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Show mm m huge mum cm m ? .'. - ' : i " ' ; ' - . ' - Seventy Thousand Soldiers and Police Guard French Capital; Many Arrests Made, but Day Passes' Without Serious Seri-ous Labor Disturbance. ' v BULLETIN. PARIS, May 1, 4:50 p. m. At Brest the strikers, carrying a black flag, were charged by the police. A severe light followed, the flag wat eized and many arrests made. 4:35 p. m. A squadron of cavalry charged the manifestants on the Place de la Repuhlique, forcing the rioters toward the St. Martin canal. .Dragoons then' formed a cordon cutting on Ingress to the square. Fifty ad-dltlonal ad-dltlonal arrests were made. ' ........ BULLETIN. , PABIS, May 1, 4:30 p. m. Six thousand strikers are holding a meet-, meet-, ipg at the Labor Exchange, and more are assembling at the headquarters Mhe Confederation of Labor. The military surround the buildings and .fVf1 tne xit of th "trikers. Prefect Lepine Is outside and counsels dalmness. . Police charges are continuous on the Boulevard Magenta. BULLETIN. . PARIS, May 1, 11:20 a. m. Owing . to an increase of action at the Place de la Bepublique, the troops intervened and a hundred m arrests were mad?. The prisoners were immediately taken before ' magistrates, who quickly , passed upon the cases, and the disturbers dis-turbers of the peace were taken to Jail. ' 12:30 p. m. The striking printers attempted to march in procession .v from the Bourse Du Travail (labor - w headquarters), t singing a revolutlon- ary song. They attacked the police who . intervened, and the latter were compelled to draw their revolvers. The procession was then broken up. 1:50 p. m. A squadron of cuirassiers cuiras-siers with an ambulance has occupied the part of the Place de l'Eterile, ' facing the Champs Rlysee. Detachments Detach-ments of cavalry are patrolling tho thoroughfares In the vicinity of the Ministries and the Quay d'Orsay. A police guard has been stationed at the American embassy. ican Express company and many other institutions had guards of infantry, carrying rifles, before their doors. The appearance of the sentinels and patrols at the main boulevards and streets was an unusual sight. Squads of dragoons passed frequently through the Jewelry district, the Rue De La Palx, where a number of the Btores did not raise their Iron shutters. The Placf- de la Republlque Is the chief center of the labor animation. The stores In Its neighborhood are closed and police patrols are busy keeping the crowds circulating. Many strikers wore a cockade bearing bear-ing an emblem with the words, "Eight hours work with a weekly holiday." - About 3000 Infantry occupied the barracks bar-racks facing the Place de la Republlque Repub-llque and other regiments were stationed sta-tioned In houses adjoining the labor ex. change and the headquarters of the Confederation of Labor. The doors and windows of the Prince Eugene are closed-Meetings closed-Meetings jat. Labor .Exchange..:. The Labor Exchange opened at 9 and the .bakers and. printers held meetings, the other trades following their example exam-ple later. All the streets In the neighborhood neigh-borhood are. guarded by pickets of troops and patrols are keeping up communication com-munication with the waiting main bodies bod-ies of troops. The arrest of the organizers organ-izers of the labor demonstrations left the movement without central direction, direc-tion, each trade acting Independently. The trades deciding to participate in the demonstrations included the metalworkers metal-workers with seventeen separate branches, the lithographers, carpenters, tinsmiths, the building trades. Including the painters, stonemasons, stonecutters and day laborers, the Jewelers, book-printers book-printers and binders, draughtsmen, carriage-builders and metal-workers. The number of the various trades vary from 1200 to 7000. The total number num-ber of strikers Is variously estimated at about 80.000, but the disorganization following the arrests . prevents any unity of action. 2:55 p. m. Many anarchists have 1 . been expelled from Paris, including Etephane, Ouertsioff and one woman. M. Levy, secretary of the Confederation Confedera-tion of. Labor, and M. Fromentin, the wealthy anarchist, have been arrested. ar-rested. Delegates from all trades are assembling at the labor headquarters. " 3 p. m. The Place de la Bepublique is the scene of continuous arrests. The number of disorderly persons has increased in-creased by several thousand. A da-tachAnent da-tachAnent of 400 infantry has stacked arwf s on the Place de lTterile. ' "pVRIS. May 1 May 1. the day for whlcVhe Government made prodigious preparations, finds many quarters of the city presenting the appearance of an armed camp. The forces concentrated concen-trated under Prefect of Police Lepine estimated at 60,000 .troops, 12,000 police and 8000 Republican Guards, gen-d'armes and detectives. Detachments of troops of all 'arms took up positions in the main centers at an early hour. The bulk of the mil-' mil-' itary forces had been strictly confined to barracks since midnight and remained re-mained under orders to be ready to move at a moment's notice. Guard Public Utilities. The troops at midnight began to guard the public sources of water, gas and electric supply. The nlan of the officials was to avoid the use of the military unless such a step was Imperative to maintain order. Accordingly, the aspect of the city during dur-ing the early hours was little different from usual, but toward noon the military mili-tary activity increased, i The Metropolitan railroad and the I omnibus continued to operate, but cab I ralfic was crippled , owing to the cab-; cab-; ysimen'a fears. The extensive central ;iTsaikets were deserted, 'the countryfolk refuslPjr to risk bringing In provisions. The suburbs, which are guarded by , troops, were reported calm. Troops at Railroad Stations. Strong bodies of troops are pobted at the. main railroad depots In the city. The St- Lazarre station is surrounded bjr a squadron of cuirassiers, several "mpanles of Infantry and Republican -.iiards. . Prior to the opening of the bourse a raiment of infantry took up a position onthe terrace and detachments of cul-ra-siers occupied the neighboring . ttecls. The bourse opened at the usual hour,- but business was restricted. Eank of Frnnce Guarded. The fciir.fc cf Fiance was similarly guarucd by infantry and cavalry, and pickets of troops patrolled the vicinity of all the leading banks and important r-jinnierclal establishments. The Amer- 1 ' |