Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-21
Churches Were Pillaged by
the Mob.
%ANARCHISTIC MOVE
Police Had a Hard Time In Keeping
the Crowds on the Move--Many
Arrests of Disturters Have Been
Made--POlice Injured.

Paris, Aug. 20.-Paris was today the
scene of the most serious disturbances,
recalling some aspects of the
In response to an appeal ofthe Journal du
Peuple ard lie Petit Republique, groups
Of anarchists and socialists gathered
about 8 o'clock in the afternoon in the
Place de la Republique. The police had
taken precautions and there SEEMED no
danger Of disorders. Sebastian Faure
and Faberot, We'll known evolutionary
anarchists, We're the r.ng leaders. Faure,
standing on the pedestal of the statue
which rises n the center IF the Palace de
la ReDubiique. addressed the crowd.
Among other things he said that the an
archlsts should be masters of the streets.
The police then interfered and dislodged
Faure and Faberot. making three arrests.
The crowd at this point dispersed, but
4 column Of demonstrators. headed By
Faure ara Henri d'Horr, made FOR the
through the column and a struggle for
the mastery ensued. Shots were fired and
NJ. Coulter, c0mmissary Of police, was
twice stabbed with a knife. This threw
the police into monetary confusion. The
mob reassembled and ran toward the
Place de Ia Nation. The police, reinforced
by a squadron that had been held in re-
serve, made another attempt to stem tn
current, and fresh. fierce fighting &C.
CURED, three constahles being wounded.
FauTe and d'Horr jumped into a passing
street car that was going to the Place de
la Republique and the car driver on ar
r-ving there gave q signal to the police.
Who Immediately arrested them both. to-
r,. he - t-it n %-i-n nfb n ~. n u q NJ L'r.- J-,1-l.
FelTier and Jean Perrin. All were CON
Veyed to the chateau d'Eau barracks.
Only 0Horr was found possessed of a
weapon.
In the meantime the anarchistic mob
retraced It's curse to the Place de la Re-
publique. smashing the windows of relig-
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. Am
brGise, where thu rioters smashed the
windows. Proceeding thence toward thu
an Temp.a AT the corner Of Rue
Darbtrie ana the Rue st. Mauri-Popin-
they formed UP into a compact
body. Hatchets were suddenly produced,
with long kniVe stolen from the counters
Of shops, and a concerted ruSh was made
the church of St. Joseph. The aged
stcr-stan. seeing the mob, hastily closed
the outer gates. but these We're soon
a. VIII ltdLtlltt- anu DtFS OF IRON.
TIL massive oaken doors We're then at
tackled. According to tins first account
ne wild horde burst INTO the church,
which instantly became q scene of pi!lag2
ard sacr.loge, affairs and statues were
hurled to- the floor and smashed, pictures
were rent. cardlesticks. ornaments and
posts from high affairs were thrown down
and tranlpled under foot. The crucifx
above was made the target for missiles.
and the figure of the Savior was fractured
in several PAGES.
Then. While rancOrouS voices sang the
gnOle.' the chairs We're carried
outside, piled up and set on fire in the
center of the square fronting the church..
When this stage was reached the crucifx
VAS pulled down and thrown INTO the
flames. Suddenly the cry was raised that
the statue Of the Virgin had been forgot
ten and the crowd returned and tore this
down also. Meanwhile the sacristan, who
had been captured by the anarchists, es-
capped and called the police and republic
can guards, who promptly arrived with
many constablcs. They We're compelled
TO fall back in order to form up into line
Of defense, as the anarchists attacked
| them fearfully with knives.
Al length the officers began to gain the
mastery. a score Of anarchists took ref
u9e in an adjacent house. Others en-
/ trenched themselves by shoWer.ng mis-
siles on the republican guards, but finally
these were dislodged. Twenty anarchists
We're arrested, taken to the police station,
searched and Ound to be carrying re-
volvers. loaded sticks and knives. When
| the police entered the church the anarch-
lists had set fire to the pulpit. Tie interior
of the editice was a complete wreck. sew
eral valuable old pictures that can never
be replaced We're ruined.