The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-29

and by an cttempt this evening of a
band of hundred striking jewelers. to
penetrate the populOus center of the
Place de FOpera for the purpose of
great jewelry establishments in the
Rue de Ia RaiX. The activity of the
police in Making more searches and
seizures, although designed to insure
the safety, also has had the effect of
increasing pu lie apprehension, many
persons believing that extraordinary
4 efforts indicate the seriousness of the
situation.
Give Positive Assurance.
| Government, military and police off
/ Gals give the most positive assurances
! that order will be maintained and the
/ calmer heads accept these statements,
/ but the nervous element of the city is
hastily preparing for eventualities,
some persons leaving town and taking
/ their valuableS with them and others
/ laying in stores for an emergency. The
scenes at the great supply stores are
unprecedented, hundreds of persons in
vading them and clamoring for ur-
gency supplies.
The sensational press increases 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 leads the public to apprehend
/ that something is about to happen.
The explosion of the bomb under the
/ ArgenteuiI bridge is the first overt act
| in what the revOlutionaries term 'di-
rect action" The bridge is a massive
! structure crossing the Seine six miles
/ outside the st. Lazare station, and
/ hundreds of trains cross it daily. The
military achievements that have been
! brought to Paris crossed the river on
! this bridge. The bomb used was cylin-
driCal in shape, with a slow fuse. The
( deafening explosion was heard for five
miles. 1t shattered windows in Argen-
/ teui and awakened the sleeping town.
/ The railroad was torn UP and the sig
] nal on the bridge was smashed, but
/ the sOlidity of the structure resisted
the force of the explosion Although
there is no clue to the DerpetTator of
! the explosion, the police have pro-
nOunced it to have been an anarchist
attack and connect ii with warnings
that have been received of other sim
liar attempts, and accordingly rigorous
orders were Immediately issued for de
tachments of military engineers to
guard all the bridges and tunnels of
the Western railway system contiguous
to Paris.
Caused Great Excitement.
The appearance of the striking jew
/ elers in the fashionable shopping CEN
ter this evening caused considerable
J excitement. Inc 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 dia-
monds. They reached the Place de
/ lOpera, where a force of Republican
J guards and police barred their ad-
vance, and a lively scuff1e ensued, in
which the strikers were separated.
turned back and dispersed, though a
number of them were arrested.
In the meantime the police had made
searches of the domiciles of six persons
suspected of having anarchist connec-
tiOns and of the offices of the inflam-
matory newspapers.
The wholesale searches continue to
arouse excited discussion. Some royal
list suspects diSaVOW connection with
any plot, while others assert that the
wealthy Count Durand de Beauregard
is the tool of visionary plotters.
Military Active.
The temporary military camps show
great activity Six military kitchens
| HAYES been installed in the Champs de
Mars, and extensive lighting and wa
/ tering plants have been perfected. The
cavalry on duty includes the First,
/ Fifth, Eleventh and Twentieth chas-
seurs; the First, Sixth, Eighth, Twelfth
] Eighteenth and Twenty-fifth dragons
| and the Seventh. Fourteenth and
!
/ infantry regiments.
The military governor of Paris this
morning began the requiSitiOning of
/ quarters in the neighborhood of the
military school, and tomorrow the
acquisitions will extend to the neigh
borhoOd of the Labor exchange. as the
regular barracks are inadequate
The actual state of the labor move
ment is unchanged.
An appeal issued by the labor con-
federation today closes with a sueges
ton that the soldiers conscience should
| forbid them firing upon workingmen.
Stores Will Remain Open.
The commercial classes are seeking
! 10 have the city preserve its normal
aspect on Tuesday. The stores will
remain open, except possibly the gun
shops, but the delivery of goods will
be suspended The bourse also will
remain open. The calmer elements of
the people assert that the severity of
the military and the police measures
will insure the restricting of the dem
onstration to isolated disturbances
Dispatches from the provinces show
! that most active preparations ara be-
ing made for the May Day Disorders
At Lyons 10000 men have quit work
At Lorient there were fresh disturb
ances today and the cavalry charged
and dispersed an attempted denonstra-
ton.
Reinforcements of troops have been
sent TO all the big cities
WILL VISIT RELATIVES.