New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
PARIS In A FERMENT.
ROWB UNDER II BRIDGE.
Small Riot IN Rue dc la Pair-City
Full of Troops.


nav situation. and is confident that the day viii
.ss without serious disorder The public. how
.- Is not IN the least reassured by the military
.,o.,tra,ion and is again showing great un-
essiness.
This uneasiness was acoentuated to-day by
,bs explosion of = bomb on Friday night under
-, -,ilv.ay bridge at AiEenteril in the suburbs
., Paris. which links tho capital with Havre
.,a ~. an attempt this evening Of a band OF a
r,,5r.s striking jewellers 10 penetrste the pop
,.o,s centre of the Plsoe Dc ropera for the pur-
20. ~ king denonstrafion before the great
...,.lrv establishments in tbs Rue de la PaiS-
-. activity of the police in making more
-.r..bss and seizures although designed 20 in
nv. the public safety. also has had the effect
=, Increasing apprehension. many persons be-
ps,ine that slch extraordinary efforts indicate
tho seriousness Of the situation
-,.rrroent. military end police officials give
-. most positive assurances that order will be
,..,rtsined. and the oslmer heads accept these
...,sr,srts hut tho nervous element ~ the city
4, ,sstr,.. prensring for serious disorder. some
r.-sons leaving town and taking their valuables
NTH trer7. and others laying in supplies Of food
-r. scenes At the great stores are unprecedented
hundreds of persons invading them and clamor-
,nr 20 have their orders filed.
Tho sensational press adds 10 the unrest by
publishing alarming reports Of anarchist designs.
while the serious press gives prominence to the
military concentration and police plans, all of
which lesds the public 20 apprehend that sone-
thing is about - happen.
The sKplosion of the bomb under tho Argen-
+suu bridge is the rrst overt act i'm what the
r.yoluriorists term direct action" The bridge
,s a massive structure. crossing the Seine six
MILES outside the St Lszare station. and hun
6r.ss ~ trains cross It daily. The military re-
Inducements which have been brought 70 Paris
crossed the river on this bridge. The bomb used
vas cylindrical in shape with slow fuse Ihe
,xplosion was heard for i've miles II shattered
windows in Argeuteuil The railroad was toTi'
up and tho signal on the bridge was smashed
bu, the structure resisted the force Of the e%-
p,oslon. Although there is no clew 10 the crin'-
,na1. the police have pronounced II TO be an an
srcbist stternpt and connect st with warnings
,h., have been received OF other similar at
,emp,s. orders were iinmediately issued for de-
tschuo.nts Of military engineers To guard all the
bridges and tunnels of the Western railway sys-
iem contiguous 10 Paris. Judge Fiori has begun
on inquiry into tho explosion.
The appearance Of the striking jewellers in the
fashionable shopping centre this evening caused
considerable excitement. The strikers proceeded
in a body from the Labor Exchange TO the Rue
de- Ia Paix one Of the richest short streets in the
world where the windows Of the stores are lined
with diamonds They reached the Place de
rOpers. where force OF Republican Guards and
police barred their advance. and a lively scuf-
Ne followed. in which the strikers were sep
Grated turned back and dispersed. A number OF
them were arrested
In the mean time the police had made searches
q the homes OF six persons suspected Of having
snarchist connections. and Of the Offices OF sew
tFsl eWspspers.
The searches Included the home Of II. de La
sales. assistant secretary OF the Confederation
o Labor. and The Offices OF the "Liberateur.
The searches continue 10 arouse excited dis
cusson Some Of the Royalists suspected dis
VIM
thar the wealthy Count Durand de Beauregard
IS the tool Of tie visionary plotters. The author
ties continue 20 withhold the results OF their
searches. II is reported that one Of the docu-
inens found at the home OF Imperialist is
Proclamation addressed 10 the army and in
tended for issue in case OF the success Of the
plot. Il is also reported that the police capt
uFed lists Of future ministers and officials under
a. nperislist form Of government
The state Of the labor movement is unchanged.
The Confederation OF Labor has considered a
postponement OF the demonstration untu after
The troops have been withdrawn, but the move
@ent is too FAR advanced 10 permit an easy post
ponement and The indications are that the orig
insi plans viii be carried out. The confedera-
lion to-day issued final appeal. bitterly attack
Ing the searches made by the authorities an
Infamous action designed 20 discredit labor add
hg.
On May ! The working classes viii not fail to
Present their claims. Nothing can stop them In
Nrr task ~ improving The lot of labor. De-
spite the government despite all the forces OF
reaction labor perseyeres I'm its exalted aim, and
hesher the exercise Of force nor the mobilization
g infantry can make the workers forget their
Interests
Tie appeal closes with 2 suggestion that the
toldiers' cousciences should forbid them 10 fire
Upon Rorkngrneu This appeal was to have APP
'0- a." Speelal eolt4oH OF tle cohieueIalioiiS
Vgan. The "Noix du Peuple." but the Prefect
ordered the postmen TO detain all copies Of the
Nhammatory paper. The postmen thereupon
F0'ec 10 protest against being obliged TO act as
detectives
Dispatches from the provinces show that
Most active preparations are being made for
May Day disorders. Al Lyons twenty thou
SAND men have quit work
Al Lorient there were fresh disturbances to-
Gay ana The cavalry charged and dispersed a