The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-28

gash, from which the blood flowed freely, the man fell.
 The mob then surged through the broken windows, and the doorway in their mad search for bread. They swarmed into the private parts of the premises, as we'll as into cellars, and when they discovered no bread their rage was unbounded. Everything they could lay hands on was wilfully smashed, and furniture was pitched out of the windows of the upper floor. The news of the riot spread rapid ly, and a strong body of police, which was soon afterwards reinforced by mounted soldiers came at a brisk pace down the strasse. Without a. moment S hesitation they charged and recharg- ed the frantic mob outside the shop.
 The followed the most bruta! scenes. The soldiers treated all alike, Using the butt end of their rifles, they clubbed men, women and children. None' were spared from their fury. l narrowly escaped being ridden down by an officer with drawn sword, and thought it wise to seek shelter. Soldier Shot
 | A body of soldiers entered the building, and from the open window at which I had posted myself, I could tear great commotion, as though doors were being battered in. The score or so of people inside the place had evidently barricaded themselves in, and intended to put up a stiff, if forlorn defence. Hunger had driven them to desperation.
 Cy,-II -I,r din. and a. little later wounded sol dier was brought out of the house. He was bleeding from a wound in the head It was evident that one of the mob had become possessed of a re- volver, and was going to fight to the death. The reply to this challenge was the rapid firing of several vol leys and the piercing screams of wo- men. By this time further reinforce ments of soldiers appeared at the tor of the street.
 Beneath the shop a group of sol diers was standing taking orders from an officer. The din and noise made it difficult for the officer to explain his instructions, and also prevented any one in the street from hearing what was happening overhead Then the windows were burst open and a l heavy cased piano was shot out. Ii had only a few feet to fall, and, al- though the group saw it coming and
 realized theiE danger, they had nc time to get clear. With a terrific
 crash it fell, buryfng beneath 1t the officer and one of the soldiers.
 Died in Agony
 The officer was pinned to the lground, the instrument having knock. ed him down and fallen with it's fu1 weight resting on his chest For z few moments his legs writhed in az ony, and his groans were terrible. A: Iquickly as possible soldiers lifted tht piano, but there was no hope for tht 1 officer, who had received fatal injur 4 ies.
 The military eventually overcome the rioters inside the house, afte, three women and a man had beer killed. The rest, several of them suf
 fering from injuries, were marched away under an armed guard.
 The increasing hardships stimulated
 the spirit of discomfort amongst tn,
 workers at Krupps, and there grey l ' of the Germans who were sufferin, intensely to become more sympatheti toward the slaves, whose suffering were necessarily far greater.
 One of the leaders of the worker } against the tyrannies was a youn. Bulgarian named Dedevitch. He wa } brilliant scholar, the product of on of the German universities, who ha, : undertaken war work at Essen. A
 the time he went into the works h was man of moderate views, whole l heartedly in the war, sympathizin with the German and Bulgarian aims | The terrible conditions which existe } at Essen had, however, caused him t ! change his views, and he openly adop
 ted the Socialist cause. But Dedevitcl ? in his soul was more than a Socialist he was red revolutionist of the mos . pronounced type.
 Organizing the Workers A man of genius and great subtlety - I met him on equal terms as an over seer, and between us there grew u a certain amount of friendship. Dede 4 witch felt his way cautiously, and a = the same time cleverly amongst tn G1lIO WILL lA0IIl dTS uGu IIlG : they would never get the best out C u the workers by harsh methods. !. "Look at the output of my shop, z he would say. "It is maintained stead fly, and yet there are fewer cases C punishment in my shop than any i
 the works
 This was certainly fact, but I late r found that the Bulgarian was work l, ing quietly with the employees, an :. wherever possible was assisting theI Il to organize themselves with the objeC d of securing better conditions. He wa = responsible for the organizing of St d cret meetings of the workers who li1 /, ed outside the great estate, and fire ,t quently addressed these gathering e which were held in cellar of a build z, ing in Strasse 104. The people assen '- bled in twos or threes and disperse 5. in a like manner, and for many weel $ the proceedings remained undiscovel s. ed.
 IT The great difficulty, however, WE d to organize meetings of the slave o from the occupied territories, fc 'e these people were housed in the lars n buildings inside the works and wei