Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1908 — PARIS STRIKE A FIASCO [ARTICLE]

PARIS STRIKE A FIASCO

Electricians Go Out, but They Soon Go in Again Paris. Aug. 7.—'Paris was plunged into darkness for two hours because oi an attempt of electricians to carry out a general strike similar to that of March, 1907. The maneuver, which fortunately proved abortive, is attributed to a desire of the revolutionary iaborites for revenge for an order issued by the perfect of the Seine closing the labor exchange to the federated unions of the department of the Seine because of the part the labor exchange played in the recent disturbances. The strikers were told that If. they did not go to work at once they would be peremptorily discharged, and they concluded to go to work again. Shortly before 9 p. m. the current was abruptly cut off. This caused the greatest inconvenience In the hotels und restaurants, a majority of which are almost entirely dependent upon electricity for their lights. There was a recurrence of the scene of last year when the lights were extinguished, the diners finishing meals by the glimering glare of candles stuck in bottles .Most of the theaters are closed for the summer season, but the Theater Frnncais and n number of mhsic halls were compelled to abandon tbelr programme and dismiss their audiences owing to the darkness.