New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-19

cn!y one anected. Work has ceased in the factories
ana mills. OF which Antwerp boasts great number
anu ue revolutionary movement Is constantly gain
ing fresh supporters. Not all of those who are
taxing part in the strike. however indulge In
riotous demonstrations. Hundreds OF the working
men have quit their employment as protest against
'he refusal to grant the right to vote but they
steadfastly refuse to take part in any overt act
against property or the Government.
In BRUSSELS the ferment continued with no sign
OF abatement The streets filed with crowds OF
excited workngmen. and general feeling Of un-
easiness prevailed. 1t the intention OF the
strikers to hold grand demonstration oday In the
park at ST. Giles two miles south Of Brussels Burgo-
master Koekelherg. OF So GILES. refused to prohibit
the meeting In the park there to-day. and result
the Governor Of Brabant took the affair into his own
hands lie ordered troops to be sent to st. Giles
to prevent any demonstration the strikers might at
tempt to make.
Edmund Ricard. barrster OF this city. was arrested
to-day for making speech in the Of which he
used threatening language against the Burgomastcr
Many of the strikers in this city determined TO
hold meetings despite the orders OF the Governor OF
the province 10 the contrary They do not however,
intend TO hold their demonstrations within the city
limits They select little suburban villages, where
they trust they will not be interfered with by the
authorities. One such meeting held this morning
at MOlenbeck. short distance from Brussels. Fifteen
many incendiary speeches We're made. The speakers
pointed out tho wrongs under which aborers miners,
mechanics factory hands and mill operatives labor,
and called upon them TO assert their rights. The
meeting most enthusiastic. and great significance
attaches to II. The immense crowd OF workingmen
all swore that they would sacrifice hfc If 1t were
needfu TO obtain the right Of manhood suffrage The
meeting broke up without Interference from the
thorities. and Of The crowd returned TO the city.
The newspapers supporting the Government affect
strikcrs attempted to compel them TO stop publca'
ton but in this they were unsuccessful.
The King. 1t Is known, is In favor of wide ex
tension OF the suffrage and the crowds of excited
workingmen who demand what they believe to BE- their
right have nothing against him personally. Impair
ual observers OF the situation readily md sympathy
with the strikcfs Belgium Is with the exception OF
Russia, perhaps the only country where there Is abso
lately no law protecting the worldngman from the
rapaCity and greed OF his employer. The Belgian
workngmen have within the last ten years their
lection Of special laws enacted for their benefit and
have seen employers held to a strict liability when
those laws were Violated The Bclelans have hid
country. evidently intend that they shall have moth
Ing II they can prevent IT, Hence in their desire 10
their manhood and their Nights the spec
tace presents Itself OF gigantic strike to obtain the
right to elect representatives among the lawmakers
We're the strikers armed and disciplined there Is
many Instances. routed the armed police, and have
The peace effective Of Belrium officers and men. Is
48.s4l excIusiv" Of the Civic Guard. numbering
43,647 men. and diSorranizcd mobs Of wordngm'n
only few Of whom possess weapons. have little chance
OF overthrowing the Government by resortIng TO at
tacks upon the troops. Yet with their passions In
famed by the words OF their Leaders. The strikers
are taken against them the trouble will result dis
astrously to the trade and commerce Of the country
evening. Altogether seven men have died in Mons
Of injuries received in the suffrage riots.