New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-03
MORE RIOTING IN PRAGUE.
THE BOHEMIAN CITY PLACED UNDER
MARTIAL LAW.
TEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS HELD IN THE CITY II
SUPPRESS DTSORDER-DEADLOCK IN


VIENNA CONTINUES
Prague. Dec. 2.-Rioting began again here al
o'clock this morning. at which hour the s'o'''
and houses in two streets Of the Old Town were
being paged. Seven battalions Of infantry anu
two squadrons of cavalry were immedia'eS
called out to disperse the mob.
There have been serious collisions between ''e
police and large mobs this evening in the
SmIchow and Zizkow suburbs OF the city. Two
persons were wounded The police made ninety
arrests
There were further excesses to-day at Wein-
berg The police were obliged to use their re-
vovers house In Altstadterring was wrecked
and the pillagers were dispersed by mounted
patrol There were other acts of pillage at Zis-
kow but the mobs everywhere were quickly dis-
persed.
Martial law. or Its equivalent. was formally
proclaimed this afternoon. The town Is tranquil
this evening. and is being patrolled oy troops.
Some Of the persons arrested at Smichow VIII
be court-martaed for having received 'he
proclamation declaring the city under martial
law with teers and groans
The military patrol fired upon body OF riot
ers who were trying to demolish Jewish syna-
gogue at Smchow Nobody was hit. and the
mob fed In confusion. During the day eighteen
persons have been wounded. Including TWO SOL
dIers. At the time this dispatch is sent, IL
D. m. the suburbs are peaceful and most OF the
troops are being withdrawn. The factory en-
ployes took no part in to-day's disorders ana
there have been arrests in their district.
SOME DAMAGE TO THE MOB
The Ambulance Association has issued a re-
port showing that within the last twenty-four
hours four persons have been killed. one hunnreo
and f,fty dangerously wounded and nve hundreo
more or less seriously injured Twenty shops
! have been burned out.
As q further indication Of the gravity Of the
| situation. troops 10 the number OF Ten 'hou-
| sand. equipped with ammunition and other para
! phernalia ms for a campaign. have oeen ensaseo
| In supressing tie riots.
II is not exactly martial law that has been
| proclaimed. but rather the institution Of sum-
nary civil procedure. called s,andrecht. whereby
a special tribunal Of seven judges Is empowered
! 10 I,npose capital and other severe sentences
| for offences ordinarily punished mildly. There
/ f. no appeal against death sentence oy the
/ tribunal which must be put into execution
/ within two hours by the military. n the hang
man IL not available. .
| Tn. intimate knowledge the mob has displayed
/ n, the exact position Of all the wealthest Ger
| man houses and OF valuable German proper''
/ shows that tn" riots were organzcd IN ao.hh..
/
/ wearing jewelry pundered from jewelers.
shops and comparatively few German houses
] have escaped attack. -
/ Vienna and elsewhere and tomorrow there Will
/ be at least twelve thousand soldiers In the city
! and its immediate suburbs ,
! The Burgomaster and The Municipal Council
! iors to-day submitted 10 the Governor COM
| plaints against the German students In connec-
! ,on with the recent disturbances. The cover
! nor replied that ne we'll understood that events
| had caused great excitement. but he was COM
rnli.d TO point out that there was not any jus
! iinration FOR the cxccsscs In this city. and he
! further declared that the utmost rigor would be
exercised in order to re-establish order and pro-
! tect the property of Germans.
The "Poitik." declaring that the present ag-
tatiOn was started by persons to whon tne
/ Fafherland and nationality are matters or IN
! difference. appeals to-day to all parties 10 re-
! strain movement (which might be fatal not
only 20 the Fatherland and 10 It's chief city. but
10 the political aspirations of the bohemian Ma
/ ton"
Vienna, Dec 2-The Parliamentary deadlock
continues Baron Gautsch tho new Premier.
has made no progress toward a compromise sat
isfactory 10 the rival factions. and II begins ~
be feared that the present Reichsrath VIII never
r.asscmble Certain it is that II the Re'chsrath
| meets with Or Won Abrahamovitch In the chair.
| the same disorierly scenes WI occur as h'l"re'
RIOTS IN OTHER PLACES
Riots more or less serious are reported from
innsbruck Brunn. Linz and Saaz In some
cases It is alleged that the disturbances have
| boon encouraged Ly the municipal authorities
| Generally the bohemian Jews have suffered
| most
| \ report is current tonight though as yet
| unconfrrn I'd that a mob at Prague attacked the
! soldiers and sanguinary encounter ensued.
| According 10 this rumor the TROOPS hred -FOUR
| vol!eys killin~ twenty-five rioters outright ana
| Wounding many.
II is evident that the standrecht was not pro-
! claimed a moment too soon a. Prague. Welt
| dressed men IL is said. rode on bicycles through
| tho CITY and the suburbs, making lists or the
| German places marked for attack. and the WORK
| Of the rioters being done In accordance with
| these lists and at many places simuitahe-
| ouslv prevention was almost Impossible
| Godsmiths' and jewellers showcases were
| ,mptled in A few minutes. Women carried bas.
| bets TO take home the contents OF grocery ana
provision stores while furniture and otner ar,i
| cles too heavy TO carry were wantonly destroyed
| II the troops he'd not used their SWORDS ana
| bayonets freely Prague might have been burned
| from end 10 ond In several cases jewish shop-
| koep,rs escaped by the device OF placing an H.
| Eliminated crucfx in the shop windows The
| nIllarnR was go systematic that In one street
| alone to-day fifteen Jewish shops were ran
| sacked An ambulance corps was attacked
| soyaceIv because the doctors were recognized as
| Germans