The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-02
another RE|cHSRATH RIOT.
s"HACEFUL SCENE YET
WITNESSED IN AUsTRo-HuN-
l. GARIAN PARLIAMENT.
Scene OF THE Widest DISORDER.
h"ie-PrincetOn Football Gimme
was Not n Marker to the Buck
ins and Tackling Of These
Alleged Statesmen.

Vienna, Nov. 24.-The members of .ho
lower house of the reichsrath TODAY ex.
ceiied themselves in producing the most
aissracefui scene yet witnessed in thar
prahch OF parliament. The Turbulence
resulted from motion that only oro
OF number of similar petitions apainst
tne ordnance making the Czech Ian
guaee coordinate with the German in
B0nemla should be read and nrintoI
hhls order OF the government has been
the OASIS of many uproarious scenes
winch have been described in these die,
pniches Tor number of weeks mast
although the question of renewing the
compact between Austria and Hungary.
PROFESSIONALLY at least, has been mixed
up IN all the bitter feeling manifested BY
the German and anti-German elements
The members Of the left party nrotest.
ed uproariously today against the mo-
ton referred to, stigmatizing it as con
pressiye ana Illegal"
FINALLY the members of the lower
house became so disorderly that the
president of that body, DR.. Abrahamo-
VICE, was once more compelled to sus-
pend the sitting, and he soon afterward
left the house. The departure of Pres
ident Abrahamovicz was the signal for
scene of the widest disorder DR..
Wolff, the German nationalist leader,
clambered into the presidents tribune,
seized heavy bell and swung it to and
fro, materially increasing the disorder.
The bell, however. was almost immedi-
ately wrenched from DR.. VOLTS hand
by Deputy Pollock. While this incl
dent was in progress, challenges to fight
duels and showers of billingsgate and
other insults were exchanged ON all sides
until the interior of the house in every
way resembled an inferno.
A number of young Czechs and Poles
made rush for the presidents tribune,
and attempted to tear DR.. Wolff down
from the position which he occupied
and they in turn were attacked by a
number of leftists, and disgraceful
scrimmage was the result.
This was only the beginning of the
fighting. During the preliminary scuf-
fling some of the young Czechs struck
DR.. Wolff, and this caused such an up
roar that n regular pitched battle with
fsticuffs followed, lasting for about a
quarter of an hour.
Herr Schoerer, the leader of a section
of the German opposition, caught hold
of and brandshed over his head one Of
the minister's arm chairs, and was evil
IDENTIFY about TO hurl it at the heads of
lHuleuldte OppOueuts, WueH ne WIS sciL-
ed and disarmed by Herr Hagenhofer.
BY this time the disorder was of such
a nature that even the public in the gal
leries cried shame upon the fighting,
swearing and misunderstanding depu-
ties.
A Polish member, Herr Polaz, rushed
upon another member, Herr Pfererche
and was nearly strangling him, when
Pfererche, ON the impulse of the mo
ment, drew pen knife from his pocket
and opened it, but he was disarmed by
a colleague before any further harm
was done. Herr Pfererche was by that
time so exhausted by the choking he
received. and was so overcome with eX-
citement that he tainted, still further
adding to the sensation.
At this moment President Ablahamo-
vicz returned to the house, but after
repeated vain efforts to quell the disor-
der he closed the sitting of the house.
In doing SO the president said:
in view of the acts of violence which
have occurred in the house today con-
slider it my duty to close this sitting.
Will those members who are willing to
give me the names of violent members
please come TO my othce!
Several members of the house accept
ed the invitation of the president and
as a result it is believed that Herren
Schoerer Wolff and Pfererche will be
arrested upon the charge of lighting IN
public.
The house will meet again tomorrow,