The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-19
BALLOTS FOR BELGIANS.
The Chamber of Representatives
L Passes a Suffrage Bill.
THE STRIKE DECLARED AT AN END.

Desperate Battles Between Troops and
Men Killed and Many woundcd-The
Soldiers Charge with Fixed Bayonets.
BRUSSELS, April 19.-The chamber Of
representatives yesterday afternoon, by q
vote of 1l9 to 12, with IA not voting,
adopted bill providing that every man
uhall be entitled to vote, and that
s'plural voting shall be allowed. Tho
cheers that followed the announcement OF
tbe vote were re-echoed by the enormous
crowd that awaited the result outside.
As soon as the news went forth the labor
headers decided to abandon the strike, md
their action has caiised a great feeling of
relief. The police are nearly worn out,
and forty-eight hours more Of the harrass-
ing conflict with tho strikers would have
exhausted them, and the preservation of
order would be left entirely to the mill
tary. The police and workingmen had
several encounters during the forenoon,
and six rioters were seriously injured.
The most serious disturbance yesterday
was among the candle makers at Bourgen-
hout, near Antwerp. The men who re-
mained at work were attacked by tho
strikers and the troops were called upon to
protect the workers and restore order. The
appearance of the soldiers had little or no
effect in quelling the riot, and the orders
TO disperse met with no attention, as the
strikers continued their attacks upon the
r'blacklegs," ignoring the troops entirely.
The officer in command Of the soldiers
ordered his men to fix their bayonets, and
then followed the order to charge On a
FULL run, with leveled bayonets, the
boldiers charged upon the rioters and drove
Them away. Four of the strikers were
KILLED and fifteen received serious bayonet
thrusts. It is certain that some of the
wounded will die.
! In Antwerp the outlook was more threat
NninR than on Monday and this despite
the fact that extraordinary military pre-
eautions had been taken to preserve the
peace. Among the more prominent agita-
tors In Antwerp are number of anarch-
lists. OF these two Fabry and Welters
have made themselves particularly obnox-
Nous to the police, and were placed under
arrest.
/ While troops arc being held in readiness
Tor disturbances that are threatened in all
parts Of the kingdom, it is feared that the
worst may come from other parts of the
continent The French government has
Instructed the governors of the northern
Industrial towns to expel any foreigners
who may be organizing to assist in the
revolution in Belgium. The Belgian So
pialists at Roubaix have resolved to disre-
gard these measures, and have met and
psssed resolution declaring their readi-
ness to subscribe and otherwise assist their
brethren in Belgium. A large proportion
fas-de-Csl and other districts ad joining
Tho Belgian frontier are naturalized Bel
Gians, and the French socialists are max
ing efforts to induce them to strike in
order to assist the agitation in Belgium by
stopping the supplies of Belgian customers
At Antwerp yesterday number of
etrikcrs took possession of several steam
hrs, and threw all tho machinery used
khereon into the water. Extreme excite
Ment prevailed in the harbor districts.
The dock strikers would allow none of the
pumerous scabs and blacklegs to engage
~ loading and discharging the cargoes of
| 1he ships. They waylaid them everywhere,
and numerous exoesses were committed
IN several parts of the city in consequence.
kobberies and thefts were committed in
unusual numbers The civic guards and
&he artillery have been ordered to protect
the petroleum tanks, as the strikers have
threatened to explode them,
Antwerp last night was agaan In q state
,pf terror. Both sides used firearms, and
Dn many occasions the pavements were
red with blood. At 0 O'Clock an encounter
ATTENDED by bloodshed occurred at the
Candlemeny at Borgorhout. Six people
were killed and great many wounded.
An hour later the strikers made another
attack upon the steamer Hansen, which
was taking on q cargo. The steam pump
kAQaD disphnrQiNp atrHRm of water and
steam into the crowd. In reply the rioters
hurled volley of stones on board, and
several sailors were wounded. The hscaptain
gave orders to fire, and about thirty re-
volver shots were discharged, three women
being injured The police arrived and an
other battle ensued. the officers being vic
torious after fifteen strikers were wounded.
Two men injured in the Mons riots died
last evening. Altogether, seven men have
died in Mons of injuries received in the
suffrage riots