The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-14
DAY OF SORROW IN BRUSSELS.
Three Known Dead and Thirty In
jured-ResuIt of RiOting.

jured-ResuIt of Rioting.
BRUSSELS, April 13.-The deadly fire
in repression of the disorders of yester-
day evening has created a painful i'm
preston among all classes here, although
its apparent that the majority of the
victims Of the encounters do not belong
to the better class of wOrkmen. Yester-
day for the first time the police really
fred their rifles loaded with ball cart
ridges.
Previous to yesterday they had used
their swords and their revolvers, the lat
ter being usually loaded with blank cart
ridges. Saturdays rioters were composed
of the dregs of the population, with a
sprinlIling of what is called the young
Socialist guard, composed of mere boys,
with little regard for the orders Of M.
Van der Velde, the member of the cham
Der of deputies, who is leader of the So
cialist movement in Belgium and of the
Socialist committee.
1t must be explained that the Maisoa
du Peuple is situated on the upper slope
Of a mill, 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 cham
Der of deputies and the ministries stand
on 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 mar
row streets and malodorous alleys. In
the vicinity of the Maison there are some
small squares in which the rioters gath
cred yesterday evening until they We're
dispersed and the squares occupied by de-
tachments of the civic guard.
Swords Are First Used.
The mob was mainly comnosed of the
rough population of the quarter who
jeered and reviled the police when they
were forced along the streets by the
crowd of officers. Serious troubles began
when number of roughs from a safe
distance fired revolvers in the direction
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 stones, bottles and
heavy iron rivets. This happened in sew
eral streets 1t was worse in the Rue
Haute, where the occupants of the
houses rained missiles upon the heads
Of the gendarmes.
The officer of the gendarmes then shout
ed to the crowd to dispense. No notice
was taken of this order Then for the
first time in many years the gendarmes
fired their Mauser carbines, loaded with
what are called strike cartridges, which
contain ball, but a minor charge of
powder. The gendarmes fired only one
volley, but when the mob scattered sew
eral bodies were lying on the ground
Two men were mortally wounded and
died while being conveyed to the hospitals
Over twenty narrow streets and blind
alleys Lead into the Rue Haute and
when the gendarmes charged after the
mob other rioters issued from these al
leys and fired revolvers at the backs of
the policemen, until the latter were oblig-
ed to leave three of their members at
the mouth of each alley they passed
Number of Injured Unknown.
These guards stood with their rifles
pointed down the alleys, ready to shoot
Other gendarmes, who were stationed ev-
cry few PAGES, covered the windows in
the Rue Haute with their rifles.
1t is impossible to ascertain the exact
number of the victims of yesterdays
roting. Many who were slightly wound
ed had their wounds dressed in pharma-
cies or went home The doctor of the
hospital of st. Pierre, however, saws
that three rioters died in the hospital and
another one Is believed to be mortallv
injured Thirty others who are badly
hurt were received at the hospital last
night.
Among the wounded are many innprr-
dent spectators of the riots, who were
caught between two fires. as the gend0
armes frequently combined their move
ments and charged the mobs front and
rear at the same time
A doctor who was returning home from
having visited a patient was caught he
tween two bodies of charging gendarmes
ana his nose was cut off with a sword
woman was also among the wounded.
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rotary of the jewelers. union. Four no.
icemen are missing