The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-21
ANARCHISTS AND SOCIALISTS
Preach Their Detestable Doc
trines..In Dispensing Crowds
the Police are Set Upon.
MANY PERSONS ARE INJURED.
A Church Attacked by the Mob
and it Soon Becomes a Scene
OfPillage and sacriIsge.

PARIS, August 2O.-ParIs was to-day
the scene of most serious disturbances.
recalling In some aspects Of the COM
nune. In response to an appeal OF the
Journals LIE People and La Petite Re-
publlque, groups OF anarchists and So
clallsts gathered about o'clock In the
afternoon In the Place de Ia Repuh-
iIQue. The police had taken precau-
tlons, and there seemed no danger Of
disorder. 49,
Sebastian Faure and Fabs5ot, well
known revolutionary anarchists, were
the ringieaders. Faure, standing on
the pedestal Of the statue which rises
in the center Of the Place de Ia Repub-
liQue, addressed the crowd. Among
other things he said that anarchists
should be masters Of the streets. The
police then lnterfered. and dlslodged
Faure and Faberot, making three ar
rests.
The crowd at this point dispersed, but
column OF demonstrators, headed by
Faure and Henry d'Horr, made for the
Place de la Nation.
The police broke through the column,
and struggle for the mastery followed.
Shots were fired. and NJ. Coulter, COM
mlssary OF police, was twice stabbed
with knife.
This threw the police Into momentary
confusion. The mob re-asssmbled. and
ran toward the Place de ia Nation.
The police, reinforced by a squad that
had been held in reserve, made an
other attempt to stem the current, and
fresh, fierce fghting ensued, three con-
stables being wounded.
Leaders Arrested.
Faure and d'Hurr jumped into a
passing street car that was going to
the Place de la Repubiiuue, and the
car driver, on arriving there, gave u
signal to the police, who Immediately
arrested them both, together with two
other anarchists, Joseph Ferrier and
Jean Perrin. All were conveyed to the
Chateau d'Eau barracks, Only d'Horl
was found in possession Of fire arms.
In the meantime, the anarchist mob
retraeed It's course to the Place de Ia
Republique, smashing the windows OF
religious edlfces on the way.
Suddenly, either at the word Of COM
mand, or In obedience to impulse, the
column made loop, and curved toward
the church Of st, Ambrose. where the
rioters smashed the windows
Proceeding thence toward the Eau
berg du Temple, which they reached
at the corner OF Rue Dorboy and the
Rue st. Maur-P Poplncourt, they formed
up into a compact body. Hatchets were
produced, and with long knives stolen
from the counters Of shops, and con-
certed rush was made upon the church
OF St. Joseph. The aged sacristan
seeing the mob, hastily closed the outer
gates, but these were sooa forced with
hatchets nnd bars OF iron. The mas
slve oaken doors were then attacked.
According to the first account the
wild horde burst into the church, which
Instantly became u acene OF pillage and
sacrilege. Affairs and statues were
hurled to the moor and smashed pic
tures were rent; caudle-sticlSs, orna-
ments and hosts from high affairs were
thrown down, and trampled under foot
The cruclax above was made the tar
get for missiles, and the figure OF the
Savior was fractured in several places
Church DesecrRted.
Then, while racuous voices sang the
"Carmagnole," the chairs were carried
outside, piled up and set on Gre In the
center Of the square. fronting the
church. When this stage was reach
ed. the cruciffx was pulled down and
thrown into the flames. Suddenly the
cry was raised that the statue Of the
Virgin Mary had been forgotten, and
the crowd returned and tore this dowr
also. Meanwhile, the sacrlstan, who
had been captured by the anarchists
escaped and called the police and re.
publican guards, who promptly arrived
with many constnbles. They were
compelled to fall back In order to form
up into lines of defense. as the annrch.
lists attacked them feHrfully with
knives.
At length, the officers began to gain
the mastery. a score Of anarchists
took refuge in an adjacent house
Others entNnched themselves In the
belrry, and fiercely defended them.
selves by showerlng missiles on the re-
publican guards, but finally these were
dlslodgod. Twenty anarchists were
arrested. taken to the police stntlor
and searched, and found to be carry.
ing rovolvers. loaded sticks md knives
A Complete Wreck.
When tho police entered the churct
the anarchists had Just set fire to The
pulpit. The interior Of the edIflce was
complete wreck Several valuable
old pictures that can never be replaced
were ruined. After the mob had beer
driven away Abbo LOcour. the lncum'
bent, collected tho fragments Of the
Sacrament, and replaced them In the