The record-union., 1897-12-02
Czechs Continue Their Attacks on
Germans and Jews.
Schools, Residences and Restaurants BoH-
barded With Stones.
All Traffic Suspended and Business
Houses Closed-Twelve Battal-
ron of Hussars Called Into Ser
vice to QueIl the Disturbances.

PRAGUE (Bohemia), Dec. There
was a renewal of the rioting here last
evening. The windows of the German
theater, German schools, restaurants,
residences and newspaper offices We're
broken into. The troops cleared the
streets. Many people were injured and
number of arrests made.
There were fresh disturbances here
to-day. The houses of Germans We're
bombarded with stones, ana a bowling
mob which gathered on Wenzel Platz
had to be dispersed by infantry and
cavalry. The university buildings are
threatened by the rioters. and will have
to be protected by large bodies of po-
lice
Troops have been drafted to Juden-
stadt, owing to the mob threatening to
riot there.
During the afternoon the riot increas-
ed. The synagogue windows were
smashed, and also the windows of the
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 of
infantry and a squadron of hussars-
All traffic is suspended and business
houses are closed.
In spite of the military. large Czech
mob made a descent during the even
ing upon the German quarter, and plum
dered houses and shops in several OF
them. The furniture of well-knoWn
German cafe was piled up in the street
and set on fire. When detachment OF
troops approached to disperse the riot
ers the soldiers were greeted with a
shower of stones, broken glass and 9TH
er missiles. The officer in command or
dered his troops to prepare to fire, but
at the urgent request Of police official
the order was not carried into effect.
Shortly after 8 O'clock a mob at
tempted to attack a cartridge factory at
Ziszhcow, a suburb Of Prague on the
other side of Moldau. The troops sta
toned at the factory poured a volley
into the crowd. Il is known that at least
two persons were killed outright, and it
Is feared that others were killed or
wounded The same body of rioters set
fire to a house at ZisZhcow, but the
flames were soon quenched.
In various other parts of the city and
the suburbs windows We're smashed and
German sign boards demolished.
1t is said that the mob was melted by
articles in the Czech newspapers, and
by false report that the German stu
dents had organized an attack upon the
Czech National Theater.
At a late hour threatening crowds
made repeated rushes, and an attempt
to storm the German newspaper offices
We're made but by II o'clock the town
Vas quiet, and the troops had been
withdrawn, except patrols at threaten
ing points.
In Smichow. the southwest suburb of
Prague. and a thiclIly populated indus
trial quarter, at late hour in the even
ing, a riotous mob attacked and plum
dered the German national school. The
rioters fired shots at the police detach-
ment which arrived on the scene to dis
rerse them, whereupon the command
ing officer. acting with great prompti-
tude, drew his revolver and fired at one
of the ringleaders. the bullet piercing
his arm. He then arrested the man,
and the result of this energetic action
was the disposal of the mob without
much further difficulty.
The German gymnasium in the Alt
saedter- Ring. in the center of the city,
was plundered by a mob, which was
finally dispersed by Il combined charge
of soldiers and police.
Damage to the amount Of many thou
sand forms has been done to German
firms. clubs and othar institutions hav-
ing German proprietors or patrons. No
performance was given at the German
1heater tonight.
The constant cry Of the rioters was:
s'Down with the GermansN Down with
The Jews" Ladies venturing on the
street were obliged to wear the Slav
tri-color. in order to avoid being at
tackled.
German sign boards are being rapidly
removed by their owners and replaced
with Czech inscriptions. Nobody dares
10 utter word in German.
The Kinsky palace was plundered or
its furniture, which was thrown through
the windows. heaped in the street and
set on fire, the mob preventing the hre
brigade from approaching.
The Wenzelsplatz. where the revoiu-
tion of 1913 began, has been the chief
center of the excitement. 1t is about
sixty yards in width and 40 yards In
length, and will hold 100000 people.
The police and the military have made
900 arrests, and it is reported tonight
that altogether eighty persons nave
int.