The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-21

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Religious Edihces the Mob Forces the
Doors of the Church of st. Joseph
The Interior Wrecked-A Target Made
of the Crucifx and the Figure of the
Savior Broken.
Paris, Aug. 20.-Paris was to-day the
scene of most serious disturbances, re-
calling some aspects OF the commune
In response to an appeal of the Jour-
nails LIE Peuple and La Petite Repub-
Hque groups Of anarchists and social
lists gathered about o'clock in the af-
ternoon in the Place de la Republique
The police had taken precautions and
there seemed no danger of disorder.
Sebastian Faure and Falier Faberot,
well known revolutionary anarchists,
were the ringleaders. 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 Faure and Faberot, making
three arrests.
The crowd at this point dispersed,
but 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 strug
gle for the mastery followed. Shots
were fired and M. Coulter, commissary
of police. was twice stabbed with a
knife. This threw the police into mo-
mentary confusion. The police, rein
forced by a squad that had been held
in reserve, made another attempt to
stem the current, and fresh fierce
fighting occurred, three constables be-
ing wounded. Faure and DHorr jump
ed into a 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 imme-,
diately arrested them both, together
with two other anarchists. Joseph Fer-
rer and Jean Perrin. All We're conf
veyed to the Chateau d'Eau barracks.
Only D'Horr was found in possession
of fire arms.
In the meantime the anarchist mob
retraced it's course to the Place de la
Republique, smashing the windows of
religious edifices on the way. Sudden
ly, either at the. word of command or
In obedience to impulse, the column\
made a loop and curved toward the
Church of st. Ambrose, where the riot |
ers smashed the windows. Proceeding
thence toward the Faubourg du Tenn
pie which they reached at the corner
of the Rue Darboy and the Rue St
Maur-Popincourt they formed up into
a compact body Hatchets We're sud-
denly produced with long knives,
stolen from the counters of shops, and
a concerted rush was made upon the
Church of ST. Joseph. The aged Sac
ristan, seeing the mob, hastily closed
the outer gate, but these were soon
forced with hatchets and bars of iron.
The massive oaken doors were then at
tackled.
According to the first account the
wild horde burst into the church, which
instantly became scene of pillage and
sacrilege. Affairs. fonts and statues
were hurled to the floor and smashed;
pictures wer rent; candlesticks, orna-
ments and hosts from high altars Were
thrown down and trampled under foot
The crucifix above was made the tar |
get for missiles. and the figure of the |
Saviour was fractured in several places. |
Then while rancous voices sang the |
"Carmagnole" the chairs were carried |
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 a |
cry was raised that the statue of the |
Virgin had been forgotten, and the
crowd returned and tore this down |
also.
Meanwhile the sacristan, who had |
been captured by the anarchists, es-
capped and called for the police and re-
publican guards, who promptly arrived !
with many constables. They were COM
pelled to fall back in order to form up
into line of. defense as the anarchists
attacked them fearfuly with knives.
AT length the officers began to gain the
mastery A score of anarchists took
refuge in an adjacent house. Others en-
trenched themselves in the belfry and
fercely defended themselves by show
ering missiles on the republican guards
but finally these were dislodged.
Twenty anarchists were arrested
taken to the police station, searched
and found to be carrying revolvers.
loaded sticks and knives. When the po-
lice entered the church the anarchists
had lust set fire to the pulpit The
interior of the ediffice was a "on1nleto
wreck Seven valuable old pictures
that can never be replaced were ruined.
After the mob had been driven away
Abbe Lacour the incumbent, collected
the fragments of the sacrament and
replaced them. AS he did so he was
heard bitterly lamenting. The people
living in the houses near by extin-
guished the bonfire
situation at Midnight.
Midnight.-SinceS o'clock the demon
strators as far as Care de LEST have
been repeatedly driven back by police
charges. the crowd crying: 'Vive Far
mse," and ''Vive la republique." The
nolice also dispersed a crowd of gamins
who were burning bundles of newspa-
psrs. About 10 o'clock disorders oc-