New-York tribune., 1921-03-24
Capture Hamburg City
Hall and Shipyards; 4
Killed, 26 Wounded in
Street Battle With Police
Robin Hood Calls
For General Strike
Dyna1nitings in Dresden,
Leipsic, Freiberg, Rode
wisch and Auerbach

BERLIN, March % (By The As
sociated Press Communist work
ers seized the city administration
buildings in Hamburg to-day, then
occupied the Blohm + Voss ship
yards and hoisted the red flag, says
a dispatch from Hamburg. Workers
in other shipyards quit work and
began organizing mass demonstra-
tions, according to the dispatch.
The outrages are the Communists
answer to the government action
massing Security police to check
rioting and plundering in the mid
German industrial areas.
In Leipsic, Dresden, Rodewisch
and other cities in Central Germany
the Communists directed their eff
forts against courthouses, city halls,
public banks and police headquar-
ters. A bomb exploded in the Leip-
sic courthouse this morning and
blew off the roof, broke all the>win-
dows, wrecked the lobby and shat
tered the windows Of buildings in
radius Of two blocks.
Bomb Wrecks City Hall
In Rodewisch the City Hall was vir-
tually. destroyed by bomb which had
been concealed in the basement. The
use Of dynamite against the city ad-
ministration buildings IN Auerhach.
Freiberg and Dresden resulted in heavy
property loss and the wonnding severe
" Of at least three persons. Others
were slightly injured.
4 young man was arrested in Auer-
bach with sack of dynamite in his
possession. A companion who fired at
q policeman, escaped. The man ar
rested said he was from Danzig, but
declined to talk further.
The outbreaks in middle Germany.
which synchronized with the action Of
the Communist shipyard workers at
Hamburg, had been openly espoused
AOA Wiz PocS 1oA ty-ciEAt uOuIS ny Enc
German Bcgshevik organ, the Red Flag.
This newspaper in series of infiana-
ratory proclamations advised its fol
lowers that time for action had ar
rived and urged them to take weapons
from the organization of law and or
der and the bourgeoise and distribute
them among the workingmen.
Copies Of Paper Seized
The governments only protest
against the Red Flags batting con-
sisted in confiscating some several
copies of the newspaper. This
served, however, only to embolden the
Communist leaders, who now are
openly advocating the use of rifles and
bombs.
A man claiming to be "Robin Hood"
Hoelz, from Vogtiand appeared at . Com
munist meeting in the Mansfield copper
mine district yesterday and declared he
had taken charge of q general strike
which the Communists were organizing.
Thus far there have been no disorders
in the region, owing to the large num-
ber of extra police on duty. The strike
has been only mildly successful.
A Halle dispatch said an engine and
four coaches Of q tyain had been de-
rallied near Dieskaue The wreckers ~
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Fighting in EisIeben Streets
From Eisleben, twenty-three miles
west of Halle, comes message which
reports intermittent rifle firing on the
streets Tuesday night and that hand
grenadess were exploding there this
The newspapers here say that the
strikers have blown up three switxhes
Of the Mansfield Copper Mines Railway.
LONDON. March 2S.A Berlin dis-
patch received by Reuters says that
serious disorder has broken out IN
Hamburg. The workmen and police
fought outside the famous vulkan shin
yards. Four persons were killed, twelve
were badly and fourteen slightly in
jured.
The dispatch says the Senate has de-
clared minor state Of siege.
Con.,s,u,,ists Teyr6rise
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