The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-18
SIXTH EXPEDITION STARTS HAWAII COFFEE ONONA BIG STRIKE IN PARIS
SIXTY THOUSAND WORKING MEN
QUIT WORK.
Troops Called to the City-Success of
the Exposition Endangered-Fear
of a Revolution Expressed.

PARIS, October S.-Of 100000 house
building workmen in Paris 10000 are
on strike, carrying on operations
under Socialistic or Collectivist lead
ers with discipline and organization
like those of a small army. Outlying
picllets of twenty men stand guard
over all buildings and sheds and pre-
vent by force well disposed men from
continuing work. These pickets are
hourly visited by flying squads of the
strikers, mounted on bicycles, who
communicate with the leaders of each
guild. These remain in permanent
session at the Bourse du Travail which
is the headquarters of the whole
movement.
The cause of the strike is demand
of the workmen for an increase in pay
of six centimes an hour.
On Thursday night the municipal
council of Paris supposed it had end
ed the strike by persuading the con
tractors to annul their contracts and
| agreeing to pay directly from the city
treasury the centimes per hour the
laborers demanded. The latter at first
consented, but subsequently declined
should also benefit by a proportionate
increase of wages. AS some of these
builders. skilled stonecutters, for in
stance, now receive 2S centimes an
hour, the increase now asked for will
prove ruinous.
The government is taking every pre-
caution to keep the strike movement
entirely separate from any future
Dreyfus disturbances. Meanwhile all
! peaceful workmen, contented with
their wages, are bullied by handful
of discontented professional agitators
and compelled to remain idle. At a
| public meeting a last night a general
strike was officially proclaimed and
efforts were made to extend it to ev-
cry branch of industry.
The temper of these meetings is il
Illustrated by worlingman asking:
where shall we get the necessary
money to continue a general strille?"
to which came the ready reply: "Nev-
er mind the money; we can plumber
the bakers and butchers shops when
ever We like"
NEW YORK, October S.-M Picard
commissioner general of the eXposi-
tion of 1900, in an interview saws: at
is impossible any longer to conceal
the fact that if the strike is not soon
ended the success of the exposition
will be seriously compromised. for il
will be impossible to open it on April
15, 1900.
PARIS, October 0.-The plumbers
and roofers have ceased work and the
joiners and cabinet makers will follow
them. 1t is rumored that the railway
employees and busmen will join the
strikers. The government has Offered
to fill the places of engine drivers
with military engineers and to pro
vide bread if the bakers strike. There
are now fully 10000 men on strike.
PARIS, October 9.-The govern
ment has issued special orders to tn,
garrisons of numerous towns near tn,
capital to send immediately to Pari
800 infantry each. The Journal de
Debats claims that these re-enforce
ments will amount to 10000 men. Th,
paper expresses the hope that tn,
country is not on the eve of revolu
ton.
All the troops will be supplied witt
two days rations and sixty rounds O
ball cartridges.
Today passed off quietly. Presiden
= Faure, instead of visiting the races a
1 Longchamps, as he had intended, pru
Z. IDENTIFY remained to shoot at Ramoui
let, thus avoiding a demonstration.