Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-29

ACTIVITY OF POLICE IN MAKING
SEARCHES INDICATES THAT
THE SITUATION Is
SERIOUS.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE
LEAVING PARIS HOURLY
AN INVASION OF SUP
PLY STORES.
(By The Associated Press

ment has completed its preparations
for dealing with chs, May day situ-
alton and the authorities are conf
dent that the day viii pass without
sa.rious disorder. bat at the same time
the public II not In the least reas-
sured by the elaborate military con-
ceatration that Is now going on. and
the people are showing great uneas.
mess. This has been accentuated by
the explosion of a bomb Friday night
under the railroad bridge at Ar
genuel, which links, the capital with
haVrc. and by the attempt of a band
oa hand striking Jewellers to prne-
trate the popuious center of Place
Dc In Opera for the purpose OF
making demonstration before thc
great ieweiry establishments in tho
Hue DE La Paix.
The activity Of the police In max.
ing more searches and seizures. al.
though destined to insure the safety
Of the public, has had the effect of
Increasing their fear. many persons
believing chat such extraordinary ef-
forts Indicate that the situation Is
~ vey serious one.
Those Of an cNcitable nature are
hastily preparing Co leave the city,
aud already numbers have fed, taxi
ing their valuabies with them. 9th
eis are laying in stores for emer-
eency. The Scenes a. the great sup
ply stores are unprecedented and
hundreds of pcrsonS are invading
them and clamoring for emerGenc,
supplies.
Tho sensational press has caused
excitement by the publishing oi
alarming reports of the designs and
intentions OF the anarchists.
While the situation IL serious tht
press gives prominence To the con.
ccntration OF the military force and
plans of the police which leads the
pablo To believe that crisis is NJ
hand.
The explosion Of bomb under
AyacnteuI bridge Is the first overt
act in what the reyolutionists term
direct action. The bridge was q
massive structure crossing the Seine
six miles out of the 81 Lazarre sta.
ton, and hundreds Of pedestrians
crossed IL daily. The military reen.
forcements brought from Paris cross.
ed the river on this bridge.
The deafening explosion of the
bomb was beard five miles away, bat
the solidHy of the structure resisted
th" force OF the explosion. but the
railroad tracks were torn up and the
signal lights on the bridge were All
smashed.
Although no clue 10 the parties
who placed the bomb has been dis.
covered, the police say that IL was
tbe work OF anarchists.
Orders were Immediately issued
for detachments of the military eng
neers to guard all bridges and tun.
nels Of the Western railway system
I TO Paris.
The appearance of the striking
jewellers this evening caused con-
siderable excitement. Tie strikers
proceeded IN body from the Labor
Exchange 60 Rae de La Paix. which
~ the richest short street in ~,
world. The windows Of the stores
were literally lined with diamonds.
The marching strikers reached Place
DC LOprra where a force OF rcpub-
Dcan guards and police barred their
further advance. and lively uusscI
ensued between them in which The
strikers were defeated. and separ-
ating from thc police and guarc
turned back and dispersed, although
a large number of them were az
rested.
The wholesale searches continue
20 excite discussion. Some ~ the
royalist suspects dissyow any connec-
tion with the plot, while others assert
that the wealthy Count Purand De
B"auregsrd il the tool Of misaionar,
hiottess. The actual labor movement
remains unchanged. The oommsr.