Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-03
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FRENCH CHURCHES
At Church Of st. Pierre GreScai|.
Ion, Paris, the Attempt Re-
suits in Rioting.
FIFTY PERSONS WERE INJURED
Storming Of Building Protracted Ow-
Ing to Use Of Red Pepper by
Defenders.

Paris. Feb 2.--As q result of today's
rioting though the inventory was taken
In but one church, that of st Pierre
Grescaillou, over so persons were serI.
ously injured and further consldera.
BILE number were slightly hurt. The lat
ter included a number of police and
firemen. who were almost blinded with
cayenne pepper. Fifty arrests were
made.
The storming Of the building was
greatly protracted. owing to the use by
the defenders Of red pepper. After
repeated efforts, the police and firemen
only succeeded in entering the church
by employing chairs as shieis- The
hrst two who got through the doote
were Knocked Unconscious. Those WIN
followed, although they were thorough
ly exasperated RETAINED from violent
retaliation.
LOUIS Lepin, project of police, and
other high officials and the newspapers
OF all shades Of opinion, deprecate the
violent Incidents II is said that tba
In
their congregations to remain calm. but
without avail. the militant Cathollcs
peing ilrmly resolves TO resist what
they term the spoilation Of the many
Paris churches containing many mil
lions OF francs worth Of jewelry, med
ais ana decorations, given by devotees
as church offerings.
III is charged that the blame for the
recent conflicts attaches 10 the minis
ter OF the interior. because of his or
der that the inventory OF the churches
should be carried out before the regu-
lations under the separation law are de.
nnitely drawn up, This leaves the
Catholics uncertain regarding the fate
OF church property, and their doubts
ON this subject have brought about their
resistance to the order and its results
The authorities are determined, how
ever that the law shalf take its course
and the disorders be suppressed with
the utmost vigor.
twenty-five hundred inventories AL
ready have been made Throughout
France, many without incide,, but
Paris contains 20 Roman Catholic
churches, or which but half have been
vlsisted by the officials Proceedings
VIII continue tomorrow, and in order to
prevent a renewal OF the disturbances
the authorities have kept secret the
hour al which the commissioners will
visit the churches.
The church Of st. Pierre Grescalleu
is situated OH the Rue St Dominique.
which today had the appearance OF
street In a beselged city. All the
shops In the neighborhood OF the edi.
nee We're closed. cordons of armed mu-
nicipal guards on foot were stationed
at intervals along the street, and
squadron OF mounted municipal guard.
win drawn swords patrolled the
thoroughfares and kept the crowds
moving.
When the project, M. Lepine, arrived
the bells We're tolled and the people in
side the church, numbering about 5000.
began singing psalms, while outside the
rowdy element shouted revolutionary
songs, NJ. Lepine thrice summoned the
congregation to open the inside gates
which the people refused to do, and
then hremen were ordered to force an
entrance, using their hatchets.
AS they mounted ladders TO break In
the windows of the Chapel Of the Vlr-
gin, an annex Of the church. revolver
shots rang out and the firemen retired
Later fire engine arrived on the
scene, and amidst shower Of missiles
the iremen scrambled up to the roof
with hose. the water was turned on
and the interior OF the building was
soon flooded
In the meantime the doors had been
battered down, but the municipal
guards and the congregation were Sc
with fierce resistance, Numbers of tho
guards ord the congregation were Sc
verely hurt but the authorities even
tually obtained the mastery and the
demonstrators were captured, one by
one, and led 10 the nearest station
house.
In the meanwhile the unruly crowds
outside had broken through the cordons
OF the municipal guards and attempted
TO reach the church and engage In the
fight with its defenders, but the mount
cd guards dashed through them In time.
All the officers who entered the
church emerged covered with blood and
their clothes torn and soaked 10 the
Nkin.