Evening star., 1934-02-14
CHILDREN KILLED
IN AUSTRIAN WAR
Scores of Women Also Die
Fighting Troops at. Side
of Men.
Continued From First page.)


on again.
The Socialists began falling back
before the advancing government
forces shortly after dawn. They re-
treated. f1ghting stubbornly, toward
the Floridsdorf sector across the Dam
ube.
Driven from one barricade in the
running battles in the working class
sections, the Socialists would retreat
only far enough to find shelter Then
their savage resistance would be re-
newed.
The Schlinger Hof in Floridsdorf,
one of the largest municipal apart
ment houses, caught fire during heavy
shelling by government troops.
The huge building was reported In
flames and without any possibility of
a successful attempt to extinguish
them, since it lay in the midst of the
1ghting zone,
Barricade Is Erected.
After short period Of comparative
calm, fighting broke out anew In
scattered sections. Socialists and
police clashed near the Philadelphia
Bridge, necessitating the suspension
of all traffic.
Sporadic shooting was resumed from
various community apartment build
ings. In the maiding district, Social
lists succeeded in building q barricade,
which, however, was soon over
whelmed by storm of troops.
At other points the Socialists sue
ceeded in regaining some of the
ground they had lost.
Adding to the confusion Of the cap
ital was a run which started on the
Central Savings Bank of Vienna, an
organization built on Socialist capital.
In all sections Of the city, crowds
formed outside all the branches Of the
bank and police with fixed bayonets
were assigned to these points TO pre-
serve order.
Possibly contributing to the panic
Of the depositors was q government
decree forbidding all banks to pay
money to Socialist organizations.
Woman and Boy Suicides.
While the sounds Of desultory
skirmishes still were heard In the sur
rounding area, the bodies OF a mother
and son were added to the dead In
Karl Marx Court.
Frau Julianna Pacejka, grieying
over the enlistment of her husband
with the Socialist lighting forces,
committed suicide. Her l5-year- old
son. Alfred, joined her in the pact.
From Bruckandermur, Styria, came
NrI 1-k -
treated into the forest surrounding
the city.
A reward Of 1000 schillings (sl8o)
was offered by Vice Chancellor Emil
Fey for the head Of their leader, Kol-
oman Walisch.
At Fuchsenfeld. near Meidling, on
the outskirts Of Vienna, fighting con-
tinued into mid-afternoon between the
troops and Socialists.
"a Face Court Martial. .
Meanwhile, in Graz, Vienna, and
Linz. 81 Socialists accused of violence
faced court martial today.
The death penalty was expected
! for all.
The flight across the Danube here
began after government guns had
torn into workers sections. The
great Karl Marx Apartment Building,
one Of the largest in the world. was
wrecked.
As a result of the bombardment on
this and other municipal apartment
/ sections where thousands of workers
lived. the hospitals were crowded with
wounded and injured.
A 5-year-old girl and . boy OF Il
died in the fighting around the Karl
Marx development.
Printed appeals to resist this gov
ernment of desperadoes which has
nothing but a few thousand bayonets
behind it" were distributed this morn
ing through the government post
office.
The circulars reached Vienna homes
with the regular mail.
Fight with all weapons" said the
appeal Your freedom, your chill
dren and your future are at stake.
We will not be slaves"
Great bitterness prevailed on both
sides. There was no longer any aca-
demic attitude for or against the So
cialists in their fight for "a chance
to live" and against "a Fascist gov
ernment threat"
Bourgeoisie Viennese were clamor-
ing for the ruthless punishment Of
Socialist Burgomaster Seitz and all
other leaders Of the Socialist move
ment who are now under arrest.
Headquarters Demolished.
Although the bitterest hostflities
continued in Vienna, fighting was
again reported in steyr, Eggenberg,
Bruckandermur, Judenburg and In
Woergl and Kufstein, along the Ger
man border.
The government announced Social
iSt headquarters at Eggenberg had
been demolished. Socialists were re-
ported still in possession Of several
hotly contested streets in Steyr and
Bruckandermur.
A dispatch from Thomasroith in
Upper Austria told of a sanguinary
encounter there today.
Soldiers entered Socialist headquar-
terS. the dispatch said, after a white
flag had been raised over the build
ing, only to be greeted by savage gun
fire.
Other troops poured In and the gov
ernment forces retaliated by killing
outright every Socialist within reach.
The total casualties was not reported.