I.W.W. LEADER LYNCHED AT VANCOUVER.
- _ Auckland, .Aug. 27. A general dislocation on the Aaneouver waterfront was recently caused liv a strike 1 of wharf labourers. The 'trouble began on July 391 h. After an anxious week, in which there were instances id violence lacing used by the strikers, the men wen! back to work on August sth. In the evening the activity of the port was fully resumed. A. leading oHicer of the i.VAA., Frank Lit tie. v. a-- taken from 14 1 lodging-house a I 3.39 a.m. by ma-Jc-ed men, am! banged to a railroad Ire.Ple cn the ouisKirbs of the mly. A ftcr searching the lodging-lion ; e, -ix men found. Little, and carried idm into a wading automobile. The bodv was discovered by the pohe." l at eight o'clock. A card on Ibe body bore the figures 37 —77, ilie old sign of llte Vigilantes in Montana. Messages indicate (hat the lynching was due to (he wrath of the citizens at I.W.W. operations in connection with ihc strike.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1752, 28 August 1917, Page 3
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170I.W.W. LEADER LYNCHED AT VANCOUVER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1752, 28 August 1917, Page 3
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