The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-21
SAD PLIGHT OF THE STRIKERS.
THE MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES
SUFFERING SEVERELY.

Their Benefit Either Not Paid or
IDjudiciOusIy Distributed-AII the
Chances Against "A victory for the
Men.
Copyright, 1896 by the United Associated
Presses.
Berlin, Dec. 20.-The parliamentary din
ner given on Wednesday last by the i'm
perial chancellor, Prince Won Hohenlohe,
did not attract the attention of the press,
as has been the rule heretofore upon the
occasion of this function, and conse-
quently less than usual is known of what
actually took place there. The reason
for this is the fact that the reporters of
the press were entirely excluded from the
banquet hall. whereas hitherto they have
been especially invited to be present, but
the presence of the kaiser who mingled
freely with the guests, conversing here and
there upon the subjects of the strike OF
the Hamburg dock laborers the rejection
of the provision for reform of the judi
cial procedure by the Reichstag and upon
other important questions have lent pi-
quaney to the hearsay reports of the pro-
ceedings. While the dinner was In prog
the banquet hall upon his presentation of
a blank invitation card, but he was soon
discovered, and unceremoniously expelled.
Reliable echoes of the emperor's con-
versation at the banquet agree that his
majestys sympathles are entirely with
the Hamburg employers, and he is repre-
sented as saying that the employers are
wholly lacking in their sense of the i'm
portance of working general coalition of
employers against the unions of the work.
ingmen, and advising the cooperation of
the German, English and other employers
in devising a scheme of international COM
munication upon the conditions of trade
which would benefit not only the employer
but the employe as well.
In regard to the Hamburg strike It may
be said that all of the prospects of The
success OF the strikers are extremely
gloomy. The dispatches. which have been
cabled during the past week, while CIV
ing a general outline of the situation, real
ly told nothing of the actual condition of
affairs. The fact is that the strikers and
their families are suffering terribly for
lack of food clothing, shelter, etc, and it
Is reported that the amounts contributed
by subscriptions from various sources TO
the fund for the support of the strikers
have either not been paid at all or have
been very injudciously distributed in
consequence Of this state of things, the
men are losing heart, and many of them
are seeking reinstatement, but the mas
ters remain obdurate, and refuse TO per-
NIT any of them to return until the strike
is finally ended. At the begin.
ming of the strike the employers
offered the men shillngs and pence for
a day of twelve and a half hours Including
mealtimes, but the strikers demanded s
shillings a day with overtime. The en-
ployers are now renewing their Offer to-
gether with reference of the matters in
dispute to the court of inquiry suggested
by the Hamburg Senate with a view Of
preparing a method of settling disputes by
negotiations between the employers and
employees and 1t Is probable that despite
the fact that the ballotlng at yesterdays
meetings of the strikers resulted in favor
Of continuing the strike the offer will be
accepted in the early part of this week.
There were 275 ships loading and unload
ing at Hamburg yesterday, and 2,777 men
were employed in the work.
The scandals which resulted I'm the ar
rest of Mai. Baron Won Tausch, chief of
jury, upon which charges he is now in
Jail awaiting trial, are still being gener-
ally discussed in the newspapers and in
the cafes and other public places. The
Berlner Tageblatt, which paper was
shown up during the trial of Baron Won
Luetzow as the home of one of the agents
Of Baron Won Tausch, now turns daily
| sonersaults in an endeavor to demon
strate its loyalty to the foreign office and
vehemently denounces the at one time
supposed connection OF Baron Won Tausch
with Prince Bismarck and Count Herbert
Bismarck, as the grossest calumny
against the ex-chancellor and his son.
The Tageblatt, the Hanover Courier and
other newspapers inspired from a common
source, are conducting an agitation with
the object Of obtaining the arrest Of Nor
mann Schumanns alias Mundt. who was
| for long time an active agent of Baron
! Won Tausch, ana at the same time an oc-
| casional correspondent of a New Yerk
| newspaper and a secret agent of the porte.
| Mundt maintains a villa on Lake Lucerne,
| in Switzerland, and has long enjoyed the
confidence Of the German embassies In
| Rome and Constantinople. He has reaped
a rich harvest as a secret agent all round
| and has been able TO effect the expulsion
OF foreign journals from Berlin II they
became obnoxious to him. Mundt has not
yet been arrested, and 1t Is reported that
he has fed from Lucerne to Constantl-
.nople; but his presence is likely to be
/ demanded In Berlin upon the occasion Of
the coming trial OF Baron Won Tausch.
The situation in regard TO Cuba created
| by the action of the foreign relations com
mittee of the United States Senate, in
agreeing to a resolution recognizing the
| independence Of the island, caused the
Berlin and Frankfort bourses 70 open
weak yesterday, and greatly checked the
| transaction Of business In American secur-
tiles until advices were received from Lon
/ don showing that confidence was practical
| ~ unshaken there. This news had the ef-
feet 10 restore confidence here and in
| Frankfort and prices recovered. but clos
ed a fraction lower on the day.
! At the request of the emperor the mill
tary court will reopen the inquiry into the
case Of Lieut.. Baron Won Brusewitz who
was sentenced 10 four years confinement
in fortress for killing an artisan named
/ Siebmann In a cafe In Carlsruhe a short
time ago because Siebmann refused to
apologize for an insult to Baron Won Bruse-
WITT which he declared he had not Of
fered to him. and the emperor will post
pone his confirmation OF the sentence pend-
/ ing the inquiry. There are conflicting re-
ports as 10 the emDeror's reasons for his
action. one Of which Is that the kaiser IA
1 .tneo rto rat, van ErI11eWifZ and horaa that