Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-02
ANARCHYS RED FLAG ].
UNFURLED IN FRANCE
May Day Falls 10 Usher IN lhe
Revolution But Disorder Pee
Ya|enl- in The Country.
ARMED SOLDIERS SAVE PARIS
More Than a Thousand Persons Ar
rested-workmen and Socialists
Assert That They Have Not Shown
Their Real strength-situatlon still
/, serious-ouiet in Russia.
(Rv Associated Press

(By Associated PreSs.)
PARIS. May 1.-The long dreaded
May Day failed to bring the revolu-
tion which infammatory journals
predicted. but none the less 1t brought
scenes Of extreme violence.
The labor districts which thous-
ands OF troops controlled With diff
Guilty. and even central PORTIONS of
Paris have taken on TIL. appearance
of a sege. with regiments If infantry
and cavalry about the Arc dc Tri-
omphe. the Bomrsc. the Bank Of
France and the great railway station
while military sentincIs paced before
the banks and private establishments
The main thoroughfares in the resi-
Dental portion of Paris were tran
quill
Plenty of Work for Troops.
Throughout the afternoon dragons
republican guards and cuirassiers
charged disorderly masses, sweeping
the Place de la Repubiquc and the
broad boulevard De Magenta.
Toward nghtfall. cavalry charged
with drawn swords and many persons
were wounded on both sides. Tho
manifestants overturned omnibuscs.
and threw MP hasty harricades Moro
than 1000 arrests we're made during
the day
Just LeaderIess Mob.
AT no time did the demonstration
reach the magnitude OF revolt. but
was rather a Ieadcrlcss tumult, in
which the serious labor element.
struggling for principle was hope
lessly confused with violent agitalors
anarchists. revolut.cnists roughs anu
large number of The curious
Workmen never succeeded In form
ing a procession or ever in assemb
ling more than scattered bands
Their chief action was re union OF
OF many thousands In the labor OK
change, at which resolution was
adopted not to return to work until
the eight hour day shall have been ac
corded
Police Give Way to Troops.
The worst hours of the day were
towards S o'clock this evening, when
the police practically lost control an
were compelled to rely Oh lie mount
ed troops. The latter forming il lines
twenty yards across and fifteen
yards apart, swept around the Place
De La Republique, driving the disor
derby crowds into the surrounding
streets.
Most of the mob sought refuge IN
the boulevard De Magenta and Mt The
Que De Valmy, which became ceEters
OF disorders. Here trumpots sounded
repeated commands to dispense and
the cavalry galloped into the crowds
trampling and injuring many.
Foot Guards Entrapped.
A body of foot guards became sur
rounded by manifestants and was res
cued with difficulty by cavalry with
drawn swords. Here considerable
number were wounded. BY 6 o'clock
calm had been measurably restored
and most Of the troops returned to
their barracks
Throughout the disorders the au
thorities succeeded in executing their
original plan of holding the partici
pants strictly within the limits OF the
labor districts and not permitting
them to press towards the wealthy
Traffic Suspended
y Tonight vehicular traffic is com
pletely suspended. Cabs, omnibuses
and street cars are not running, the
result being to give the usually busy
boulevards "a singular aspect of de
sertion. Enormous crowds of curious
persons fill the streets. The opera
and other state theatres are omen
the opera having two suuadrOns Of
cuirassiers in the basement, while
Felix Weingartner is conducting n
Beethoven and Berloz festival In the
auditorium.
Ten Theatres Close Doors,
Ten Of the leading theatres closed
on account of the exceptional condi
tons. The banks we're closed through
out the day.
The temper of the workmen tonight
Is threatening. They claim the police
acted brutally and cite many in
stances Of innocent people ybeine
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