Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-04-18

utnPOoStOSo 10 @SCSTteiH tSIS NOhSS' -
Victims, as Many of the Injured Go
to Their Homes, but Five Are Dead
and Thirty Others Are in the Hos.
pital-5Ioody Repression Of Disor-
ders Creates a Painful Impression.
. Brussels, April 14.-The bloody re-
preston of the disorders here has ere
ated painful impression among al
classes, although it is appreciated that
the majority of the victims of the en-
counters do not belong to the better
class of Workmen. For the first time
the police have really fired their rifles
loaded with 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 a sprinkling of
what is called the young Socialist
guard, composed of mere boys with
little regard for the orders of M. Van
uSA SAASS q uCAAOOA VI CAV NASSAAA0~A
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
a perfect rookery of low class dwell
ings, intersected 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
dispersed 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
the cordons of officers. Serious troub-
les began when number of roughs
from safe distance fired revolvers in
the directions of the cordons. The gen
dar,,ces. then charged with drawn
svoi<c3. After firing at the crowd with
revoi: ers loaded with blank cartridges
they we're greeted with hail of mis-
sile9, such as stones, bottles and heavy
iron rivets. This happened in several
streets. 1t was worse in the Rue Haue-
te, WHARF the occupants of the houses
1ained missiles upon the heads of the
-gendar,nes. An officer of the gen.
darInes then shouted to the crowd to
dispense. No notice was taken of this
order. Then for the first time in many
yeals tae gendarmes
Fired Their Mauser Carbines
loaded with what are called strike
cartridges, which contain a ball but
a 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 Hauete and
when the gendarmes charged after the
mob, other rioters issued from these
alleys and fired 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
pointed down the alleys ready to shoot
Other gaEdar!nes who were station ed
ev2ly few PAGES, covered the windows
in the Rue Hauete with their rifles.
It 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, tolc
a representative of the Associated
Press that three rioters had died il
the hospital and another one there
was believed to be mortally injured
Thirty others who are badly hurt were
received at the hospital during th<
night. Among the wounded are many
ilnprudent spectators OF the riots, who
were caught between two fires, a.
the gendarmes frequently combined
their movements and charged tn
mob's front and rear at the same time
A doctor who was returning hom'
after having visited patient wa
caught between two bodies of chargin;
gendarmes and had his nose cut of
! with a sword. A woman was ais,
among the wounded. Four policeme,