The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-09
MORE R|0I|NG At PRAGUE.
VICIOUS ATTACKS MADE UPON GER
MAN SHOPS AND OTHER
BUILDINGS.
The TROOPS FIRED ON THE MOB.
Two Persons Killed-A Police omcer
Dinperses One Mob by killing the
Lender-Newspnper Offices At
tacked-Building Fired.

fresh disturbances here today. The
houses of Germans were bombarded with
stones and bowling mob which gath
cred on Wenzel platz had to be dispersed
by infantry and cavalry.
The university buildings are threatened
by the rioters and have to be protected
by large bodies of police.
Troops have been drafted to Judenstadt,
owing to the mob threatening to run
riot there.
During the afternoon the riots in
creased. The synagogue windows were
smashed. as were also the windows of
houses of Jews displaying German trade
signs in several streets of the Jewish
quarter.
Since o'clock this evening the streets
have been held by twelve battalions cf
infantry and a squadron of hussars. All
traffic is suspended and business houses
are closed.
In spite of the military, large Czech
mob made descent during tn evening
upon the German quarter and plundered
houses and shops in several streets. The
furniture of n well known German cafe
was piled up in the street and set on lire.
A detachment of troops approached TO
dispense the rioters and the soldiers were
greeted with showers of stones, broken
glass and other missiles. The officer in
command ordered his troops to prepare
to fire, but at the urgent request of Il
police official the order was not carried
into effect.
Shortly after 0 o'clock mob attempted
TO storm cartridge factory at IiZhokow,
a suburb of Prague. The troops sta
toned mt the factory poured n volley
into the crowd. 1t is known that at lerst
two persons were killed outright and il is
feared others were killed or wounded.
The same body of rioters set fire to
house ut Tizhokow, but the flames were
soon quclled.
In various parts of the city and sub
urbs windows were smashed and German
sign boards demolished.
tices in the Czech newspapers and by
a false report that the German students
had organized an attack upon the Czech
National theater.
At later hour the crowds made re-
peated rushes and attempts to storm the
morning newspaper offices. By ii
o'clock the town was quiet and the troops
had been withdrawn, except patrols at
threatened points. In Smyckow. the
populated industrial quarter, at a late
hour in the evening n riotous mob at
tackled and plundered the German Ma
tional school. The rioters fired shots at
police detachment, whereupon the COM
manding officer, acting with great
promptitude. drew his revolver and fired
Mt one of the rngleaders. the bullet
piercing his arm. He then arrested the
man. The result of this energetic action
was the dispersal of the mob without
much further difficulty.
The German gymnasium in the Al
stacdterng. in the center of the city, was
plundcrpd nv n mob. which was finally
dispersed by combined charge Of sol
diers and police.
Already resenting the German jublla-
tons and Examinations of clubs and
beer halls over the fall of Count Badeni.
the Czech population was still further
melted by the speech of the Czech bur
gomaster. delivered Monday night to the
town council.
Two special sufferers from the riots
are Baron Won Aehrenthal, representa-
tive of the German land owners in the
reichsrath, and Count Won Salam, Baron
Won Aehrenthal's palace is on the
Wezels platz The mob smashed the
windows and tore out the window frames
on the ground floor last night. Similar
outrages were committed at Count Won
Snlams palace, which is the editorial
office of the German paper Bohemia.
During the day the Aehrenthal palace
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removed the planks and threw large
stones into the luxuriously furnished
rooms, smashing valuable objects Of art
and costly furniture. No performance
was given at the German theater to-
night. The constant cry of the rioters
was "Down with the Germans ''Down
with the Jews" Ladies venturing en-
the streets were obliged to wear the
Slav tri-color in order to avoid being
attacked German sign boards are be-
ing hastily removed by their owners
and replaced with Czech inscriptions.
Nobody darcs to utter a word in Ger
man. The Kinsky palace was plumber
ed of its furniture, which was thrown
through the windows, heaped in the
streets and set on fire. the mob prevent
ing the fire brigade from approaching.
The police and the military have made
700 arrests, and it is reported tonight
that eighty persons have been injured.