The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
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BERLIN. Via Amsterdam and London
'c'' s2'-Vortcdcrts, the leading organ o,
the Socialist party. saws:
IT is no exaggeration TO say that +.
Berlin thousands of persons are battling
a'',s Tor u small quantity OF meat and
,ar"' Inc battle Is none the less intense
p.rause u Is not fought with weapon.
or even hard words. II is really a BATH,
when persons are compelled To .xnenl
tine and strength all through the damn
ola autumn night waiting for A scrau
of meat. ~
Yet what happens to the thousands
VINO day by day wait outside the .hops
III the municipal centre for the sale of
meat and fat" Masses OF people crust,
together In their eagerness long before
the opening hour OF these places. As
o as the markets are opened they
nearly tear the clothes from one an
others backs in order TO get the coveted
treasure.
The crush at the corner OF Eldenaer
and liberty streets In tremendous Here
the municipality sells lard. frozen meats
and fresh mutton. Many women though
repeatedly knocked down and injured
wait Tor hours. Thousands OF would.be
purchasers, mostly women, remain, some
fainting with fatigue. during the who'll
night. Drawing the cold and sometimes
drenching On the afternoon Of
Wednesday many women assembled in
order to he In good time when they
opened Thursday morning. but they wera
driven away by the police and were no:
allowed to assemble again until evening.
There were hundreds supplied with
stools and hassocks which they placed
along the walls. Here they waited the
entire night under the autumn showers.
Waited All Night In Vain.
The booths were opened and the
sale went or until 10 o'clock. The police
present stopped the rush Of the people.
They let them through the barriers In
patches. At a:3o there were about a
hundred persons in the booths. No one
was allowed in after these had been
served. Dot a thousand still remained
outside. These unfortunates had waited
In vain all night in the street.
"As we entered the crowd was hear
ing the complaints OF these. Numerous
women US and told US that
for three or four nights they had been
waiting patiently for the doors TO open,
but could never get forward In time.
They had had TO go home each time
with empty baskets. They complained
at the unfairness OF the methods en-
ployed in distributing supplies to favor
ties.
I'm another district In the northern
part of Berlin. called the Wedding City
there also have been established SELL
ing places for bacon. ham. fat and
lard. At one of these the crowds gather
early. though they are refused entrance
until : o'clock. As the hour approaches.
the crowd swells TO great dimensions.
Owing 20 the length OF time they are
obliged TO wait women collapse on the
pavement and fall in fainting fits. 1t
really Is dangerous to life. When the
doors are opened the multitude simply
stampedes the stalls where fat and lard
are stored. 1t is like a mountain tor
rent. Women are crushed against the
stands and counters. and others are
knocked int the big baskets.
The other day II was announced that
the sale would take place only at
o'clock In The morning. Most OF the
women in the distric; didn't know Of
the change and assembled at the usual
afternoon hour. There We're hundreds
OF them. They would not go away. al
though they were told of the change in
the hour. and thought there might be
an odd chance of getting something even
OF hours, Thus many waited all
through the evening and all through the
night until the magic hour struck. In
half M u every scrap OF bacon and
had disappeared"
Pitifui Spectacle.
The Tdeolische Rundschan says:
Can nothing be done to end the pitt
full spectacle Of which the Berlin military |