The sun., 1919-04-09
MACDEBURC STRIKE
ATTENDED BY RIOTS
Robberiss and Shootings De-
cur-Food Reserves Seized.
nv the Associated Press.

CorENHAoEN, April 3. - Plundering
and shooting attendant upon the general
strike proclaimed by the Independent
and Majority Socialists among the
workmen at Magdeburg. capital OF
Prussian saxony, are reported In des-
patches from that city. The warehouses
containing the food reserves for tho
coming week are stormed and partly
destroyed and the reserves looted, the
damage exceeding 100000.
The police station also was stormed
with the intention of releasing the prison.
ers In It, but the rioters were repuIsed
after the building had been considerably
damaged. Grenades and rifles we're en-
pioyed In the attack on the station and
many persons were wounded
Government troops are Advancing on
the town, and conflicts are expected.
Large portions of the garrison have
Joined the insurgents. and II 10 reported
that q quantity Of arms has been dis
tributed to the workmen and former SOL
diers from the citadel
The general strike was declared over
| the heads OF the mems leaders. Eight
thousand of the workmen attended q
meeting this morning in the Domplats
and resolved that the strike should con-
tinue until the. release OF former Deputy
Brandes, who was arrested yesterday
The tram service has ceased.
Herr Landsbsrs. Minister OF Justice
In the national German Government,
was arrested yesterday ut Madgeburg
by members OF regiments stationed
there, Msdseburg despatch reports.
Gen. Won Kleist, in command of the
Fourth Army, and his star also were
arrested.
Herr Landsbery later was released
when the motor car which was carrying
him to Brunswick was stopped at Helm
stad, a Berlin despatch says. The ma
chine was accompanied by strong
escort OF the insurgents. but the police
at Helmstad disarrned them. Herr
Landsberg went to the police head
| quar-
Later, when II was learned that an
| other body OF insurgent troops was APP
preaching, Herr Landsberg was speeded
to Hanover
Former Deputies Brandes and Filkel
also were arrested. Other arrests Of
Social Democrats and members Il the
bourgeoisie are planned.
The majority Of the Me gdeburg gsrl-
son sympathizes with the Independent
Socialists, the message adds.
an Tcbuu OF tne arrest OF Heff
Landsberg q state of siege was declared
| at MagdebKg and a sufficient force OF
troops was set in movement to brins
| those responsible to Justice. according II
| q Berlin semi-oiflcial statement
Stuttgart dispatches declare that en-
| tire quiet prevails in that city after the
| recent disturbances. The shops have been
reopened and the gas works have re-
rsumed operations. The Government has
announced, however, that the state OF
siege proclaimed cannot yet be raised
| as the Spartacans are preventing the re-
sumption OF important Industries.
A political movement OF great i'm
portanee is imminent IN the region OF
Hamburg, reports from Berlin say Drs
Herr and Haunenberg. Spartacan
| leaders. It Is added, have almost sue
ceeded in making themselves masters o!
| the situation and in converting Hamburg
and the region between Hamburg and
Bremen into a Soviet republic.
Advices from Mueiheim dated yester-
DAY say that the strike situation there
became acute when the iron workers
| and tanners Joined the striking miners
The gas and electric supplies have been
shut of and the theatres and moving
| picture houses closed.
At meeting Of delegates OF all the
| Muelheim labor organizations, the des-
patches add. II was decided that even
| necessary work should no longer be per-
formed, and that a general strike be pro-
claimed. The release Of political pris-
oners was demanded and the disband-
ing OF the volunteer military force. The
railway shopmen have Joined the striks
movement