Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-29
IN MAY DAY OBSERVANCE
Activity Of Police Has Incensed Labor
Circles.
MoNARcH1srs ALSO AROUSED
Sensational Press Increases Unrest By
Printing Alleged Anarchist De-
signs-Explosion of Bomb.

PARIS. April 2s.--The government has
completed final preparations for DEALING
with the May day situation, and is confi-
dent that the day will pass without serious
disorder, but at the same time the public.
which is not in the least treasured by the
elaborate military concentration, is show.
ing great uneasiness
This has been accentuated by the exnlo.
sion of bomb Friday night under the
raiiroad bridge at Argenteuil. in the SUI
burbs Of Paris. which links the capital
with Habre, and by an attempt this evening
of a band of hundred striking jewellers
10 penetrate the populous center of tho
/ Place de L'Opera for the purpose of max.
ing demonstration before the great es-
tablishment In the Rue de la Paeux. The
activity OF the police in making moro
searches and seizures. designed to In.
sure the public safety also has had tho
effect of increasing public apprehension,
many persons believing that such extraor-
dinary efforts indicate the seriousness Of
the situation.
government, military and police officials
give the most positive assurances that or.
der VIII be maintained and the calmer
heads accept these statements. hut the
nervous element of the city is hastily pre-
pairing for eventualities, some persons leav-
Ing town and taking their yaIuabIos with
them and others laying in stores for an
emergency The scenes at the great SUD-
ply stores are unprecedented. hundreds of
persons invading them and clanoring for
emergency supplies.
Alleged Anarchist Designs.
The sensational press increases the nm
rest by publishing alarming reports os
anarchist designs, while the serious press
glves prominence TO the military concen.
tratlon and police plans. all of which leads
the public to apprehend that something is
about to happen.
The explosion of the bomb under the
what the revolutionaries term direct ac-
tion. The bridge is massive structure
crossing the Seine six miles outside the
cross 1t daily. The military relnforce-
ments that have been brought to Paris
crossed the river on this bridge The
bomb used was cylindrical I'm shape with
slow fuse. The deafening explosion was
heard for five miles. 1t shattered win
dows In Argentique and awakened the
sleeping town. The railroad was torn up
and the signal on the bridge was smashed,
but the solidity of the structure resisted
the Iorce OF the explosion Although there
Is no clue to the perpetrator of the ex-
plosion. the police have pronounced II to
anarchfstic attempt and connect it with
warnings that have been received of oker
attempts, and accordingly rigorous orders
were Immediately issued for detachments
OF military engineers to guard all the
bridges and tunnels of the Western rail.
way system contiguous to Paris.
Shopping Center Excited.
The appearance of the striking jewelers.
In the fashionable shopping center thi6
evening caused considerable excitement.
The strikers proceeded in a body from the
labor exchange to the Rue De La Paix.
the richest short street in the world, the
windows of the stores being literally lined
with diamonds They reached the Place
De L'Opera, where band of republi-
can guards and police barred their ad-
vance and lively scnffie ensued, in which
the strikers were separated, turned back
and dispersed, though number of them
were arrested.
In the meantime the police had made
searches of the domiciles of the six per-
sons suspected of having anarchist connec-
tions and of the Offices of several infiam.
matory newspapers.
The wholesale searches continue to arouse
excited discussion. Some royalist suspects
disavow connection with plot, while otn-
ers assert that the wealth of Count Durand
plotters.
The temporary military camps show great
activity. Six military kitchens have been
installed in the Champs de Mars. and ex-
tensive lighting and watering plants have
been perfected. The cavalry on duty In
cludes the 1st, 5th, llth and 20th Chas-
seurs. the list, 9th, sth. lzth, 18TH ana
29th Dragons and the 7th. l4th and 18th
Hussars. with detachments Of infantry reg
iments.
Military Governor Busy.
The military governor OF Paris this morn-
ing began tho requisitioning of quarters
In the neighborhood of Ecoie Miiitaire.
and tomorrow the requisition will extend
TO the neighborhood of the labor exchange
as the regular barracks are inadequate.
The actual state of the labor movement
Is unchanged, the confederation of labor
has considered postponemsnt of the dem-
onstratfon until after the military Is with
drawn but the movement Is too far adj
yanced to permit of any easy Indications
that the original plans viii be carried out.
The confederation today issued "a final ap-
peal. bitterly arraigning the searches made
by the authorities as an Infamous tnveu-
ton designed TO discredft labor. adding:
ION May 1 the working classes viii not
fail to present their claims; Nothing can
stop them In ameloraffng the lot of labor.
Despite the government despite all the
forces of reaction. laior perseyerts in ftB
exalted aim, and neither the exercises OF
force nor the mobilization of infantry can
make the workers forget their interests
The appeal closes with a suggestion that
the soldiers conscience should forbid them
firing upon woridngnen. The commercial
CLASSES are seeking to have the city PRE-
serve its normal aspect on Tuesday. Tho
stores VIII remain open. except possibly at
the gun Shops but the delivery OF goods
will be suspended. The b0urse will also res
main open. The cairner elements Of the
people assert that the severity OF the NIL.
ttary and the police measureD win Insure
the restricting Of the demonstration to
isolated disturbances
Violent Protest By Labor.
The police searches ana nefx,,ree <ocfin,,e