Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-14
WANTED PEACEFUL sETTL
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Premier Declares He Was Con =z q
Negotiations at Time
MEN HOPE FOR FELLOW : Z ID
Chances of Success Rest Larg q tn
Sympathetic Teup.
RAILROAD SERVICE Is CRIPPLED
Rain Falling I'm tbe French Capt.
tai and Thousands of Citizens
PIOJ Along Through
the Mud.

the Mud.
PARIS, oct. 13--Tne French government
Is meeting the situation resulting from thu
general strike OIL railroad employees with
hrmness that challenges the admiration
Of those who sympathize with the
men in their derrands for a minimum
wage Of 81 a day. This morning we OF
to strike leaders were placed under ar
rest
This action was in fulfullment OF Pre-
mler Brands promise 70 punish the agl-
tatorB who, he has declared precipitated
an insurrectionary movement at the very
hour that the premier and NJ MIIlerand.
tie minister OF public works, posts and
telegraphs, were conducting negotiations
looking to the peaceful adjustment OF the
differences between the railroad managers
and their employees.
The National Railroad union has sue
ceeded in thoroughly demo-aIizing the ser
vice on the northern ano western systems
but II had less success in the eastern and
southern lines. The situation this morning
showed little change from yesterday
Men Nearly All Out.
The men Of the Paris, Lyons & Mediter-
ranean road are nominally on strike and
the eastern system Is badly hampered, but
many trains are being operated as usual
on the former system. The employees of
lne Parts-Orleans road and the Paris sub
way last night voted to go out, but the
subway lines were being operated as usual
this forenoon.
lne hope OF the strikers rests largely in
the prospect OF sympathetic strikes The
bricklayers and PAYERS have voted a general
strike beginning today. The unions of other
trndRa
lar intentions.
the five strike leaders arrested this
morning attempted a dramatic scene by as
sembling In the office of the dumanite a
socialist newspaper where they passed
tho night IN the company Of yirtuall., the
complete socialist delegation Of the cham
ber of deputies, expecting the arrival of the
police. When the officials arrived and the
deputies began TO make inflammatory
speeches. the prefect of ponce cut th1 pro-
ceedings short and hustled the leaders off
in obs.
The mobilization Of railroad reservists
decreed by the government is proceeding
The men have responded in large numbers
but as yet they have not been ordered 10
take up the work OF the strikers.
walk in the Rain.
Thousands Of suburpanites were further
made many Of the roads leading into the
city impossible to pedestrians AS a con-
sequence many failed to report at their
offices and the business Of the city was
upset.
a canvass Of the Paris. Lyons &
Mediterranean road and the Paris Or
leans line showed that in most places the
men remained at their posts this for,-
noon.
A number Of acts Of violence against the
rolling stock is reported from the pro-
vinces. The strikers disclairl responsi-
bility for these saying the damage has
been done by persons not connected with
the railroads.
The strike is effective on the western
road leading to LeMans and Brest Cher
bourg. Havre and Dieppe and on the north
ern road extending 10 Amlens, Boulogne
R-d Calais.
II he's failed up TO tnis afternoon on the
southern division over which Dijon, IA
Ions, Lyons and Marseiles on the Mediter-
ranean are reached. The eastern road to
Belgium and German points was badly
hampered, but not wholly tied up
The belief that the strike has been
checked was reflected on the Bourse today,
where there was an increased demand for
railroad shares, which grew stronger ac-
cordingly.
The arrested leaders were charged with
provoking seditious meetings and leading In
violence and the destruction of property.
The government is convinced this move.
together with the summoning to military
service as reservists all OF the strikers.
VIII break the backbone Of the strike.
which already has been weakened by the
failure OF the men OF the eastern road
the Paris, Lyons x Mediterranean. and tn,
2ars-Orleans road to respond generally To
the orders Of the militant chiefs Of the
National Federation.
strikers Condemned.
IL the strike continues the transatlantic
steamers now calling at Cherbourg will
substitute Boulogne as a point for French
embarkaton BOulogue will connect with
this city by an automobile service.
The passengers from the steamer Oceanic
who were held up az Mantes-Sur-So,
while enroute from Cherbourg to the cap.
ital arrived acre today.
The press with the exception OF the so
oialst and revolutionary element, con
domns the strike as criminal and the Grip
ping OF the public service with the inev
itahle paralysis Of trade as unwarranted
Coal Miners Let Out.
COURRIERES, France Oct ls-The
coal mines dismissed $500 employees today
because Of the inability TO ship the Goa
due 70 the railway strike.
Traffic L. Suspended.
BERLIN, Oct B.-Passenger and freight
traffic by railway with France was prac
ucaIly suspended. Sleeping car tickets az,
no longer sold 10 French interior points
The banks complain OF serious inconvenl
enoe IN financial transactions between Ger
many and France.
The French newspapers are arriving her,
day late and bear Belgium postag,
stamps