The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-04
STUDENTS RESIST POLICE.
Three Charges Made by Officers
Who Are Repulsed.
A NUMBER ARE WOUNDED.
One Thousand Students Demand Ad.
mittance to the Deputies.
They We're Determined to Lay Their
Grievance Before the Government-The
Project of Police Resigns-Rioting
Continued Late Last Night.

PARIS, July Saturday an ARRAY oc-
Cured between the police and number
of students Ia the latin quarter. The
students determined to lay the facts be-
ore the government ard VIXEN the depu-
ties met today to the number of 600 they
sought admission to the chambers. Al
Ter considerable parieying ten OF their
number were admitted and accorded q
hearing. They stated the facts in the
case and urged the deputies to support q
motion censuring the government, which
was to be offered by lIillerand. In speak
ing on the motion Millerand maintained
that the police brutality assaulted inno-
cent people.
Premier Dupuy deprecated the discus
sion as premature adding that stringent
inquiry OF the proceedings into all the
facBs of the case was the order of the day,
expressing trust that the government
would do its best to punish quickly Off
GERS which was finally adopted by the
chamber.
Levice, project of police resigned his
Office because he believed the government
was disposed to make scape goat of him
in the matter but efforts are being mace
to induce him to reconsider his resigna-
ton.
| At $50 O'Clock this evening LOCO stu
den surrounded the prefecture OF police,
| ieered the officials and threw stones
| through the windows. While the police
were preparing to charge the mob upset
all the booths in the neighborhood and
smashed the street lamps. The charge ct
the police was resisted stubbornly, the
students fought back with clubs and
stones. In the first onset several students
were wounded and two policemen were
| stretched unconscious on the pavement.
The second charge resulted In more in
juries Cd both sides, but the students
were driven back but fifty or sixty yards.
After third charge they were repulsed,
and the students marched singing ana
shouting to the Place st. Michel. The
police retired and call for cavalry was
sent out from the prefecture At 1918
the students were rioting in the boule-
ward st. Michel.
The cavalry called out to drive the
students from the neighborhood of the
palais de Justice and prefecture of police
returned to the barracks after the mob
retired TO the boulevard St. German.
The mob then hurried back along the
boulevard st. Michael and across
| the bridge to the boulevard
lDupala1s. The students smashed
the massive doors of the Palais de Justice
and knocked the glass out of the windows
in each. The police fastened to the spot
rioters overcame them; tore the swords
from their hands and drove them back.
Several policemen were cut severely with
swords and taken to the hospitals. A
dozen other policemen were also injured
with clubs.
The Republican guards were called out
! at midnight. The students retreated
down the boulevard st. Michael as the
guards approached and disappeared
shortly before l O'Clock. The guards re-
manned stationed at the bridge to prevent
/, return of any rioters to the Palais de
Justice or prefecture of police.
Lavece denied this evening that he had
resigned. The immediate cause of the
riots was the death of Nus ger, clerk,
who was injured mortally by police IN an
en- counter with students Saturday.
Intense excitement prevailed IN the latin
quarter till after 2 O'Clock this morning.
The students and police fought repeat
edly. Fifteen policemen and many stu
dents were injured seriously.