Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-13
Refusal May Bring Imprisonment
from Month to Year.
EADERs WOULD TIE UP INDUSTRY
Gigantic Move Planned to Paralvge
Nations Activities.
PARIS THREATENED WITH FAMINE
HH'""Sio" of strike to East and
south Results In Practical IsoIo-
ion of CapItaI--Govern-
ment IL Aroused.

PARIS, oct. i2-The strike NJ tbo rsu
road mon which threatens 10 sor,a,
."loushout France was denounced todo,.
oSIIeImer BRAND as "an lnsurrectior
purely built upon criminal foundations"
me premier declared that the strike y,,s
! called while ncgotatlons were got,,. -,
through himself ana minister of mint,
"oINs Tor an adjustment OF grievances
ana promised that the instgators NJ tb,
S'IaAe would be crlminaly prosecuted
NiNer seine which in January
| ' 10 destroy Paris now looms nm
! IN the role OF savior. The poverrroor, ~ w
| 10" maze arrangements to rush food sun-
pnsS to Paris from the sea reoulsitiorin,,
az poats to meet the crisis and 80,
the iood market which Is ALREADY hor,
! MT me employees Of the Paris g Esst-
81" 81" ana Lyons & Mediterranean railroads
! nave not yet to any appreciable extspt 10
! sponded to the leaders call 10 strife a.,
tne governments weapon of mobuization
mas lhduced some Of those emploved on
lh' northern road to return 10 tbeir
! poSls' Nevertheless, the Northern "a
/ - iaiiroads are Frustrated. The call
! - 'e ooiors mas bee nignored by the
- "iaJoIlty and at mass meetings held
Quay the strikers reiterated their determt-
nation not to respond to the cali
Resort to violence.
Much destruction has been yro,,on+ -,
'no western system, where the st,tl,srs
ana their supporters have held up and io-
iaieu trains' blocked tracks, ripped ~,
1'' I"'iS' cut telephone and telegraph wires
e government has ordered the arrest Of
seo'o Oh lhe strike leaders and instruc-
uons have been issued to the troons =,
use severe measures whereysr ooa".,''l "
requires 'O0asioh
Thousands Of persons living in tbe s,,,
uros and employed in Paris -tassaJ ~.
eVenins around the depots These fhsv
iouiu closed and RIent, with soldisrs
! 0eiHPs IN Hont. Then, with true parisisr
SAFETY they set out to walk home. netb.ns
a Instance OF five or ten miles, or stortnad
the tramways, cabs automobiles and othar
conveyances o'''er
4"o losses 10 commerce already are tre
mendous. Scores of trains bavs -.
stalled along the roads many of thase 90
rying food supplies which have bsoo1,,.
! uhlt Tor use. The passengers ON tbo
steamship Oceanic who took the train NJ
Cheroourg for Paris are blocked at Nantes
sur Seine about twenty-slx miles from,
Paris 'S from
Many Americans have been compelled to
leiiiain IN this city or to pay fabulous
sums to reach the coast so that thew r,is.,,,
( embark for England.
! The railway companies are rooL,,,
desperate struggle TO maintain some go, - -
service with the aid Of military engineer
ana men from the navy, but are rnes,inry
with little success. '''s
! 10 the governments call to the coIors of
SOVO strikers the latter reply the militarv
coue allows them a delay OF fifteen davs
before responding. The reseiylsts who re-
fuse to report for duty are liable TO inn
p1sonment for from one to twelve months
Paris Threatened with Famine.
Ihe extension Of the strike TO the esst
ana south has practically isolated Paris
"nlch Is threatened with famine
Ihe strike leaders declare not a wheel
| VIII De turning on any railway In the re-
public tomorrow morning.
/ Up 10 this afternoon the acts OF violence
nave been confined TO the cutting OF tele-
graph wires and the tearing up OF tracks
at several points.
The Paris end OF the Western road
strike Is complete. Not a single train cam.
or went out on the line after early morn
ing The highways leading to Paris ar,
| blocked with humanity. Thousands ~
workmen trudging toward the city con-
1 Versod as they reached the citys gates
where the congestion was hlghtfu The
demand for cabs and automobiles could nor
DO met and prices scared accordingly
Tho government Is seriously concehned
over the matter OF food supply. President
Fallieres hurriedly returned from his e.
| tGsS in the south today ana conferred U,tb
the ministers.
Already the market Is pinched. Enormous
quantities Of milk and fish en- route from
Normandy and Belgium arr stalled M
points along the Northern road. Tn,
blocked Northern line is the great artery
for agricultural products.
The president OF the Grain syndicate said
that the STOCK OF flour on the Paris market
today dld not exceed io,OOJ quintai, which Is
less than eight days supply FOR Paris.
This does not include the flour in bakery
hands, which, however, Is not large
The bulk OF meats vegetables ana fr,iIt,
come over the Western and Paris. Lyons
! and Mediterranean lines.
The National Railroad union comprlses
! only lOOOO OF the total OF $4,000 men ,.ro
ployed In the railway service. but a large
! majority Of the nOnunion men are par.
| tlCipating in the strike.
The government is adopting measures
similar TO those pIactloed in time OF war
signs OF Disorder.
The Southwest express had a narrow
| escape from being wrecked on It's arrival
| here today Brakes failed 70 work aud
subsequent investigation showed that tn,
/ airppes had been cut The train dashed
! into the Austerlitz station al a speed OF
/ sixty miles an hour. II was finally stopped
! just before reaching the DorsEnt terminus
! At Bois Colonies the strikers held up a
| freight train and, smashing IN the doors
| Of the cars, freed a cargo OF live cattle.
Heavy cOnsgnments Of fruits and yeae-
/ tables destined for Belgium una northern
/ France are stalled and ruined. Prices al
| fish eggs. butter and milk Jumped 2. Der
/ c.,pt The ruarphanta 4. 81. .........-