The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-02
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pNarefnl NJ N did this morning. Va half
efnpty %atrerta shining under the rays ~
The bright May sun Tho first impression
obtained vas tho absence ~ all vehlcular
TRAFFIC EXCERPT n few CATS and omnlb'lses.
the latter almost empty Attempts 10 see
cure q cnh IN order 10 drive In the Place do
Ia Repuhlipuc. vhich was expected TO he
the. centre ~ any disturbances that might
occur. were unsucce 'siul
The frat driver accostcd exclaimed de-
cisiycY ~Not on yosir lfel wan work
but I also want To keep a whole skin.
Offers = cytra financial inducenenta
were spurned \ half mile walk resulted
IN the discovery Of a dilapidated vehlcls
whose driver r~hilosophically agreed 10 face
the fortunes Il war. He drove through
the Grand Boulevard, which was almost
empty.
Not for fifteen years had the correspond
-ent seen 80 tcw persons on the streets 81
Payis on a brilliant morning The effect
was almost uncanny. Most OF the shops
stood open, but they we're absolutely empty.
Not a cart or wagon was visible
: The police. as one approx ched the la Dor
sExoha nge. seemed To outnumber the psdes-
strians The police all wore swords. in ID
: dition to their ordinary equipment.
: ARRESTS BEofS EARLY.
! When the Place de Ia ~Rapublique was
-rea ched the scene cha n ged. The great
=space was thronged with men, moving
sslowly about. There were fully 5000 in
the square md there we're a bout 500 police
-men.
I: There was no sign Of disturban ce. but
salready, at II O'Clock, there had been 100
ARRESTS. These had been made almost
without ~provucation. Squads of police
constantly hu4tled everybody along. If
:any one 80 much as exclaimed when showed
by a policeman: What are you pushing
for? am %going!' the reply was; Come
'-along 10 the station
< Every quarter OF an hour the police, by
n concerted movement, drove the bulk Of
the crowd into a aside street. whence IL slowly
returned, only TO have the process repeated.
There were no troops in sight, but the neigh
boring buildings were filed with infantry
IN cavalry |
= Shortly after IL o'clook a sharp shower
of rain and sleet did more than the efforts
of the police to drive the crowd to shelter.
The sun shone out presently, but at noon
there was a heavy ~downpour, drenching only
the police in the now empty square.
|, The soldiers thus far had been in evidence
only as guards OF special buildings. There
was u squad Of fifty dragons doing patrol
duty around the Bourse, where this de-
spatch was written,
The correspondent visited the head
quarters of the Confederation Of Labor, but
not a single leader was present. They evil
IDENTITY feared arrest at the last moment.
Levy, the grand TIRE asurer of the Federation.
was arrested at s o'clock this morning
All foreign anarchists had been tanished
to the country, Fromentin. a wealthy an
archist, was arrested in Haute Loire.
The streets in the residential parts OF
Paris were at this hour like those of a city
Of the dead. There was not the slightest
sign Of disturbance anywhere up to midday,
FIRST SERIOUS cLAsH
The first serious breach OF the peace o.
Cured shortly after moo in the Rue Ober-
kampf, where there was an encounter be-
tween 600 strikers aud twenty policemen.
Revolyers were drawn on both sides and
q few shots were exchanged. One striker
was seriously wounded and was carried
of by his comrades. The crowd was soon
Dispensed.
There was another encounter in the
BellevilIe market. but no firearms were
used. There were many broken heads,
The police hal repfoted s25 arrests up
to 1880 p. NJ.
Rioting also occurred outside the
Elyseetf Theatre, in Montmartre, The police
had ftiucn difficulty in dispensing the
crowds of strikers. There. were numerous
arrests.
CAVALRY BROUGHT INTO ACTION.
After 4 p. NJ. the situation became moro
serious. There was a sharp encounter be-
tween the trcops and a crowd on the Fau-
bourg du Temple. The rioters stoned the
soldiers and their commander was seriously
hurt, Cavalry Ct arged and dispersed the
mob and fifty arrests were made.
Ten minutes later, on the Grand Boule-
vafds hear the Place de Ia Rapublique, the
mob became ugly and the commander Of
the troops ordered three blasts Of the bugle.
which is the legal warning given before
troops can fire upon or attack a mob.
AS a result of this trouble the disturbed
district is now practically under martial
Law.
THE FIRST BARRIcApE.
The first barricade was erected at 2 O'Clock
in the Rue Cendriers in the Relleville district,
where the mob seized some building material
and constructed effective barriers before
the authorities could muster sufficient
numbers to interfere. Troops soon APP
peared and charged on the mob and de-
strosed the barricade. Gen. Nicholas was
wounded.
At 1. 80 o'clock the total number Of arrests
was more than 500. Five Magistrates we're
busily engaged in examining the persons
placed under arrest. Most Of the prisoners
were. discharged with a caution.
The police report that several bombs
were found in various parts Of Paris this
morning. Most Of them proved to he
shams.5 One bomb, which contained n
large quantity OF dynamite, was foand on a
railway bridge on a line parallel with that
which crosses the Seine at Argenteuil,
where a bomb was exploded last Saturday.
The charge of dynamite was exploded at
the Government tobacco factory, now I'M
occupied, on the Quay d'Orsay at 3 O'Clock
this morning. No serious damage was done.
Opposite to the Labor Exchange. whore a
SUN correspondent was Watching from a
hotel window in the afternoon. about a
thousand people were caught between two
sauadrons Of cavalry coming in opposite
directions. Many trampled upon zach other
in their efforts TO escape. Then the officers,
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