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Show Altona, Hamburg and Kiel In- j B eluded in the German Strike j II Movement. j H SECRET MEETINGS HELD I Rioting Starts in Capital When H People Cry for "Peace 8 H and Bread." j AMSTERDAM, Feb. 2. The. main I centers of the German strike move- H 'ment, according to a semi-official H statement from Berlin, are tho dls- H tricts of Berlin and Altona. The lat- H ter includes tho armament centers of IH Hamburg and Kiel. The other mnnu- ( H fncturing districts, tho Rhlneland, Si- ; H lesia, tho Saar district and the king- H 'dom of Snxony, have been compara- H lively quiet up to this time. H ' The frontier correspondent of the H i Handelsblad speaks of secret meetings g 'hold in western Germany to decide S H I whether to join thostrlke. Should the ! decision be In tho affirmative tho workmen are declared to be determin- H ed to make the cessation of work gen- J eral. v IH The Koelnlsche Zeltung declares : UH that a majority of the workmen in IH Cologno aro opposed to the strike. I People Cry for Bread. j IH The newspaper Tyd learns from a 1 IH reliable source that tho rioting in Ber- IH lln on Thursday wa3 precipitated by u. IH shot fired when the police wero trying IH to disperse a crowd which wns pro IH ceeding towards Charlottenburg cry- ing "peace and bread!" A panic en- IH sued when a shot was fired and the police charged with drawn sabers. The strikers sought shelter and overturned tram cars, and fired or hurled projec- IH Ules ut tho polico who wore unable to j IH keep tho oxcited people under control. t IH About thirty strikers were wounded. IH and tnken to a hospital. Many onlook- ors who were wounded were treated in drug storos. H Crowds at various placos attempted H further riots. Detachments of cavalry IH and machine gun corps have been col- H lected In tho neighborhood of Borlin. ( H |