Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-01-11 | Page 2 | Series of Riots in Streets of Paris

SERIES OF IIS II 5TRFITS0F PARIS Demonstration Brought About by Trial of Several Trade Unionists. PAi?lSf .Inn. JO. A scries of violent vio-lent riots occurred, in the vicinity of Hie pnlaco of justice this afternoon and resulted in a 'largo number of rioters riot-ers and several policemen being injured. in-jured. Tlio demonstration ws brought about by Mig trin! oC several trade-unionists trade-unionists in tlio rorrcclional court of the Roinc on a charge of distributing circulars of a revolutionary character to soldiers serving with their regimen regi-men Is. When it was announced that the trade unionists were to bo brought bo-fore bo-fore the court today, tho Generf,l Federation Fede-ration of Labor on 1 led a twonty-four hour striko in sympathy with tho licensed. lic-ensed. Thousands of masons and builders' laborers now unemployed, owinp to tho bad weather, massed in he si recta surrounding the courts of justice. The authorities, foaring they might penetrate into the palf.ee of justice, ordered out a large body of pohco and a squadron of mounted municipal guards. The policemen and troopers endeavored endeav-ored to keep Ihp demonstrators in movement, but met in several places with severo resistance. A violent collision occurred on tie Place du Chatclet at the northern end of tho Notro D&mc bridge. Here a mob of men attacked tho police with sticks and canes. Tho foot police -wcro unable to drive them off and nine policemen po-licemen were injured. The mounted municipal qunrds -were then ordered to charge, which the' did repeatedly, clearing the space. Many were injured.