The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-10-14
PREMIER BRAND
CAUSES ARRESTS
French Strike Leaders Be:
hind the Bars.
CALLS IT RESURRECTION

Head of Ministry Asserts That Agta
tors Precipitated the Movement
When indications Pointed to ar
AmicabIe Adjustment-Con on
the Railroads Affected Show Nc
Change for the Better.
Paris, Oct. 1.-THE French govern
ment is meeting the situation result
ing from the general strike of railroad
employees with a frmness that chal
lenges the admiration even of those
who sympathize with the men in theil
demands for a minimum wage of 81 a
day.
Five of the most influential strike
leaders have been placed under arrest
This action was in fulfillment OF
Premier Brands promise to punish
the agitators who, he has declared
precipitated an insurrectionary move
ment at the very hour that the pre-
mier and M. Millerand, the minister Of
public works, posts and telegraphs
were conducting negotiations looking
to the peaceful adjustment of the diff
ferences between the railroad man
ayers and their employees.
The National Railroad union has
succeeded in thoroughly demoralizing
the service on the Northern and the
Western systems, but it had less sue
cess in the Eastern and Southern
lines. The situation shows little
change.
The men of the Paris, Lyons and
Mediterranean road are nOminally or
strike and the Eastern system is seri
ously hampered, but many trains are
being operated as usual on the former
system. The employees of the Paris
Orleans road and the Paris subway
voted to go out, but the subway lines
are being operated as usual.
The hope of the strikers rests large
ly in the prospect of sympathetic
strikes.
Bricklayers Vote to Strike.
The bricllayers and PAYERS have
voted general strike. The unions of
other trade are meeting and are ex.
pressing similar Intentions
The five strike leaders arrested at.
tempted dramatic scene by as
sembling in the office of the Humanite,
a 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
However, when the officers arrived
and the deputies began to make in
fammatory speeches the project of
police cut the proceedings short and
hurried the leaders off in cabs.
The mobilization of railroad reserv-
lists decreed by the government is pro-
ceeding. The men have responded in
large numbers, but as yet they have
not been ordered to take up the work
of the strikers.
A canvass of the Paris, Lyons and
Mediterranean road and the Paris-Or-
leans line showed that in most cases
the men remained at their posts.
A number Of acts of violence
against rolling stock is reported from
the Provinces The strikers disclaim
responsibility for these, saying that
the damage has been done by persons
not connected with the railroads.
The strike is effective on the West
ern road leading to Lemans and Brest,
Cherbourg, Havre and Dieppe and on
the Northern road extending to
Amiens, Boulogne and Calais. 1t had
failed on the Southern division, over
which Dion, Chalons, Lyons and Mar
settles on the Mediterranean are
reached. The Eastern road to Bel
GUM and Germany points was badly
hampered, but not wholly tied up.