The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-26
TO AvENGE CARNoT.
Terrible Acts of Violence in the
Italian Quarters at Lyons.

Lyons, June 25-The mob this evening
set fire to several of the Italian cafes A
commissary of police begged the crowd to
respect the affliction of Nine. Carnot, but
the rioters replied with shouts of, I'VE
Will aVenge Carnot.
Were it not for the presence of the over.
whelming force of troops stationed in and
about the city, there is little DOUBT that
the mob would have attacked the pail &c
of justice and wreaked vengeance upon
the murderer. Mourning emblems are
worn by nearly every man, woman and
child in he city, and no dwelling seems
too poor to display the embleins of grief.
During the Gay mob, including num-
Der OF members of the various 81 mnastic
societies, who had arrived in this city
to take part in the feteS, began to gather
about the Cafes Cassati Mattosi and Ma
derni, and about the Italian quarter An
other large crowd gathered about e
hall, where the Well-known Italian Far
monte club meets, and most serious s.
order was apprehended. Threats we e
anarchists.
Several of the Italian wine shops were
attacked and partly wrecked, and TIE
Italian cafes mentioned were stoned and
otherWlse damaged, in spite of the efforts
of the police and military. The sidewalks
in front of the Italian cafes were strewn
with wreckage. Some Of the more hot
headed men proposed an attack upon the
Italian quarter and the proposition was
in moment an enormous mob, at the
head of which was carried d, French flag,
was en- route To that part of the city givel
over to the Italians.
Before the police could interfere t.
prevent the terrible mob had at eek d
all shops belonging TO the foreigners and
families were forced to fee for tIeir
lives. In the meantime, another la ge
band marched through other streets and
by threats compelled every Italian who
kept cafe 70 close his place of business.
The crowds in the Rue de ia Republtoue b.
came threatening and refused to obey or
derS to disperse. 1t was finally found nee
eSsary 10 command the cuirassiers to
charge the crowd
The troops are still held in reserve
under arms at their barracks A COM
pany Of infantry is also held in reserve
In house adjoining the Italian consulate
TO be ready to support the police in case
OF attack At the request of the local
authorities the Italian consul has re-
moved the Italian flag from outside the
consulate.
AS the night advanced the rioting in the
city became more general and it appeared
the mob would take full possession of the
city. In The guillotine quarters the dis
turbances were particularly violent
Thousands of men and bows paraded
the streets and attacked ar I sacked every
Italian store they came aLeoSs.
Crosses distillery, Silvetin's iron mon
gerry and Carpineliios grocery and wine
shop were among the large places at
tackled Much of the food obtained by the
rioters consisted of liquors, part of which
was drank, while what was not disposed
Of was either poured into the streets
and set on fire, or burned in the casks
and barrels, which were rolled into the
thoroughfare.
A number of arrests We're made when
the trouble was at its height, but the
prisoners We're subsequently liberated by
the gendarines, who were vociferously
applaIded by the mob. Many OF the
nngleaders who had fallen into the hands
of the police, only later to be set at lib
erty, were carried in triumph to similar
riotous scenes being enacted in other
quarters
a policeman was seriously wounded in
the Brotteaux quarter while defending. ar
Italian wine shop against an attack of a
frenzied mob The streets are strewn
with debris of every description. The left
side of the river Rhine was the scene
of the worst acts of violence. Here the
troops were summoned to aid the police
and had the utmost difficulty in restoring
order. During the night a total of S0t
arrests were made. The dispatching OF
detectives from Paris to Cette, from
which latter place Santo came to Lyons
has caused CONSERVATION among the an.
archists there, and many of them, fearing
the police would arrest them, fed the
town. Four arrests were made.