The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-21
THEY LOOT A CHURCH.
Sacrilegious Horde Insults Image Of Virgin
-Crucifx Thrown in the Flames
Bonfire Made Of Chairs and
Benches = St. Josephine
Utterly Wrecked.

burned and several arrests in connec.
ton with it.
l a. MP to the present hour so
persons have been injured, including
several policemen. No one, so far as
known was injured by firearms. Near
ly all were hurt by being crushed or
trodden under foot
A body of rioters who had taken re-
fuge in the courtyard of the Care de
FEST, were expelled by the police, who
made 25 arrests. Quiet has now been
restored.
a. m.-Besides st. Joseph's Church,
two cafes were attacked.
At a late hour 10000 people We're in
the Boulevard de Magenta, which runs
past the end of the Rue de Chaprol.
They We're kept constantly moving by
the republican guards, who made a re-
markable display of force
Large bodies of police were constant
ly operating in and around the Rue de
Chabrol and a large force was held in
readiness at the nearest barracks. In
the collisions between the anarchists
i and Guerinites the scuf1ing was seri-
tous, and three companies OF the repub-
| lican guards charged the contestants,
! several persons being injured.
/ Fifty or so policemen were seen strik-
ling wildly at every person within reach
on the Boulevard de Magenta, A lad
was knocked down while trying to rise
and a policeman literally jumped over
| him
According to some accounts paying
stones were torn up and used as mis-
| siles.
In the Avenue de Taillebourg there
was a fierce conflict. The police had to
draw their swords against the anar-
chists, who assailed them with stones.
Four policemen. were wounded, two 50
seriously that they had to be taken to
the hospital A lamentahle feature Of
the affair is that it viii be regarded as
a pro-Dreyfus demonstration and re-
act greatly to the detriment of the
chances of acquittal.
1t is much to be feared that yester-
days scenes were due to the weakness
the government has displayed over the
Guerin affair. The governments toler-
alton and desire to avoid bloodshed has
been misinterpreted with the worst re-
suits.
1t appears that the anarchist DEM
Ionstration was decided upon at meet
ing held Saturday night. The Journal
du Peuple, edited by Sebastian Faure,
published a manifesto denouncing the
military party the anti-Semites, the
monarchists and the priests and urged
its supporters to meet force with force.
I. SShould Dreyfus be convicted" said
the manifesto, sit will be the triumphs
of bandits. Should he be acquitted, the
military section will be in open rebel
lion"
The paper called on all anarchists to
demonstrate against the priests and the
Jesuits. Copies of the manifesto were
scattered broadcast, and the result was
that the anarchists fiocked into the
streets, singing the "Carmagnoe" and
crying "a bas Rochefort,' "a bas Dru-
mont" and "a bias Guerin.''
a. m. - The prefecture OF
police gives the following statistics Of
yesterdays riots: Three hundred and
eighty persons were injured. Three
hundred and sixty were taken to the
Lariboisiere and st. Louis hospitals.
Fifty-nine police agents were wounded,
besides Commissaries Coulter and Dom
simone. One hundred and fifty per-
sons were arrested, of whom eighty are
detained in custody.