being assisted by women and children. The to: owing of bottles from the drug stores ,-it the police, was the sign for officers to commence shooting, when the mob scattered in every direction. A hand to hand fight occurred between a policeman named Madden and an anarchist named John Wolffolharat, which resulted in Madden being mortally wounded. A second plot has been discovered among the Bohemian Chartists to fire the lumber districts of the city.
The anarchist leaders, with the exception of Parsons (who it appears has a negro wife) have nil been arrested, August Spiers, Sam Fielding and Schwab are the principals. Two brutal murders were reported in New York and Brooklyn on April 6th,
There is immense excitement amongst Philadelphia workmen caused by the riots and bloodshed in the Western cities, and there is much speculation as to whether ten thousand operatives now out on strike in the city of will also resort to force of arms to gain their point.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1513, 1 June 1886, Page 3
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163Untitled Temuka Leader, Issue 1513, 1 June 1886, Page 3
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