Jules Fischer
Jules Fischer was the director of an important textile silk factory, the factory of "La Combe des Eparres" in the French town of Châteauvilain (around the town of Bourgoin-Jallieu, in the Isère), employing nearly 350 women workers. Born in Lyon in the district of Croix-Rousse on November 5th, 1847, Jules Frédéric Fischer[1] is the son of a family from Lyon, working in the textile industry. He is known as the protagonist of the "Châteauvilain scandal".
The Châteauvilain scandal
The Châteauvilain factory has a chapel, which is the starting point of the scandal. The [French Concordat of 1801] mentions that the State maintains religious buildings when they are declared and authorized, which is not the case with this chapel. On 19 June 1885, the prefect of Isère sent a formal notice to Jules Fischer, whom he ignored, requesting that the chapel be closed. However, Jules Fischer, as well as the owner of the factory (Mr. Giraud), ignored this request.
On April 6, 1886, the Bourgoin Police Commissioner, Mr. Cloître went to the factory. The latter informed Jules Fischer of the "immediate closure, as an unauthorized place of worship, of the chapel illegally opened in the factory" by prefectoral decree of April 2, 1886. The commissioner failed in his attempt to seal the chapel doors because Jules Fischer was opposed to it.
On April 8, 1886 [2], he returned to the factory accompanied by a dozen armed soldiers. The workers refused to close the chapel. Jules Fischer, a fervent Catholic, wielded his gun. Jules Fischer shot, policeman Bonnieu retaliated, shooting a bullet into the director's jaw. The latter collapsed and the policeman then tried to control him. To defend her director, a worker named Henriette Bonnevie threw herself on the gendarme to pour the contents of a chamber pot on his head. Blinded, the gendarme shot and killed the woman.
A trial for "armed resistance to law enforcement" followed and made great noise in France. Some spoke about a "clerical riot prepared by long hand" (Gustave Naquet), others mentioned on the contrary "the incredible aggression, unworthy of civilized people" (Albert de Mun).
References
- ↑ Birth certificate
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