The Labor Riots in the States.
MORE OUTRAGES AND FIGHTING 6,000,000 DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED. 50,000 MARAUDERS ROAMING CHICAGO. (Per Press Association.) Chicago, July 8. A mob of fifteen thousand assailed the troops in Chicago with stones. The militia fired, wounding twentyfive, several of them fatally. The mob then charged the militia, who used their bayonets freely, but eventually had to retreat. A body of armed police finally dispersed the rioters. Later. There are 10,000 troops in Chicago The condition of affairs has improved. The police estimate th«re are 50,000 idlers and marauders roaming about the city, largely foreigners, who form a large proportion of the population of the town. ♦ The loss of property and traffic are put down at 6,000,000 dollars The strikers at St. Louis are returning to work. The leaders of the railway men have persuaded the Knights of Labour throughout the colony to strike. It is reported that the Pullman Company will hold a conference with the strikers. All th« Detroit railway men have struck. ___^____
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 8, 10 July 1894, Page 2
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