Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-21
MOB IN STREETS OF PARIS
Police Disperss Meeting of Anarchists and
Socialists.
Three Hundred aud Eighty Persona
Were Injured i'm the Fierce
Fighting.

Yesterday the scene of most serious disturb
ances reca1,in. Some ,snects Of tho com
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Journal du Peuple groups of anarchists and
socialists gathered about :, 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. well-known
revolutionary anarchists. We're the ring
| leaders. Faure. standing on the pedestal
| of the statue which rises in the center of
the Place de la Republique. addressed the
crowd. Among other things he said that
the anarchists should be masters of the
streets.
The police then interfered and dislodged
Fa,Ire and E'aberot making 1brae arrests
The crowd AT mis- point disnersed Lut a
column of demonstrations HEADED nv Faura
and Henri Horr. made for the Place de
la Nation The police broke through the
column and a struggle for the mastery fol-
lowed Shots were fired and NJ Coulter
comnissary of police was twice stabbed
wit h n knife
This threw the police into ,nnmentarv
confusion The mob reassemble,i and ran
toward the Place de la Nation The po-
lice reinforced by n su,,ad that had been
held in reserve made another atterpt to
stam the current and fresh. fierce fighting
occurred, three constables being wounded
street car that was going TO the Place do
| la Republique and the car driver on ar
irving there gave a signal to the police
who Immediately arrested then, both TO-
gether with two other anarchists~Joseph
Terrier and Jean Perrin All were convey
ed to the Chateau d'Eau barracks. Only
d Horr was found in possession of firearms
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In the meantime the anarchist mob re-
traced its course to the Place de la Renub-
lique, smashing the windows of religious
edihces on the way. Suddenly, either at
the "ofo OF command or In obedience to
impulse the column made loop and
curved toward the Church OF 81. Ambrose,
where the rioters smashed the WINDOWS
cor,ar az Tho D. nv NJ reavn s a' p .me
st. Maur-Popincourt they formed mn into
| a compact body. Hatchets We're suddenly
produced with long knives stolen from
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closed the outer gates but these were soon
forced with hatchets "A nd bars of iron Tb.
massive oak doors were then attacked
According TO the first account the wild
| horde burst into the church which in
stantly became scene of pilIage and sac
riIepp Affairs and statues u,are bnrIad ia
| the floor and smashed. nictures were rent
candlesticks, ornaments and hosts from
| high affairs were thrown down and tram
pied under foot The crucitix above was
| made the target for missiles and the figure
| of the Savior was fractured in several
/ places. Then while raucOuS voices sang the
..Carmagnole the chairs, were carried
outside piIed m and SET on fire in the Gem
| ter of the soi1are frontine the church
When this stage was reached the cruritiy
was pulled down and thrown into the
flames Suddenly the cry was raised thar
| the statue of the Virgin had been forgot
| ten. and the crowd returned and tore This
down also
hur'eH "isshes from berry.
Meanwhile the sacristan who had been
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ne p'''e anu iepuphcah soaruS'
VINO promptly arrived with many consta-
| bles. score of anarchists took refuge