THE FRENCH STRIKE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 162, 18 October 1910, Page 5

THE FRENCH STRIKE

A PEASANT CONSPIRACY. A NUMBER OF OUTRAGES. GUARDING THE LINES. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. Paris, October 10. The Minister of the Interior has discovered a case of sabotage, or a peasant conspiracy, at Paris, including the destruction of lines, bridges, and river locks. The military occupation of selected points prevented an outrage. The Government lias threatoned heavy penalties when the organisers of the conspiracy are discovered. A dynamite bomb exploded on the line between Breteuil and Ailly sur Noye. A watchman stopped the Calais express half a mile from the scene of the outrage. A number of outrages are reported, including the pouring of oil on the rails and tampering with the signals, but the railway services are practically normal again. The whole of the line from Paris to the Spanish frontier is guarded by •troops. Fourteen strikers have been sentenced at Paris to imprisonment for & week or a fortnight for abusive language to the police and military. It is believed that the bomb thrown in the Rue Berri was as attempt on the life of a prominent magistrate for having pronounced severe sentences on strikers. He was absent at the time. -A REIGN DF TERROR. UNPRECEDENTED OUTRAGES. BOMBS FOUND IN NEWSPAPER OFFICE. THE RESPONSE TO MOBILISATION. STRIKE COSTS £11,000,000!. Received 18, 1 a.m. Paris, October 17. A bomb exploded at midnight outside the residence of M. a municipal councillor. Three were injured, and considerable damaged was caused to property. The police raided the office of the ' newspaper Libertaire, and arrested Dulac, the editor, and Martin, the manager. The discovered three pots, exactly similar to the infernal machine discovered at Ruebessi. Wire cutting, tampering with signals, placing logs on rails and attacking trains with revolvers are being practised on an unprecedented scale. The police state that great numbers of revolvers have been recently purchased. One shop sold 400 in a day. The Minister of War states that twelve out of every thirteen railwaymen immediately obeyed the mobilisation orders. The Minister of Finance estimates that the strike will cost the country £ 11,000,000 sterling. The directors have decided to establish a minimum wage of five francs per day for the Parisian railwaymen in January.