RIOTS AT CHICAGO.
VERY SERIOUS DEVELOPMENTS. THE SOCIALISTS "AND THE POLICE. FIFTY RIOTERS SHOT DEAD. BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL. (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT. ) (RDITER'S TELEGRAMS.) New York, May 5. The labor riots at Chicago have now assumed a very serious phase. A meeting of Socialists numbering fully fifteen thousand men was held yesterday m 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 woundinjr many others. The police then fired upon the rioters, fifty of whom were shot dead and a large nuniher wounded. The greatest consternation prevails m the city, business being to « large exteu at a standstill.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1701, 6 May 1886, Page 4
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115RIOTS AT CHICAGO. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1701, 6 May 1886, Page 4
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