The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-08-25
GEN. MERCER.

gathered about 8 o'clock in the after
noon in the Place de la Republique.
The police had taken precautions and
there seemed no danger of disorders.
SebastiOn Faure and Faberot, we'll
known revolutionary anarchists, were
the ringleaders. Faure, standing on the
pedestal of the statue which rises in
the center of the Place de la Repub-
liQue, addressed the crowd. Among
other things he said that the anarch-
lists should be masters of the streets.
The police then interfered and dis
lodged FauTe and FaberOt, making
three arrests.
Pistols and Knives Come Into Action.
The crowd at this point dispersed,
but a column Of demonstrators headed
by FauTe and Henri D'HOrr made for
the Place de la Nation. The police
broke through the column and a strug-
gle for the mastery followed Shots
were fired. ana NJ. Coulter, commits
sary of police. was twice stabbed with
a knife. This threw the police into
m0mentary confusion. The mob reas-
sembled and ran toward the Place de la
Nation. The police, reinforced by a
squad that had been held in reserve,
made another attempt to stem the cur
rent, and fresh, fierce fighting occurred,
three conetables being wounded.
Faure and D'Horr Arrested.
FauTe and D'ROrr jumped into
passing street car that was going to the
Place de la Republique, and the car
driver on arriving there gave a signal
to the police, who Immediately arrest
ed them both, together with two other
anarchists, Joseph Terrier and Jean
Perrin. All were conveyed 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 Ia Re
pubIiQue smashing the windows of re-
ligiOus edifices on the way. Suddenly
either at the word Of command or in
obedience to impulse-the column made
a loop and curved toward the Church
Of ST Ambrose. where the rioters
smashed the windows.
CON1IUNE APPEARS ONCE MOR8.
Mob Wrecks the Interior OF the Church Of
st. Joseph.
Proceeding thence toward the Fau-
bourg du Temple, which it reached at
the corner of the Rue DarbOy and
the Rue ST. neutrality-suspicious., the mob
formed up into compact body.
Hatchets were 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 sacristan, seeing the mob,
hastily closed the outer gates, but these
were soon forced with hatchets and
bars of iron. The massive oaken doors
were then attacked. The Wild horde
burst into the church, which instantly
became a scene of pillage and sacrilege.
Affairs and statues were hurled to the
floor and smashed, pictures were rent,
candlesticks, ornaments, and hosts
from the high affairs were thrown down
and trampled under foot.
The crucifiX above was made the
target for missiles, and the figure of
the Saviour was fractured in several
places. Then, While raucOus voices
sang the "Carmagnole," the chairs
were carried outside, piled up and set
on fire in the center of the square
fronting the church. When this stage
was reached the crucifix was pulled
down and thrown into the flames. Sud-
denly the 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, es-