Show SACKING THE SHOPS I Fearful Work of the Strikers in Belgium f j = A PERFECT REIGN OF TERROR t I I I Twenty lUoter Killed The Immense Destruction of Property fesretary Mannings Condition Notes I 1 lie Belgium Strikes v BUUSSELS March 27 Property of immense value has been destroyed by strikers in and around Charlero Country estates have been pillaged and burned At Jumet three miles from Cbarleroi the Sadin Dedorlead De ville Jonet and London glass works have been looted and destroyed involving in-volving 1000uO loss and throwing thousands of persons out ot employment employ-ment At Roux two miles from Char leroi in a conflict betweeu the troops and rioters five of the latter were shot dead The strikers are armed with bludgeons andaxes iviiere they canoe t obtain tire arms and stubbornly resist the troops BRUSSELS March 27 The Chateau Attreniont at Presles has been destroyed de-stroyed by tire at the strikers The glass works at MarcBiennes a point two miles from Charterio were burned by the rioters today The rolling mills II at Montceau have been sacked by strikers Gangs of strikers are everywhere every-where in the mining countries forcing I men to stop work and are gOlD about pillaging factories The local auhoritius are absolutely powerless before the daily increasing strength of tile rioters It will now require very large reinforcements reinforce-ments of trojps to quell the riots At Villette the danger from the riots became so great to day that a detachment detach-ment of troops with artillery was sent in response to an appeal forhelp and the soldiers reached the scene just in time to save from destruction the Lambert works which the rioters were about to brn down Many of the rioters were arrested CHAKLUKOI Mqroh 2EvenjngA reign of terror prevails in this city The rioters thousands in number armed with weapons of every description descrip-tion have held possession of thestreets all day Many stores and dwellings have been attacked and pillaged and in some cases burned The military massed in force here from all neighboring neighbor-ing points was used today with fribfeoi kctf rsetth ofei terrible effect to disperse the rioters The troops as soon as they appeared were met by the mob and fiercely assailed The order to fire was finally given and several volleys were quickly poured into the ranks of the strikers The result was twenty of the rioters were killed and hundreds of them wounded The most intense excitement excite-ment prevails The hope is that the terrible affair will carry with it its lesson l Among the buildings burned today by the mob is the Convent of Saleilmonte BRUSSELS March MidnigbtThe city is in a state of the wildest excitement excite-ment growing out of the news of p risings and riots in many parts of Belgium Bel-gium Crowds of roughs are parading the streets breaking wuidows and assaulting as-saulting citizens The police are making mak-ing most heroic exertions to disperse the mob which is composed of the worst elements of the population Dispatches from Charleroi late tonight to-night say that 4000 additional troops arrived there and that the towd is in a stae of Siege Troops are posted throughout the place and no one is permitted to pass the sentries without authority The inhabitants are urged by the town officials to remain within doors A body of strikers attacked the Couil let Iron Vbrss today They were repulsed re-pulsed by the troops who fired upon them repeatedly The rioters threaten to return in force and renew their attack at-tack upon the worKs Later advices from Roux sav thatthe fight there today to-day between the troops and strikers was of the most desperate character Ten of the strikers were shot dead aud a large number wounded At Baudox a troop ot lancers endeavored endeav-ored to disperse the mob The rioters tought desperately and succeeded in driving the troops before them A lieutenant and several of the soldiers were wounded It is reported that the Mariemont Colliery has been set on fire by a mob and that the rioters have invested the Pirmese and Moudron glass works |