Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-02
MAY DAY
PROMPTS
TU4ULT
Troopers Rie Down
LeaderIess Element
in Pfis
Many Are w unded and
Thousand Are
Arresed
Some Declare Tha Disorder ls but
Beginning Of Mement-Else-
where In EuIpe Day Is
storm Ono
BY Associated presa

PARIS, May Line long dreaded
May day failed to- ring the revolution
which infiammatoI journals predicted
but none the less brought scenes of
excitement and vlence.
The labor distrif, which thousands
of troops CONTROL with difficulty,
and even contradictions of Paris
have taken on II appearance of a
siege. with regimlts of infantry and
cavalry camped bout the Arc de
Triomphe, the Birse, the bank Of
France and the gat railway station,
while military seinels paced before
banks and privat establishments.
The main thor9yhfareS in the resi-
Dental portion dParis remain tran
Quil. In the we end, far removed
from riotous sc@s, people were dis
posed to treat II events in the labor
quarters as hairless effervescence. 1t
was, however, 1ch more than that.
Throughout tn afternoon dragons,
Republican guals and currassiers
charged disorda' masses, sweeping
the Place de laRepubliique and the
broad boulevardle Magneta.
Many Re Wounded
Toward nightll cavalry charged
with drawn sYids and many persons
were woundedIn both sides.
The manifeshts overturned omni-
y buses and thr{ up hasty barricades.
Over 1000 arBts were made during
the day.
Us A no time id the demonstration
4Areach the ma,itude of q revolt, but
lwals rather a lfierless tumult in which
1.-The serious lsbr element struggling
iJbr principleias hopelessly confused
d 'fth violent -gitators, anarchists,
4 ddolutionists, ,hughs and a large num-
n SS of the cuTils
II ffIihe workmI never succeeded in
YFrining a PRECISION or even In assem-
cnHsng more til, scattered bands.
Ill lErheir chief ition was reunion Of
III keral thousd-s in the labor exchange
n Which rd,ution was adopted not
ia Aketurn to k until the eight-hour
khN shall haIbeen accorded.
pgg9 Rs on Troops
tNh7 he worst Pirs of the day was to-
Ia IA oclodthis evening, when the
1s3 flee practicty lost control and were
qkShpelled toiely on the mounted
ltfi ld,ps The litter, forming in lines
w enty yards lross and fifteen yards
| 4 Bhrt, swept found the Place de la
H41bubliuue, living the disorderly
Ro7Wds into Il surrounding streets.
@S3Iost of thinob sought refuge in
FIA Boulevarfde Magneta and at the
Phi de V'li, which became centers
Z disordersl Here trumpetS sounded
pealed dlmands to .disperse, and
L cavalry illoped into the crowds,
"a Npling all injuring many.
IN @body oiIoot guards, surrounded
iAN5hnanifests's, was rescued with diff
iHhtIty by cs+lry with drawn swords.
iFSVNre a colderable number were
(Hinunded. B6 o'clock calm had been
III Observation-Disclosures and most of the
HPoops returd to their barracks.
lkA KeeFn Labor District
III 4Throughd a.he disorders the author
Ii res succedH' in executing their orig
eHDfl plan ATholding the disturpers
6 ESictly with the limits of the labor
Eil.trict andlot permitting them to
pl8 Nss towaIsthe wealthy commercial
NB1 residenl sections.
hHfonight Thioular traffic is COM
/ ti0tely susnded. Cabs, omnibuses
iailHl street srs are not running, the
| XII uult beinilo give the usually busy
4 Stewards singular aspect of deser-
III Enormous srowds OF curious people
ifIbred the Sits. The opera and other
hlfate theatd are open, the opera hav-
ARlit two sqlsrons Of cuirassiers in the
siSement, Eiie Felix Weingartner is
HFhductingp p Beethoven and Berlioz
XIII Etival in auditorium. Ten of the
7.ybA1ding theirs closed on account OF
exceptial conditions. The banks
II RE closedhroughout the day.
Vt 10 o'G.k tonight dragons still
81 supied til streets surrounding the
K urse andhe other great financial
b ablishmef.
HS Tenfr Is Threatening
N elbe tempt of the workmen tonight
ffH Anreatenk. They claim that the
4 N Ice actelbrutally and cite many
WI ntances d innocent people being
eIten anl arrested. They declare
dI,k today us only the beginning of
NV movemd
-l leports ftn tho provinces show that
f'lhe .wereholen. demonstrations at
1 qrseilles, rest, Bordeaux, ST. Eth
\ I ie, Lyonjlnd -Rouen.
Il ARt Mara,s professions carrying
flags albreating violent disorders
f-he in cdslon with the troops and
u humber them were injured.
81 Bordex PROFESSIONS paraded the
Is sindg revolutionary songs and
~ soukavalr charged them, wounding
III ply.
e1lf Lyons crowd of manifestants at
,'n14ed Indirect ears. breaking the
--lss wind&. whereupon the Dragons
Marged thtloters, wounding a large
irhere vi lesser disturbances at
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