The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-12-04

the objects OF Attacks by
Czechs In bohemia.

,as renewal Of the rioting here. The
uindows of the German theater, Ger
man schools. restaurants, residences
and newspaper offices were broken
The troops cleared the streets. Many
nson,e were injured and q number OF
arrests were made.
During the afternoon the riots IN
creased. The synagogue windows
we're smashed and the windows OF the
houses of Jews displaying German
trade signs in several streets OF the
Jewish quarter. Since six o'clock
Wednesday evening the streets have
been held by IL battalions Of infantry
and squadron of hussars. All traflc
Is suspended and the shops and busi-
ness houses are closed. In spite OF the
military a large Czech mob made
descent during the evening upon the
German quarter and plundered houses
and shops in several streets. The FUR
niture of a well-known German cafe
was piled up in the street and set on
fire. When n detachment OF troops APP
preached to disperse the rioters the
soldiers were greeted with showers OF
stones. broken glass and other missiles.
The officer i'm command ordered his
troops to prepare TO fire, but at the
urgent request OF police oinclai the
order was not carried into effect.
Shortly after nine o'clock mob at
tempted TO storm a cartridge factory.
\ at Ziszhcow, suburb of Prague, on the
other side OF Moldau. The troops sta
toned at the factory poured a volley
into the crowd. 1t is known that at
least two persons were killed outright,
and IL 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 in the SUI
burbs windows were smashed and Ger
man signboards demolished. IL is said
that the mob was melted by articles in
the Czech newspapers, and by false
report that the German students had
organized an attack upon the Czech ma
tional theater. At late hour threat
ening crowds made repeated rushes
and attempted to storm the German
newspaper Offices, but by II o'clock the
town was quiet and the troops had been
withdrawn. except patrols at threatened
points.
In Smchow, the southwest suburb Of
Prague and thcl<ly populated indus
trial quarter, at late hour in the even
ing a riotous mob attacked and plum
dered the German national school. The
rioters fred shots al the police detach-
ment which arrived on the scene to dis
perse them, wherenpon the command
ing officer. acting with great prompt
tudc drew his revolver and fred az one
OF the riugleaders. the bullet piercing
his arm He then arrested the man
and the result Of this energetic action
was the dispersal Of the mob without
much further difficulty. The German
gymnasium In the Altstaedter-R Ring, in
the center Of the city. was plundered by
n mob which was finally dispersed by
a combined charge OF soldiers and
police.
Two special sufferers from the riots
are Baron Won Aehrenthal, a represen-
tative Of the German landowners in the
reichsrath. and Count Won Salm. Baron
Won Aehrenthals place Is on the Wen
sells platz. The mob smashed the win
dows and tore out the window frames
I, on the ground floor. Similar outrages
were committed al Count Won Salm's
. place. which is the editorial office OF the
, German paper Bohemia. During the
: night the Achrcnthal place was boarded
up. but the rioters soon removed the
planks and threw large stones into the
luNuriously furnished rooms, smashing
valuable objects OF art and costly furni-
: ture Damage TO the amount Of many
thousands OF forms has been done e
German firms, clubs and other institu
tons having German proprietors or pa
irons.
The constant cry of the rioters was
"Down with the Germans, Down Will
E the Jews" Ladies yenturng on the
y street were obliged to wear the Slav tri
: color 10 order TO avoid being attacked
, German signboards are being hastily
removed by their owners and replaced
> with Czech inscriptions Nobody darei
> 20 utter a word in German
y The Kinsky palace was plunderec
: Of It's furniture, which was thrown
through the windows, heaped in th'
! street and set on fire, the mob pre-
/, venting the fire brigade from approach
ing. The Wensels platz, where thu
. revolution Of 1sls began, has been thu
chief center Of excitement.
The police and military have mad'
200 arrests. and it is reported that alto
'e gether so persons have been injured.