New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
S4BRES USED IN BERLIN
Many Persons Injured an Parade of
Unem plOyed.

Berlin, Jan. 21.-There was a serious COL
lision at late hour this afternoon between the
police of this city and number of unemployed
men who earlier in the day had attended one
of the mass meetings organized and addressed
by the Socialists. The police used their sabres
when the crowd hurled missiles at them, and
before order was restored many men were
wounded
The crowd. when it encountered the police.
was marching down the Schifbauerdamm, near
the Lustgarten. The authorities tried to disperse
it. The men at once took positions around piles
of tiles before a new theatre building and be-
gan hurting the tiles at the police The police
men were at once reinforced by mounted de-
tachment which charged the crowd with drawn
sabres. The scattered and fed. but not
before many had been injured.
At the height OF the encounter there was a
report, undoubtedly caused by some sort of
frecracker set off by boy. The police, how
ever, came to the conclusion that a revolver
had been fired, and acted in the most energetic
manner The police foot drove the crowd,
numbering about two thousand, mostly young
men and boys, into the mounted squad, and the
latter made vigorous use of their weapons. A
number of the men were arrested. and the re-
rnainder driven and scattered to the side
streets.
After the fight a. large number of the rioters
unable to move, ndNllS UteH IOO SeHclSiy
wounded by the officers. Sixteen Of them were
carried to a nearby charity hospital and many
others managed to make their way there, with
some assistance, to have their wounds treated.
Extra surgeons had to be summoned. Some of
the injured men and boys are in a serious con-
dition They were cut mainly about the head
and arms but several Of them had been stabbed
through the chest. Those who were least Sc
riously injured made their escape to other quar-
ters Ten policemen went to headquarters for
treatment, having been bruised and cut by
bricks and stones. One had q wrist broken The
police made only few arrests, as they were
unable to spare the men to take prisoners to
the station house
Later in the afternoon another demonstration
occurred in Koenniggraetzer, about mile dis
tant from the Reichstag building, where about
five hundred persons started serious rioting. Be
fore they succeeded in doing much damage,
however the police there were reinforced
strongly They made several arrests and dis
persed the crowd
The police have given orders that work be
stopped on several buildings being constructed
in the neighborhood of the Schifbauerdamm.
Five mass meetings organized by the Social
lists were held this morning in the outlying dis
+ricts Of Berlin Fully fifteen thousand men
were present. Herren Singer Bruhne. Emmel,
lehman. Scheidmann, Steucklen. Zubeil and
others. all Socialist members of the Reichstag.
addressed the assemblies and called on the state
and the municipality to provide employment
and afford means for those without work to
gain a livelihood. They said that among the
unemployed in Berlin there were 24,S26 skilled
artisans belonging to trade unions, in addi-
tion TO many thousands of unorganized and un-
skilled laborers After the addresses the men
left the meetings in groups, marching to vari-
GUS quarters of the city.