The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-05-04
MAY DAY At PARIS NOT MARKED
BY ANY DISTURBANCES OF
SERIOUS NATURE.
AUTHORITIES HAD SITUATION IN HAND
HUNDREDS OF PERSONS PLACED
UNDER ARREST AND GIVEN !.
JAIL SENTENCES.

Paris, May May day, for which
the government made prodigious prep
arations, finds many quarters of the
city presenting the appearance of an
armed camp. The forces concentrated
under Project of Police Lepine are
estimated at $4,000 troops, 10000 po-
lice and 5000 republican guards, gen.
darmes and detectives. Detachments
of troops Of all arms took up positions
in the main centers at an early hour.
At midnight large forces began to
guard the public sources of water, gas
and electric supply.
The plan of the authorities was to
Svoid the use of the military unless
such a step vas imperative to main
tain order. Accordingly the aspect
during the early hours was little diff
ferent than usual, but toward noon the
military activity increased.
Prior to the opening of the bourse a
regiment of infantry took up a position
on the terrace and detachments of
cuirassiers occupied the neighboring
Streets The bourse opened at the
usual hour, but business was re-
stricted. ,ass,
The Bank of France was. similarly
guarded by infantry ana cavalry and
picketss Of troops patrolled the vicin-
ity of.all the leading banks and i'm
portant- commercial establishments.
The american Express company
and many other institutions had
guardsso infantry, carrying rifles. pac-
ing up and down before tneir. Offices;
The appearance OF the sentinels and
patrols on the main boulevard and
streets was an unusual sight. Squads
of dragons passed frequently through
the Jew district, the Rue de la Paix,
where's number of the stores did not
raise their iron shutters. The Place
de Republique is the chief center Of
the labor agitation. The streets in
it's neighborhood are closed and police
patrols we're busy keeping the crowds
circulating.
Hundreds OF Arrests MADE. s5
The first disturbance occurred at II.
o'clock, whenSthe 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 neighboring
barracks, promptly tried the disturb
ers of the police and committed them
to Jail. This, however, was not su1fi-
cient to break up the crowds on the
square,. Bodies Of strikers chanting
the revolutionary hymn attacked the
police, using bricks and c~obblestones.
Reinforcements of police Don arrived.
They charged the crowds with drawn
revolvers and the rioters broke and
fed. The storekeepers in the neigh
borhood of&the scene of the ARRAY had
closed their doors and shutters, fear.
ing a general spread Of the agitation,
but the police succeeded in combining
the demonstration to the streets near
the Place De la Republique. Up to
noon the disorders had been localized
and the authorities were easily. mas
ters of the situation. a4 @ gTs
Reports from the large provincial
cities show the existence of a feeling
Of general unrest, but the situation is
not CRITICAL s n sF- ~ D. fe4s NJ
Violent manifestations occurred at
Marseilles. Several persons were
wounded.
At Rouen the strikers cut the tele;
graph wires. s% q a&