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Show SMJICTSTfl CRUSH STRIKES German Industrial Chiefs Fight Genera! WalkQirt by New Method: (lir Associated Prrs) STUTTGART, Qct, 30. Germah ln-due ln-due rial leaders believe they have found an effetlv weapon for fightlQS general strikes In the Teehnische, Koth'lie, known In C?rrr.?.- arid Den-raark Den-raark ibe "Red Crr- of Industry A evidence they point to the (ad t'la the organisation crushed n e rer-l rer-l str:ke l te stte of VjiertrrnbeiT In fie (lays w"n tat r- n-rs manaced with n c'Tniiete paralysis of all lndftHa1 acHvlty niRJRTTF.D BY STATE. The Teehnische Nbthilfe was organ -lz il --I Sturtf;-irr about a year ajro nul is oper-atlrT I'tider the direction of the minlsre- of th Interior In formal time o"lv ,1 sVpifinn office Ik rn-iin-taine-l wlch neennles itself '"ith prop-nr;iiions prop-nr;iiions fojr in emergency. Wiifyttsm-berg Wiifyttsm-berg g d.r'.'d into IQ' sul.-dlstrlets, . ir,-. .r whfr-h ft li'.'I'i- whose ant); s t-. prrepfire .- Ust of volunteers able in emernrv to nnernte all the fysen-fial fysen-fial Industries nf the eommtinlty. The d otfflees in fb.s e'ty ere fqrn'shed " Uh a enmplot lil "f Sneb voluntei ra The active t!chnla1 . - "noj m'-:-.-e.--rs o" -s?it'a ,.i.sei,.s 1 m.i'1. r-rei named as chiefs for i'iosp Industries Indus-tries and they presiinv bly nro nonunion non-union irn Anion-: the volunteers listed a to university s'lidn1; ncri-rrs. ncri-rrs. profo'S.sors In tbe Pol' foohni''- Tn-stitute Tn-stitute ai unskilled workmen frotn t-ve-y cliss of soelot". The '-pr'rnl oreanina'r- miVps pro-, pro-, t-1on for he'6?lng. foods' u''s end nrmy Htchei t the volunteers who onmp by 'ho',r lobs. . Bach voliihleer Is Informefl In "d-vance "d-vance where to report and upon the notification of n strike nrooewls to ihrt post where the Teehnische Notb-lif Notb-lif hns dellvere'd sunptles nontdfler l s-iffjc'ent for the flii.rntlori of the strike II. is claimed tbe.t in a verj short tim.- 'lie central office thua can furnish an operating force for each Industry. PR VI IXTED CHAOS. The general strike hero was called as a protest aiji.irst the ten per tent tax on workmen's wnpea Tt was arranged ar-ranged by the communists but adhered to by the Majority Socialists, tho r.orr- conservative labor elements and tiado unions. DistributifSn pf foo ceased and e.s electric and water st r-vice r-vice was abandoned, Th oommu-nlty a- is confronted v.Hh possible chaos h :i the Tlinlsrb- N'othllfe stepped In assumed control and manned every essential post, vacated by the strikers, Including the highly technical positions. posi-tions. There was some difficulty In flml-inK flml-inK men fittod to aid in the heavy work such ;is fir int.- furnaces, for few of th,- volunters had been accustomed to .such labor, but this wax solvoj I workin? very short shifts Tin- majority major-ity of the 266 men working ntl l'v-infr l'v-infr in sa works were Polytechnic student?. i IQN MEN i r X'S There were even union labor men ! anions the volunteers, for same of I thi labor leaders boIlve that certain industrien must be kept eotnK tn pre-.ni pre-.ni the collapse of a community and that only the Teehnische N'othllfe can t do this. Some of the conservative la-1 la-1 bor leaders felt that the control of their organisations might d'p out of their hands Into those of the extreme I radical elements who would ti-1 up all Industries If it were not for th Tscll-1 Tscll-1 jiseh'- N'otinlfe. For these reasons thpy have made no opposition to union ; men volunteering: for service with thai 1 organization. The strike began at midnight Saturday, Satur-day, tin olunteers were ordered on dutj Sundav mprnipg and hy Monday morning the Industries were functioning, func-tioning, on the roduef-d copaclties but by Weuesday morning normal production pro-duction nad been attained .K)I5S l,ll u v K Motor trucks wen- requisitioned for the distribution of food to the volunteer volun-teer workers .uid an appeal was :surd to labor, philanthropic and social or-ganlsatlons or-ganlsatlons to aid In protecting- the workers and property. The members of the Teehnische Nothllfe are umler Obligations to curry no arms. In less! than five days th strikers began to return to work and as o.icli one took his place, a member of the iTechniSChel Mothllfe quit unostentatiously unostenta-tiously and in less than a week the strikers worr ajjain at their posts. Chiefs of the Teehnische N'othllfe in ehar-je of industrial plants at Flutt-Kart Flutt-Kart were eareftillv Instructed lo obtain ob-tain written statements as to the condition con-dition of the plants when the strikers returned, mo that the radicals could not subsequently practice sabotage and charge thai it was the work of the Teehnische N'othllfe. |