The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-29
Apprehension in Paris is Caus-
ing Many 10 Leave
MORE HOUSES ARE SEARCHED
Striking Jewellers Try to Get Past
Troops In Order to Make Demon
stration Before Wealthy
Shops.

Paris. April 2s.-The government has
completed final preparations for dealing
with the May day situation, and is CON
fident that the day will pass without seri-
GUS disorder. but at the same time the
public which is not in the least reassured
by the elaborate military concentration is
showing preat uneasiness.
This has been aeeentuated by the explo-
sion of bomb Friday night under the
railroad bridge at Argenteuil. which links
the capital with Havre and by an attempt
this evening Of band of 100 jewellers to
penetrate the populons center Of the
Place de L'opera for the purpose of maxi
ing demonstration before the great
Jewelry establishments in the Rue D'La
PalX. The activity of the police in making
more searches and seizures. although de-
signed to insure the public safety, also
| has the effect Of increasing public appre-
hension, many persons believing that such
extraordinary efforts Indicate the seri-
BUSINESS Of the situation.
Prepare for Eventualties.
Government. military and police officials
give the most positive assurances that
order will be maintained and the calmer
! heads accept these statements, but tho
nervous element of the city Is hastily pre-
pairing for eventuaiities. some leaving
town and taking their vaIuabes with
them and other laying in stores for an
emergency. The scenes at the great sup
ply stores are unprecedented, hundreds
of persons invading them, and elamoring
for emergency supplies.
The sensational press increases the un-
rest by publishing alarming reports of an
archist designs
The explosion of the bomb under tbs
Argenteuil bridge Is the frst overt act
or what the reyolutionaries term direct
action" The bridge Is a massive struc-
ture crossing the Seine six miles outside
the st. Lazare stations, and hundreds OF
trains cross II daily. The military REIN
forcements that have been brought 70
Paris crossed the river on this bridge.
The bomb used was cylindrical IN shape.
The deafonng explosion was heard for
five miles The railroad was torn up and
the signal ON the bridge was smashed.
but the solidity of the structure resisted
| the force of the explosion Although
there Is no clue to the perpetrator of the
explosion, the police have pronounced It
to be an anarchist attempt, and connect
| 1t with warnings that have been received
of other similar attempts, and according
| ly rigorous orders were Immediately
issued for detehments of military engin-
eers 10 guard all the bridges and tunnels
of the Western railway system, contigu-
Gus to Paris
Causes Much Excitement.
| ~ TIT lou
in the fashionable shopping districts this
| afternoon caused considerable excitement.
! The strikers proceeded in q body from
| the labor exchange to the Rue de In Paix.
| the richest short street in the world; the
windows of the stores being literally lined
with diamonds. They reached the Place
! d LOpera where a force of republican
guards and police barred their advance,
and lively scunle ensued in which the
strikers were separated. turned back. and
/ dispersed, though a number of them were
arrested.
In the meantime the police had made
| searches of the domleiles of six persons
| suspected OF having anarcbistic connec-
lions, and of the offices of the inham-
matory neA papers.
Searches Excite Discussion.
The whole searches continue to arouse
excited discussion. Some royallst suspects
dsavow connection with plot, while
others assert that the wealthy Count
| Dnrand de Beauregard Is the tool of the
| visionary plotters.
The military governor Of Paris this
| morning began the requlsitloning of quar-
ters In the neighborhood of Ecole Mill
taire and tomorrow the regulations VIII
| extend to the neighborhood of the labor
| exchange as the regular barracks ara
| inadequate.
The actual state of the labor movement
| Is unchanged. the confederation of la
Dor has considered a postponement OF
| the demonstration until after the mill
tary Is withdrawn. but the movement Is
| too far advanced to permit OF any post
postponement. and the Indications are that
| the original plans win be carried out
The confederation today issued a final
appeal. bitterly arraigning the searches
made by the authorities as an infamous
| invention designed to discredit labor, add
| ing:
| ION May l the working classes will not
| fail to present their claims. Nothing can
| stop us in ameliorating the lot of labor.
| Despite the government; despite all the
| forces of reaction. labor perseveres In
| Its exalted aim, and neither the exercise
| of force nor the mobilization of infantry
| can make the workers fol .et their in
| terest"
The appeal closes with a suggestion
| that the soldiers conscience should forbid
| them firing upon workmen.
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