Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-05
EUROPE IS IN MISERY.
Splendid HouseSein Vienna Conceal
the Direst Destituti0n.
FIERCE BREAD RIOTS IN DANTZIG.
Horrible Scenes ct q GuiIlotine Execu-
ton in Old Hanover.
ANARCHISTS IN FRANCE AND SPAIN.

LONDON, March IA special agent Of
Reuters Telegraph Company, who is inquir-
ing into the distress in Vienna, paints a
terrible picture of the destitution that pre-
walls in that city. There are many houses,
he says, whose splendid exteriors give no
suspicion of their miserable interiors Gel
lars in such houses he afirms, are found
crowded with starving persons out of work,
and others who are earning only a mere
pittance Hundreds are unable to pay
rent But in spite of all this misery, there
is total absence of evidence of vice among
the sufferers
A few days ago the unemployed working
men of Dantzig called upon the authorities
to furnish them with labor, no matter what
it was, to keep themselves and families
from starving.
When the deputation waited upon the au-
thorities they received q promise that some
thing would be done for them to-day, and in
obedience to notice, 800 men proceeded to
the landing stage in the expectation 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 that
they were unable to furnish work for the
others.
Wild Speeches Set the Mob on Fire.
Some of the men made violent speeches,
calling upon the crowd to help themselves
to food if the authorities would not furnish
them with the means of getting it. The i'm
passioued words of the speakers and the
presence of the crowd itself attracted large
number of the lower classes of the city, and
the impromptu meeting soon degenerated
into mob. The excitement increased, and
the suggestion that food was plenty in the
shops was seized upon with avidity. The mob
left the vicinity of the landing stage and,
in o compact mass, rushed through the
streets, hurting imprecations at the authori-
ties and declaring that they would steal
before they would starve. Every bakers
shop they came across they lootsd; and
some of the gaunt, pale-faced men could be
seen devouring 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 carrying 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.
Desperate Riot in the Streets.
The mob was constantly gaining fresh ac-
cessions, and the riot was assuming formid-
able proportions before the police awoke to
the fact that they must be up and doing if
they hoped to successfully cope with the
rioters. Detachments of police were
hastily sent to that part Of the city in
which the rioting and pillaging was going
on.
After = struggle with the rioters, who re-
sisted the police, the latter made deter
mined charge and succeeded in dispensing
the mob. The police are now displaying
greater vigilance in preventing the gather
ing of crowds, but there is much excitement
among the workingmen and it would not be
in the least surprising if further and more
serious trouble should occur