The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-14
Taken From Assemblage in a
Newspaper Office
FEAR OF FAMINE AVERTED
Belief That the Railway Tie-up Has
Been Checked Is Reflected in
Transactions on the
Bourse.

Paris, Oct. 14.--Forestalling dra-
matte scene planned by the heads of the
big railway strike, five of the leaders OF
the strikers were placed under arrest
yesterday morning.
The French government Is meeting the
situation resulting from the general
strike of railroad employees with firm
ness that challenges the admiration Of
even those who sympathize with the men
in their demands for minimum wage Of
81 day.
Yesterday morning five of the most
influential strike leaders were placed
under arrest
The arrested leaders were charged with
provoking seditious meetings and leading
in violence and the destruction OF prop
erty. The government is convinced that
this move, together with the summoring
to military service as Teservists all OF
the strikers, viii break the backbone OF
the strike, which has been already weak
ened by the failure of the men of the
Eastern road, the Paris, Lyons and Medi-
terranean, and the Paris-0rleans road
to respond generally to the orders of
the militant chiefs Of the National Fed
Grafton.
The belief that the strike has been
checked was reflected on the Bourse yes
terday, when there was an increased de-
mand for railway shares, which grew
stronger accordingly.
The government succeeded yesterday
in maintaining communication with
points from which food supplies were
brought into the city. The supply was
short, but it is now said that Paris is
no longer in danger of famine.
Ii the strike continues, the transatlan-
tic steamers now calling at Cherbourg
will substitute Boulogne as a point OF
French embarkation. Boulogne viii con
meet with this city by an automobile
service.
The passengers from the steamer
Oceanic, who were held up at Mantessur
Seine while en- route from Cherbourg to
the capital, arrived here yesterday.
Many instances of the destruction of
telegraph and telephone wires, railway
material, and the tearing up of rails are
reported from the suburbs and the prov
inces
The press, with the exception of the
socialist and revolutionary element, con
dennis the strike as criminal, and the
cribpling OF the public service with the
inevitable paralysis OF trade as unwar.
ranted
This decision was In fuI6llment OF
Premier BRANDS promise to punish the
agitators, who, he has declared, preeipi.
tated an iHsmrectionary movement at
the very hour that the premier and NJ.
Millerand, the minister of public works,
posts and telegraph, were conducting ne
gotiatious looking to the peaceful adjust
ment OF the differences between the rail-
road managers and their employees.
The National Railroad union has sae.
ceeded in thoroughly demoralizing the
service on the Northern and the Western
systems, but it had less success IN the
Eastern and Southern lines. The situa
ton Yesterday morning showed little
change from that of Wednesday. The
men Of the Paris, Lyons and Mediter
ranean road are nominally on strike,
and the Eastern system is badly ham
pered, but many trains are being oper
ated as usual ON the former system. The
employees of the Paris-0rleans road and
the Paris subway during the night voted
to 20 out but the subway lines were
being operated as usual yesterday fore
noon.
The hope of the strikers rests largely
in the prospect Of sympathetic strikes.
The briclllayers and PAYERS have voted
general strike, beginning yesterday.
The nmions of other trades are meeting
and are expressing similar intentions,
The five strike leaders arrested yes
terday morning attempted dramatic
scene by assembling in the Office of the
Humanite. Socialist newspaper, where
they passed the night in the company
of virtually the complete Socialist dele
CATION of the Chamber of Deputies,
awaiting the arrival of the police. How
ever, when the officers arrived and the
deputies began to make inlammatory
speeches, the project OF police cut the
proceedings short and hustled the lead
ers off in cabs, and there was no further
demonstration.
The mobilization of railroad reservists
deereed by the government is proceed
ing.