The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-12-06
CzechS Smash the Windows Of Many
German Houses.
ALL TRAFFIC is SUSPENDED
Troops Fire Upon Mob and Several
Rioters Killed.
GERMAN SCHOOL WAS ATTACKED
Police Are Fired Upon by the Mob.
Palace Is Visited and Rocks
Smash Through Windows.

| Prague Bohemia, December 1.-Ihere
wore fresh disturbances here today The
houses of Germans were bombarded with
stones, and a bowling mob. when gath'r'u
on Wenxelsplatz. had to be dispersed by
infantry ana cavalry.
The university buildings are threatened
by the rioters and have to be protected by
large bodies of police.
Troons have been drafted to Judenstadt,
owing to the mob threatening TO run rot
there.
During the afternoon the riots increased
The synagogue windows were smashed, as
were also the windows of the houses OF
Jews displaying German trade signs III
several streets of the Jewish quarter,
The furniture OF a well known German
cafe was piled up in the street ana set
on fire When a detachment of troops APP
preached to dispense the rioters the soldiers
were greeted with showers of stones
broken glass and other missiles. The OIL
Ger in command ordered his troops to
prepare to fire. but at the urgent request
of Il police official the order was not car
ried into effect.
At Smychow, the southwest suburb OF
Prague, a thickly populated Industrial
quarter, at late hour in the evening. Il
riotous mob attacked and pundered the
German national school.
AS a rcsuls Of the threatening mob
gatherings in Pllzen yesterday, the houses
Of German residents are specially guarded
by the police. Today three thousand people
gathered in front OF the town hal, and,
after singing national songs, proceeded to
the German gymnasium. where they broke
the windows. The police dispersed the
crowd, wound.ns one.
Czech Jubilations Continue.
Already rc8cntlng the German r;!b.laticns
and illumnatons of clubs and beer halls
over the fall of Count Badeni. the Czech
population was st!ll further melted by the
speech Of the Czech burgomaster delivered
Monday night to the town council
Two special sufferers from the riots are
Baron Won Aehrcnthal, a representative of
the German landowners in the Teichsrath,
and Count Won Salm. Baron Won Aehren-
thars palace is on the Wcnzclsplatz. \ he
mob smashed the windows and tore out
the window frames on the ground floor
last night. Similar outrages We're commit
ted at Count Won Salms palace, which is
Bohemia.
The constant cry OF the rioters was:
Down with the Germlns," Down with
the Jews" Ladies Vcnturing on the
streets were obliged to wear the Slav tri-
color N order to avoid being attacked.
German signboards being hastily re
moved by their owners and replaced with
Czech inscriptions. Nobody dares to utter
a word in German.
The Khinsky palace was plundored Of its
furniture, which was thrown through the
windows. h"apod IN tho street and set on
fire the mob preventing the fire brigade
from approat hing.
The Wcu2clsplatz where the revolution
of 1S4S began. has been the chief center
Of excitement. 1t is about sixty yards in
width and 40 yards in length and Will hold
a hundred thousand people.
The police and the military have made 900
arrests and It - reported tonight thai
altogether eighty persons have been in
iurcd.