The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-03
CRITICAL AT PARIS
TwENTY-FOuR HOUR GENERAL
 STRIKE DECLARED.
Que Hundred Thousand workera are Affected by the OFder--Press Urges suppFession of the
 Federation

Paris, Aug. 2.-The twenty.four -h OFF general strike. with which the city Is
 threatened tomorrow is the sole topic of conversation in Paris tonight. While there are no signs of panic,
 such as preceded the May Day mani 1 festations of t9oe. considerable anxiety
 and indignation prevails in the public
 mind. The press. almost without ex. ception. reprehends the intolerable be-
 havtor of the revolutionary section of
 the general labor federation and urges
 on the Government the suppression of
 1t as the only means of removing what
 1t declares is growing menace to so- ciety.
 The authorities are confident that they have the situation we'll in hand.
 In addition to the large police force of Paris. the regular garrison numbers 25.00O men. and this force, 1t is held. is ample to assure order. The troops all have been confined to barracks. so as to be available at a moments no- tice. The labor camp Is convinced that 1t is about to treat the nation to Q
 demonstration of its poweE-euch as sel-
 dom before has been seen. It Is stated
 that the general labor federation has
 received the adhesion of unions affili-
 ated with It affecting, it is estimated. i00. GOO workers, including the carmen, commercial travellers, silver smiths, electricians, printers, day Iaborers,
 butchers. bakers, hotel employees etc. Very few of the unions refused to issue
 a strike order for tomorrow in conn pliance with the federation's instruc- tions. The headquarters of the fed- l eration today was surrounded by im- i posing forces of police. Inside the buildings lengthy meetings were held but the results of them were kept | strictly secret.
 Early today bill stickers began to | ssN. A fxH- eseA4 i hamilton which explained that the l strike is protest against the action of the Government in preparing an ambush and turning loose the Boldiery,
 who by charging and sabering. had
 stung the manifestants into replying thus giving the troops an excuse to
 massacre. The authorities do not dare
 to announce the real name of work
 men assassinated st Vigneux. This
 crime cannot pass unnoticed and the
 only reply possible Is twenty-four hour strike.
 The police arrested the bill stickers
 and the manifesto then was distributed in the form of hand bills.
 The first signg this evening of the strike was when a number of printers
 did not put in their appearance at the newspaper ofgiees and 1t Is feared that half the journals will be unable to print. Those offiees where work Is proceeding is also surrounded by police to protect against attacks by militant Iabofites.
 Tn the Vigneux district calm con-
 tfnucd today as the friends of the vie-
 tims of last weeks disorders were prepared
 The organizers of the strike an-
 nouneed late today that no mantfes-
 tatton had been arranged for tomor- row either In Parts or at vigneux and that the striker5 would pass the day in their homes Fifteen newspapers will not appear tomorrow. but the most important ors
 gans will print.
 Tn view of the fact that the police were stationed around the ofiees of these. newspapers, the strikers aban- doned their hostile intentions and the night passed without Incident.