The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-21

| scene of most serious disturbances re-
| calling some aspect of the commune.
In response to an appeal of the Journal
du Peuple and La Petite Republique,
groups of anarchists and socialists
noon in the Place de la Republiaue.
The police had taken precautions and
there seemed no danger of disorders.
Sebastian Faure and Faberot, well
| known revolutionary anarchists. We're
the ringleaders. Faure standing on
| the pedestal of the statue which rises
in the center of the Place de la Re-
publique, addressed the crowd. Among
other things, he said that the anarch-
| lists should be masters of the streets
| The police then interfered and dslodg-
ed Faure, making three arrests. The
| crowd at this point dispersed, but a
column of demonstrators headed by
Faure and Henri d'Horr made for the
| Place de la Nation.
The police broke through the column
and a struggle for the mastery ensued.
| Afterward shots were fired and NJ.
| Coulter, commissary 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 police, re-
inforced by squad that had been held
in reserve, made another attempt and
fresh, fierce fighting occurred, three
| constables being wounded. Faure and
d Horr jumped into a passing street ca
that was going to the Place De la
Republique, and the car driver, on ar
irving there, gave a signal TO the 10
lice, who Immediately arrested then
both, together with two other ararch-
lists, Joseph Ferrier and Jean Perrin.
All were conveyed to the Chateou
d Eau barracks. Only d'Horr was
found in possession of firearms.
In the meantime the anarc lisis' mob
retraced it's course to the Place !e "a
Republique, smashing the windows of
religious edifices on the way.
Suddenly, either at the word of COM
mand or in obedience to impulse, tl,"
column made a loop and curved toward
the church of St. Ambrose, where the
rioters smashed the windows. Proceed
ing thence toward the Fauborg du
Temple, at the corner of Rue Darber
and the Rue St. Mauri Popincourt, they
formed up into compact body.
Hatchets were suddenly produced. 10
gether with long knives stolen from
the counters of shops, and a concerted
rush was made upon the church of 81.
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 oak
doors We're then attacked
According to the first account the
wild horde burst into the church, which
instantly became II scene of pl.age
and sacriege. Affairs and statues
were hurled to the floor AMI smashed,
pictures were REM, candle sticks, ulna-
Hents and hosts from high affairs were
thrown down and .rarpled unGer foot.
The crucifiX above wss male the tar
get for missiles all the figure Of the
Savior was fractured in several places.
Then. while raucous voices sang
the "Carmagnole," the chairs were cal
ried outside, piled up and set On iire in
the center of the square fronting the
church.
When this stage was reached the
crucifix was pulled down and thrown
into the flames. Suddenly the cry was
raised that the statue of the Virgin
had been forgotten. and the crowd re-
turned and tore this down also.
Meanwhile the sacristan, who had
been captured by the anarchists, es-
capped and called the police and ropub-
lican guards, who promptly arrived
with many constables. They were com
PEELED to fall back in order to form
up into line of defense. as the ana' ci-
lists attacked them faartully with
knives.
At length the officers oeSaa to gain
the mastery. A score of anarchists
took refuge in an adjacent house. 9th
ers intrenched themselves in the belfry
and fiercely defended themselves by
showering missiles on the republican
guards, but finally these We're dislodg
ed. Twenty anarchists were arrested,
taken to the police station, searched
and found to be carrying revolvers,
loaded sticks and knives.
When the police entered the church
the anarchists had set fire to the pull
pit. The interior of the edifice was a
complete wreck. Several valuable old
pictures that can never be replaced
We're ruined
After the mob had been driven away,
Able Lacour, the incumbent, collect
ed the fragments of the sacrament and
replaced them in the ciborium. As he
did so he was heard bitterly lamenting
The people living in the houses near by
extinguished the bonfire.