Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-01

I. Is ENFORCED
TOENDCRISiS
Government Takes Stern
Step to Halt Trouble
Strikers Fight Police.

London. Feb. THE latest tele-
gram received in Copenhagen from
Berlin report the situation as
unchanged. says an Exchange Tel.
egraph dispatch from the Danish
capital. The strike has not been
extended.
The Berliner Tageblatt reports
that the police seized the trades
union building in Berlin and ar.
rested Deputy koersten and other
leaders.
Martial law has been extended
to Bremen and Hemelingen, a
nearby town. according to reports
received here.
The Vorwaerts Of Berlin in an.
nouncing It's suppression for three
days says this step was taken be.
cause 1t melted to q mass strike.
Strikes have broken out in two
more DOrtmund mines. The strik.
ers at Nuremburg, Bavaria, have
resumed work after a two.day
demonstration strike.
A three days strike has been
declared In Munich, according to
q Central News dispatch from Am
sterdam today. In Berlin. the nd
vices say, the Orenstein and KOp.
pei Locomotive works employees
have Joined the strike movement.
Amsterdam. Feb. There was {
clash between the strikers and the DO
lice in the northwestern part Of Der
lin Thursday. One policeman wa!
killed and a dozen strikers injured
There were minor disturbances in 9th
er sections and in the suburbs.
The cOmmander-in-chief of Bran
denburg province, which includes Der
lin. has issued a warning to the popu
lation against disturbances, which h
will be suppressed. accord
ing to semi-official statement fror
Berlin today.
The German press generally agree
that the outbreak has reached it
in Berlin and is now recedins
The demonstrations are said to shoy
Reports from the chief industrial
sections of Germany indicate that tn
strike movement nowhere is findin
the support necessary to carry
along.
Socialists Take Stand.
The Socialist party committee me
in Berlin on Wednesday evening to de
eide upon the attitude of the party i
view of the extension of the strik,
The committee considered a program
which, the Vossische Zeitung says wa
regarded as offering a suitable basi
for negotiations with the government
The program was restricted to politi
cal demands affecting domestic affair,
reference to the desires 1
regard to the foreign policy expecte
by the strikers. The committee ais
considered measures to prevent tn
Indictment Of strike of bakers.
The fighting yesterday in Berlin
which a policeman was killed wa
brought about by an attempt on tn
part OF crowd of men and women {
interfere with the street car traffi,
Another policeman was injured ser,
ously.
Minor disturbances are reported /
other sections of Berlin and in til
outskirts Of the city. The afternoo
have been compelled I
reduce the number of their page.
Public utilities are being operate
without interruption so far as the lat
est advices show.
Strike Move Failing.
German newspapers generally est
mate the number Of strikers at $50
600. They all say that the disintegrs
ton of the movement is proceedin
rapidly. The riots of yesterday al
said to have been due to danger {
the strikers on realizing that tn
movement was doomed to early fai
ure
The trade unions are declining
pay out strike benefits. As an indie,
ton Of the lack Of centralized dire
ton. 1t is said that only a few of Il
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