The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-21
Anarchists Sack Two Churches and
Burn a CTuCifI.
ATTACK on ANTI-SEMITES.
An Immense Crowd Around GUeTll'S
BeSisged Headquarters.


ard Burued-Fifty Policemen In
p.rtps the Fighting, One Inspector
Leader of the Mob Arrested
win F,fy Others -The Days Proceeding
p..,u tn. Acts of tho Conn unists In
80, -,,tp-. of the Saviour and the Vfr~
~,, Torn FrsnTheir Places and Destroy
,s-rhe Crowd sings the "Csrmagnoie-"
sv,e.a. cast. D,'pates to TEE Sur
p,pts. Aug. 2o--Serio.s riots occurred here
49,. ,t..rnoor- Tho trouble originated In an
attack made By Anarchists on Antt-semites
,h,,,., nd Anarchists under Sebastian Faure
.,,,., in the Place do IA Republieue and
r...-t.d the police who attempted to dispense
,b., Tn. latter fought braysly. but we're
finally overpouered-
A r.,iee comnissary and an inspector at
..,+.. to arrest some rioters who were carry
,px re-! dag. but they were trampled upon
~, h..ta, with bIudgeons. Anumber OF shots
x.re ared By the mob. The inspector was
p,o-tally injured By the clubs. and the COM
-,.,arJ was hit by bullet, receiving serious
vo,nd -Four other policemen were stabbed.
Notwithstanding their defeat the police mada
amber Of arrests, among their prisoners
being Faure-
sub-eIuent TO the rioting in the Place de Ia
Y.pub,ious N. mob rushed 70 Rus ST. Maur.
where they stormed tho churches Of St Maur
And ), Joseph They entered the buildings.
aad vhils some 81 them tore down the affairs
md rulpitA, others seized the sacred pictures.
holy vessels and the Host, the consecrased
vaferA all OF which were thrown into the
street Tho affairs and puipits furnished wood
fora bonfire. and all the seized church property
WAS burned A similar scene was enacted ut
st. SIchoas's Church The mob tried to burn
the churches. but failed
while the rioters were storming St. Niehoias's
,hurch they we're charged by police and cavalry.
but they succeeded In carrying out their plan
lespits the Efforts to disperss them-
II. sacktnx Of the churches recalls tho ex-
,esses committed By the Comm unists in 1871.
On Saturday night . number OF revolution
lry Socialists, % gcred By 6usrtn's continued
aenance Of the Government. hold . meeting
and resolved to make demonstration against
the anti-semites to-day. Copies Of the resoiu-
uon were circulated by the revolutionary
organ. Journal DIV PsupIa the populaeo being
called upon to move against the priests and
Jesuit q.
II was ine afternoon and the demonstra-
ton attracted thousands OF Sunday idlers.
Soon the crowd we're carried away BY tho har-
argues Of the leaders. and many and frequent
yere tho cries OF Down with Rochefort, Dru-
mont and ausrin." 1t was at this point that
tho police intertered. whereupon the crowd
turned on them.
vast crowd. estimated 10 number twenty
thousand persons. assembled tonight in the
Boulevard de Magenta, which transeets Rue de
Chabrol. in which street is located tho head
quarters OF tho Anti-semits League. There
was also large crowd in Rue Reaumur around
the Offices OF the Rtite RspubhsIe.
During the fighting that has occurred nfty
police have been wounded. There were nifty
arrests made up to midnight
Faurs. with four eonfederates named Dhorr.
Ferriers. Perrin and Well. funksd whom 1t was
seen that blood had been shed. The ave men
tried to make their escape by elm bling to the
top Of a tram ear which was going toward the
Louvre. Inspector Noriot saw them. however.
and stopped the car and arrested them. They
were ali locked up in the Chateau d'Eau Bar
racks
The mob which attacked st. Josephs Church
carried hatehets and long knives, which they
had stolen from tho counters Of various shops.
The aged sacristan. seeing the rioters coming.
hastily closed the outer GabSs. but his preeau-
ton was futile. The mob attacked the gates
with hatchsts and opE bars Of iron, and soon
forced them open. The oak doors were next
attacked. They finally gave way and the
crowd burst into the church.
The six side affairs and baptismal font were
were broken, pictures were torn. and the
statues and other devotional objects wore
thrown TO the door and smashed to peceA.
Next the mob attacked the high altar. The
tabernacle vas torn from its place. The sacred
hosts we're thrown on the ground and tram
pied upon. aud the cAndlestioks were broken.
figure Of the Saviour hanging on . great
cross above the altar was made the aim for
all sorts Of missiles, and was fractured In sew
eral places.
While some sung the "CarmARnole." the
rioters seized the chairs and carried them to
the small square IN front Of the church. where
bonfre was made OF them. Not content with
the destruction that bad been wrought. some
OF the mob returned to the sanctuary and sue
s~eted in pulling down the erueinX. which they
then IhreW into the flames
Some one raised the cry that the statue OIL
the rgin had been forgotten Back into the
church Toured the crowd and quickly theJ
pulled wn he image.
Meanwhile the sacristan. whose name II
Thoreau. had oesn captured by the Anarchists
He succeeded n escaping. however. and i'm.
mediatsly warned the police. A dstashmen