VIOLENT OUTBREAKS

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 160, 8 July 1922, Page 7

VIOLENT OUTBREAKS

IN U.S. STRIKE CENTRES.

LOTAUBT HOMES ATTACKED.

TROOPS SENT TO MANY AW.TIA3.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) {Received 12.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 7. Outbreaks of violence in various centres are marking the end of the first week of the railway strike. At Chicago a mob, including- many women, attacked the homes of the loyal workers, attempt- j ing to burn the buildings. The police drove off the rioters. The Governors of Alabama, Kansas, Missouri, and lowa have been requested to send troops to towns where mob violence is feared.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) OVER A MXEJJON ON STRIKE. SECONDARY TRADES MENACED WASHINGTON, July 7. The Labour Department has announced that 1,225,000 men are striking against the wage reductions. The coalminers number 725.000, textile workers 80.000, railwaymen 400,000, and smaller strikes 20,000. The Lahonr Department believes that if these strikes continue for any .■?ag'.h of time the workers in iho industries dependent upon the major industries will be thrown out of work. — (A. and N.Z. Cai l ? ) THE lIXINOIS MASSACRE. CHICAGO, July 7. The Til his r-.cciv- ( ! nn anonymous letter from Herrin, Illirfois, giving the purno. ;?d naineo of the ringleaders in the mn- m-; .-■}icr? If tl:e information is fouud § o be correct it will result in tlie urr?>t anl prosecution* of the murderers. The Attorney-General has been swamprd -with letters from all parts of the country literally protesting apaints tiie lack of etTir - to bring the to justice.— ', A. an * N.Z)