New-York tribune., 1919-01-30
I 30, 600 ncsnployed in
''erii", but Only $50
liuS,rpy Gail to U0yh,

BhNLlN. Jan ~ BY The Associated
! fcSS). he coal shortage throughout
germany lS SO threatening that for
the moment all other questions arc
oNerShadoWcd. Large factories i'm many.
OF ihe cities are already closed and il
Wli D" necessary to shut down MANY
m berlln II the situation does not i'm
prove within fortnight At present
inc dAly production in tho Rhur dis
lrlct is less than 10000 tons. against
1000 during the war and 33 900 be-
fore. Upper Siosia is PRODUCING y. 600
carloads, as against II 600 in war
times and $4,000 before
nc situation is further aggravated
by Lack OF rolling stock to transport
even the small quantities mined. OF
LOO cars required in the. Ruhr dis
trct on Saturday only 900 could be
obtained. Tho Minister of RAILWAYS
has had the greatest difficulty in OBJ
tanning locomotives to bring coal from
Nllcsla TO Berlin.
Strike Epidemic Among Mines
A'strikG epidemic is prevalent in tho
coal district. and it is impossible 10
get Workmcn enough. There are large
deposits of lignitc i'm one district near
Hcrln, where the vein is near the sur
taco and can be developed easily and
without the dangers usually attending
INNING. bl i4&ettc company has ad
vcrtlsod in Berlin for 10000 laborcr5
tor these fields. Only $50 men an
SWcrcd the call. although tho city to-
day IS giving daily financial support
to lSc.oo0 unemployed.
The government is now considorino
the unemployment question. The
present conditions constitute serious
financial burden, as we'll as an eco
nomic menace. The daily payments
average about eight marks to am indi-
Vlduai and the unemployed a great
proportion Of whom did not formerly
1--we IN Berlin. prefer to eat their free
bread IN idleness instead OF earning
'ew more marks daily by working.
NcanWhllc the farmers are vainly try-
ing to get huAdreds of thousands Of
laborcrs
As "Simplcissimus" Sees 1t
"SimpIcissimus' depicts the poli,-
cal ASPECT of the situation in a cartoon
showing an old cobblcr at his last who
is quoted as saying. "I'll keep on work
ing, even if they do call me counter
reVol lutionary."
The "Norwaerts' publishes an APP
peal to the striking coal miners from
the workmens council in the govern
AiNiiiI ~ iiOiHS Oil lCcS. nc dpDcal
says:
Coal miners! Comradcs Furnish
us with fuel its shortage is prevent
ing the production of paper money in
the government printing office. If the
resultan shutting off of Che city's gas
supply goes on WAGES for the working
men and money for the support of un-
employed cannot be paid out. There
fore, furnish us with COAL
The clerical force Of the Middle Ger
man Credit Bank has submitted an ul-
tmatum to the directors demanding a
war bonus of 1000 marks for married
employees and 1,500 marks for unmar-
riod emp Dyes who have been in the
service of the bank since the beginning
Of the war. Employees who entered the
service of the bank after the war be-
gan, it is demanded, also shall be
given bonuses
The Spartacan domination of the
German port of Bremen. according to
reports to the "Tage blatt,' of Berlin,
came to an end, not through the en-
ployment of force. but because the
radicals were financially starved out. =