El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-27

! too late, for the man was raining
heavy blows on the head Of the fore
man
Then. as he turned to face his fell
low workers, loud cheers OF Bravo
broke out
But our riumph was short lived.
The news OF the fight had spread
and a dozen Of Krupp's burly police
! men rushed into the shop
Without making the slightest
inquiries, they seized upon the
first people they could lay their
hands on. This was the signal
for a general revolt. Immediate
ly there was an Outcry, and n
viii stampede. The police were
rufhlessly beaten down, and the
workers, armed with the tools
with which they had but a few
weapons to XIII the enemies of
the FatherIand, set upon the po-
lice.
Machinery Smashed.
Then followed one OF the widest
scenes OF destruction which I have
ever witnessed.
Intricate machinery, delicate IN
struments and tools were wilfully
smashed or rendered useless.
The driving belts Of the lathes, per-
haps of all the most valuable part OF
the gear in the shop. were cut ana
slashed- To people outside Germany
it may seem strange that I should
say the driving belts are so valuable,
but It must be remembered that in
Germany the shortage Of materials
has made IL almost impossible for
good driving belts to be made.
For some time the greatest con-
fusion reigned. men and women sing
ing and shouting. But the scene was
changed by the arrival Of a strong
force OF armed guards
Many were cut down. and IN a very
short time the riot was quelled-
In Krupr's Prison.
I was seized by a hefty German
who threatened 70 kill me, and along
with many others was marched away
and thrown into a cell IN the prison,
which forms part and parcel OF the
establishment OF Krupps
Now / realized how II was that
Krupps were able TO keep their work
ers under. With a big prison under
their very noses, into which they
might be. thrown at the Whim or
fancy Of any individual, and strong
forces OF armed men, always ready
to enforce the law. unlimited power
was in the hands Of the employers.
About midday warder, another OF
the multitude OF uniformed persons,
brought ne a meal, and right glad
y
Of the food and small the quantity.
A basin OF soup (the Germans seem
to live on soups nowadays), a little
sauerkraut, or dog sausage, and
tiny piece OF black bread. That meal
was feast, indeed. and 7 cleared
up every scrap. Having eaten it, I
was told 10 make myself presenta-
bic, as was to go before the judge.
Before n Krupp's Judge.
Half an hour later 1 found myself
standing in the dock OF the justice
room and I began to wonder where
the marvels Of krupps would cease.
Here was n factory. complete
with workshops. quarters for the
workers, hospitals, fire stations.
armed guards, n prison and act
ually court Of justice.
It was a town in itself
Whether they had a. cemetery with
in the grounds I did not know. but
facing the Judge there 7 half ex-
pected they had, so thorough are the
Germans in their undertakings.
IN the end. after a lengthy hear
ing, in which the judge asked many
questions, We were all taken from
the Justice room. the case being ad-
Journed until the following morning.
You VIII get punished. but Judge
Heinz has made up his mind to go
well into the matter; he viii sift It
to the bottom" said my guard.
And to the very bottom Judge
Heinz did sift that matter. fo- on
the next day he had the caterer
brought into court, and that fellow
produced a whole batch Of food dock
cts, all OF them signed by Baumberg.
showing that we had food on that
day. yet BaumberE was killed by Karl
on the previous morning.
One Needs to Commit n Crime To-
II was made clear that Baumberg
had been in the habit OF signing a
whole batch Of these dockets at a
time. The caterer told the whole
story Of how he and the dead man
had entered into a partnership to de-
fraud the workers Of their food,
mostly one meal day, and whatever
food was provided should be short
of the authorized ration. We were
all eleased.-Copyrigh 1918. by Van
der Linden. by The International
News Bureau, Inc. Boston.
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