Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-04-04 | Page 3 | Strikes Checked by Severe Means

fSTRIKES CHECKED BY SEVERE MEANS German Government Uses Troops, Martial Law and Other Salutary Methods. I BERLIN. Wednesday. April 2. The strikes at Stuttgart and in the Ruhr district seem to have been checked by the energetic action of the government by the prompt use of troops, martial law and other salutary means. Official reports from Stuttgart, summarizing sum-marizing the situation there, say that serious violence Is reported only from Esslingen, where ihe Spartacans I seized weapons and automobiles, but surrendered them after negotiations. I The large number of nonresidents (among the strikers was one of the features feat-ures of the uprising, going to prove lhat the movement was. a claimed) : purely a political effort of the radicals land independents to overthrow the covi-rnmont. The strikers at Stuttgart assembled (frequently yesterday despite the mar-jtlal mar-jtlal law regulations but were dispersed dis-persed The leaders ere arrested by i the troops, and the government was master of the situation by nightfall. The troops behaved splendidly, though some of them received rough treatment. treat-ment. In the Ruhr district for a time the strike was extendedby several thousand, thou-sand, bul the danger of a eeneral I strike subsided. The mines where the j Spartacans prevail are still closed, but in those sections where the union miners min-ers and the majority socialists are in control, the men refused to close down, j Many decided to await developments, I in the meantime continuing their j work. The situation at Frankfort is quiet again. The number of victims of (he riot has reached sixteen, but this number num-ber will probably be augmented, as some of the wounded cannot hope o lhe. The funeral of the four women i who were killed took place this morn-, ing. The damage from plundering is estimated to aggregate several million marks. . nn