The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-27

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believed that the Socialist agitators, in
censed by the number of arrests that oc-
! Cured of members of that party by the
| Berlin police, have taken advantage of the
! general discomfort prevailing among the
workingmen, owing to the slackness of
work in the building and allied trades, to
| plan demonstration that will i'm press
| the government with the strength of the
] party, although IL is conceded fact that
a large number of the workingmen who
! took part in yesterdays emeutes are
neither active members of the social dem
ocracy nor believers in the tenets held by
that lrrepressible organization.
The government is in no humor to pam
der to the Socialists in any way, and any
| further overt act on their part to measure
strength with the authorities will be met
IN such way as will make history for
Germany. There is no denying the fact
that the situation is serious, and that it is
so felt TO be by the government The po-
lice are as yet entrusted with the work of
preserving order; SO far as possible, and
though the troops were last night confined
in their barracks they have not yet been
called upon to face the rioters. If they are
called on TO fire on the mob, it will be in
terestlng, to say the least, to note whether
the recent words of the emperor-which
were, in effect, that they nothing but ma
chimes to shoot down their fathers and
will be obeyed. The police are bitterly
opposed to the Socialists, if for no other
reason than that their outbreak has caused
them to lose their prospective holidays
and compelled them to do extra duty
The disorders on the outskirts of Berlin
were far more serious than those that took
place in the city. A body of 200 men took
possession of the Landsburg- and
marched to Gruenenweg, shouting, yelling
and smashing the windows of the stores
and dwellings along the route. A t the
same time mob, numbering thousand
marched from the Frankfurter quarter
to and along the Schilling-strasse They.
too, acted in a disOrderly manner, jostIing
the passers by, smashing windows and
yelling. Similar scenes were enacted in
the koenigsthor district. The police were
utterly unable to cope with so many dis
turbances in so many different localities,
and for some little time the rioters had
things all their own way.
Intiamed by their eXcesses of yesterday
and last night, the riOtous crowds began
to renew their disturbances today. The
law abiding residents of the city had taken
the alarm. and many of them did not leave
their dwellings. There was a strong force
of police present, however, today and they
kept the crowds continually moving. At
noon the crowds had augmented to such
an extent that the police felt that it would
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the streets, especially as threats of looting
the shops were being made. They charged
the crowds, but were met by determined
resistance, and repeated charges were
necessary before the crowds were dis
persed. The mob that gathered in Kaiser
Wilhelm-strasse was especially deter
mined to hold its ground. The police |
drew their swords and charged the crowd !
slashing right and left The mob returned
blow for blow, but finally began to
slowly give way to the onslaught. CON
testing every inch of ground. The police, |
enraged at the resistance offered them !
advanced and made another determined !
charge, and after a sharp scuffie the mob |
broke and ran in every direction Quite a
severely hurt, and all the leaders of the /
mob fell into the hands of the police
AT l O'Clock this afternoon the relief de- |
tachment of soldiers marched towards the |
castle to take the places of the guards on |
duty there. The soldiers were followed by |
a large mob of roughs, who tainted them !
with upholding the rich against the poor |
A body of police had been drawn across !
the street near the imperial residence to /
prevent any one but the guards from /
entering the castle square. The ronghs |
tried to break through, aud fight eusued /
between the mob and the police. Finally /
a detachment OF mounted police arrived |
in every direction. Many of the roughs /,
were trampled on by the horses, but the |
police had no mercy on the fugitives, and |
drove their horses at headlong speed over |
any of the mob who stood in their way.
Many were injured in this encounter. 1t !
is now evident that the soldery will be |
used only as last resort to establish order
The conflicts between the police and a
mob of 5000 roughs continued in the Rose
thaler-StrasSe until 10 O'clock tonight
The police attacked the rioters with their
Sabers, striking them with the side OF the
weapons. The mob WAS at length routed
and dispersed into side streets.
Tomorrow is the regular pay day for
~ orkmen here. and there Is grave danger
that the men, being supplied with money, /
will indulge in drink. and that, being IN
aaned by liquor, they VIII grow uncon-
trolable and thus greatly intensity the
disorders. y strong feeling is manifested
by the public in regard TO the state Of af-
fairs existing in this city The people are
indignant at the laxIty which the author
tiles have displayed IN permitting whole
streets 10 be given up 70 mohs wiEAOut re-
slStaucc. Only ten Of the prisoners token
on Thursday have been detained. Nine
are charged with breach Of the peace and
one with Tioting. The latter ofTense is
punishable with ten years Imprisonment
Curiosity brought out at least ;l0.0 peo-
PIE today. Tue press OF ell shades cf poll
.ics appeals TO the public TO remain in
doors.
The emperor assumed an air Of the
greatest nouChalance when lie rode ont to-
lay. An attempt was made iy the demon
,iratCl>. wiki shouts for brI al aud work
% organize q procession TO follow him,
1at they were prevented from Carrying
1ut their intention by tbs police
Thursday uigat's riots were extremely
eriOus. \ number Of shops in the Keep !
iscSeT-strasse entered by the rioters were
TreCketl and tue fragments were used as
Weapons All kinds oi goods we're Carried
.way in sacks. It. some cases q regular
Tade was carried oa Ia the street in stolen
goods All i gUie. AT midnight.
HUNGRY TIETNESE
EIENNA Feb e6-The Offices of the :
oik> Presse were tos:ay again besieged
y hungry people Oac thousand lozyeS :
u bread. bouEh5 wifli Sn h3r.us publicly
absorbed, and quali}jy 81 flour gwen
~ the bakers committee were iis-
slbueed. The teTr> of tie Be~.sn dis {
FlTs}anCCs ls considered as ar echo ot the :
scent deaQonss ssisat.s here
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