St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-22
RIOT OF The UNEMpL
THE GERMAN AFFAIR CAUSED BY 70
LICE BRUTALITY. e
REIcHsTAG TO INvEsTEGATE.
Socialists Denounce the Unpro-
voked Ferocity of the Po-
ssA lice and the Manner In Which
They Chased and Clubbed Peo-
plc--Anarchists Say the Affair
WiIrBring Them Results.
IFrom ihe Sunday Globe.

From the Sunday Globe.
TCopyright 1884, by the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Jan. 2O.-The comparatively
insignificant riot near Frledrichsiiein
on Thursday morning has been magni-
d,owing to the brutality of the police.
into all important affair. which Will
probably be brought up III the reichs-
tag and lead to very bitter debate.
The socialists, and even the better
class of workmen, are greatly excited
Mt the apparently cruel manner i'll which
the meeting at Lipp's brewery was dis
persed by the police, who, moreover, are
accused of pertidy in the ruse said to
have been employed in order to convert
what was originally a legal into an
illegal meeting.
According to the law, people intend
ing to hold public meeting must notify
the police of such intention at least
twenty-four hours previous to the time
fixed upon for the assembly OF the
persons called together. If this is carried
out and the police conclude to allow the
meeting to be held, tue organizer or the
meeting receives written acknowledge
ment of this faci from the police. This
acknowledgment or receipt must be
shown to the police officer detailed to
watch the meeting, otherwise the
meeting is not allowed to be held.
In the present case ROdrian, an an.
archist metal worker, sent the proper
notification to the police, saying that a
meeting of
UNEMPLOYED WORKMEN
was to be held at the place Indicated,
and received in return the official noti-
fcation that the police had decided that
the meeting could be held. But. while
ell route to the meeting. Rodrian was ar
rested by policeman, with the receipt
in his possession. and was taken to the
police depot before he could commune
cate with his friends. AS result, the
receipt could not be presented 10 the
police officer detailed to watch the pro-
ceedlngs at the meeting, and that officer
had no course left, it is said. but 10 or
der the meeting 10 disperse. on the
ground that it was illegal, as no receipt
of the notification that it was to be held
had been presented to him.
On the other hand. the socialists and
others contend that the arrest of Rod
rian was deliberate plot, planned in
order 10 prevent the meeting, which, 1t
is claimed, the police feared might re-
suit in riots similar to those which
stirred Berlin in the most alarming
state in February. 1892. 1t is also as
serted that the police had received in
formation to the effect that serious an
archist disturbances were to be appre.
hended if the meeting was held, and
that this melted the authorities to take
unusual precautions to prevent any
chance of disorder. Finally, it is as
serted by the socialists and others that
| the arrogant behavior of the police was
| the direct cause of the trouble.
The wOrkmep who were present in
order to attend the unemployed demon
stration say that on receiving the order
| to disperse the people left. the hal
| quietly, but the number of people pres.
ent necessitated slow movement. which
| the Over-ZealOus officers interpreted as
meaning dlsobedlence to the orders oil
| the police authorities. and they forth
with resorted to force. and within ~ few
minutes several stubborn conflicts be.
tween the workmen and police wert
| proceeding.
| When the officers ordered genera
| attack the police, mounted and on. foot
| especially the former. Immediately Gu
| into the multitude. slashing right anC
left with the flat of their sabers, while
the detectives, who were also present
in strong force, used their rubber club:
vigorously.
| The crowd, though naturally highly
angered by this apparently unjustifiet
attack, made no organized resistance
but simply fed from the scene of tn,
disturbance as fast as possible, followed
L lev ft,A IN, In
| furiouSly dubbed the innocent SDecta.
tors of the neighborhood as we'll as at
lacking the workmen with eQua
ferocity. This clubbing and pursuit o
the people in the vicinity appears t.
have been kept up for all unreasonable
time, the police actually pursuing peO
| pie into their houses and beating them
| apparently unrestrained by their off
GERS for at least half an hour, during
which time the people of the neiglibor
hood hastily closed and barrlcad et
their shops and houses and sough
refuge In the cellars from the
BRUTALITY OF THE POLICE.
| If the stories of workmen present ar,
to be believed, nothing has before beef
| seen III this city to equal the unpro
vok ed ferocity of the police and til,
furious manner in which they chased
and dubbed people about the neighbor
hood.
They are said to have dragged terri
fed workmen from beneath beds au(
from under places Of concealment, aul
| to have heartleSslY showered blow
upon them until the unfortunate un.
employed men sank helplessly at thei
! feet. Men and women, old ana young
all seemed to have suffered from tn,
| fury OF the police officials. In any case
the whole affair was over in half al
hour, and the unemployed workingmel
were completely scattered and th,
whole quarter became tranquil, eXcep
SO far as the presence of the polio,
was concerned.
The socialist labor organs have no
been slow to take advantage of TIL
brutality upon the part of the police
and they are now making a consider
able amount of capital out of it. The or
gans referred to loudly demand mos
strict inquiry into the so-called ''polic,
| Sayagery." and urge upon The Worklnel
not to allow themselves to be provoked
by the police. whom the socialist news
papers accuse of desiring to fermen
disorder in order to cow the workmel
still more by ruthless repression.
1t is announced today that the social
ist deputies introduced the question int
| the relcnStaS regarding the distress o
the unemployed, and intend to brin.
about full discussion of the conduc
| of the police at the recent public meet
ings. during which, it is said, facts will
be presented which will tend to SHOW
that the police have undoubtedly beer
engaged in systematic effort 10 caus,
| disturbance among the WOrkmen il
order that they might have the oppor.
/ tunlty of ''teaching them lesson"
In addition, five important publ,
meetings of workmen and others have
been called and each will be addressed
by socialist deputy, who will repor
| OIL the result of the meeting, and the
result of the whole five meetings will
be used i'll an Interpolation of the gov
ernment and in demand for the pun
shment of the police officials concerned
Thursdays disturbances.
The anarchists are simply jubllant
| Over the alleged brutality of the nolice