The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-29
GERMAN :
RED MOBS
AT ESSEN
Lelpsig Reds Order General
Strike at Midnight
Attack Railways.
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awxar.x7F Hxaroh az, Eoon-This city Is
- Ywns- u-as regarded by the gov
eminent aG tho critical day In the Conn
,nua4~t rising bnt the indication at this
,,.-,v ,xrar-a 4hDt the movement for 8 gen.
a~as utr4xe vras failure However, rnS
yaaa continue AocktnK iRts the city from
vntaaie cernany. Polics coxdons were
4,,royv, about raaIroad stations ana many
~ the incoming communists were arrest
ed. !. ass s. "a Ssssysgs
> ss1aE=SsssSs - VsS< <7xNse"
q aEHY,rn March 2e.-Bourteen per
~on4 we're killed and IS wounded IN
,.iorent collision between the security
no1pce and communists at Essen. in inc
Ruhr district today. Three OF the ae@o
we're security policemen. Essen Is the
sea+.oF the great KruUp works anu
o+f1er iron and steel Industries ,4N
y ~ BOMB IN BoUaUET.
y An| officer Of theSsecur4ty4 police a
=sSar rad ordered p communist mon
- 6isparse. While the officer vas en-
gs~-a5. in conversation with the ring
lez6ers of. the reds1some unknown per
sons threw huge bouquet Of noWers
covering a hand grenade which explod-
Adg Underneath an automobile the
Dolicernen. fred three volleys into the
air to frighten thesTeds.
Nha corn1nu nj st s. who we're heavily
s--ned. opened fire. with revolwers and
rand xrenades The policemen re
turned the FIRE, 49,
DECIDE on SEVERE MEASURES.
rha cabinet 7held . special meeting
Monday and decided upon more ener-
rstic measures against tho comInun-
.sts n ~ $500 -
large numbers Of communists from
middle Germany. where the trouble
began, are focking into Berlin with
me announced intention OF assisting
tho reds in a revolution. Herr Weis-
mann. director Of public safety, ad-
rnitted that the situation has become
more serious and tnat this may prove
d critical day, N
ATTACK RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
Rfngleaders OF the reds have made
Dlans for an uprising with strike
and sabotage of the electric plant IN
the Berlin district Following this
the reds planned to paraIyze industry
and tie UP railway traffic. The police
ofrlciaIs were confident they could cope
with, the sttuation but declared that II
The reds 'were even successful TO
small extent It would open the way to
the citys population.
f, ~sNe x DIsAF2M THE POLICE.
Armed communists at Leipzig dis
ARMED the. security police guarding the
J.efpziE Eoeux erscnlact monument and
stoao a police automo bile. 4 compa
OF policern en- pursued tho reds into
suburb offLeipzig. The reds took
refuge IN a schoolhouse. Many casual
lies resulted from the lighting.
Another battle between security po-
liceI and reds occurred = at Markham
stadt when the policemen intercepted
a det18hrnent OF the communist that
were going from Leipzig to Leuna-
\, PROCLAIM GENERAL STRIKE.
y The general strike proclaimed by
the communists at Leipzig was to have
gone into affect at midnight At the
time this dispatch was written no
word had been received as to the ef
fscttveness Of the order. Y
Troops are being concentrated for
th = prot lection Of Berlin The follow
ing police communique on the situa-
tion was Issued Monday night at 10
o'clock D. 49,
Despite the blowing up ot railroad
bridges. tho work OF troop concentra-
ton has continued unhindered. The
police have captured many automobile
trucks filled with revolutionaries, SO
far, there have been no serious mill
tary encounters. ~s.e
\ MACHINE GUNS PLACED.
Orders were issued to the green
policemen to shoot to kill II the COM
munists attempt to precipitate a bat
ts IN this city. Air insurgents cap
tured hero and elsewher from this
time on will be treated as semi-nnill-
rary prisoners. They will be arraign-
cd before civil court martiaIs.a
More than 100 green" policemen
we're In Wnhelmstrasse guarding the
government buildings. They we're
equipped With loaded rifles and suu-
ported by machine guns