Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-04-17
BELGIAN Rioters ANED..
The Show of Military Strength In
Brussels Has Restored Order
For the Present.
GENDARMES USE BALL CARTRIDGES.
The Mobs Mainly Made Up of the Roughei
Element, Who Jeered and Reviled the
Police and Gendarmes Until Resort Wa
Had to the Sternest of Repressivs
Measures.


Police and Gendarmes Until Resort Was
Had to the sternest of Repressivs
Measures.
Brussels, April 13.-The bloody re.
preston of the disorders of yesterday
evening has created a painful impress
sion among all classes here, al
though it is appreciated that the ma
iority of the victims of the o
tiers do not belong to the better class
of workmen.
Yesterday for the first time the po-
lice really fired their rifles loaded
with ball cartridges. Previous to yes
terday they had used their swords
and their revolvers, the latter being
usually loaded with blank cartridges.
Saturdays rioters were composed of
the dregs of the population, with a
sprinkling of what is called the Young
socialist guard, composed of mere
boys, with little regard for the orders
of NJ. Van Der Velde, a member of
the chamber of deputies and the lead
err of the socialist movement in Bel
GUM and the socialist committee.
1t must be explained that the
Maison du Peuple is situated on the
upper slope of a hill; that the central
boulevard and most of the business
portion of the city lies at the foot of
this hill, while the royal palace, the
law courts, the chamber of deputies
and the monasteries stand upon the
ridge of the hill. The quarter around
the Maison du Peuple is the worst in
the city. 1t is a perfect rookery of
low class dwellings, intersected by
steep and narrow streets and malo-
dorous alleys. In the vicinity of the
Maison there are some small squares
in which the rioters gathered yester-
day evening until they were dis
persed and the squares occupied by
detachments of the civic guard.
The mob was mainly composed Of
the rough population of the quarter,
who ieered and reviled the police
when they were forced along the
streets by the cordons of officers.
The serious troubles began when
a number of roughs from a safe lis.
lance. fired revolvers in the dlrecrlon
of the cordons. The gendarmes then
charged with drawn swords. After
firing at the crowd with revolvers
loaded with blank cartridges they
were greeted with a hail of missiles,
such as stones. bottles and heavy iron
%rivets. This happened in several
streets. 1t was worse in the Rue
Rauete. where the occupants of the
houses rained missiles upon the heads
of the gendarmes.
An officer of the gendarmes then
shouted to the crowd to dispense. No
notice was taken of .his order. Then
for the first time in ma ~ wears the
gendarmes fired their Mauser carbines
loaded with what are called strike
cartridges, which contain il ball, but
a minor charge of powder. The gen"
darmes fred only n volley, but when
the mob scattered several bodies were
lying on the ground. Two were NOR
tally wounded and died while being
conveyed to the hospital.
Over twenty narrow streets and
blind alleys lead into the. Rue Rauete,
and when the gendarmes charged af'
ter the mob, other rioters issued
from these alleys and fred revolvers
at the backs of the policemen unit.
the latter were obliged to leave three
of their number at the mouth of each
alley they passed. These guards
stcod with their rifles pointcd down
the alleys, ready to shoot,
IT is impossible to ascertain the r.
act number of the victims Of ycster.
days rioting. Many who We're slight.
ly injured had their wounds dressed in
pharmacies or went home. The di
rector of the hospital If st. Pierre
however, told a representative of the
press this afternoon that three riot
ers had died in the hospital and thai
another one there was believed to bt
mortally injured. Thirty others who
are badly hurt were received at thu
hospital last night. Among the in
iured are many imprudent spectator:
of the rioting who were caught be
tween two fires as the gendarmes fire.
quently combined their movement.
and charged the mobs front and real
at the same time.
A doctor who was starting HON,
after having visited a patient wa
caught between two bodies of charg
ing gendarmes, and had his nose ell
off with a sword. A women was alst
among the injured. One of the mel
killed was the assistant secretary o
the Socialist jewelers. union. Few
policemen were hurt.
News received here from the indus
trial towns indicates that order pre-
vailed in these places to-day. A revi
sionist meeting was the only note
worthy incident at Client. There )
reservists, among those who hat
modified in view of the strike, prom
enaded the streets arm in arm, sing
ing and acclaiming universal suffrage
Towed Into Port.
New York, April 1.-THE Norwegian
steamer Hero. which was drive