Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-03

Paris, May 1.-Many anarchists
have been expelled from Paris, In
Guiding Stephane, Guertzicoff, and
one woman.
NJ. Levy, secretary Of the Con-
federation of Labor, and M. Fro
mentin, wealthy anarchist, have
been arrested.
Delegates from all trades are
assembling at labor headquarters.
Paris, May AT 4:so p. m. six
thousand strikers are holding a
meeting at the labor exchange
and the same number Is assem-
bIed at the headquarters Of the
Confederation Of Labor. Military
has surrounded the buildings to
await the exit OF the strikers. Po-
lice charges continue on the Bou-
levard Magenta.
Warsaw, Poland, May 1.-Three
policemen were killed here during
the night but the threatened May
day outbreaks have not material
ICED.
Paris. May May day opened with
detachments of cavalry and infantry
scattered throughout Paris and the
outskirts. The first disturbance occur
red at the Place de la Republique
where hundreds of workingmen were
gathered. The excitement became go
great there that troops interviewed and
made about one hundred arrests.
The striking printers attempted to
march in procession from labor
headquarters singing revolutionary
song. They attacked the police, who
later with drawn revolvers, broke up
the procession.
Troops guard the bank Of France
and the Champs Elysee and patrol the
streets in the vicinity Of the minis,
tries and the Guy D'Orsay. A detail
of police is stationed at the American
embassy.
A squadron Of cavalry charged the
manifestants on the Place de la Re
publique, forcing the rioters TOWARD
the St. Martin canal. Fifty additional
arrests were made.
At Brest the strikers, carrying 8
black flag, were charged by the police
and severe fight followed. The fiae
was seized and many arrests were
made.
Drastic Measures,
Repressive measures of the drastic
character were instituted by the mill
tary and civil authorities. They began
with the Wholesale arrests Of every
known leader Of the demonstration
The police did their work SO thorough
ly that the Federation of Labor is prac
tically leaderless.
Though stunned by the desperate
strategy resorted to by the authori
ties, the strikers still are determined
to make today's demonstration mem
orable.
In few hours this morning the pol
icy of the government changed in 9
flash from criminal tolerance of an
archy to repressive measures almost
Russian in their arbitrary severity
One of the leaders of the strike speak
ing with obvious sincerity today said
of the change:
eve are amazed at such treatment
by M. Clemenceau. He always pro
fessed himself to be one of us. We
fully believed he would give us every
opportunity to enforce all our de
mands, and we made every prepare
ton to do SO. Now he has resorted to
measures more draconic than those Of
any of his predecessors"
That tells the whole story of the
complete change in the situation. II
does not mean, however, that the
crisis is ended The elements OF dis
order and discomfort have been thor
oughly aroused from one end oil
France to the other.
The enemies of the government are
exasperated.
This applies not only to strikers in
the various trades but to such widely
separated malcontents as royalists
clericals and anarchists. The aggre
gate opposition, although not CONSOLE
dated, is so strong that the govern
ment regards the danger not only OF
today but of the near future as grave
The government has increased In
stead of allayed popular apprehension
by the wholesale arbitrary arrests.