Iron County register., 1899-08-24

mune. In response to an appeal of the
journals LIE Peuple and La Petite Re-
publique, groups of anarchists and So
cialists gathered about three o'clock in
the afternoon in the Place de la Pub
hque. The police had taken precau-
tions and there seemed no danger OF
disorder.
The Ring Leaders.
Sebastian Faure and Faberot, WELL
known revolutionary anarchists, were
the ring leaders. 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 an
archists should be masters of the
streets. The police then interfered
and dislodged Faure and Faberot, MAX
ing three arrests. The crowd at this
point dispersed, but u column of DEM
onstrators headed by Faure and Henri
D'Horr, made for the Place de Ia Ma
ton.
Police Comnfssary Stabbed.
The police broke through the coli
umn, and struggle for the mastery
followed. Shots were fired and M.
twice stabbed with a knife.
This threw the police into momen-
tary confusion. The mob reassem-
| bled and ran toward the Place de la
Nation. The police, reinforced by
squad that had been held in reserve,
made another attempt to stem the cur
rent, and fresh, fierce fighting oc-
CURED, three constables being wound
ed.
Faure and D'Horr jumped into
passing street car that was going to
the Place de la Republique, and the car
driver, on arriving there, gave signal
to the police who Immediately arrested
both, together with two other an
archists, Joseph Ferrier and Jean Per-
rim.
All were conveyed to the Chateau
d'Eau barracks. Only D'Horr was
found in possession of firearms.
The Mob Returns.
In the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced its course to the Place de ia
Republique, smashing the windows Of
! religious edifices on the way.
Churches Desecrated.
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 Fau-
bourg du Temple, at the corner of the
Rue Darboy and the Rue ST. Mauri-
Popincourt, they formed up into a
compact body. Hatchets were sudden
cyfo
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 gates, but
these were soon forced with hatchets
and bars of iron. The massive oaken
doors were then attacked.
A Scene of PilIage and Sacrilege.
According to the first account the
wild horde burst into the church,
which instantly became scene of
pillage and secrilege. Affairs and
statues were hurled to the floor, aud
smashed; pictures were rent, candle
sticks, ornaments and hosts from 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.
The Torch Applied.
Then, while rancorous voices sang
the "Carmaghole," the chairs were car
ried 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. 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 sacrlstan, who had
been captured by the anarchists, es-
capped and called the police and repuh-
lican guards, who promptly arrived
with many constables. They were
compelled to fall back in order TO
form up into line of defense, as the
anarchists attacked them fearfully
with knives.
Officers Begin to Regain the Mastery.
At last the officers began to gain the
mastery. A score of anarchists took
refuge in an adjacent house. Others
entrenched themselves in the belfry
and fiercely defended themselves by
showering missiles on the republican
guards, but finally these were dis
lodged. Twenty anarchists were ar
rested, taken to the police station,
searched and found to be carrying re-
volvers, loaded sticks and knives.
A Complete Wreck.
When the police entered the church
the anarchists had just set fire to the
pulpit. The interior Of the edifce was
a complete wreck. Several valuable
old pictures that can never be replaced
were 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 lament
ing.
The Rfotfng Continues.
Paris, Aug. 20, Midnight.-Since
eight o'clock the demonstrators, so far
as Care de L'Este, have been repeatedly
driven back by police charges, the
crowd crying "Vive PArme" and ''Viva
la Republique.'
About ten o'clock disorders occurred
on the boulevards De Magneta and
Strasbourg
There is no change in the situation
at the building in the Rue de Chabrol,
where NJ. Jules Guerin and his anti
semitic companions are entrenched in a
state Of seige against police, who have
orders for their arrest.