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

BERLIN. Feb. 26.-The authorities have
taken great alarm from the occurrences OF
Yesterday and all have been on the qui
viye expecting that far more serious dis
turbances would follow the discovery of
their own strength by the workingmen.
1t is believed that the socialist agitators,
fncensed by the numerous arrests that
have occurred of members OF that party
by the Berlin police, have taken anyant-
| eye of the general discomfort prevailing
among workingmen. owing to the slack
ness OF work in the building and allied
trades, to plan a demonstration that Will
impress the government with the strength
of the party, although it is a conceded
fact that large numbers of the working
men who took part in yesterdays emutes
are neither active members OF the social
democracy nor believers in the tenets
held by that irrepressible organization.
Some little time ago the government
was brought to recognize that the socialist
movement is more dangerous than was at
. first imagined When Prince Pismarck's
anti-socialist law expired full freedom was
left to the socialists in order that they
might bring their theories before the pub
| lie for general discussion, but il has now
| become manifest that the tactics Of the
socialist party are revolutionary and not
| constitutional. \ young party has lately
| been formed among the socialists under
the leadership OF Herren Werner and
Wildberger, which after trying to throw
dust into the eyes OF the authorities and
TO pose as genuine secession from the
. old socialist party is now ascertalned to
| be merely a section of the party working
under instructions from mysterious head
quarters. Hence the arrests of socialists
that the police have made recently.
There is no denying the fact that the
revolution is serious and that it is so felt to
be by the government. If the troops are
called on to fire on the mob it will be in
teresting to say the least to note whether
the recent words of the emperor, which
were in effect that they were nothing but
machines to shoot down their fathers and
mothers and brothers and any one else at
his command, will be obeyed The disor-
ders on the outskirts of OF Berlin were far
more serious than those that had taken
place in the center OF the city. In Weiss
en0erg StfaSSe during the night small
bodies of workmen took possession
Of that thoroughfare. Many of them
carried red flags, the emblem of the social
istic democracy, and they rushed hither
and Ihither with no idea of anything save
10 DEFY the authorities. Finally their
enthusiasm. if it may be so termed, took
another form. \ body of 200 men took
possession of Landsburg strasse, and.
forming an irregular procession, marched
10 Grumenweg. shouting, yelling and
smashing the windows OF stores and
dwellings, along their route. At the same
lime mob numbering a thousand men
marched iron the Frankturter quarters 10
and along Schilling strasse. They, too,
acted in q most disorderly manner, iOstling
the passers-by, smashing windows and
yelling at the top OF their voices Similar
Scenes were enacted in the Koenigsthor
district. The police were utterly unable
10 cope with so many disturbances in so
many different localities, and for some
little time the rioters had things all their
Dwn way. When the police did meet
mob they had little difficulty in dispensing
1t, for despite the lawless spirit prevailing,
the sight of police uniforms seemed in
| many cases to impress the rioters with the
majesty of the law.
The Disturbances Renewed.