The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-10-20
IRON HAND USED
! IN PARIS STRIKE
Places Five Lead.
ers Of Union Men Under Ar
rest for Inciting Trouble.

Paris. Oct. 1.-THE French govern
ment Is meeting the situation result
Ing from the strike of railroad en-
ployes with firmness that challenges
the admiration even Of those who SYM
pathize with the men in their demands
for minimum wage OF 81 a day. This
morning FIVE Of the strike leaders were
placed under arrest.
This action was in ful1llment of
Premier Brands promise to punish
the agitators who, he has declared,
precipitated an insurrectionary move
ment at the very hour that the pre-
nier and M. Millerand, the minister of
public works. posts and telegraphs,
were conducting negotiations looking
20 the peaceful adjustment of the diff
serences between the railroad man
ayers and their employees.
The hope Of the strikers rests largely
N the prospect of sympathetic strikes.
The bricklayers and PAYERS have voted
general strike beginning today. The
1nions OF other trades are meeting and
are expressing similar intentions.
Attempt Dramatic Scene.
The five strike leaders arr, ted this
morning attempted a dramatic scene
by assembling in the office Of the
Humanite, a socialist newspaper.
where they passed the night in the
company OF virtually the complete So
,iaiist delegation of the chamber of
deputies. awaiting the arrival of the
police.
: When the officers arrived and the
deputies began to make inflammatory
speeches, the project of police cut the
proceedings short and hustled the
leaders off in cabs.
The mobilization of railroad reserv-
SITS decreed by the government is pro-
seeding. The men have responded in
large numbers, but as yet they have
oot been ordered to take UT the work
Of the strikers.
DeIuge of Rain.
Thousands Of suburbanites were
further Inconvenience by deluge of
rain. which made many Of the roads
leading into the city impossible to pc
destrians. AS consequence, many
Jailed to report at their offices and the
business of the city was upset.
A canvass Of the Paris, Lyons &
Mediterranean road and the Paris
Orleans line, showed that in most.
cases the men remained at their posts
this forenoon.
A number of acts Of violence against
the rolling stock is reported from the)
provinces. The strikers disclaim rel
sponsibility for these. saying the dam-l
age has been done by persons not con-!
nected with the railroads.
Stock Market Better.
The belief that the strike has beena
checked was reflected on the bourse top
day, where there was an increased del
mand for railroad shares, which grew
strong accordingly.
The arrested leaders were charged
with provoking seditious meetings and
leading in violence and the distinctions
Of property.
The government Is convinced thist
move, together with the summoning to-
service as reservists all Of the
will break the backbone of the
strike which has already been weak
ened by the failure of the men of ther
Eastern road. the Paris, Lyons e.
and the Paris, Orleanss
road to respond generally to the orders
Of the militant chiefs of the national
The press, with the exception OF tho,
socialist and revolutionary element. ),
condemns the strike as criminal. and
the gripping Of the public service with
the inevitable paralysis Of trade as un-'