The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-18
Firmness of Government and
Partial Concessions of En-
ployers Ends Struggle.
MANY ATTEMPTS MADE
TO DYNAMITE TRAINS
Anarchists, and Not Strikers.
Blamed by Police for These
0utrages.

PARIS, Oct 1.-THE strike commit
tee of the railroaderS union at a meet
ing tonight formally called off the
strike Of the railroad employees which
has extended over several of the most
important systems in France. WORK
will be resumed en- all lines tomorrow.
Tho collapse of the strike was
primarily due TO the stringent measures
taken by Premier BRAND. who called to
the colors the majority of the strikers,
thus compelling them to do service as
reservists. The premier also placed
under arrest many OF the strike leaders
and used ihr military forces without
Lrestraint for the protection of life and
property After having broken the back
of the strike NJ. BRAND successfully
arranged a practical settlement where
by the chief demands of the men were
met.
A serious situation arose through the
throwing of bombs and almost at train
wreckIug. responsibility for which tho
strikers denied,
Anarchists Blamed.
According to the police these eutrages
were planned by anarchists and fighting
revolutionists' who hoped 10 take ad.
vantage OF the strike agitation to terror
ize the people.
The press in France with the excep'
tion OF certain revolutionary organiza;.
tions were opposed to the strike and
supported Premier BRAND in the settle:
ment of a serious economic and social
crisis.
Bomb outrages in connection with the
railroad strike reached a climax today
in an attempt TO wreck a passenger
train at Versailles
\ bomb was thrown at the entrance
OF the tunnel to the ChantierS station
at the moment a passenger tram was
due from Dreux. The bomb struck the
limb of a tree and bounding off land
ed beside the tracks, exploding with
terrific force.
A group of soldiers guarding the
tracks nearby had a narrow escape from
injury, They report having seen three
persons on the bridge Just before the
explosion Neither the tracks nor the
tunnel were damaged.
So great was the force of the explo.
sion that all Versailles was shaken,
Thousands of people rushed to the scene
and police guards were Immediately
strengthened along the line,
Attempts at train wrecking are re-
ported from various parts of France
and serious catastrophes have been mar
rowly averted. Dynamite was found to-
day strewn along the tracks near Mi
rames and an attempt was made to blow
mp bridge spanning the river Loire
nearby, a bomb was found under the
was intended to explode upon the pas
sage of ;he first train. Another bomb
was found in Grst-class compartment
of train near Keuilly. The bomb con-
tanned enough dN Mantle TO blow the
train 20 atoms.
The express from Marseiles for Nice
was derailed and the working parts of
al frn, Is
tampered with. Half dozen bombs
have been exploded in Paris, and al
though the damage has been slight,
people are apprehensive and the au-
thorities are doubling their precautions
Tonight the police were notified that
a small box containing powder. nails
and lamp wick fuse had been discov-
cred in the vestibule of public kin
dergarten at Varpavez, a southern sub
urb Of Paris
The police had arrested several addi-
tlonal strike leaders on The charge of
fomenting disorders. a large number
of strikers have been sent to prison
for interfering with the freedom OF Ia
Dor. The garrison of Paris, which has
already been reinforced, was further
strengthened today by two regiments,
and the troops will be employed to pro.
tect property.
Six hundred women. wives of strikers.
attempted 10 parade tonight. They car
ried placards summoning the women of
France TO oppose the scandalous optI-
lence of the 6nanciers, and help to
ease the misery of the small wage earn
ers. The police arrested several of the
women.
CHAMBERY. France. Oct 1.-THE
Rome and Paris express narrowly es.
capped being wrecked last night The
compressed air connections had been
cut supposedly by train wreckers, and
Tor time the train ran wild.