The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-03-10
NOT ANARCHISTS.
Shops Looted by a Hungry Mob In
DantZig.


Dantzig.
BERLIN, March 5.---Since the disturb.
ances Of last week the unemployed work.
men throughout Germany have been in
a state of fer1nept that would require but
little to cause an open outbreak. There
is no denying the fact that the condition
of mechanics and unslIilled laborers has
reached such state that the hungry men
are capable Of doing most anything to
get food for themselves and those de-
pendent upon them.
A few days ago the unemployed work
ingmen of Dantzig called upon the au-
thorities to furnish them with labor. no
matter what it was, to keep themselves
and families from starving. Dantzig,
which is the capital of West Prussia, is
a commercial center Of no little import
ance. 1t has numerous breweries, dis
tilleries, -four mills, sugar refineries and
dye works, all Of which have felt the de-
preston in the commercial world, with
the result that many Of the employees
have been laid off to await the arrival
of better times. There seems to be no
immediate prospect Of improvement
and the patience of the men seems to
have about reached the limit of its en-
durance.
When the deputation of the unem-
ployed waited upon the authorities they
received a promise that something
would be done for them, and yesterday
in obedience to notice, 800 men pro.
ceeded to the landing stage in the ex.
pectation that they would be conveyed
to the municipal sewage farms and put
to work. When they arrived there the
officials picked out 220 men to be taken
to the farms, and said they were unable
to furnish work for the others. Those
who were refused employment We're
bitter in their denunciation of the trick,
as they termed it, that had been played
upon them. Some Of the men made
violent speeches calling upon the crowd
TO help themselves to food If the authori-
ties would not furnish them with the
means of getting it.
The impassioned words Of the speak
ers and the presence of the crowd itself
attracted large number of the lower
classes of the city, and the impromptu
meeting soon degenerated into a mob.
The excitement increased, and the sug-
gestion that food was plenty in the shops
was seized upon with avidity. The mob
left the vicinity of the landing stage and
| in compact mass rushed through the
streets, hurting imprecations at the au-
thorities and declaring that they would
steal before they would starve. Every
bakers shop they came across they looted;
| and some of the gaunt, pale-faced men
could be seen deyouring the spoils in a
| manner which showed that they had not
tasted food for a long time. Others
placed the bread they had seized under
| their coats with the intention of carry.
ing it to their wives and children.
Loaded butchers carts passing along the
streets were seized upon, their drivers
hustled away and their contents hastily
divided among the mob.
That there is extreme suffering among
the workingmen is evident to every one
but they are submitting to the inevi
table with as much patience as possible
and there is no reason why the response,
bility for the acts of the lawless idlers
of the city should be placed on theil
| shoulders, as seems to be done every
time an outbreak occurs.