Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-02
MAKE ATTACK ON
STRIKE BREAKERS
French Capital Crowds Irritateds
by Use of Students as Bus !. 81
Drivers. =. -. !,
RAIL STRIKE is FAILING:
Labor Leaders Take No Action
to Call General Strike
\ in France. Is;
ny Associated press.1.

with series OF small riots and dlSS
orders. In which at least three per-
sons were killed and many wounded.
but without the declaration of,a ma
tion-wide strike. which the union
workers expected from the General
Federation OF Labor. 80 y
Madame le eros. who was wounded 4;
by bullet as sho watched the m anti,
festatton from window in tho Place Z;
do la RepubliQue. died this evening".
Another serious clash took. place ].
this evening between rioters and tho
police in the Place de la Republicans.
Several persons were wounded and 4;
many were arrested. ss5
When the night services on. tho:
northern and eastern railways began
at 10 o'clock this evening IL was
found that all the employees were at x
the posts. Indicating that the rail-
road strike will have failed by suns
day or Monday. sfys
The federation Issued 1,S00-wora
statement urging nationalization.
but not referring either to contin-s
uation OF the strike or return to K
work after May Day. The situatioa
The ra!lroaders announced that
their strike, which is to BIO continued y
after today to enforce nationniizd.
ton Is already 90 per cent effecttve,
.Ofhcinl roporta from goyernmsIt
sources say that the operatfonssto today
We're not far. from rmaE on cert aifis
lines. the most important trains niol-
Ing In and out of Paris. a IiinJtSd !
suburban service was maintained.
: Twehty:seven police wero &o1hl-e
ed, three Of them seriously. and many !
of them were bruised. Tho woman s
wounded was hit by n spent bullet
while at n window Watching the riot
Ing in the Place de In Rcpubliuuc.
More than 100 persons were arrested,
and the number is growing. but many
were quickly released.
Studcnts' Conduct Praised.
The GOODNESS and bravery OF high
school and technical students,s who
volunteered to run motor omnibuses
occasioned much applause, but their s
cnorts in breaking UP the transports
tation strike were the primarysc cause
of most OF the disorders. ms tfey;s
Place de Ia Republique they at times
drove through hostile crowds, ySho
showered them with stones and broke 7
the windows of the buses. but they
continued the service which was or
ganized ut tho instance of the gov .
ernmcnt. BINS s - ltSSsss
Two members of the Cha nfbsr OF 4
Deputies. NJ. Vaillant-Coutrier, whose
prosecution Is sought by the governs
ment for alleged Indictment ofs fh6S
military to disobediencc. and SAiSS.
andre Blanc. wearing 4 Dcputy,ss ttis J
color sash and 4 flaming red tie, awere !
wounded in a collision with the poa Z
lice in the Place de Ia Republiquesy
They addressed a crowd which >%aa 1
shouting. Glass of 1887 in connec-
ton with tho agitation for the de-
mobilization Of that class. The.
Deputies harangues were so phrased5s
in appealing for quiet that the crowd
became greatly excited, and asclash z;
with the republican guards and po- \:
lice followed. NJ. Blanc received q 4
cash on the head. said to have been
from saber: NJ. Valiant Coutriers,
came off with a tap OF night stick,
on the head and a damaged noses
Disturbances Divide City. #
Tho demonstrations I'm Paris today \
divided the city into two distinct Z
parts. that TO the west OF. Boulevard 4
de Strasbourg and Boulevard de se- i
bastopol taking on an almost f6rf6rnss
and deserted appearance. while the
populoNs districts to the east OF .thesa
boulevards and the inner boulcvards 8
were jammed with a. seething popu3
lation. ~ 81 s.r..rl,. y
{ The Porto, ST. Martin and Place s assI
In Republique were soon regarded sby3
the police as the points at which,
trouble might be looked for and sevAii n
tonight are cordoned on - 4: 49,
A majority of the crowds seemAd
mainly occupied in amusing theme
selves by annoying the police Swiths;
out risking getting into trouble,
The labor federation's reports from
the provinces estimated that the
strike was about so per cent erectiva.
Other sources, seemed to confirm this;
statement OF partial response 70 q
labor's May Day orders. In Aisacels
Lorraine, the railroad employees
worked to regain time lost In the
recent strike. Z IS
: At NeuilIy,- there were numerous z
arrests of. demonstrators. who ware
barred from the city. and who 4
stopped automobiles and broke wifss
dows. In Paris a gun store WAS ptjs
LACED and number OF revolverss4fi6
rifles stolen. ~, ~ Z rs 6
Brigadier- General Rondeau, or SfhS 1
guard, was shot IN HtkS L
back last nisht outslds az raj, al !
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