Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-24

| Paris, Aug. 20-Paris was to-day the
| scene of most serious disturbances, recall
| ing some aspects of the commune. In re-
| sporse to an appeal of the Journal Du
Peuple and La Petite Republique, groups
of anarchists and socialists gathered about
3 o'clock in the afternoon in the Place de
! La Republique
Sebastion, F'aure and Fabrot, well
known revolutionary anarchists, were the
| ring leaders. Faure standing on the pc
| deStal of the statue which rises in tho
| centre OF the Place La Republique, ad-
| dressed the crowd. Among other things
! he said that the anarchists should be mas
! tiers of the streets. The police then in
| terfered and dislodged Faure and Fabrot
making three arrests.
| The crowd at this point dispersed but
a column of demonstrators. headed by
Faure and Henri DHorr made for the
! Place de la Nation.
The police broke through the column
and struggle for the mastery followed
Shots were fired and NJ. Goulder, commits
sary of police, was twice stabbed with a
knife
! This threw the police into momentary
confusion. The mob reassembled and ran
toward the Place de la Nation. The po-
lice reinforced by squad that had been
| held in reserve, made another attempt to
stem the current and fresh fierce lighting
occurred, three constables being wounded
! Faure and D'Horr jumped into a pass
ing street car that was going to the Place
de Ia Republique, and the car driver, on
arriving there, gave a signal to the police,
who Immediately arrested them both. to-
gether with two other anarchists Joseph
Terrier and Jean Perrin. All were con-
veyed to the Chateau D'Eau Barracks
Only D'Horr was found in possession Of
firearms.
In the meantime the anarchist mob re-
traced its course to the Place de la Re-
publiquc, smashing the windows of relg-
ious edifices on the way.
Suddenly either at the word OF command
or in obedience to impulse. the column
made loop and curved toward the church
of St AMBROSE, where the rioters smash
ed the windows Proceeding thence to-
ward the Fauborg du Temple which
they reached at the corner of the Rue
DarboN and the Rue St. -Popincourt.
they formed up into compact BODY
Hatchets We're suddenly produced with
long knives stolen from the counters of
shops, and a concerted rush was made
upon the church OF St Joseph.
The aged sacristanI seeing the mob has
tily closed the outer gates, but these were
soon forced with hatchets and bars of
iron. The massive oaken doors were then
attacked.
Affairs, fonts and statues were hurled TO
the floor and smashed, pictures were rent;
candle sticks. ornaments and hosts from
high affairs We're thrown and tramplcd un-
der foot. The cruchx above was made the
target for missiles and the figure of tho
Savious was fractured in several places.
Then, while raucous voices sang the
l'carfnaenole' the chairs were carried out
side, piled up and set on fire in the centre
of the square fronting the church.
When this stage was reached the cruci6x
va pulled down and thrown into the
fla mes Suddenly cry was raised that the
statue of the Virgin had been forgotten
and the crowd returned and tore this
down also.
Meanwhile the sacristan who had been
captured by the anarchists escaped and
called the police and republican guards
who promptly arrived with many consta-
bles. They were compelled to fail back in
ordeC to form up into line of defcnce. as
the anarchists attacked them fearlesaly
with knives.
At length the officers began to gain the
mastery. score of anarchists took lef-
rse in an adjacent house Others en-
trenched themselves la the bclfry and
iiercely defended themselves by showering
missiles on the republican guards but IL
nally these were dIslodged.
Twenty anarchists were arrested taken
to the police station, searched and found
10 be carrying revolvers loaded sticks and
knives.
When the police entered the church the
anarchists had just SGT fire to the pulpit
The interior of the ediCe was a complete
wreck. Several valuable old pictures that
can never be replaced were ruined.
After the mob had been driven away
Able Lacour the incumbent, collected the
fragments of the sacrament and replaced
them in the ciborium As he did so he
was heard bitterly lamentng.
The people living in the houses near by
extinguished the bonfire.
(MidnighO Since s o'clock the demon
strators. as far as Care DE LEST have
been repeatedly driven back by police
charges. the crowd crying "Vive Lar
NEE" and "Vive La Republique"
The police also dispersed crowd of
gamins, who were burning bundles of
newspapers.
About 10 O'Clock disorders occurred on
the Boulevard DE Magenta and Boulevard
De Strasbourg. Several revolver shots
were fired but nobody was injured. Two
newspaper kosks were burned and sew
eral arrests made in connection there
with,
There Is no change in the situation at
tho building In the Rue De ChabroI,
where NJ. Jules Guerin and his Anti-Sem-
lite companions are entrenched in a state
OF siege against the police, who have or
ders for their arrest
FIFTY-SlX INJURED.
Paris. Aug. al a. NIP to the pres
ent hour So persons have been reported in
JuSeu INCLUDING several pollctineH' NO
one. so far as was known was injured by
fire arms. Nearly all were hurt by being
crushed or trodden under foot,
body Of rioters who had taken refuge
in the court yard of the Care De LEST
were expelled by the police, who made %
arrests. Quiet has been restored
Shortly after midnight noisy crowds be-
gan demonstrating in the Rue De Chabrol
hut they were soon dispersed by the po-
lice.
Paris, Aug. q. 2 a. m.-Besides st. Jo-
|seph's church two cafes were wrecked.
At late hour 10000 people were in the
Boulevard De Magenta which runs past
the end of the Rue De Chabrol. They were
kept constantly moving by the republican