Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-02-26
A S|GN|F|CAN RIOT
By Thousands OfWOrk-
ingmen in Berlin.
GERMANS NOT so HAPPY
AS the Kaiser Would Have the World
Believe-Almost Revolution.

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| people imagine the extent of the bitter
/ feeling growing against the emperor. An
instance of the heated, though slumbering
| passions of the masses, was shown yester-
| day afternoon \ body of many thousands
! OF unemployed men met IN a pdblic square
| and passed a series ~ inflammatory resolu.
! tions, denounciug their employers aud the
system Of government which enabled the
| latter 10 crush the worhinXmen beneath
| the iron heel OF cap.tsl, aEd calling upon
| the government to take steps To protect
the interests of the working class. The
police upon the spot tried 10 argue with
the workmen but without shaking their
] determination To carry out the project.
! They were warned that such q dcmonstra-
tion would probably result In bloodshed,
but led by the socialist agitators the
~orkmen formed in column and marched
from the square in the direction OF Inter
Den Linden.
! To tho CASTLE
The onward march of the workmen was
! at first irresistible The police were ut
terly unable To cope with the crowd, shout
! ing and cheering, encouraged by the thou
| sands of other people WHO watched their
| progress TIN ough the streets On the
workmen marched, crying: TO the castle
| To the castle" Arriving upon the Inter
Den Linden, beneath the statue of Fred
erick the Great, n halt was made and so
! cialist leader made "A passionate address
10 the throng, urging them TO carry their
demonstration up to the gates OF the cas-
tie. Loud cheers greeted the suggestion
and then, at a signal, the workmen began
/ singing the "Marsellaisc" and marched,
| cheered by thousands who had gathered
on the broad avenue To witness the dem
| onstration, toward the castle.
The workmen hal nearly reached the
castle gates, where the guards had been
ordered under arms and had loaded their
rifles with ball cartridges, when "a strong
| detachment Of police threw themselves
across the short portion of the thorough
fare intervening between the rioters and
the castle and
Made n Charge
upon the head of tue workmcn's column.
The latter for moment withstood the at
tack Of the police. aud pressed onward by
those in the rear actually managed to gain
headway aud beat back the powerful dc
tachmenG The mtter, however, rallied,
and hitting furiously right and left,
wounded scores upon scores OF workmen,
who fell bleeding beneath The feet of tho
officers OF the las. A retreat then began,
and soon developed into flight and a
panic The police, after taking from 10 to
! 100 prisoners seemed content 10 allow the
remainder 10 escape. The 90 or - wounded
rioters who remained upon the field of
battle We're then attended at "a neighbor-
ing hospital, aud the regular prisoners
were placed under lock and key.
II was noticed throughout the demon.
strat!on that the sympathy of the Inn
meme crowds of people, rich and poor,
was with the rioters. The riot Is looked
upon as "A sort OF reply upon the part OF
the people to the cmperor's remarks made
To the loyal Brandcnburgers Wednesday.
The socialist leaders are said TO be prcpar-
ing for q monster demonstration in the
near future The general opinion is that
the real struggle between the so-callcd
socialists and the government j. about to
begin.
How u started.
The meeting, of which the disturbance
was the outcome, was held In the suburb
OF Friedrichshan, under socialist auspices,
and was attended by several thousand IN.
employed persons. Violent speeches were
v made The last speaker called on the
crowd to 20 TO Berlin, melting shouted re.
sponses Of I'VE will co." and "The
kaiscr must see us Tiic procession was
then formed IL marched up the
Kocnigsstrassc, past the town hall, To the
Schloss Plai2, the square On which
stands the imperial castle. Here the crowd
shouted demands for bread, and their ut.
titudc was so threatening that the police
present sent for rcinforcements. Being
strengthened by the arrival OF aid, the
police drew their sabers and tried TO dis.
perse the crowd. But the clamorous
people resisted. making use of clubs
which they carried. Several persons were
injured on both Sides but the square was
cleared. The persons arrested include q
number Of women.
butchers and Bakers suner.
Another row occurred about $3.50 y. m.
near the Brandenburg gate. Many hun.
dred men ont Of employment assembled
with the intention of holding demonstra.
tion, but they quarreled among themselves
aud free fight ensued. They were finally
dispersed by police During the evening
hundreds of unemployed persons carried
by storm butchers and bakers shops In
the Koepcnik and Frankfurter quarters
of the city, smashing windows aud lootinc
the shops Of their contents. The police
made repeated charges upon these disturb.
! ers, aud were engaged IA conflict with
them until 10 o'clock, when the mob DIS.
pcrsed
The riot was officially Investigated and
also weighed up by the newspapers with
the result that while the official report at.
tempts to belittle the affair, the more In.
dependent newspapers make no attempt
| 10 deny chat the outbreak was n serious
| exhibition of the state of mind In which
large masses OF the people find them.
selves The extremists. Oh the other
hand say that IA very little more excite.
ment would have converted the riot into
! revolution in Berlin.
Prince Bismarck Hand.
/ Emperor Williams speech at Brauden-
burg Wednesday, intensely iucitcs politi.
cal circles, IL being held by some that a
dangerous crisis il inevitable. IL L. no.
ported that when the sectlrian education
! bill, in the Prussian diet. reaches the
oberhaus. Prince Bismarck, at the head
Of the strongest party ever known ia Ger.
many, will oppose the government.
M. MN