaulted
and beaten by the police. All of them
have been subjected to as many lndig-
mites as the police found opportunity
to lnflict on them.