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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1914, Page 4

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ling scenes occurred in the j Union Hall, New York, I flit (says the correspondent Daily Telegraph j on March 'hen a ragged body of un- j ;d members of the Iridtia'orkers of the. World, led ild Jog" O'Carrdll, de- I upon a gathering of Socind demanded a 'hearing, permission was refused a an, which a large force of uelled only by the free use truncheons. The Socialgathered for the., purpose mdfng State insurance. ► unemployment, and the , had aroused the audience derable excitement, when J y andunkempt body of ds,, professional idlers for J t part, rushed into the ; Many of them had belonge armies of vagrants who j secured much notoriety, lly police attention, by I churches and demanding j P and lodging. I jme moments last night ; ders contended themselves j ering at the Socialist j At last one man on j form arose and denounced

b as "rotten claptrap," the gospel preached by [istrial Workers of the 'as the keynote to all inb'etterment. More speechlv incoherent, ancl hard llowed. Finally "Wild lied the platform and deto be allowed to. address j. Stretching his gaunt - its full height, he held ihy hand and opened liis i speak. A well-directed ever, effectively preventranee of any words, and 1 fight began. There emendous Uproar as the

i charged and the massi nd woman agitators who talking about the use of tobrking men scrambled, 'or the exits. Men who shouting "To with " ducked under their ad everyone remaining engaged in a <(freeiombat. The police fin--fed the hdllatifl arrested 'oe" and several of : his