The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1902-04-19
SHOOT d INTO EHE MOB
5GENpARMEs At BRUSSELS ARE
coMPELLED 70 USE RIFLES a
ON RIOTERS.
mposs'bls e Ascertain; shs. Number q :
Victims, as Many Of the injured Go
to Their Homes, but Five Are Dead
and Thirty Others Are in the Hos:
. p'tal-1loody Repression OF Disor-
/ dsrs crsstsss 4 Painfplt Impression.

y IN
Brussels. April 1.-THE bloody re-
preston of the disorders here has Gre
Rted a painful impression among all
classes, although it is appreciated that
the majority Of the victims Of the en-
counters do not belong to the better
GLASS OF workmen. For the first time
sthe police have really fred their rides
aloadedawith ball cartridges. Previous
to this they had used their swords and
their revolvers, the latter usually be-
ing loaded with blank cartridges. The
rioters were composed of the dregs of
the population, with q sprinkling Of
what is called the young Socialist
guard, composed Of mere boys with
little regard for the orders of NJ. Van
der Velde, q member of the caar.Eer
of deputies and the leader of the So
cialist movement in Belgium and the
Socialist committee.
The quarter around the Maison du
Peuple is the worst in the city. \, 1t Is
perfect rookery of low class dwell
ings, intersecteda by steep and narrow
streets and malodorous alleys. In the
vicinity of the Maison there are some
small squares in which the rioters
gathered In the evening until they were
|, ,L1spersed and the squares. occupied by
detachments of the civic guard. The
mob was mainly composed of the
rough population of the quarter who
jeered and reviled the police when
they were. forced along the streets by
IA rNf0 0ff9 h.
les began when number of roughs
from a safe distance fired revolvers in
the directions of the cordons. The gen.
swords. After firing at the crowd with
they were greeted with hail of mis-
iron rivets. This happened in several
streets. It was worse in the Rue Haue-
te, where the occupants of the houses
gendarmes. An officer of the gen.
disperse. 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 a ball but
3 minor charge of powder. The gen.
\ darmes fired, only one 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 hospitals.
Over 20 narrow streets and blind
alleys lead into the Rue sHauete and
when the gendarmes charged after the
mob, other rioters issued from these
alleys and fred revolvers at the backs
Of the policemen until the latter were
obliged to leave three of their number
at the mouth Of each alley they passed.
These guards stood with their rifles
lpointed down the alleys ready to shoot.
Other ,gendarmes who were stationed
every few PAGES, covered the windows
In the Rue Hauete with their rifles.
1t is impossible to ascertain. the ex.
act number of the victims Of the riot.
ing. Many who were slightly wounded
had their wounds dressed in pharma-
cies or went home. The doctor of the
hospital: of St. Pierre, however, told
%. representative of the Associated
l Press that three rioters had died In
| the hospital and another one there
was believed to be- mortany injured.
Thirty others who are badly hurt were
received at the hospital during the
night Among the wounded are Ilany
4imprudent spectators Of the riots, who
were caught between two fires, as
the. gendarmes frequently combined
their movements and charged the
mob's front and rear at the same time.
h a doctor who was returning home
latter having visited a patient was
caught between two bodies of charging
.gendarmes and had his nose cut of
lcwith a sword. A woman was also
among the wounded. Four policemen
are missing.