Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-20

gambler Of Louisville, Ky. o'Brien's conylc.
ton at the trial, which will come on next
week. is certain, but he probably will not
be gulllotined, because of the sentiment
toward him as an American citizen.
STARTING CASTELLANE's CASTLE.
The houses on the plot of land bought from
Binder, the carriage manufacturer. by Comte
Boni de Castellane have been torn down. and
the palace which Jay Gould's money will
build on the site must shortly be begun. The
site is one of the best and most fashionable
In Paris. at the Avenue Maakoff and Ave
nue. Bots du Boulogne, and is about three
quarters of an acre in extent.
Paris society is rife with rumors this week
of another international alliance. Antonio
Terry said today that his marriage with
Miss Sybl Sandercon is positively arranged
for next month, as his present wife's suit
for divorce will be granted before then.
Negotiations for the purchase Of Galignani's
Messenger, in which Mr.. Kohlsaat and a Chi
cago syndicate have been reported as the
principals, have fallen through and the
present owner, a rich Englishman. proposes
to equip 1t thoroughly and offer the editor
ship to some prominent American journalist,
and make it metropolitan Anglo-American
newspaper.
STORY OF THE GREAT STRIKE.
The great glass workers strike at Carmaux
tempt to assassinate NJ. Resseguler, chairman
Of the company. The strike is extraordinary
among recent labor disputes Fifteen hun
dred glass workers have been idle for three
months past. The dispute originated thus:
Baudot, a member Of the Carmaux glass
workers trade union, was chosen to represent
his fellow workers at the national glass
workers congress, which meets in July
each year He gave due notice of his absence
to M. Resseguier and attended the congress
On his return to the factory he was dis
charged; but since 1884, when the law was
passed comforting liberty of association upon
French workmen, delegates of workmen's S
unions have always been allowed to be present
at trade congresses, provided due notice Of
absence were given. Baudots comrades,
therefore, struck work, declining to resume
until he was reinstated. NJ. Pures socialist
deputy for CarmauX hurried to the work.
mems headquarters and urged the men to
resume work without delay, contending 1t
to be less costly to pay Baudot's wages
out of the union funds until some other en-
ployment could be found for him than for
1,500 men to draw strike pay for a longer
or shorter period. After some hesitancy the
men consented and notified NJ. Resseguier
of their willingness to resume work The lat
ter, however, declined to reopen his factory
and thus transformed the strike into lock-
out. Within few weeks some $40, 900 were
subscribed to enable the workmen to hold out.
ip,at tal. NJ nc
ready to re-engage the wdrkmen one by
one en- his own terms, because he evidently
desired to exclude all those who had taken
active part in organizing the trade union.
The workmen declined to accept his terms,
and the struggle continued.
COERCION ALSO FAILED.
The government did all In its power to
coerce the men into submission, but without
avail Detachments of polite and soldiers
were drafted into the town and arbitrary ar
rests made. NJ. Resseguier sent to Belgium
for workmen, who, as soon as they under
stood the state Of affairs, struck work in
turn Some few were retained in the factory
by main force, but they refused to work
Then come the news that M. Resseguier had
been shot by an anarchist workman. The
news lacked, and still lacks, confirmation, for
not only is NJ. Resseguier in perfect health,
but no one except a man in M. Resseguer's
pay saw or heard anything of the outrage
although the street was full of people at the
time the shot is said to have been fred The
news is thought to be an attempt on the part
of M. Resseguier to alienata public sympathy
from the workmen The alleged assault on
NJ. Resseguier had been used as a pretext for
filling the town with cavalry Charges are
made at regular intervals down the principal
streets, although, according to official dis
patches, perfect calm prevails At last the
socialist party has decided to take action, and
yesterday it issued a strong manifesto in
favor of the workmen. 1t is addressed to
Republican France" and signed by fifty live
deputies and twenty-five municipal council
lors. The Paris municipal council has, be-
sides, voted the second sum OF 1000 In sup
port Of the strikers. and many other munich
palities all over the country have followed
The past deputation Of socialist deputies has
waited upon NJ Ribot and extorted from him
promises to see that justice is done and that
the government representatives do not ex-
ceed their functions. BALLARD SMITH.