RIOTS IN CHICAGO. FIFTY PERSONS SHOT. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] New York, May 6.
The labour riots at Chicxgo have now na«uined a very serious phase. Meetings of Socialists, numbering fully fifteen thousand men, were held yesterday in the city. The police authoritien ordered the crowd trt disperse, but the Socialists offeied a stubborn resistance, throwing explosive botnbs among the police, killing five and wounding many others. The police then fired upon the rioters, fifty of whom were Rhot dead, and a large number wounded. The greatest consternation prevails in the city, business being to a large extent at a standstill.
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Waikato Times, Volume xxvi, Issue 2458, 8 May 1886, Page 2
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99RIOTS IN CHICAGO. FIFTY PERSONS SHOT. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] New York, May 6. Waikato Times, Volume xxvi, Issue 2458, 8 May 1886, Page 2
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