New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-27
MORE FIGHTS IN BERLIN.
THE POLICE KEPT BUSY ALL DAY IN DIS
PERSING MOBS.


SOME LIVELY ENCoUNTERs-MANY MORE PER
SONS WOUNDED THAN ON THURsDAY-EM-
PEROR WILLIAM RIDING THROUGH
DENsELY CROWDED STREETS is
LOUDLY CHEERED - RIOTERS
TRY TO DROWN A POLICE
MAN-DAMAGE DONE
TO PROPERTY.
Berlin, Feb 26.-The authorities have taken
,reat alarm from the occurrences of yesterday and
ast night, and all the alert to-day. 1t
is believed that the Socialist agitatOrs incensed
by the numerous arrests that have occurred of
members Of that party by the police, have taken
advantage of the general discomfort prevailing
among workngmen, owing to the slackness OF
work in the building and allied trades to plan
demonstration that will impress the Government
with the strength of the party, although 1t Is
a conceded fact that large numbers of the working
men who took part in yesterdays fights arc neither
active members OF the Social Democracy nor be-
levers in the tenets held hy that organization.
Last night every policeman was on duty The
Chief of Police, in company with several of his
aids on horseback. visited the different parts OF
the city that have been scenes of the disturbances
more serious than those in the centre of the city.
In WeissenburgstraSSe during the night small
bodies of workingmen took possession of that
thoroughfare. Many of them carried red flags
and they rushed hither and thither with no idea
of anything save TO defy the authorities. Finally
they broke into beer saloon and looted 1t of It's
contents. Then they amused themselves by break
ing windows. A body of two hundred men took
possession of Landsburgstrasse and forming an
irregular procession marched to Gruenenweg,
shouting, yelling and smashing the windows of
stores and dwellings along their route.
HARD WORK FOR THE POLICE.
At the same time mob numbering thousand
men marched from the Frankfurter quarter to
and along Schilingstrassc. They, too, acted in
most dsorderly manner, josting the passers-by,
smashing windows and yelling at the top of their
voices Similar scenes were enacted in the
Koenigsthor district Here also could the red flag
OF Socialism be seen futterng defantly to the
breeze. The police were utterly unable to cope
with disturbances in many different localities,
and for little time the rioters had things
all their way. When the police did meet
a mob, however, they had little difficulty in dis
peIsing it. In one instance force of twelve
mounted men, with about one hundred on foot,
easily dispersed q crowd Of over thousand. At
Friedrichshain, suburb Of the city, a beeIshop
was demolished by the rioters for the purpose of
furnishing the proprietor for not subscribing to
the "Vorwarts, the Socialist organ.
Infamed by their cXccsSes OF yesterday and last
night, the riotous crowd many of the members
of which had passed the whole night on the
Streets began 10 renew their disturbances this
morning. The law-aliding resident, OF the city
have taken alarm, and many OF them did not
dare leave their dwellings. AT an early hour
Ilo
in the Unter-den-Linden. There was a strong
force OF police present. however and they kept the
crowd of iders continually moving. They would
allow not the slightest attempt at sIccchmaking.
BY noon the crowds had been augmented TO
such an extent that the police felt il would be
dangerous to allow them to remain in the
streets especially threats OF looting shops were
being made They therefore charged the crowds,
but were met with determined resistance and
repeated charges nere necessary before the Groves
were dispersed. The mob that had gathered III
Kaiser Wilhem-srasSe were especially determined
to hold their ground. The first charge OF the
police upon them had no effect whatever and the
police were compelled to withdraw, some OF them
having been severely hurt by sticks and stones of
the mob. The police then drew their swords and
again charged tie crowd, slashing right and
left The mob still held their ground and re.
turned blow for blow, but finally they began
slowly to give way to the onslaught, contesting
every inch of the ground. The police, enragcd
at the resistance offered them, rallied and made
another determined charge, and after sharp
scuflle the mob broke and in every direction.
A number of the mob were severely hurt and all
the leaders fell into the hands of the police.
FEARS OF AN ATTACK on THE BoERsE.
Several Socialist meetings were held in the
vicinity of the Boarse, and it is feared that the
mob might take it into their heads TO make an
attack upon that headquarters Of speculation,
which is held by many persons to be partly re-
sponsible for the bad times existing.
During the course Of the morning dissatisfied
and dsorderly worllingmen assembled at several
other points in the city, notably in the vicinity
Of tn. Brandenburg Gate. the Museum and the
square in front of the Opera House: but when
ordered to disperse by the police they did 50,
threats, but Offering 10 resistance. At
noon another large crowd collected in the Opera
House Square. This mob was exceedingly unruly, |
md refused to obey the police orders TO move
pn Without banering words to secure IA com !
pliance with their orders, the police charged the
mob with drawn swords and dispersed them with
little resistance Seven of the rngleadcrs Of this
mob were seized by the police and hustled of to
jail.
1t is very evident that the soldicry viii be
used against the riot0us element only as last
resort to establish order. To illustrate the Tor
bearauce of the Emperor and the NIL |
itary authorities case can be cl'ed'
At | o'clock this afternoon a reliel de-
of soldi Is. headed by band, was
toward the castle to take the places oi
the guards on duty there. They were accompanied |
nv a large mob Of roughs, who tauntcd them with |
unfolding the rich against the poor. With meas |
ured step and eyes 10 the front, the soldiers |
marched as though they were on dress parade.
A body OF police had been drawn across the street