St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-19

AS soon as the mob was driven from
one point along the river front it would
appear in another and continue the
Iiotlng. Several times during the morn
ing the police were obliged to charge
the strikers, and every time were met
with resistance. Many of the rioters
suffering from sword wounds fell into
the hands Of the police. The situation
is still threatening.
The scene of the trouble in Antwerp
is located in the northern part of the
city, i'll the vicinity of the great basins.
One OF the principal quays OH the river
Schelds, in this part of the city, is the
Quai du Rhin, on which q quantity of
cotton is stored. Some OF the more
desperate strikers determined to
Set Fire 10 This Cotton.
and. eluding the vigilance of the police,
they passed through the Rue d 'Amster
dam to the Quai Quest and through the
Rue du Brit to the Quai du Rhin. The
cotton was set on fire, and the dense
smoke attracted the attention of the
gendarmes, who haStened to the scene,
where they came upon the strikers, who
were still engaged in applying fire to a
pile Of 300 bales of cotton. A conflict
between the strikers and the gendarmes
followed, and the former were by re-
peated charges driven from the quay.
An alarm was given upon the discovery
OF the fire, and the firemen are actively
engaged in fighting the flames started
by the rioters. MN1
The most serious disturbance that has
occurred today is reported from Bourgh-
out, village short distance from Ant
werp. Many candlemakers are enl-
plOyed in the village and majority of
them have joined the movement in
favor of universal suffrage. Those
who remained at work were
attacked by the strikers today,
and the troops were called upon to pro-
tect the workers and restore order. The
appearance of the Soldiery had little or
no effect i'll quelling the trouble, and
the orders to the rioters to diSperse met
with no attention. The strikers con-
tinued their attacks upon the "black-
legs" as If no troops were present. The
officer in command of his soldiers ordered
his command to fix their bayonets, and
then followed the order to charge. On
full run
with Leveled Bayonets
the soldiers charged upon the rioters
and drove them away. Four of the
strikers, however, were killed, and
fifteen others received more or less
serious bayOnet thruSts. 1t is certain
that some of the wounded will die.
Great excitement prevails in the village,
and the strikers threaten vengeance for
the death of their comrades. Here, as
in other parts of the country, the men
are in many instances spurred on to riot
by the women.
In view of the action of the deputies,
the labor leaders resolved at meeting
held this evening to advise the aban-
donment of the general strike. At the
same time they decided to issue to the
people manifesto against the Nys-
sen bllls which proposes the combina-
tion OF plural voting and universal
suffrage. The leaders will urge the
people to follow up their victory by
agiIating increasingly for universal suf-
frage pure and simple. Police and
wOrkingmen have had several encoun-
tiers this evening. and six rioters have
been seriously injured. Nevertheless,
tile end of the riots is believed to be
near. The decision of the labor lead
ers to abandon the strike has produced
a ge&E.'al feeling OF relief. The
police hGve worked night and day and
are completely exhausted. Were the
strike and riot to continue few days
more preservation of order would be
left entirely to the military, as the
police could not endure the strain forty
eight hours longer. Many arrests of
socialists are reported from the PROV
inces.