The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-01
|STRIKERSAND
POLICE CLASH:
CLIMAX NEAR
Continued Disturbances in Ger.
man Capital Show That
Labor Is Desperate
UNION OFFICE IS SEIZED
Deputy Kosrsten and Other Lead
ers in Hand of the
Authorities
UNION OFFICE IS SEIZED

Ans erdam, Feb. l.--There was {
clash between strikers and the police
In the northwestern part OF Herlll
Thursday. One policeman was killed
and a 0Ozen slnkers injured There
were minor disturbances in other sec
tions and in the suburbs of Berlin.
The German press generally agrees
that the outbreak has reached its
slimax in Berlin and is now receding
The demonstrations are said to SLOW
lack Of centralized control.
Reports from the chief industrial
sections of Germany indicate that the
strike movement nowhere is finding
the support necessary to carry it
along.
Situation Unchanged.
London, Eng, Feb. 1.-The latest
kilograms received in Copenhagen
from Berlin report the situation as
unchanged, says an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from the Danish cap
ital. The strike has not been en-
tended
The Berliner Tagesbladt reports
that the police seized the trade union
building in Berlin and arrested Deputy
Koersten and other leaders.
Socialists Plan Program.
+ The socialist party committee met
in Berlin on Wednesday evening to
decide upon the attitude of the party
IN view Of the extension of the strike
The committee considered a program,
which the Nossische Zeitunz says,
was regarded as offering suitable
basis for negotiations with the gov.
ernment. The program was restrict
ed to political demands affecting do
nestle affairs, omitting reference s. to
the desires in regard to. the foreign
policy expressed by the strikers. The
committee also considered mea sures
to prevent the incitement of strike
Of bakers. .-
The fighting yesterday in Berlin, in
which policeman was killed, was
brought about by an attempt on the
Epart of crowd of men and women to
interfere with street car traffic An
other policeman was injured seri-
Ously.
- German Estimates.
German newspapers generally esti-
mate tn enumber of strikers at 1S0, 900.
They say the disintegration of the
NOV ement is proceeding rapidly. The
riots Of yesterday are said to be due
to danger of the strikers on realiz-
ing that the movement was doomed to
early failure.
The trades unions are declining to
pay out strike benefits. AS an indica-
tion of the lack of centralized direc-
ton, it is said that only few of the
big plants of Berlin were forced to
suspend operations completely.
The government board of the social
democratic party announced that it
had not taken over the management
Of the strike The trades unions
through the general commission also
disclaimed responsibility, and the
strike appears consequently to have
been orphaned, so far as these two
bodies are concerned.
Martial Law Proclaimed.
London, Feb. MARITAL law has
been extended to Bremen, and Home
lingen, a nearby town, according to re-
ports received here.
The Vorwaerts of Berlin in an
nouncing its suppression for three
days says this step was taken because
it melted mass to strike.
Strikes have broken out in two more
Dortmund mines. The strikers at
Nuremburg, Bavaria, have resumed
work after two-day demonstration
strike