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Show RUTHLESS. HUN PLOT 01 STRIKES IS TOLO Details of Suppression by-Military by-Military Authorities Are Made Public. AMSTERDAM, Jan. ."0. 1 By Mail) Details of the tionnan military authorities au-thorities ruthless suppression of :'u attempt at-tempt at a (jeuoral striko in all the ninui'inin f.n'tories of (lerniauv lust Anpist are publishei in the Journal of the German metal worker?. In I-irunfA'iek. hif is tne only iis-tri. iis-tri. t partii-ularie.l in the euurrled i 'tore pul'li'he.1 by the .lo.iri! martial I law wn? unineiiiatelv put into force an.l i both male an-l female trihrs were ! seut.'ii. r.t to iiiH"-isinment. "It will : be k I'm- une before laKir in Brims- ni.-k ree.jer from the wound? receive. re-ceive. I,'' savs ilie officially icspiriM I writer' of tho article. In his aoeonnt I ho i-ai-i : i The r.-reat international rjtriki h8 eome to an end in Hninswick, j ami the labor movement is richer bv a vevv grievous experience. 'The strike, lone in preparation, was brought about bv a few aita- tor. H broke out in the Brun-wi.-k metnl faetoncs in in other factories throughout Germany. The most unscrupulous methods I were use.l to persuade the workers ! to take part in tiie ttrike. Kumors were put out to the effect that the i strike was for the purpose of put- tini; an end to the control of toed rxercie.l bv the authorities. It wa also d'-clared tliRt not only in liermaiiv, but throughout the world, in r.ondon. Pans nnd Petro-j Petro-j rtnl, work was to come to a staud- Mill ' in order to brin about poa o. i The number of persons out on ' strike in Mninswiek the first day ' was .M'l1!!, which was increased the next two davs by female workei.s from tin' jam and spinning factories. fac-tories. On tho hronkinc out nt the strike, the minister of tho interior summoned the heads of the workmen's work-men's committee in order tn brinf about a settlement. They pre f.ente.1 a series of demands, incliid-inp incliid-inp a fair distribution of food, introduction in-troduction of tlm eik'ht-hour day. suspension of martial law, grant of ri"ht to free assembly, introduction'" introduc-tion'" of ocpnil directing, votinjj p.ce without luinexntions or in-ilentnities, in-ilentnities, permission to establish a labor journal, and non-punishment of participants iu tho strike. The minister would not discuss the demands. Ho stated that work must be resumed tho next morn, ink', VYidav, or the matter would ho referred to tho military comma com-ma nd. It was hardly to be expected in view of the existing excitement that a vote to resume work would ,e passed. All entreaties were in vain, the strike was to be rnnnn-ued. rnnnn-ued. A tew hours later the orders of the military authorities were posted np in the streets. These required that work should be resumed re-sumed on l-'ridav morning in default de-fault of which martial law would be introduced. The instigators of the "general strike'' w-ere the first to return to work. In the course of the 'tay the strikers gathered before ari-ous ari-ous factories where exciting scenes took place. Meanwhile a special military court had been set np. working !av and night. The arre'ti au 1 trial3 numbered over a hundred and terms of imprisonment up to ten months were imposed. Wo-ker-i between the ages of 1" and 1 who were subjei t to miiitarv service, serv-ice, were brought under military control and were ordered to perform per-form work for which the;.- would receive only military prty. Everything that could 1 associated asso-ciated with the strikers mi.- adversely ad-versely affected. The working people nd their organization s-jf-iv-red must severely, and the riL: of assembly will be suspend"'! ir.: a long period. The negotiations on econo.niL- matters, which had beer, initiated with the mnnitlocs !irii; with the co-operation of the war office, has been suspended end dissension dis-sension i:as been sown in -i. ranks of ?nnor. |