Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-03-04

mems military and police force of the
city was under arms, and was ready for
any emergency. During the night. it
was added, a battery of rapld-fre guns
had been struggled into the castle, and
many other preparations had been made
to NOW down the people, should there
be any opportunity given the authorities
to do SO. The report also had it that
the emperor was in favor of "teaching
the rioters
A Lesson They Would Not Forget;''
hence the desire of the leaders of the
people that there should be no further
demonstration. But these wise coun-
sells, while having due effect upon the
masses, were not listened to by the more
excited portion Of the men who had
taken part in the fighting, and as the
day wore on the small groups of people
became larger, in spite of the efforts of
the police to dispense all such gather
ings, and it bacame evident that fur
Their trouble was brewing. At about
noon a body of three or four hundred
men gathered together and sang the
"Marseillaise," after which, their num-
Der having been considerably aug
mented, they marched through the
Brandenburg gate to the Inter den
Linden. shouting, 'Give us work or
bread" "Give us work or bread"
"We and u families are starving"
ION to the CASTLE"
These cries we're so on followed by
the moro alarming one, "to the CASTLE"
which was heard so frequently and
loudly Thursday about the same place.
The majority of these men were simply
unemployed w%orkDen, but the advanced
soeialistic element was to be found
among them in the directing of the
movement. The cries mentioned were
mingled with bitter d~enunciations of
the emperor, of the police and of the
authorities generally. When the riot
ers, then numbering about a thousand
men, reached a spot well up to the
Inter den Linden, they Joined in a loud
shout of "to the CASTLE" and led by a
few men who seemed to be the leaders
of this demonstration, they pushed on
towards the emperor's castle. They had
not gone far, however, when they were
met by a strong force of police, who ad-
vanced upon them in a most determined
manner. There was a short, sharp fight,
and the rioters were put to flight, melt
ing away like snow beneath the sun
shine. The police made a show of pur-
suing the fleeing rioters, but it was evil
dent that the authorities were content
with having dispersed the mob, and that
a regular pursuit was not on the pro-
gramme.
There was not much real fighting dur
ing this encounter between the police
and the people. The engagement was
very quickly over and the rioters were
o o convinced that the authorities were
completely masters of the situation. A
few rioters were captured, it is true,
and they were very roughly handled by
the police, but the demonstration did
not compare with that of the previous
day, either in point Of size or signif-
anc It was more like the last re-
mains of a riot than a riot in itself.
The other districts of Berlin are quiet,
but the full force of police is on duty
diiu CAuId AuC d10 Sud1u1uS Su0 pAOAAS
buildings.
They Have Popular Sympathy.
Popular sympathy is overwhelmingly
in favor of the people and there is little
doubt that matters complained of by
the workingmen will soon be ventilated
in the reichstag, where a most lively
debate is anticipated. The socialist dep
uties propose to make a most bitter ar
raignment of the police, who are
credited with having behaved with the
utmost brutality towards women as
well as men in suppressing the demon
stration of the unemployed. Nobody
imagines that the trouble is ended.
There may be no further rioting at pres
ent, but a struggle between the emperor
and the people is admitted to have com
menced.