Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-02
NAY DAY RIOTS IN PARIS
Twenty Persons Injured and ons Thousand
Arrests Are Made.
SHOTS FIRED FROM TOP OF oWNsUs
Nnturalised American starts Disturb
nnce by Shooting Two Soldiers
Crowd Tries 60 Lynch
Him.

PARIS, May 1.-The expectation that Nav
day would pass OF without violence was
not realized. The day began calm, but
toward evening in the working center in
the vicinity OF the trades unions head
quarters became the scene Of serious dis
turbances, In which many persons were
injured.
The precautions taken by the authori-
ties and the stern determination to repress
disorders however brought tranquility be-
fore midnight over a thousand arrests
were made during the day, twenty persons
badly injured and a great number of others
are suffering from commissions or from being
trampled
During the afternoon Jacob Law, a Rus
sian, who is naturalSed American. from
the top OF an omnibus passing the Place
de la Republoue, fired five shots. by which
two cuirrassiers were wounded. The crowd
attempted to lynch Law, who was dragged
from the omnibus He was rescued by the
police after he had been severely beaten.
Police Charge Crowd.
After meeting at the Labor exchange
5000 men proceeded to the headquarters
Of the labor federation. hooting the police
meanwhile. Charges were made by the
police and a woman fred. the bullet strik-
ing a member Of the bicycle patrol The
squad of police drew their sabres and re-
volvers and lively melee followed, lasting
half an hour. The police pressed the crowd
to the banks of st. Patterns canal during
which 200 arrests were made and many
persons hurt.
In the Place de la Republique the police
while arresting rioters were surrounded by
a threatening crowd which attempted TO
rescue those taken into custody, Sabres
were used freely but finding their position
perllous the police fired in the air. A fur
Their detachment came on the scene at
double quick time, and with drawn sabres
charged and dispersed the crowd Many
persons were Injured and many placed
under arrest
Dispatches received at the ministry of
the interior report calm everywhere in the
provinces, the May day demonstration be-
ing confined to meetings and professions
singing revolutionary songs.
Orderly Day in Germany.
BERLIN, May Throughout Germany
May day was Celebrated with varying de-
grees of enthusiasm. In some towns there
were many celebrants owing to local
conditions like strikes or lockouts. Else
where the day was observed less generally
than ever before. In Berlin the celebration
was rather extensive owing to the strike Of
the wood workers, which has lasted three
months and strong strike movement
among the bricklayers.
Eighty assemblages Of socialists were
| announced to take place in Berlin and it's
suburbs and the police had to close the
doors of five halls owing to overcrowding.
At all the meetings resolutions in favor
of an eight-hour day urging that children
under Ia years of age be not allowed to
work in factories, etc, and demanding an
extension of the political and economic
rights Of the laboring people were adopted.
| Business Suspended I'm WarAnw.
| = WARSAW, May 1.-The general strike
ordered for May day here resulted in a
| complete tieup OF business and traffic No
meat nor bread was obtainable, no street
cars appeared on the street, no papers were
printed and stores we're closed. Warsaw
today is practically a military camp. The
strong patrols of cavalry and infantry in
the streets in the morning early scattered
the crowds which attempted to congregate
and prevented any disturbance.
John Burns Criticized.
LONDON, May 1.-The laborites cele-
brated May day in London with demon
strations and professions on the Thames
embankment and elsewhere. The demon
strations were orderly. a noteworthy in
cident Of the day was the rather strong
tone of the criticisms Of the policy OF
John Burns since he became minister,