The herald., 1897-11-28
ONE WOLFF QUIETED
AUSTRIA'S LEFTIST LEADER
GAGGED
Disorder at Reichsrath Sessions Is
Followed by Street Rioting At
tended by Fatalities

VIENNA. Nov. 81. Bear garden
scenes in the lower house of the Reichs-
rath were continued today. When the
President of the House, Dr. Abraham
ovics, appeared there was chorus Of
Shame upon you" from the left aisle ac
companied by deafening noise of whis-
ties and slamming desk lids. Many Of
the Leftists gathered in front of the
| Presidents platform shouting and blow
ing tin trumpets and flutes while the
President was ringing his bell for order.
This scene lasted about a quarter of an
hour, during which time the President
remained seated. Then he suspended
the sitting.
AS President Abrahamovics was leav-
ing the House a number of Leftists pelt-
ed him with paper balls. Thereupon
the President returned and stood un-
moved as the House was filled with the
noise of the trumpets and hand-clap-
on the part of the Right Assists. and
other disturbances. After waiting ten
minutes and the uproar continuing the
President left the platform.
During his absence the noise was not
w
alist leader, and one of the suspended
members of the House, entered about
that time, but was forcibly elected from
the House by the police, at which he Of
fered violent resistance. According to
an account DR.. Wolff had to be gagged
and was afterwards bundled into cab
and taken to the police station.
At l o'clock the Vice President ap-
peared and declared the sitting closed,
adding that the date of the next session
would be communicated to the members
by letter.
OF the fifty-one persons arrested dur
ing the street demonstration here yes
terday thirteen have been sent before
the provisional tribunal, charged with
causing an illegal assemblage and with
holding the authorities up to contempt.
One was charged with public violence,
ten We're denounced to the public pro-
secutor, for trespassing. five will be tried
for interfering with official acts. fifteen
have been fined and one has been nc
quilted. The cases of the rest have not
been decided.
A delegation of the opposition leaders
of all sections waited upon Count Ba-
deni, the premier, before today's ses-
sion of the lower house and urged him
to put an end to the embroglio. Count
Badeni told the leaders there could be
no sitting of the house on Monday if to-
days session was quiet.
DR.. Leuger, the antiSemitic burgO-
master of Vienna, also visited the pre-
mier and represented to him the danger
Gus temper of the populace, saying that
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more excited and that something must
be done if serious trouble was to be
avoided After today's session the ma
joritys parliamentary committee met
and resolved to defer planning its course
until the government communicated its
intentions to the house.
A crowd of students during the after
noon session assembled on the Reich
strasse and indulged in demonstrations
until they We're dispersed by the police.
Throughout the evening the police
We're obliged repeatedly to disperse the
political crowds who gathered in the
Ringstrasse between the parliament
houses and the university buildings
In front of the former a crowd number
ing 2000 principally composed of stu
dents, assembled and hooted and groan-
ed at the police, and finally attacked
the officers with stones. Eventually the
police We're ordered to clear the streets,
which they did with drawn swords.
At Graatz, the capital of Styria, a
band of students and other young men
started to parade the streets, but We're
prevented by the police from carrying
out their intention, and compelled to
disperse. Later in the evening a riotous
crowd of workmen assembled in the bus
mess quarter of the town and began to
break windows and commit other eX-
cesses. Four companies of infantry and
a squadron of cavalry were summoned
to the scene of disturbances.
Upon their arrival they were assailed
by a shower of stones and We're COM
PEELED to fire upon the mob, killing two
and wounding five of the rioters. OF the
injured four are suffering from bayonet
thrusts. Several police officers also We're
hurt.
The disorder continued until shortly
before midnight when the streets We're
cleared and military patrol of the
town was established
Emperor Francis Jospeh arrived here
today and conferred with Count Ba-
deni, the premier, and Count Gluchow-