Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-05-04
labor RIOTS IN
FRENCH Capital
MODS STONE POLICE WHO DIS
PERsE CROWDS WITH DRAWN
REvoLVERS.
HUNDREDS ARRESTED
AND SENT TO JAIL
Trouble Is Result of May Day Dem
onstrations of Strikers-Paris Re-
sembles Armed Camp = Men De-
mand Eight-Hour Day.

mana ElRQL-dOuT LAY.
Paris, May 2--Violent manifesta-
tons occurred at nlarseilles. Several
persons were wounded. At Rouen the
strikers cut the telegraph wires. At
5:25 p. m. the arrests were estimated
to number from 700 to 800. The sec
rotary Of the Printers union was
among those taken INTO custody. Pre-
feet Of Police Lepine announced that
Paris was calm outside of the labor
district and that the Place de la Rs
publique.
Paris, May MAY day found Paris
armed to the teeth for labor riots.
The preparation was necessary for
several clashes of crowds and mobs
occurred. The police were stoned and
they had to charge the rioters with
drawn revolvers. The entire force of
police, troops and republican guards
on duty numbered 10000.
At Brest the strikers, carrying a
black flag, were charged by the police.
A severe fight followed, the flag was
seized and many arrests were made.
Disturbers Sent to Jail.
The first disturbance occurred at IL
O'Clock, when the police called on the
troops to assist them in keeping the
crowds circulating on the Place de la
Republique. Two squadrons of cav
airy quickly swung into the square.
while $50 arrests of disorderly persons
We're made by the police. The prison.
ers were formed into groups and two
magistrates sitting at the neighbor-
ing barracks promptly tried the dis
turbers of the peace and committed
them to jail.
This, however, was not sufficient to
break up the crowds on the square.
Bodies of strikers chanting the reso-
lutionary hymn attacked the police,
using bricks and cobblestones. Re
endorsements Of police soon arrived.
They charged the crowd with drawn
revolvers, and the rioters broke and
fed. The storekeepers in the neigh
borhod of the ARRAY hastily closed
their doors and shutters, fearing a
general spread of the agitation, put
the police succeeded IN confining the
demonstration to the streets near the
Palace de la Republique. Up to noon
the disorder had been localized and
the authorities were easy masters of
the situation.
Reports from the large provincial
cities show the existence of a feeling
OF general unrest, but the situation is
not critical.
Troops at Strategic Points.
EARLY in the day troops were posted
at all strategic points in Paris. In ad-
dition to the occupation Of the Place
de la Bourse by troops, prior to The
opening OF the bourse, battalion OF
infantry was stationed on the terrace
OF the building and detachments Of
cavalry were drawn up at each Of it's
wings. The boulevards, the Place de
la Concorde, the Place de lEtoile and
normal aspect. Traffic was nninter-
rupted except in the case of cabs. De-
tachments Of troops were posted
Ground the Bank Of France and in
the streets leading thereto. The
American embassy was also strongly
guarded by police.
Draw Revolvers on Strikers.
A crowd of striking printers at
tempted to march in procession from
the Bourse du Travail (labor head
quarters), singing a revolutionary
song. They attacked the police, who
were compelled to draw their revolv-
ers. The procession was then
broken up.
During the forenoon a squadron Of
cuirassiers with an ambulance occu-
pied the part Of the Place de rEtoile
facing the Champs Elysees. Detach-
ments of cavalry patroled the thor
oughfares in the vicinity of the min
istries and the quay D'Orsay.
Many anarchists have been expelled
from Paris, including Stephane
Guertzicoff and one woman. M. Levy,
secretary of the Confederation of La
Dor, and NJ Fromentin, the wealthy
anarchist, have been arrested. Dele.
gates from all trades are assembling
at the labor headquarters.
Paris Like Armed Camp.
May l, the day for which the gov
eminent made prodigious prepare
lions, found many quarters of the city
presenting the appearance of an armed
camp. The forces concentrated under
M. Lepine, project of police, are esti-
mated at $4,000 troops, 10000 police
and 5000 republican guards, gen.
doppoao ood antaotivac noto.L-.x4u
of troops of all arms took up posi-
lions in the main centers at an early
hour. The bulk Of the military forces
had been strictly confined to barracks
since midnight and remained under
orders to be ready to move at a mo.
ments notice. The troops at midnight
began to guard the public sources of
water, gas and electric supply.
The plan of the authorities was to
avoid the use of the military unless
such step was imperative to main
order. Accordingly the aspect of the
city during the early hours was lit.
tie different from usual but toward
noon the military activity increased.
On the main boulevards and streets
the appearance Of the sentinels and
patrols was an unusual sight Squads
OF dragons passed frequently through
the jewelry district, the Rue de la
Paix, where number of the stores
did not raise their iron shutters. The
Place de IA Republique is the chief
center of the labor agitation. The
stores In It's neighborhood are closed
and police patrols were busy keeping
the crowds circulating.