New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-02
MARTIAL LAW IN PRAGUE.
SERIOUS RIOTING RENEWED AND LONG
CONTINUED.

THE STREETS AT ONE TIME HELD BY TWELVE
BArTALIoNs ~INFANTRY-GERMAN THE
ATRB. HOUSES SCHOOLS AND NEwsPA
PER OFFICES ArTACKED-THREE
HUNDRED GERMANS INJURED.
Prague. Dec. 1.-As result Of the riots and
disorders Of the last twenty-four hours. the au-
thorties nave proclaimed the city under mar
tial law The Chief Of Police. who is Czech
was discovered encouraging rioters. and has been
suspended from office. 1t is now known that
the number Of injured Germans reaches three
hundred. They are being cared for at the
various hospitals. The disturbances to-day have
amounted almost to a rebellion.
There was renewal of the rioting yesterday
evening. The windows Of the German Theatre
schools, restaurants. residences and newspaper
officers were broken. The troops eventually
cleared the streets. Many people were injured
and a number Of arrests were made.
Nevertheless. fresh disturbances occurred to-
day. The houses Of Germans were bombarded
with stones, and a bowling mob which gathered
on the Wenzel- -Platz had to be dispersed by in
fantry and cavalry. The University buildings
wer threatened by the rioters and had to be
protected by large bodies Of police.
During the afternoon the riots increased. The
windows Of the houses of Jews displaying Ger
man trade signs in several streets Of the Jew
,sh quarter. At 6 o'clock this evening the
streets were held by twelve battalons of in
fantry and squadron Of hussars. All traffic
was suspended and the shops and business
houses were closed.
In spite OF the military, large Czech mob
made q descent during the evening upon the
German quarter and plundered houses and
shops In several streets. The furniture OF
well-known German cafe was piled in the street
and set on fire. When detachment of troops
approached TO disperse the rioters, the soldiers
were greeted with showers Of stones. broken
glass and other missiles. The officer In COM
mand ordered his troops TO prepare to fire: but al
the urgent request of police official the order
was not carried into effect.
Shortly after o'clock a mob attempted 10
storm a cartridge factory at Zizhkow. SUBURB
of Prague on the other side Of the Moldau The
troops stationed at the factory poured voHey
into the crowd. At least two persons were killed
outright and 1t is feared that others were killed
or wounded The same body Of rioters set fire
to a house at Zizhkow, but the flames were soon
ouenched. Ia various other parts Of the city and
the suburbs windows were smashed and Ger
man signboards demolished. 1t s said that the
papers and by a false report that the German
students had organized an attack upon 'ne
Czech National Theatre.
Later. threatening crowds made repeated
rushes and attempts to storm the German news
paper offices, but by IL o'clock the town was
quiet and the troops had been withdrawn, ex-
cept patrols at threatened points
Thousands of Czech miners streamed into
Prague this evening from the surrounding VII
lagos assist the rioters. The scientific instru-
ments In the German University and High
School have been destroyed, and valuable
archives preserved for a long time at the Kin
sky Palace the largest In the Alstadt. have been
burned.
GERMANS IN DANGER ON THE STREETS.
It has been dangerous for Germans to venture
into the streets as any use OF the German Ian
guage meant certain assault. meeting OF a
German society in honor Of the eighteth BIRTH
day of Professor Theodor Mommsen was pro-
h,bited by the authorities, who feared 1t might
provoke a collision with the Czechs.
To-day's riots would have been less serious
but that the troops available early in the day
were insufficient to cope with the riotng over
so extended an area.
Already resenting the German tubilations and
tlluminations of clubs and beerhails over the
fall OF Count BdOenl the CZecN pOpuIdtloH Was
still further melted by the speech Of the Czech
Burgomaster delivered on Monday night TO the
Town Council.
TWO SPECIAL SUFFERERS
Two special sufferers from the riot are Baron
von Aehrenthal. q representative OF the German
land owners In the Rechsrath and Count Won
Sslm Baron Won Aehrenthars palace Is on
the wenzels- -Platz. The mob smashed the win
dows and tore out the window frames on the
ground floor last night. Similar outrages were
committed at Count Won Salm's palace which
is the editorial Office Of the German paper
Bohemia" During the night the Aehrenthal
palace was boarded up. but the rioters soon re-
moved the planks and hurled three large stones
into the luxuriously furnished rooms. smashing
valuable objects Of art and costly FURNITURE,
DAMAGE to the amount OF many thousands OF
forms has been done to German arms, ciups
and other institutions having German proprie.
tors or patrons No performance WAS given III
the German Theatre tonight.
The constant cry Of the rioters was Down
with the Germans" Down with the t,;DaS Jews
Women venturng on the streets were Obliged TO
wear the Slav tricolor in order TO avoid being
attacked German signboards are being hastily
removed by their owners ana replaced WIN
Czech inscriptions NOBODY ddres u u''ei
word In German. .,
ture which was thrown through the WINDOWS.
heaped In the street and set on fire. the mop
preventing the fire brigade from approaching.
The Wenzes- Platz, where the revolution OF
1848 began. has been the chief centre OF excite,
ment Ii is about sixty yards In width ana
seven hundred and fifty yards In length. and
will hold hundred thousand people.
The police and the military have made TWO
hundred arrests.
Troops have been drafted TO Judehs,adt' OWING
TO the mob threatening TO run riot there.
Pilsen. Bohemia. Dec. las result OF the
threatening mob gatherings yesterday the
houses of German residents are specially guard
ed by the police. To-day three thousand people
gathered In front OF the Town Hall, and. after
singing National songs. proceeded 10 the Ger
man Gymnasium. where they broke the win
dows The police dispersed the crowd, wounding
one The rioters then returned TO the Town
Hall where falling TO obtain the liberation OF