New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19
THE STRIKES IN GERMANY.
,eovERsMEST PRESSURE ON THE NINE
OWNERS.
Pr1gAsLs CONDITION OF TuD woRKMEN IN TWE
wnsTPEALIAN PITS - THE EMPERoRs
LANGUAGE TO THE srRIKERs-THE
I.. TROUBLE SPREADING.


coyv,tont: 1889 BY the Hspc. York Aaocstsd prsEs.
Berlin, May Is.-Ths Emperor impatient at the
ielay in bringing about peace between the miners aad
tmfoyers has directed the President Of the Province
II wssphslia TO convey 70 the mining companies his
emphatic desire TO accelerate compromise. II Is
reported that the President has resigned, the EmpeUr
blaming him for allowing affairs 70 drift and also for
sending out false alarms to encounters between
strikers and the military. DR.. Hinupeter, who is
now, by command of the Emperor, making q tour Of
The srre districts in order to hear both sides, is
charged to warn the mine that the Government
VIII resent their action II they refuse to grant the
sentsl clsims OF the men.
yhe power OF the Government to make employers
ieel the weight Of its dSpleasure lies at hand. The
nine owners have obtained during recent years many
fsyors They have secured special tariffs throughout
Germany and have been granted low freight rates TO
Hamburg, Bremen, Belgium and Holland In order TO
enable them 10 compete with English coal. While
the state Of the mines Is most prosperous the cond
ton of the men Is yearly more wre;ched. The Boerse
quotations show an enormous advance IN shares. For
instance, the Dortmund Union Mine shares have
risen so per cent within two years, and meanwhile
some 81 the men at Dertmund have earned boggarly
I2s. 3D. weekly. Recently the owners
have withdrawn allowances hitherto
granted TO tho Bou and have increased the
severity Of the fines imposed upon the miners
For instance. there Is the practice called mullen by
which nothing Is allowed miner for any carload
OF coal which lacks full weight. Tho owu.rs sail
this coal but the men working underground oftsn
naked. IN temperature upward Of 20 degrees Reau
muir. which Is common 70 the deep Westphalia vtts
get nothing If the Is not quite full Public feaI
ing Is becoming moro and more pronounced In favor
Of the men. The paralysis of the iron and steel In
Of coal nenSaes the feeling Of discomfort .Ss,nS S
side Of the coal districts. In the event o; the fall
eminent VIII convene conference Of employers spd
workmen under q neutral president which shan be
empowered to arbitrste on the differences.
DENIAL FROM THE EMPEROR.
Criticism on the alleged violent phrase Of the En-.
peror TO the workmeDs delegates that they resisted
the troops he would have all Of them shot" lasse or
allies nebeu den Haufen SchiesSon"-led 20 a semi
ocial denial that the Emperor made use Of phrase
which babe fair To become historic illustration Of
Sspo d,rsss s shs 1Ssso6 S"
not contain the words. The delegates say that the
Emperor striking the pommel Of his sword warned
them ,Lat be could mako them feel his power II they
resisted the authorities. His subsequent
Of sympashy softsned the severity Of the warning.
Herren Lebkneeht and Bebel Invited the delegates
10 confer with the Socialist members Of the Rechstsz
but they declined, having noted The Ernperors rs
mark Don't associate your movement with the
soctailss." Said the Emperor Donn fuhl mioA
ks teder socialDemokrat glech bedentend nit Reichs
and VaterlaDds Feind."
THE STRIKES sPREA DING.
The building trades strike IN Berlin is extending
Many Of the workmsn have given their masters until
Monday 10 answer their demands Tho climax OF the
movement Will probably be reached IN June, several
Of The largest workmen's associations having post
psned the general strike until then.
PRINCE, BIsMARCK's APPEAL.
IN The RsIchstag to-day when tho Aged Workmens
nsursncc bill came up for tho third reading, Prince
sisnasok made an acrSd speech. He said that DO
vas not surprised that tho Socialists me Freislnnge
10y and the Poles opposed the bill but he had mot
thai the cohseyaIVe would assume hos
nron aHa ~ ting