Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-04-26
FRANCE ALARMED
Great Strike to Occur May First
Seriously Threatens to Be-
come q Revolution.
GATHER TROOPS At PARIS,
An the Ranks Of Labor to Make Or
.gantic Eight-HOuT Demonstration
-Anarchists and RevOlutiOnists
May Cause Trouble.

Paris, April 2S.-The gravity Of tn
strike movement throughout the coun
my which assumed alarming proper
Cons last week during the height o.
me excitement caused by the sar
Eranclsco disaster has momentarlI
amproved, but the people have beer
WrOught up TO a state Of apprehension
concerning the irnminence Of cTtsii
Nay /, when all the ranks OF labol
Mn make o gigantic eight hour Dc
monstration.
Whether this will be accompanied
BY violence and bloodshed is only CON
soCtural, but the people are intensely
alarmed and the authorities are adopt
eng extreme military and police pre-
cautions. The garrison at Paris Is be-
Eng rapidly strengthened and 1t is ex-
pected that sixty thousand troops will
be available here May 1. In the min
Hng regions there Is another camp In
which an army corps Is ready for even
Gualities and similar precautions are
being taken at other centers.
The labor organizations do not con-
eeal the fact that It Is their intention
20 make a supreme effort. These bod
les are Dartly composed Of Anarchists
and Revolutionists who counsel vio-
1ence, but the responsible leaders In
Nist that the movement has a pacific
object, similar to the American eight
hour demonstrations. Nevertheless 1t
a feared that the lawless element may
Het the upper hand and this inspires
the public with feeling Of terror bor-
dering on panic. Some of the news
papers freely assert that the move
ment Is the prelude Of revolution in
which the proletariat intends to over.
throw tho existing regime. The
alarmist rumors add to the real dan
ser Of the situation. Some of the
rDports picture the business and resi-
Dental parts Of Paris as about to be
sacked, the streets barricaded and, In
brief, veritable renewal of the Com
mune. This has had the effect Of
greatly alarming the more nervous Of
the people, some Of whom are sending
their valuables abroad and are prepar.
1ng their residences to resist attacks.
The strikes In the north, where 40,
900 miners are still out, in Paris where
thousands Of book printers, employees
Of the jewelry and paper trades are
on strike, at Brest, where all branches
Of labor have voted for general strike
and at other points, are merely pre-
cursor Of the national labor movement
70 be inaugurated May /, when 1t is
expected that the entire proletariat
viii quit for day and perhaps for a
longer period Of time. The masons
and many other branches Of labor de-
cided Tuesday to quit from May / to
May Is without violence. Employees Of
Erocers, dairymen, butchers and bakers
and all purveyors Of food supplies, as
well as hotel servants, are meeting
Tuesday night and there is promise Of
> decision for similar cessation Of
york A complete suspension Of oper-
atoms throughout the building, food,
industrial, commercial and other
branches Is probable Fears are en-
fsrtained that the gas and electricity
and other Utilities on which the pub
lio q dependent WIN Be aIected.