The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-24
PARIS THREATENED
 BY BREAD FAMINE
BAKERS ASSEMBLE AND PASS RESOLUTION FAVORlNG A GEN. ERAL STRIKE IN THE TRADE. GUARDS ANTICIPATE TROUBLE.

Paris. December 23.-The strike here of men employed in the various branches of food supply began to assume serious pro- portions today. The bakers assembled at the Labor Exchange, and adopted res- olutions favoring a strike throughout the baking trade to begin today, declaring in favor of a general strike in all the branch es of alimentation trade, and announcing their intention not to assume work until parliament suppressed the municipal em- ployment agencies. The indications are that considerable number of butchers, grocers and pastry cooks will take part in the strike.
 Anticipating demonstrations, the mili- tary and police have taken elaboratelpre- cautions. Large forces of republican guards are held ready for action at the various barracks and many police are on duty around the exchange.
 The bakers announce that two mon- strous demonstrations have been planned. Many thousands of bakers are parading the streets.
 The meeting of bakers held at the labor exchange today was conducted in an or dery manner.
  prevent it from plunging into the wreck and adding further horror to an already indescribable disaster.
 Baum collapsed when he saw he had succeeded in stopping train, and when the engine stopped he was lying within a few feet of it.
 OPERATOR SEES CATASTROPHE.
 An operator in the tower of the Pitts burg and Lake Erie railroad across the river, was the first to send word of the accident and to send for relief. He was watching the Duquesne limited as 1t was speeding along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks across the river He saw the cars pile high in the air. and then sink back ed and dying were plainly heard In an- other second he was sending word to the railroad officials at Dawson and Connells- ville For more than 300 feet both the east and west-bound tracks are torn up. The engine was completely demolished. and  the big 7,000- gallon tank of the tender was thrown hundred feet down the embank- ment All the cars were deralled and the trucks except the diner were torn from under the coaches like cardboard. The baggage was thrown into the river.
 As soon as the news reached Connells- vile all the available physicians were summoned. including Baltimore and Ohio physicians, and special train was made up and taken In charge by General Su- perintendent S. c. Sims and superintend- ent J. E. Irwin of the Pittsburg diyis- ion.
 The relief train vas run at full speed and the scene of the wreck was reached about 9 o'clock. the injured were looked after immediately and every one was made as comfortable as possible. They were loaded on to the relief train and taken to the cottage state hospital here.
 DEAD PLACED IN ROWS.
 The dead were placed in a long row on the embankment opposite the wreck age and in d single line trirty-eight forms lay cold and stiff on the frozen ground Another row on the opposite side of the wreckage contained eleven, and scattered here and there through the underbrush were the dead bodies of many who had been able to crawl from the wreckage, but died before aid reached them. Under his engine, lay Engineer William Thornley. disemboweled and mangled almost beyond recognition It was impossible at the time to extricate his body and it will be several hours before the wrecklng crew will be able to remove the engine which pinons his re- mains under the huge mass of steel.
 Hardly had the bodies of the dead been removed from the coaches when thieves began robbng the dead of jewelry and money. Several special officers were dep utlzed and with the aid of the Baltimore and Ohio police force and Connellsyille of- ficers. the work of the ghouls was stop ped. Several persons are under suspicion. and arrests will follow tomorrow. At 2:30 o'clock this morning it was definitely known that sixty-three persons were dead The dead bodies are now piled up In the morgue, and 1t is im- possible to pursue the work of id"~-' cation with an success.
 It is probable that at least dead will never be identified, their station in life Many means of identification whate'