The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-02

BERLIN, Feb. 25.-l body of 1000 I'M
employed workmen held meeting today
with the object of deciding upon some
course of action thaIwould improve their
condition. Upon be conclusion OF the
meeting a procession was formed and
marched down tie Inter den Linden
singing the "Mfseillaise." When the
procession reaaed the castle OF
the emperor it was met by a body
OF soldiers. The officer in command
ordered the procession TO make way for
the soldiers but the workmen refused to
do so. The loliee then charged the
crowd and free fight ensued. After
shor. struggle the workmen were dis
persed and tn, leaders were arrested.
The body OF soldiers, whose persistence on
their right 10 fill possession OF the street.
numbered OnE about twenty. They
comprised a snail detachment that was
marching to r5lieve the guard between
Schlosbrucke and Charlotten strasse when
they were confronted by the mob.
Another row occurred about $50 p. m.
near the Brandenburg gate. About 500
men out Of employment assembled with
but they auarreled among themselves in
stead, and free fight ensued. They were
finally dispersed by the police.
The meeting of which the disturbance
was the outcome was held in the suburb
of Friedrichshain under socialist auspices
and was attended by several thousand OF
unemployed persons. Several violent
speeches were made. The last speaker
called on the crowd listening to him to 90
to Berlin, melting shouted responses OF
ave will 90, and The kaiser must see
US"
The procession was then formed. 1t
marched up the Koenigs-strasse. past the
town hall to the Schloss-platz, the square
on which stands the imperial castle. Here
the crowd shouted demands for bread and
their attitude was so threatening that the
police present sent for reinforcements.
Being strengthened by the arrival of aid,
the police drew their sabers and tried to
dispense the crowd. But the clamorous
people resisted, making use of clubs thew
carried. Several persons were injured on
both sides before the square was cleared.
The persons arrested include a number of
women.
During the evening hundreds of unem-
ployed persons carried by storm butchers
and bakers shops in the Roepenk and
Frankfurter quarters OF the city, smashing
windows and looting the shops of their
contents. The police made repeated
charges upon these disturbers OF the peace
and were engaged in various conflicts with
them until 10 o'clock, when the members
finally dispersed.
Over one hundred arrests were made.
Many persons were wounded, including
several OF prominent clothiers, jewellers.
grocers and other shops were broken into
and ransacked. A mob thronged the
streets shouting, "Give us some
thing TO eat" The usual police holidays
have been suspended for a fortnight, a
renewal of yesterdays disorder being
feared. IL is reported that the EN- peror
witnessed the Unterden Linden affair
from the castle windows. The majority
of the persons arrested will probably be
liberated, but the leaders will be punished
eeverelv.
No usual distress prevails in Berlin, ex-
cept such as results from lack of work in
the building and cognate trades,
which is inevitable in the winter sea-
son, though the distress has been
somewhat intensified by the recent strikes
Exaggerated reports of the disorders, to-
gether with the emperor's Brandenburp
speech, caused depression on the Boerse
yesterday.
Emperor Williams speech, made at
Brandenburg yesterday, intensely excites
political circles, it being held by some that
q dangerous crisis is inevitable. 1t is
reported that when the sectarian educa.
ton bill in the Prussian diet reaches the
oberhaus, Prince Bismarck, at the head of
the strongest party ever known In Ger
many, will oppose the government.
The Vossiche Zeihlnq observes that if al
the disconnected left the country as adj
vised to do by the emperor in his Bran
denburg speech the adherents of Prince
Bismarck would be included among those
departing The Vossiche then adds: 1.-The
great employers of labor who are dis.
satisfied with the labor laws and the agri-
culturists injured though the new com
mercial treaties would also go-nobody
would be lett but catholics"
The TdgeJLdH reminds Germans tha
the constitution comedies to every one
liberty to express his opinion"
The socialist journal, the Vor1Cdrts. Gays
1t declines for the socialists the EN- peror'E
invitation to emigrate, adding: The EN-
peror would rule over desert if all NAL
&c loft do