LABOR RIOTS
CONFLICTS WITH THE POLICE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, May 8. At Pottsville, Pennsylvania, during strike disturbances, the police fired on a mob, numbering three thousand. Three men were fatally shot, and numbers of others injured, including several of the police. A woman onlooker was injured in the arm by a bullet. The riot started when the colliery superintendent sought to take two strike-breakers to work in an automobile. At San Diego, members of the Industrial Workers of the World, a Socialist order who have been fomenting industrial disturbances along the Pacific Coast, had a clash- with the police. Armed citizens turned out when the riot call sounded, and many of the Industrial Workers were shot. In the melee two policemen were killed and several injured.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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128LABOR RIOTS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 209, 10 May 1912, Page 5
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