RIOTS IN ZION CITY
ATTACK OX DOWIEITES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 30, 0.35 p.m. New York, April 30. The employees of independent manufacturing concerns in Zion City, Illinois, attacked a group of 300 men and women engaged at a prayer meeting, and clubbed them. Many were seriously injured. The illfeeling has been developing for weeks past in consequence of the establishment of independent concerns among the Dowieites, who Bought to keep the city to themselves. As a protest against the employees using tobacco, the Zionists have been holding prayer meetings in the factories, thus infuriating the workers.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 258, 1 May 1912, Page 5
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97RIOTS IN ZION CITY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 258, 1 May 1912, Page 5
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