Labour Riots in Chicago.
Fifteen Thousand Socialists. Fifty Rioters Shot Dead. [RBUTKR’s TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGH ] (Received May 6, 11 45 a m ) New York, May 5 The labour riots in Chicago have now assumed a very serious phase. A meeting of Socialists, numbering fifteen thousand men, was held yesterday in ■ that city. The police authorities ordered the crowd to disperse, but the Socialists offered a stubborn resistance, throwing explosive bombs among the police, killing five and wounding many others. The police then fired upon the rioters, fifty of whom were shot dead, and a large number wounded. The greatest consternation prevails in the city, business being to a large extent at a standstill.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1415, 6 May 1886, Page 3
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112Labour Riots in Chicago. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1415, 6 May 1886, Page 3
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