The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-02
.R|0T|NG IN The
STREETS |.II| OF PRAGUE
Czech FEELING Runs HIgh AglilS|
Everything Ge[nQl.
RIOTERS SMASH EVERYTHING BRTASABLE
Troops kSsalled With Anything That Comes
Handy t0'ThrOH.
wi"dowsin German EIonsesnnd signs
OF Jewish shops Fnrcd Badly NJ
the Hands OF tho Mob -Attempt 10
storm Cartridge Factory Rc.
pulsed by the Troops-City Pro-
claimed Under Martial Lnw-Thrcc
Hundred Germans Injured.
Prague, Bohemia, Dec. |. 1897

Ihere was renewal OF the riotinE
here last evening. The windows of the
German theatre, German schools. res
taurants, residences and ncwspapcr
offices were broken. The troops cleared
The streets. Many people were Injured
and i number OF arrests were made.
During the afternoon the riots increased.
Synagogue windows were smashed as
well rs 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 battaliops OF
infantry and n squadron of hussars.
All traffic is suspended, and the shops
and business houses are closed.
In spite OF the military A large Czech
mob made Il descent during the eveni
ing upon the German quarter "A nd plum
dercd houses and shops in several
streets. The furniture Of a well known
German cafe was piled UP In the street
and set on fire. When a detachment Of
troops approached 10 disperse the riot
d:s, Ihe soldiers were greeted with
showers of stones. broken glass and
other missiles. The officer in command
ordered his troops to prepare to fire but
NJ the urgent .epuest of police official
the order was not carried into effect.
shortly after O'Clock a mob at
tempted to storm cartridge factory at
LinZhkow. suburb of Prague, on the
other side of the Molda The troops
stationed at the factory poured a volley
INTO the crowd 1t is known that at
ieast two persons We're killed outright
ana II is feared that others were killed
or wounded. The same body of rioters
SET hre io u house at ZinZhkow, but
the flameS Were soon qucnched In
various other parts OF the city and the
suburbs windows were smashed and
German Sign boards demolished 1T Is
SAID that the mob was melted by arti-
cles in the Czech newspapers, and by
l2lse report that the German students
nad organized an attack upCn the
Czech National Theatre. At a late
hour threatening crowds made repcatcd
rHshes and attempts to storm the Ger
man newspaper offices, but by II
CLOCK the town was quiet and the
troops had been withdrawn cXccpt nat
rolls al threatened points
III SmchoW, the southwest suburb of
Prasue, and Il thickly populated indus
iiiai quarter. mt late quarter, q
riotous mob attacked and plundered the
German National School. The rioters
hred shots at the police detachment
Whlch arrived on the scene to dispersc
them whcreupon the commanding off,
Ger, acting with great promptitude.
drew his revolver and fired at one of
the finEleadcrs, the bullet piercing his
arm. He then arrested the man, and
the result Of this energetic action was
the dispensing of the mob without much
further difficulty.
IN Gil in,
s'aedter-lting. in the center of the City
was plundered by a mob which was
hnaily dispersed by a combined charge
OF soldiers and police.
AS Il rasui; of the riots and disorders
or the last twenty-four hours the au-
thoritieS have proclaimed the city under
martial law. THE chief of police, who is
a Czech. was discovered encouraging
rioters, and has ben suspended from
olice. 1t i9 now known that the num-
Der OF injured Germans reached three
hundred. They arc being cared for at
the various hospitals.
The disturbances to-day have amount
cd almost to rebellion. Thousands OF
Czech mine:s tramped into Prague to-
hish' from The surrounding villages to
assist the rioters. The scientific Instru
mcnts in the German university and
high school have been destroyed and
valuable archives preserved for Il long
time at the ISinsky pla:z the largest
In the Alstadt, have been burned.
II has ben dangerous fc: Germans toI
venture into the streets, as any use of
the German language meant certain
assault. y meeting of a German society
in honor of the cighticth birthday of
Prof. Theodore Mommsen was prohb-
tied by The authorities, who feared II
might provoke a collision with the
CzecEr:.
To-day's riots would have been less
serious. but that :he troops availabl,,
early in tie day We're insufficient to
cope with the rioters over so extended
an a!ea.