The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-08
PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE
The Mobs Still Making Matters
Lively for the Police.
THE TROOPS AGAIN CALLED OUT.

They Succeed in Dispensing the Rioters
Only After Very Vigorous Conflict.
Many on Both sides Injurcd-Police
Maltscat Newspaper Men.
PARIS, July a-Last evening opened
with the police apprehensive 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 all the side streets were pa
trolled. The street speakers were COM
PEELED to move on whenever they tried to
call crowd. Most Of the agitators, there
fore, retired to the cafes, where they de-
nounced the police and exhorted their
hearers TO clear the streets Of military.
AL the cafes 10 the Boulevard du Temple
md the Boulevard Voltaire were Nlled at
10 o'clock with workingmen and rowdies,
lwli6 were expected shortly to follow the
chief agitators into the streets and begin
the attack on the police and military.
4 Shortly before o'clock the cafes were
empty and the mobs were again In the
streets. In the Boulevard Voltaire and
[the Boulevard Temple the rioters were
larmed with clubs and few revolt
vers. They marched, cheering and sing.
ing, towards the Place de la Rcpublique.
/ AT the corner OF the Rue d Angouleme the
rioters in the Boulevard Voitaire were met
by a body of dragons and lancers They
Iwere ordered back, but pressed ahead. The
military charged, but, although many
rioters were knocked down and trampled
the mob did not yield.
i The soldiers were received with showers
] of stones and scattering shots. Severa
were struck with clubs. The charge wa.
repeated and the mob began retreatinl
slowly. There was no scattering or signs
iof panic. The men backed off step by
+ step, those in front welding their club:
: right and left and those behind splitting
up booths and kiosks into weapons will
which to fight later In the front. Aftel
six charges the military had forced tn,
mob back to the Boulevard Richard lie
noir, where the fighting was suspended
In their retreat the rioters had set fire t,
the booths which they did not split int
clubs. For five blocks the Boulevard Vol
taire is strewn with broken timbers, charre,
boards and torn and bloody clothing
Most of the windows were smashed durinl
the conflict. Thirty or forty rioters ar
known to have been seriously wounded
Many others sustained slight injuries
Two lAncers are said to have been wounde
by revolver shots. In the Boulevard d.
Temple similar encounters took place. TIL
mob was driven back, but only after har
!. fighting.
81 The mob was driven back, but only afte
hard fighting. In the Avenue de la X,
lpublique and on the Quai de Valmy, alon
t the Canal St. Martin, the fighting betwee
g the rioters and the Republican guards wa
!. almost uninterrupted from $40 to
" o'clock. Booths and carts were dragge
: to the middle of the streets and set afr
|, Brands were thrown among the guard
{ When the mob was pushed by the mil
tary from the Avenue de la Republiqu
ii into the side street Du Grand Prienre, a
t. lies of the rioters began firing from ii
r windows on the military. Two soldier
il were wounded Dozens of rioters are r
r. ported as having been injured during II
fight In the side street.
Is Throughout the evening the pole
/. treated brutally the Paris reporters WI
= were sent to describe the riots. Sever
newspaper men were assaulted and beatt
-lby the police. All Of them have been SUI
& ljectcd to az many indignities as the poll,
,. found opportunity to infiict on them.