The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-05-02
ARMY NOW
RULES PARIS
Charging Troops QueIIed
May Day Riots.
Frequent Clashes Between People
and Soldiers Many Wounded
By Dragons.

PARIS, May Even with 10000
troops and 10000 police lining the
streets guarding all the public build
ings Stock Exchange and banks and
strmging out in formidable force to
tine Suburbs, the mob spirit several
times gained control
/ The police, stoned boy strikers, drew
pistols, but were mol able to hold the
tnroncs in check. and forces of cavalry
had to charge tneu repeatedly.
Fearing radical aeiiou by The labor
leaders the authorities surrounded r.
600 strikers while ina meeting, and $40
trr is were made. A number of prls
ouers were wounded during the riot
ing.
The rioting spread TO other cities. ANA
10 MarseiieS The lighting was severe.
/ the victims being numerous, AT Rouen
/ 'hp telegraph wires We're cut The
black Gds W raised at Brcst and red
tlaes were carried in parade at Tou-
lon
In Paris clashes We're frequent. On
ly the extreme repressive measures
that have been resorted TO and the
elaborate order plans Of police and
soldiery prevented bloody May day
As it was. however. many heads
were smashed. and some persons We're
hurt in rush on the Place de la Re
publque when squadron OF cavalry
charged great mob there
The most serious disturbance of the
day up To late hour was % hghl be
tween the striking printers and police
The printers attempted TO march ln
procession from the Bourse du Travail
I labor headquarters singing q rev'iu-
/ tiouary song.
They attacked the police who inter
vened aud tie latter were compelled
TO draw their revolyers. The proceS-
slou WAS then broken mp.
Many anarchists were during the day
expelled from Paris. including Ste
phane Guerzicoff and one woman. NJ.
Levy. secretary of the Confederation
of Labor and NJ Fromentin. The
wealthy anarchist, have been arrested.
A special guard of police was sent to
the American embassy and later II
was found advisable TO surround the
Bourse .ad Sank of France with
troops
squadron Of culrassiers.. with an
ambulance occupied the part of The
Place de rEiolle facing the Champs
E,ysee DetuchmentS of cavalry put
trolled the thoroushfares in the vicln
it's of the ministries
The boulevard Magenta was one OF
the centerS of disorder, aud there q
magistrate read ile riot act and The
trlmpeters of the mounted Republican
.n,ard sounded au order 10 dispense
bui the manfeSmuts refused TO move
whereupou the guards charged at
trot Many of the mauiiestants Were
roughly handled. and, detachment o.
Dragons reinforcing the guards, the
cayalrymen charged repeatedly, driv
inc the crowds before them Numbers
were wounded and uampled upon b.
The horses during the charges.
Project Lepnc. who Witnessed th'
movements of the guards and dra
coons was az one time surrounded Il.
crowds who cheered hhn General
Bnzaine- Hayter and Mollard then con
ferred with NJ. Iepine concerning TIA
action of the troops. The police at III
time appeared to have reached the linn
Of their capacity. and dragons am
mounted Republican guards began 'ab
mp the place of the police ana chars
ing at the gallop, the crowds lllsNh
ana shouting Down with the army
while some of the most excited OF IN
4 rioters erected barrlcade across IN
Rue des Cendrlers which the troop
and police soon tore down
Dragons, Republican guards an
culrassiers charged disorderly masse
continually sweeping the Place de
Republlque and the broad BouleVaT
de Magenta. The cavalry charged VIII
drawn swords, and many persons wei
n wounded on both sides. The man
festants overturned omnbuses an
q threw up hasty barricadeS. over
4 thousand arrests were made.
7 At no time did the demonstrate
reach The magnitude Of a revolt bI
a was rather leaderleSs tumult,
which the serious labor element, stru
Cling for principle, was hopeless
n confused with violent agitators, Il
archists, revolutiouists, roughs ana
large number Of the curious.
The worst riot was in the Bouleva
de Magenta, when the police practic'
B w lost control and We're compelled
b RELY on the mounted troops. The Ii
y ter forming in lines twenty var
E across and fifteen yards apart, swe
the square. driving the disorder
crowds into the surrounding streets
Vehicular traffic is now complete
suspended. Cabs. omnibuses and sire
ears are not running, the result bel
TO give The usually busy boulevards
singular aspect of descrtlon.
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