The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-19
q NUMEROUS.
Which May Now Cease, Suffrage Being
Gnined.

Which May Now Cease, Suffrage Being
Gained.
BRUSSELS, April 1s.-The night passed
far more quietly than the authorities ex'
pected. Dispatches from all parts of the
kingdom bring disgusting news. Dis
turbunces occurred in several places during
the night. In Antwerp to-day the outlook
was more threatening than yesterday. in
Two anarchists. who made themselves par
ticularly prominent in the agitation. we're
arrested. The striking dock laborers be-
came liotous this morning. going along the
waterside and driving off the men who
were at work. till scattered by the police
The Torment continues in Brussels md the
streets are filled with excited workmen,
n a feeling of uneasineSs pfevaile. 1t
was the intention to hold a demonstration
in the park outside the city to-day, but the
strong force of troops that was placed there
prevented it.
Fifteen thousand workinRmen assembled
in the suburban town of Molenbeek to-day,
and held an enthusiastic meeting at which
the speakers declared that they would sacri-
fee life. il need be. to obtain suffrage. The
the mob dispersed at one plnoe it gathered
at another throughout the morning, AMI
each time only scattered after a fight with
the police. A number wele severely
wounded.
This afternoon some more desperate
lot of cotton stored on one of the quRys.
Only after repeated charges the police sue
oeedel in driving them away. The strike
in Antwerp is spreading from the shipping
trade to the factories and mills. Many
strikers take no part In the riots. but quit
as a protest against the denial of suffrage.
The most aerious disturbance to-day 10
reported from Bourgerhout, a village a
short distance from Antwerp. Many can
die makerS joined the movement in favor
of UNIVERSAL suffrage. those remaining at
work we're attacked by stlikers to-day. and
ers and restore order. The appearance of
the soldiers had no effect in q~uellinc the
riot and the officer in command ordered the
men to fx bayonets and charge. Four
strikers were killed and fifteen others re-
ceived moro OF less serious bayonet thrusts.
Several will die. Great excitement tevails
in the village and the strikers threaten ven.
geance for the death of their comrades.
Here. 40 in other parts Of the country, the
men are spurred on to riot by the women.
In view of tho action OF the deputies, the
labor leaders resolved at a meeting this
evening to advise the abandonment OF a
general strike. and at the samc time they
decided to issue to the peo. le a manifesto
against the Nyssen bill, which proposes q
combination of plural voting and universal
suffrage. Inc leaders will urge the people
to follow up their victory by aRitatine un-
ceasinRly for universal suffrage. pure n
simple.
The police and workinRmen had several
encounters this evening and six rioters
were seriously injured. Nevertheless, the
end to the riots is believed to DO near. The
decision OF the labor leaders to abandon
the strike produced a general feeling of re-.
lief. Ihe police have worked night and
dny and are completely exhausted. We're
the strike and riots to continue a few DAYS
more. tho preservation of order would be
left entirely to the military, as the police
could not endure the strain forty-sioht
hours longer. Many arrests of socialists
are reported from the p ovinces,