The Lamar register., 1899-08-23
FRENCH ANARCHISTS
SUNDAY OF sAcR,LEoE nv PARIS
Commissioner OF Police stabbed Han
dred. OF Persons iniared. Churches
Are Defied, Robbed and Sci ON Fire

rtlk ANlkNA~ ~ AAhN NFAsf
mnne. In response to an appeal of the
Journal du Pepulc aud In Petite Re
pubiiuuc. groups OF anarchists aud so
eiallsis gathered about o'clock in th''
afternoon in the Place de Ia Repub-
Hque. Th. police hnd taken precau-
lions and there seemed 70 its no danger
of disorder.
Sebastian Faurc aud Faberot, well
known revolutionary anarchists, wer"
the leaders. Fauru, standing on th''
pedestal OF the statue which rises IN
the center OF the Place de IN Repub-
liuue. addressed the crowd. Among
other things. lie said that the anar-
chists should bC masters OF tle str>ets.
The police then intrTfeced aud dis-
lodged Faurr aud Falrrot. making
Jhr,4a arrests The crowd NJ this point
dispersed. but a column Of dcmnn-
strators, headed by Faure aud Henri
d'tIorr made Tor the Place de Ia Ma
tion.
The poli1,t, broke through the sol,
ann and struggle eccurrrd shots
We're fir,sI. aud NJ Goaillisr, euuimi>-
Sary uf police, was twice stabbed with
a knife.
This threw the police iutn mnmrR.
tary confusion. The mob EysiSsauiblsst
aud ran toward the rlass. lie u Ma
ton The police. reinforced ity a squad
that had been held IN rr-TTve. suade
another attempt 70 stem the cuTrent.
and fresh. ticrse fgiitiue oVcurr'-d.
three constablss hsluE wountted,
Fanre aud d,Iiorr jumped Into a pass
ing stnsei car that WIS going 80 the
Place de- Ia Rspuhiiqus aud the ear
driver on arriving thCrc EaV" a <iE.
nal to the police who Immediately ar
rested them both. together with two
other anarchists. Is,-sph Fs'rrieF and
Jean Perrin. Duly d.IIorr WAS foHuh
In possession % fphrIus.
In the meantime tiic aaar-lilsi Hisb
n.iraced It's coursc 70 tis- i=iiff5-e tse la
Repubiitlue smashing thr Windows 1f
religious e,llficcS CA the WAY
Suddenly. either az tlIv word az
command, or IN ot-slieRcs 60 impulse,
the column made a lucP and curved
towards tho chur-h % ~. Aiuts'is's.
yyherc th, Rioters -mashs-i the Uiu-
dowS. I'r"cyp~ifug thsnsv inWard ibr
Faugnurg du Tempit' a. the rugprr uf
Rue. phrtay and Hue 81. RauF; f1rlss.
court, they formed up into a csmIact
body Hatch.ts werc ~ts,isisnly tirs,-
du,,'d aud knives stolen fpim tile conn
tiers OF shops, and converted rnsh
was made or the church NJ - J"-
scph
The aged saeFfsinn. seeing thc mob.
hastily closed tn. outer EssieS- tot
thess wsr,. soon forspyl yEisit haichrtS
and bars Of lga. The massive uAken
doors were then attacked Acssog.ing
to the hrst acypuut. the Wild bordn
burst Into the church. which Instant
~ b-scaine y scene OF siilaEe and $50
riis.se Altar and SiatneS wtsFs. hori
"a to the fiSur and smashed, Ptctun'-
weus rent. candlesticks and ornaments
were thrown down and irnnpse-A un
der foot The CTuciiiN above was
made the target for missiles and the
figure Of tue savior was frugturri Ia
several places
Then, while raisc sNus voices SANG
''Carna gnolr' the e.Iairs were carried
piled up aud -; on rir. in the
center Of the square fronilng the
church.
When this stage WAS reached The cru
ciiix was pulled Down and thrown into
the flames suddenly yhr cry WAS
raised that tlr statue of the virgin had
been forgotten and the crowd returned
and tore this down also.
Meanwhile the sacfis;an. who had
been captured ty The anarchists, G..
capped and called the police aud repub-
lican guards. who promptly arrived
with many conStableS They were com.
I,clled TO fall hack In order to form un
into line OF defense, a. the anarchists
attacked them with knives.
Al length the officers began 10 gain
the mastery. \ score Of anarchists took
refuge in an adjacent house. Others
intrenchel themselves In the beifry
and fierv-eiy defended themselves by
showerlng missiles on ihr republican
guards, but finally these were dis.
lodged Twenty anarchists were ar
rested, taken to the police station.
searched and found 10 he carrying ~,
volyers. loaded sticks and knives
When the police entered the church
The anarchists had just Sc; fire 10 the
pulpit. The Interior OF the ,diiice was
n complete wreck. Several valuable old
pictures that can never he replaced
were ruined.
After the mob had been driven away
1ADle Iacour. the incumbent collected
the fragments OF the sacrament aud re-
placed them In the ciborium, As he did
so he was heard bitterly Iamenfing.
The people living ia the houses near
by eStinguished the bonfire.
Besides st. Joseph's church two
cafes were wrecked
At late hour 20,uao people were IN
the Boulevard De Magenta. which runs
past the end Of the Rue lie Chabrol.
They We're Kept constantly moving by
the republican guards. who made a re-
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