The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-26

ana even cnlluren took part IN the fray
with IS much desperation as the hus-
bands fathers and brothers, and as re
suit number Of woman are now locked
up with the male rioters. The exact
number Of prisoners made and people IN
jured is not known, but rough esti-
mate has il that about 100 prisoners
were captured and that quite another
100 were injured In addition some
two or three hundred persons must have
received injuries more or less severe.
The ri0ting continued for five hours be-
fore il was finally subdued.
The Emperor Watches tho Battle.
While the battle was being fought
almost beneath the castle windows Eln-
peror William Of Germany. pale and
looking like man Just recovering from
N attack Of sickness, watched his snb-
jects struggling with the men they had
termed his .sbutchers,p the only crime
being that they desired to appealto their
monarch for the justice they claimed
they were unable to obtain elsewhere.
When the presence of the emperor at
the window became known there was
such howl, mingled with cheers. that
!. must have caused him very un-
comfortable feeling But by lifting his
hand he could have put stop to all the
rioting and by addressing few calming
words to tho mob, promising to investi-
gate their complaints. he could have
sent them home satisfied. but he did not
do it, and the battle between the police
and the dissatisfied workmen continued.
The police had, during the fight, con-
tinually been receiving reinforcements,
and it was lucky for them that such
was the case, for when they first came
in contact with the mob the latter
fought so desperately that the police
were driven back and it began to look
as If the guards at the castle would be
compelled to fire upon the mob. These
reinforcements, however, enabled the
| police to beat back the rioters, who re-
treated into the eastern quarters, at
lacking stray bodies of police en- route,
routing number of them and fighting
desperately with the authorities at every
opportunity.
A Woman Radical.
Not since that brief reign of the peo-
pie has Berlin witnessed such a scene.
Men rushed forth from thti homes, fol-
lowed by wives and children beseeching
them not to risk their lives. In some
instances, however, women melted and
urged on their husbands, and ON Weis.
| senburger strasse q tail woman was
seen, good looking and of strong Ger
man blood, loudly denouncing the au-
thorities and demanding that her hearers
at once proceed to obtain by violence
the food they were not permitted to
| earn.
AS darkness came on the mob increasd
| In numbers and grew more dangerous
in temper. The various bands must
have numbered several thousand, They
had no organized leadership. hut they
held virtual possession of the eastern
quarters of Berlin. The whole police
force of Berlin was called ont, under
orders to 60 to any extremity to suppress
the rising.
Desperate Rioters.
Near Kaiser strasse severe conflict
| took place. The police used their weap-
ons unsparingly, while the populace were
but poorly prepared to meet the solid
attack of the well armed police force.
They battled bravely, however, with
sticks and any other weapons that each
happened to have. A carpenter, with a
hammer, brought down more than one
Of the police, but at length fell himself,
severely wounded by revolver bullet.
One OF the sturdiest of the mob was a
Bradenburg blacksmith, with no weapon
but his fist, but who resisted half d
dozen policemen in their efforts to make
him prisoner. A blow of his right
arm nearly killed one Of his assailants
and provoked them into shooting him
down, He was borne to hospital
severely If not fatally wounded.
Bakeries Looted.
In Gruenwedge strasse the mob at.
tackled the beer house, demanding bread
and beer. They pillaged the bake shops
and divided the bread among all who
waited. The half furnished people seized
and devonred the food with wolfish-
ness which was eloquent of their misery
and hunger. Some men left the mob
and hurried home with the loaves under
their arms to their starving families.
Others sat down in the street and ban-
quoted on the spoils. At Elizabeth
strasse the police stopped a man who
was hurrying along with loaves clasped
in his arms. He fell ON his knees ana
begged to be allowed to pass. my
children have had nothing to eat since
Tuesday he cried. The police allowed
him to pass.