The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-12
PARIS T ACES
A T ANIME
Strike Spreads and Acts
of Violence Are Be-
ing Committed

Paris, Oct 12.-Encouraged by the
effectiveness of the strike of te EN-
ployes on the Northern railroad and
Western railroad and the extension of
the movement throughout the Eastern
road and the Paris, Lyons and Medltera
rancan lines. the leaders OF the
French workingmen generally threat,
en- a gigantic movement To paraylzo
the activities of the whole country.
The employees OF the omnibus,
metropolitan and subway transporta-
tIon lines OF this city considered to-
day the adyisabilIty OF seizing this op-
portunlty 10 launch a strike for re-
dress OF long standing grievances.
The situation throughout the republic
is regarded as grave.
The railway companies arc making
n desperate struggle 10 maintain some
sort of q service with the aid OF the
military engineers and men from the
navy but are meeting with little sue
cess.
To the goyernents call to the col.
ors OF 10000 strikers. tho latter reply
that the military code allows them
delay of fifteen days before respond
ing. The reseryists who refuse TO
report for duty are liable to imprIson.
ment from one to twelve months,
The extension OF the strike to the
cast and south has practically isolated
Paris which is threatened with famine.
Up 10 this afternoon the acts of
violence have been confined to the
cutting of telegraph wires. and the
tearing up of tracks at several points
The Paris end OF the Western strike
is complete. Not a sinSle train came
in or went out on that hne after early
morning. The highways leading TO
Paris are blocked with humanity.
thousands Of workmcn trudGing to-
ward the city conyerging as they
reach the clty's gates The demand
for cabs and automobiles could not
be met and prices scared accordingly
The congestion was frightful
The government Is seriously CON
cerned over the matter of food supply.
President FallierieS hurredly return
ed from his estate and conferred with
the ministers.
Enormous quantities OF milk and
fish. enroute from Normandy and Bel
gium. are stalled at points along the
ANpA AuNl III lbtibs it blp'h'h lNbl Alltf IN
line is the great artery for agricultural
products.
The president OF the grain sydicate
said the stock OF flour on the Paris
market today did not exceed 10 900
qulntals. which is less than eight days
supply for Paris This does not In
clude the flour in bakers hands,
which, however, Is not large. /
The National Railroad union com !
prises only 100000 OF the total Of 300- I
600 men employed in the railway ser
vice but large majority OF the non
union men are participating in the
strike.
Premier BRAND this afternoon Is
sued n public statement. in which he
denounced the strike as an inSurrec-
ton purely. built upon criminal foun-
dations. He revealed the fact that ne
gotiauons for an adjustment of the
grievances were being considered
when the strike was precipitated and
violence committed.
The premier urged the trainmen not
10 follow the advice OF the lnstIgators
Of the strike. who, he said, could be
prosecuted.
More telegraph wires were cut to-
lay, including several connecting
French points with Brussels and Lon
don.
The Southwest express had a mar.
row escape from being wrecked on
is arrival here today. The brakes
allied TO work and investigation show
I'd that the air pipes had been cut.
The train dashed into the Austerlltz
station at a speed OF 60 miles an hour.
II was stopped just before reaching
me DOrSant terminus.
At Boyscolomis, the strikers held
lp a freight train and. smashing in
he doors OF the cars, freed a cargo
1f cattle. Heavy consignments of
'ruit and vegetables. destined for Bel
sium and northern France are stalled
IN druined.
Prices of fish, eggs, butter and milk
have jumped 25 per cent The mer-
'hants are arranging for transporta-
Ion OF vegetables from the suburbs
~ automobiles