The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-06
The DANTZIC RIOTS
Lack Of Work Among the People
Caused Them
GIVE US BREAD Oh GIVE Us WORK
Harangues by socialists-!he Emperor Called
the Nero of GermanY-Rioters Declare
They Are Not Anarchists.

BERLIN, March 5.-A dispatch from Dant-
zic says that serious rioting occurred there
yesterday. As in Berlin, the trouble was /
by the large number of people out /
of work, and doubtless the flames of dis
cord were famed by the Emperor's recent /
about crushing and driving out |
of Germany all those who oppose him. The /
troubles at Dantzic began by mass meet |
ing of the unemployed, at which fiery ad- |
dresses were made by agitators and social |
istic orators. A delegation was appointed
to call upon the chief local magistrate, who
had been warned that the trouble was
brewing. The magistrate received the
delegation in the kiudliest manner, listened
to all they had to say about their grieV-
ances and gave them some good advice as
TO observing peaceful attitude in spite OF
THEIR DEPLoRABLE SITUATION,
To this one of their delegates angrily re-
piled: Would you feel peaceful or be-
have peacefully if your wife and children
were crying at home for the bread you are
not allowed to earn?n
The magistrate lodged the pointed ques-
ton very cleverly and then gave the dele
cation some more good advice, showing
them, to his own satisfacti at least, that
1t would certainly not further their inter-
ests and might injure them if they came
into collision with the police. Finally the
magistrate informed the delegation that
the local authorities anticipating some such
visit had taken steps to provide relief
works upon which the most needy of the
unemployed could find work. When asked
how many men he could find work for, the
magistrate said that he feared the author
tiles could only employ one hundred and
fifty or two hundred men. As there are,
according to the estimate, some two or
three thousand persons at Dantzic in need
of employment, this reply caused
FURTHER GRUMBLING AMONG THE DELEGATES,
who asked: "And while one hundred and
fifty or two hundred are earning bread,
who is to feed the thousands who are
hungry?n
To this question the magistrate could not
find any reply, but he again advised the
delegates to recommend to their comrades
that law and order must be observed in
spite OF their sufferings. The delegation
then withdrew and later in the day some
two hundred men from the unemployed
masses of Dantzic were embarked on board
steamer chartered by the local authorities
and taken up the river to the spot where
the relief WORKS are situated. The depart
ure of this happy two hundred was wit
messed by about TWO thousand other work
men who
GAVE THEM HEARTY CHEER
as they steamed away, aud who would have
| been most glad OF the opportunity of &C
companying them.
| No sooner was the steamboat out of sight
than the angry feeling which animated the
hungry army Of unemployed laborers began
TO OBTAIN the upper hand again. There was
much shouting and swearing. Many bitter
! things were said about the'Emperor, and
| then the Socialist and Anarchist orators,
seeing that the temper of the men was such
| that they might be excited to do almost
anything, began to harangue the crowds
telling them OF their wrongs, of the oppres-
sion OF the government and of the cruel
bearing of the Emperor.
THE NERO OF GERMANY,
who, they said, instead of being in sym
pathy with the masses of the poverty
stricken people throughout the country
who were unable to obtain work enough t
Keep their starving families in bread anC
cheese, threatened those who were op-
posed TO this order of things and announced
his intention of driving from Germany thu
people who raised their voices in protes
against this treatment. No sooner wa
the now familiar cry in Germany o
Bread, bread, bread Give US bread O
give US work." raised by the agitator
than mob of about two thousand mel
spread themselves in detachments over tn
/ neighborhood and pillaged a number o
| baker shops, which were completed y gut
ted of their contents.
THE POLICE TRIED IN VAIN
3 to stem the human torrent, but 1t game
I force with the demolishment of the bakers
stores and turned its attention to tn
i OF their contents.
z Then there was a strange scene. I'm
r mense piles of stolen meat and bags of flou
v were gathered at convenient SPOTS and tn
work of equal distribution began. Sturd
: rioters guarded these stores OF provisions
g while others measured out the meat an
= flour to the starving men. But it vas NJ
q for themselves that these provisions wei
taken. Each man as he approached the di
tributing point was asked how many pei
= pie he had in his family, and upon II
number being given he was handed piet
OF meat and measure or two of -four. a
It cording to the needs of his Household
It While this work of distribution was goir
r. on in an orderly manner in the publ
|, streets,
sKIRMIsHING PARTIES OF RIOTERS
were keeping the police, who were great
outnumbered at'bay by pelting them wi
e stones or charging bodily upon them al
? driving them from the scene of the riC
is Other skirmishing parties emptied viii
# stores, grocery stores and other plac
where food and drink were to be had, un
every man among the rioters had laid IN
stock of provisions of some Kind or anothe
The mob, in spite of this rioting, wa
u orderly, if such term can be applied
a rioters. The chief magistrate, while 4
le food of pillaging the provision stores W
I'd still in progress, appeared on the scel
is surrounded by detachment of police al
le implored the rioters to maintain order a.
to go to their homes
WITHOUT DOING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE,
l,s promising that if the men would go back
or their homes that the local authoriti
- would overlook, SO far as possible,
ay damage already done and that they woI
ar overlook. so far as possible, the dana
IT. already done aud that they would do tht
n utmost TO provide additional relief worl
va The rioters listened impatiently to all I
ed magistrate had to say, and then one
ca them, acting as spokesman, replied: 'Y
fit go your way and we will go ours when
SIS will have work for our starving famili
MT Is it a worse crime to see them starve
inn death before our eyes? Leave US ale
and all will be well If you provoke US y
ri, must take the consequences and the sire
of Dantzic may be
HIDDEN BENEATH ASHES AND BLOOD.
oo These sentiments evidently met with
60 endorsement of the mob, for a roar
IN hearty approval greeted them, ard in vi
lie of the threatening attitude of the mob,
is large majority of them being armed w
me sticks, tools, stones, and in some instan
ng firearms, the magistrate deemed it wise
os. beat retreat. During this retreat 8
mt from a revolver was fired, probably b.
led drunken man among the rioters.
result was that he was Immediately