Show A RIOT IN BERLIN BEELIN THE POLICE AND WORKMEN IN INCON CON CONFLICT CT Ue Unemployed Laboring Men Desiring to Appeal to the tho Emperor Are Away Awny After R Fight o was Vas a Very ery serious conflict in Berlin on the between the police and six thousand unemployed laboring men meat The Te disturbance originated at n a meeting of about 80 or workmen at nt Lipps Lipp's s 's brewry brewery brew brew- the The ho workmen had bad cry ery duing du during tig oreno forenoon Th gathered there to receive the tho report of a deputation 1 tation tallon Which they had sent to t the burgomaster ter el Herr Forkenbeck asking him bio to see ace the tho F in behalf of the unemployed workmen work workmen men of Berlin and to t Inter with wih his majesty majesty ty upon their behalf The men men wanted Herr lerr Id to t ask the Emperor to appoint a fair fir commission to Inquire Into the wrongs which tM workmen complain of and promote Immediate legislation necessary nee essary to redress their grievances rIe I is The deputation tation had bad been admission to t the bous of tho the burgomaster who although a liberal did not dare to t encourage the men but sent them word that they had better go to their homes The delegates were also warned that the police olice olce forbade all aU riotous gath gatherings and processions l te s should be betaken betaken betken taken M tO t prevent event any demonstration demonstrator on the theart part art of those the delegates represented With this Information as a the result of their visit to t the tho burg burgomaster astr the delegates re returned returned re- re re turned to Lipps Lipp's brewery brewer where th they y announced an nn- Pounced to t their e comrades s who by that time numbered fully 50 men inca the disappointing result resul t of f f their mission The he message of f the burgomaster burgmaster was WI received b by the workmen With wih regular h howls of f rage and storms bf of ex cx execration e They hey decided to t march at once to the castle caste the home f Emperor William Wilam and present their petition petton to him In person Thereupon Steps w were we immediately y taken to gather the great t body of f workmen Int into some sort Bort or Of f order the Socialist portion porton of those present show showing ing themselves to be admirably ready to t convert an ar unwieldy body of shouting shouting shout shout- shout ing 3 yelling ex excited let men into int parade shape Amidst the uproar a number of the cooler h heads ads and more thought thoughtful of the leaders of the workmen tried almost in vain ain to be heard beard III Itt loud piercing tones tones tones' they Implored the themen themen themen men not to lo lose e their hea heads s and to remember that tat they were but a I small handful when measured against the garrison and police of Berlin But many of the men mel w were ere partially intoxicated and gave no heed to advice of ot this kind All An the recent utterances and doings of the present emperor of Germany seem to have struck deep and da dangerous root in the tho t hearts of the people for upon this occasion as if i rc- rc solved to freely give vent to long pent up feelings of f indignation and wrath the workmen workmen work work- men the S Socialists and aud their sympathizers recalled and jeered at everything recently credited to their monarch The utterances at Brandenburg about causing g everybody In Germany who did dd not support him hire to t shake sake the dust of Germany from their feet were referred to wih with deep deep eurs curses s as ns were the oth and md similar reI remarks c credited to t the efe Nho e g to pow powder er those tose wh 10 The c cj wd for ro iral a sort ort of procession ny c Unter den Linden sing 19 the aV alse that tat st stage e of of he he ro that S luton had ou In 3 n and the of of lumo rump e the nl n a 1 The g In command aud 14 dlf corps of the tho g q were with wih by mounted or and y lr Ind wa je fI S r par tod for foz some time hat o oh otti av have t. t thought ought t the e people were the tho government From 1 quai J ter tr detachments of polI polie police were JJ hurriedly sent f for arri t the p palace lne on tb the trot and andS S completely armed By this t time lime me the rioters had read readied cd a I point outside the castle cate gates gales and ther ther sang the l Marseillaise In thunder thundering g tones and wildly shouted for forthe forthe the to emperor t appear As soon as the the he force of police pollee on the spot had ad been sufficiently reinforced a I charge charle upon the rioters was ordered and then began a a asere series sere of the m mo t hand to hand thad fights ever eer witnessed In the streets skeets of Berlin The police polee It was evident had bad received strict orders to avoid bloodshed but tiey they hit right and left with the flat fat of their swords pounded away with the tho stocks of their rifles and hammered at atthe atthe atthe the rIoters with with batons During the melee the te police made nes arrests but each arrest arest seemed to t be the signal for an attempt at lescue rescue ics ics- cue upon the tho part of the tho mob and In some some ome cases cles they tore their comrades des the grasp grap of the police and carried them away aay a ay In tri trl S While this thi battle batte was wa being fought almost beneath the castle cate wI windows Emperor William WIlam Wil Wil- WI- WI liam lam of Germany Vale pale and looking l like a man just recovering from a severe attack I pf sickness sickness sick sick- ness watched his subjects subject straggling with wih the themen themen themen men they had hadt t termed red his their thel only crime being that they d desired to to appeal to t their ther monarch for the justice which they claim they are arc unable to obtain elsewhere When hen the presence of the tho emperor or at a the te window became known know n he lie le stoOd stood at a large window on the first tory story try then was ya such ucb a howl bowl mingled with wih cheers cheel that it must have liars caused him a a very cry uncomfortable table feeling lInt But by lifting his hand he be could have put a astop astop stop to all al the rioting and by addressing a afew afew 8 few v calming w to the mob snob promising to Investigate their complaints complaint he ho could have sent them home satisfied but he did not do doit doit doit it and the battle bate between the police polee and the dissatisfied workmen continued The reinforcements reinforcement received by the I police olce enabled them finally to disperse the mob before before be be- fore fre the castle cate and the tho cro crowd d scattered to t different parts part of the city where they continued continued con con- their disorderly conduct As darkness came on the mob inci cased in number nuber and grew more dangerous In temper The various bands must mut have numbered several several sev sev- eral cral thousands They Tey had no organized leadership lead lend but they held virtual possession of the eastern quarters of Berlin especially of Frankfurter and streets street The whole police force of Berlin was called caled out under under orders to go to any ani extremity to sup sup- sup press the press te uprising The working people w were ere not sanguinary but they w were ere resolute They opposed the te police polee stubbornly and refused to t disperse They Tey gathered in ina a large body boy on onte the te Frankfurter strasse with wih the tho intention of marching toward d the palace Near Kaiser strasse a severe seere eon conflict ct took tok place in which a alge large number nuber of persons w were ere Injured Injured The police were vere directed with much judgment judg jud- ment meat and skill skin their instructions being to t aim for the capture or If i necessary the te killing of those who appeared to t be b the leaders This they carried out out and as fast as a one who seemed to t be a ringleader was wa taken ho he was ws hurried away to t prison In this way the mob w was kept disorganized and prevented from forming foring in any formidable group Large numbers were w wounded more or le less les s severely but it 1 Is not known at this thi moment whether any were killed A multitude of prisoners were taken taen and ii lodged under a strong guard guardIn gard gardIn In the cells cels The military remained under arms but took tok no n part in the struggle This course couse Is said to t have been followed by the te direct or orders 01 dens ders der of the k kaiser r who w was wi made mae aware re R of the situation as l soon son as ns the riot broke out and who commanded that the military mit should not interfere unless the police should prove them Ulem- unable to t cope with lh the te mob It is also ao Intimated Intimated that tat the had bad an intimation ibis tion tol that the soldiers soldier could not be fully tr trusted fed In a conflict with wIt t people and ad that they tey le its t. t were safer ser in garrison 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