THE LABOUR RIOTS IN AMERICA.
COLLISION BETWEEN THE TROOPS AND THE RIOTERS IN MILWAUKEE. LARGE NUMBER OP PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED. BY ELSCTItie TELKGTUPtr. — COPYWGITi.) ("REUTERS TELEGRAMS.") New York, May 6. Labour riots continue to spread thronsrh the conntrv. The latest outbreak occurred nt Milwaukee, Wisconsin, whnn a larjre number of men assembled, and proceeded to threaten life and deptrov property, until tlie State Militia werft called out. A collision . took place between the troops and the rioters. The militia then fired nnori the crowd, killing and wounding a large number of per- - — sons. The authorities are taking' viperous measures n gainst the Socialist agitators m the United States. The entire staff . . of a Garman Socialist newspaper published m Chicago has been arrested, charged with murder m connection with the recent riots m that city.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1703, 8 May 1886, Page 4
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